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Mash-up and digital sampling artist, Girl Talk, is this year’s talent for the annual fall concert on Saturday, Oct. 27, as revealed by the Student Programming Board. SPB has sent out a viral announcement through social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube this afternoon. “I think Girl Talk falls into a genre we haven’t had before,” Anna McAvinchey, the mainstage chair for SPB, said. “Its something exciting and fun, and I know whoever goes, whether they have heard of Girl Talk or not, will have a really good time.” Neon Hitch, who McAvinchey
describes as a mix between Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, will be the opening act. She is known for her song “Love You Better.” This year the concert will be held in the Recreation Center on the Mount Carmel campus due to scheduling conflicts and new construction in the TD Bank Sports Center, McAvinchey said. She thinks this is a good venue for the kind of performer Girl Talk, or Gregg Michael Gillis, is. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for students, and $25 for guests, graduate students and alumni. They are all general admission and will be sold at the Carl Hansen Student Center tables beginning Oct. 1. This year there won’t be
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Girl Talk for SPB’s Fall Show By CHRISTINE BURRONI
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online ticket sales, and McAvinchey added it’s more convenient for the committee this way. The mainstage committee has been planning the concert since the summer, working with a talent agent to discuss what’s out there, who’s available, and what’s best for the show, McAvinchey said. “I have really enjoyed being the main stage chair,” McAvinchey said. “I think the effort SPB puts forth for the students is amazing. Everyone in the mainstage committee is so enthusiastic so I know it will be a really good show.” Security details have not been finalized yet. Information about what students can and cannot bring will be announced closer to the concert date.
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The Dropkick Murphys and Black 47 will perform a celebratory concert at TD Bank Sports Center on Friday to commemorate the new Irish Museum opening on Whitney Ave.
Weekend shuttles could move to North lot By DANIEL GROSSO Associate News Editor
Quinnipiac students’ weekly trek to Toad’s Place may be about to get a little longer. The Department of Public Safety could move the downtown New Haven shuttles from their current location in South Lot to North Lot in an effort to reduce crowding at the shuttle stop. The shuttles would only be in North Lot on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Assistant Chief of Public Safety Edgar Rodriguez said South Lot is a high-traffic area
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during the weekends because of food deliveries and other students driving on the Mount Carmel campus. “It’s just a safety issue,” Rodriguez said. “Sometimes our crowds are so big that some of the students are standing on the road.” Students’ safety has never been in danger while the shuttle stop was crowded, Rodriguez said. However, he said Public Safety’s job is to keep Quinnipiac’s students safe. “We were just looking at the North Lot to see if that gives us more room, and it’s a little safer standing on the North Lot by the basket-
ball courts,” Rodriguez said. Public Safety also has a current method in place to deal with overcrowding at the bus stop. “We have enough people out there, so we’ll separate [the line],” Rodriguez said. “If it gets too long we’ll put a couple of people on a sidewalk before the [Health Center] lot, and then we’ll tell [students] when to proceed forward. Right now we’re using stanchions out there, so we have it controlled pretty well.” Although the current system has kept stu-
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dents out of harm’s way so far, Public Safety is willing to move the shuttle stop to North Lot in order to minimize the chances of an accidents. However, the move is only tentative at the moment. Rodriguez assured Public Safety would be in contact with the Student Government Association before any moves were actually made. “If we decide that this is a good idea, we’ll bring [SGA] on board. We like to run a lot of stuff by them,” Rodriguez said. “Student opinion means a lot to us, also. We’d like to get their opinion on it.”
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MEET THE STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michele Snow SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR Anna Brundage SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR Samantha Epstein MANAGING EDITOR Matt Eisenberg NEWS EDITOR Katherine Rojas ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Daniel Grosso CO-ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Catherine Boudreau CO-ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Christine Burroni ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Shannon Corcoran
Irma/Dana win hall wars By JOSH BREWER Contributing Writer
For the second consecutive year, team Irma/Dana emerged victorious in Sigma Phi Epsilon’s annual Hall Wars on Sunday, Sept. 23. In the eighth annual Hall Wars, team Irma/ Dana defeated team Mountainview in the championship. Team Irma/Dana finished with
a perfect 50 points by going undefeated in soccer, hot shots, volleyball and kickball and winning the obstacle course challenge 10-0. “I am really proud of all of my residents and all of the RAs who participated in Hall Wars this year and excited to see Irma/Dana win for a second year in a row,” Irma/Dana Residence Hall Director Dustin Martin said.
“Hopefully we can keep up the momentum and next year win for a third year.” The winning roster consisted of freshmen Tyler Hajjar, Andrew Kalinowski, Stephanie Antoinetti, Mark Murphy, Nick Abbatepaolo, Emet Evjen, Thomas Madzey, Tim King, Andrew Scott, Michelle Gallagher, and Jenny Mears.
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Freshmen from each residence hall compete in Sigma Phi Epsilon’s eighth annual Hall Wars on Sunday. The Irma/Dana residence hall won the event.
Student Affairs, Administration update Title IX policy By JOSH BREWER Contributing Writer
This past summer, members of Student Affairs created new and improved rules regarding Title IX. Contrary to popular belief, Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination, does not only apply to situations on the playing field. Despite a recent ruling by the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which stated competitive cheerleading was not a sport nor an emerging sport, Title IX can be applied to other situations including admissions, financial aid, health services and advising. The new policy labels misconduct into seven categories: sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, nonconsensual sexual contact, nonconsensual sexual intercourse, sexual exploitation, stalking, and intimate partner violence. The redefined Title IX includes two parts, according to Seann Kalagher, assistant dean of Student Affairs. “One is the actual definition of the behaviors and what the policies are prohibiting,” Kalagher said. “The second part applies to everybody. It’s an institutional policy so it applies to the students, faculty and staff. The second part of what’s in there is the process of how we investigate and adjudicate incidents that relate to students.” The university has been working on getting more of the Quinnipiac community involved
in this process, explaining that the newly constructed policy doesn’t only apply to students. “This is something, not just we’ve been doing with students, but it’s also an institutional thing so we’ve been meeting with administrative offices as well [and] departments all around campus,” Kalagher said. Student Affairs has been giving presentations to faculty groups and brochures available for students. So far these presentations have not been open to students, but that may change based on the amount of student interest. The brochures include definitions on each of the seven categories as well as contact information. Another new part of the policy divides complaints into three categories. Students with complaints against faculty should contact Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Sarah Steele, and students with complaints against employees should contact Associate Vice President for Human Resources Anna Spragg. Complaints against students, visitors or third-parties should go to Kalagher. The second part of the new process discusses how complaints are investigated. “[W]e have a process in place for investigating and making decisions about those types of situations, and what the outcome of those will be for the students involved,” Kalagher said. “It’s something we will be more explicit and detailed about than in the past.” Approximately one year ago, the United
States Department of Education released new guidelines to colleges and universities in terms of what their expectations were. The Department of Education’s new guidelines state that both the complainant and the accused student(s) must be treated equally throughout the entirety of the investigation. In addition, all parties have the right to attend hearings, have access to the results of the investigation and hearings, and file an appeal. “When we received that information, we reviewed it, and we decided that in order to comply with what they’re looking for, we needed to make some changes on our end, so we spent a lot of time working on that,” Kalagher said. With all the changes and updates, Kalagher said he hopes that students will recognize all of the resources available to them. “I think if there’s something that we’re trying to get across to students it’s that if there are situations that students experience, that we do have resources here available on campus that can help them,” Kalagher said. We have more resources dedicated to this now than we did in the past. We have always provided students with access to health services, counseling services, and campus accommodation, and provided assistance in contacting law enforcement. The major difference is our investigation and grievance procedures are different.”
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University to redesign website By AMY MACIEJOWSKI Staff Writer
A year and a half in the making, Quinnipiac’s web executive committee will unveil a newly minted Quinnipiac University website in October. Incoming students are first introduced to Quinnipiac through the website, where they can find campus activities and academic information, and after six years of the same interface, it will be completely redesigned and updated. “We are integrating social media into the new site because we don’t do a great job with that right now,” said Mark Ludovico, director of web communications. The addition of the social media will include the university’s office blog, Twitter account and
Facebook page. “There will be areas where we are linking out to our accounts and there will be other areas where there will be direct feeds from the social media accounts coming into the sit,” Lodovico said. When the web executive committee, made up of various faculty members and administrators, came together to talk about making a new website, it illustrated certain goals it wanted to accomplish with the redesign. The committee planned on making the website more interactive and more user-friendly, as well as incorporating all of the individual schools, and the newly added medical school. “I was intimidated by how many links there were per page,” freshman Mark Solomon said.
“Prospective students may not be able to find what they want easily.” Solomon said that when he used the website, it seemed cluttered and would be better off with dropdown menus and a better display of the school colors. While the committee organized focus groups of current students during the research phase of the project, the new website is geared mainly toward prospective students. Once the website is running, the committee will then look to construct a mobile capability. “There is no downtime for the website,” Ludovico said. “We just flip the switch and the new website will be up. No one will know when the changes are done, they will just happen.”
TWO GRADUATES ESTABLISH LAW FIRM
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Ryan Bausch and Abdul Abdurahman, two Quinnipiac University School of Law graduates, founded their own law offices located in West Hartford. By OLIVIA GRATTAN time, West Hartford lawyers Abdul Staff Writer Abdurahman, a Somali immigrant, The ambition of two Quinnipiac and Ryan Bausch founded The Law University School of Law gradu- Offices of Bausch & Abdurahman ates to relocate their practice to So- together in West Hartford. malia, Africa has become a reality. Four other attorneys have signed After sharing office space for some on since the firm’s establishment,
which has become quite a success, with an ample list of clientele as evidence. Once the business’s foundation was secure, the duo began to discuss potential opportunities, leading to their interest in getting business back to Somalia. Abdurahman became aware of the lacking legal services in Somalia when he spoke to the country’s government officials at peace conferences in England and Turkey. Although civil war broke out when southern Somalia experienced religious persecution from the al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based portion of al-Qaeda, the war-torn country has started to reconstruct an environment suitable for prosperity. The Sept. 10 election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was imperative to this goal as there hasn’t been a reliable central government since 1991. Abdurahman left his home in Somalia at 22 years old, but remembers the people that were left behind. “They were there when it was
dangerous and risked their lives," Abdurhman said of his fellow Somalis. Now countless natives who fled are returning to help rebuild their nation, which Bausch and Abdurahman find purpose in as well. "This seems like something that makes sense to me, something I can be proud of," Bausch said. Abdurahman’s reason to return is the improvement of his native home. "It's gotten better, and we have them to thank,” he said. The two recently traveled to Somalia to see the conditions, and what Bausch saw was “reconstruction and hope.” Somali government officials met with the lawyers and expressed a warm welcome, encouraging them to be of service to Somalia as businesses begin to form. “These companies will need someone to interpret these [new government] regulations and how it affects them,” Abdurahman said. “Once there's peace and security, Somalia will take off.”
First floor Dana floods By CAROLINE MOSES Staff Writer
Residents of the east wing first floor in Dana English Hall experienced continuous leakage from Sept. 10 until Sept. 15. The situation wasn’t rectified for approximately 12 hours after the first signs of water seepage occurred. Dana resident and freshman Jeremy Han said the flooding wasn’t resolved in time. “It was disgusting,” Han said. “The carpet was all wet and it took forever before someone came and cleaned it up and fixed the urinal.” When contacted about this issue, Associate Vice President of Facilities Operations Keith Woodward denied there being floods, and stated that when he contacted Residential Life, they said they had not previously heard this claim. Residents of the first floor hallway described that the water damage was visible on the walls from the continuous leakage. After the first occurrence, freshman Kyle Connery submitted a work request at approximately 8 a.m. in efforts to have the problem rectified, but the urinal was not fixed until after 9 p.m. that night. Although the event was eventually corrected, the problem arose again. Woodward is investigating the issue.
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Quinnipiac University will host an open house at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum on Saturday, Sept. 29 and has extended an invite to all members of the university community. The museum, located at 3011 Whitney Avenue, houses the largest collection of visual art, artifacts and printed materials on Ireland’s Great Hunger in the world. The open house is from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and guests will be treated to light refreshments. For more information, call 203-5828652. – D. Grosso
QU receives Green Power Leadership award
The EPA, in conjunction with the 2012 Renewable Energy Markets Conference, has presented Quinnipiac with an award to recognize it as one of the country’s leading green power purchasers. Quinnipiac was given the award at a conference in Washington D.C. on Monday. Quinnipiac is one of 12 organizations nationwide to be given this award. - A. Landolfi
Two Master of Arts in Teaching info sessions Students interested in becoming teachers can attend Two Master of Arts in Teaching Information Sessions starting tomorrow. There will be two sessions, tomorrow from 9 to 10 a.m. in SC 117 and Wednesday, October 3, from 9 to 10 a.m. in SC 117. Interested students can contact Associate Dean of School of Education, Beth Larkins-Strathy or Marion Sparago. - K. Rojas
New Blue Rugby improves to 2-0 New Blue Rugby won its second straight game of the season, beating WPI, 36-5, on Saturday. Pat MacLellan recorded two of the team’s five trys. Junior Marc Villalongue recorded 11 points kicking. The team plays at Babson this weekend. - M. Eisenberg
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uring a “Good Morning America” commercial break on Sept. 11, 2001 Charles Gibson got a message from a producer in his ear piece. “Something has just happened at the World Trade Center,” producer Stuart Schwartz said. “There are flames coming out of the building. A plane may have hit the building. We have a traffic camera pointing at the building. You are on the air, go.” Every ABC station in America instantly broadcast the “Special Report,” and Gibson barely had a moment to gather his thoughts. “We’re joined by the entire network just to show you some pictures…this is at the foot of New York City,” Gibson began. “This is the World Trade Center. Obviously a major fire there. There has been some kind of explosion. We don’t fully know the details.” The whole country was watching the live video of the towers on fire, and Gibson did not have much more information than the viewers did. Americans watched the coverage anchored by Gibson and Diane Sawyer, wondering what was happening in New York City. While narrating what he saw on screen, Gibson continued to gather information from every source he could find. That day, he knew he was reporting the biggest story he would ever report, Gibson said. I sat down with Gibson last week for a 30-minute interview discussing his Sept. 11 coverage, his advice for aspiring journalists and what he is doing now after retiring from ABC News. “Everything that [I] have done in 30 some years in this business is predicate to this point… to this moment in my life,” Gibson thought to himself while reporting on the attacks. He thought back to the moment he saw the second plane approaching the second tower live on television. He thought it might be a plane bringing fire retardant materials, he said. “And then, it hit,” Gibson said. “I will forever look back at what we said at the time. Diane, in the very human reaction said, ‘Oh my God.’ And I wish I had done the same. I said, ‘Now we know what’s going on, we’re under attack.’” He admires Sawyer for her “human reaction” due to the lives that would be lost, while he was in “reporter mode,” he said. The Sept. 11 attack was the first topic that his tone was more important than the content of his report, he said. “I thought the tone I had to adopt was reassuring,” he said. “There were 4,000 planes in the air that morning and they got four. Okay, we are too strong a nation to let this break us.” After all the lives lost as a result of those attacks, Gibson said his reassuring tone was successful and was helpful to some viewers. “People will come up and say, ‘You were my company every morning for weeks after that,’ and
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Charles Gibson, former anchor of “ABC World News,” spoke at Burt Kahn Court last Thursday night. that’s flattering in a way,” Gibson said. “But people will say, ‘You got us through that.’...and that is the nicest thing that they can say.” Gibson continued his “Good Morning America,” role until he was promoted to anchor of “ABC World News Tonight,” in the summer of 2006. While Gibson anchored ABC’s flagship newscast, Lee Kamlet (who is currently the Dean of Quinnipiac’s School of Communications), was Gibson’s head writer at ABC News.
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n 1979, Kamlet and Gibson first met while reporting in Washington D.C. and they became close friends. “We don’t talk to each other—we have no talk for each other. [Kamlet] knows too much about me that I am afraid he will tell and I know too much about him,” Gibson joked. They worked together at ABC News in the 1980s. But then Kamlet took a job at what Gibson called, “The National Biscuit Company,” which is known to others as “NBC.” After what Gibson called Kamlet’s “lost years” at NBC, he returned to ABC. “He was a terrific producer, he was a terrific writer and he’s a great human being,” Gibson said of Kamlet. Gibson called Quinnipiac President John Lahey directly to suggest he hire Kamlet as School of Communications Dean.
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n 2009, the news business was headed in a direction Gibson didn’t like and didn’t understand, he said, which is one of the reasons he
retired. “You understand social media better than I do,” Gibson said. “So much of what is being done now is involved with social media that I don’t understand. So I thought it was time to get out and I think it was indeed the right time.” Since the Internet opened up opportunities for many new sources of news to form, his broadcast saw more competition than ever before. “In order to maintain audience you need to give the audience what they want to know, and not so much what you think they need to know,” Gibson explained, and that was a direction he didn’t like. After retiring from one of the nation’s top seats in news, now he provided advice for aspiring journalists.
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n this time of uncertainty in the journalism field, with the industry making vast changes, Gibson sees opportunity. There are many options for jobs at new media outlets for students to take, which didn’t exist when he was a young reporter, he said. Though jobs may be cut at some traditional media outlets, there will always be a need for journalists; the industry is just evolving, he said. “It’s tough for journalism students,” Gibson said. “It’s a great thing to do, it’s different every day, it’s a national service, and we need good journalism more than ever. We need it.” Watch the interview at QUChronicle.com
Gibson lecture draws full house By SUSAN RIELLO and JAMES PHARO
People were left standing, as Burt Kahn Court filled with more than 800 people to hear Charles Gibson, former anchor of “ABC World News,” lecture on Thursday evening, as part of Constitution Week. The lecture, titled "The (Im)Balance of Power in Washington: How Things Went Off the Rails and How They Can Be Fixed,” was hosted by School of Communications Dean Lee Kamlet, who introduced Gibson. “Lee was my producer and writer during my time at ‘ABC World News,’” Gibson said. “I was also given the honor of receiving the Fred Friendly award from Quinnipiac in 2008, which gave me the opportunity to learn about this institution and develop a great respect for it.”
Gibson spoke to the open forum about his career of 43 years with “ABC News,” including his experiences both as a correspondent and later, co-anchor for “Good Morning America.” He spoke about current issues in the media as well, including the importance of student morality in universities. He then addressed the downfalls of Congress and the upcoming election, as well as current issues in news networks. Gibson mentioned that in media today, there is too much emphasis on what the public “wants to know” and not enough on what they “need to know.” “I thought Charlie Gibson’s lecture was amazing,” senior Kristen Daniels said. “Not only was he
funny and charismatic, but he also raised some very thoughtful points about Congress, morality and the news.” The lecture also coincided with Constitution Week, which Gibson addressed in his lecture. “The Constitution was a compromise among the states,” Gibson said. “The men knew that there were more important matters than their political gain. Were the Constitution to be proposed today, I’m not sure it would have been published.” Gibson, along with Kamlet and Paul Friedman, the former executive vice president of CBS, were also available before the lecture to speak with students in a private session in Buckman Theater. The three professionals shared stories of their career experience
with students and offered advice regarding future careers in the journalism field. “My advice to any journalism student is not to be mesmerized by technology — good, solid reporting will always be most important,” Kamlet said. “Many people get wrapped up in technology, but I still believe good journalism will win out in the end.” Gibson also expressed the benefits of journalism as a profession to students. “There is not a more rewarding profession,” Gibson said. “You will not only enjoy yourself, but you will also be performing a service. We need journalism now more than ever; we are just not sure through what medium it will come to us in the future.”
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Irish Frenzy, where’s QU diversity? TWEETS OF THE WEEK Slowly bringing down the reputation of “hot girls at Quinnipiac’ for everyone at this open house #imsorry #stillinmypajamas @dcantuuu Daniela Cantú Some old guy in dunkin donuts just told me quinnipiac is ruining hamden... thanks bro @FintanMcHugh1 Fintan McHugh
Starting the day with a blackout, ending the day with a blackout. #quinnipiac #lifeofabobkitten @heyitskenisha Kenisha “Quinnipiac is about as diverse as a loaf of Wonderbread”–My psych professor @antoniajoness Antonia
This may go against everything Quinni- ture is by offering a plethora of languages piac stands for, but lately the university has a student can learn. I took that opportunity been highlighting Irish culture rather than by taking Arabic, and I’ve been given opall cultures. portunities to practice the language. Every student and member The university also has many diverse of the Quinnipiac community is cultured clubs, but you don’t really drilled with the idea of diversity. hear from them do you? My QU 101 professor wanted us I know the Irish Club works to understand that diversity can with the Student Programming be more than just a person’s Board for St. Baldrick’s, the ethnicity, being their point of Black Student Union has its views and values. However, fashion show...but what about Quinnipiac seems to believe the Latino Cultural Society or KATHERINE ROJAS News Editor diversity is about where a perthe International Club? @Kathyreds son’s ancestors originated. I do think it is the students’ Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum is open- responsibility to have their cultures noticed, ing soon and that is all our Quinnipiac emails but that can be hard without much funding. consist of: lectures celebrating the opening, It’s basically a catch-22, because Quinopen houses and more updates on the muse- nipiac is also all about community. A comum. Yes, President John Lahey is very Irish, munity involves diverse groups and individand was even awarded the Irish American of uals conjoined in one setting, but is it still a the Year Award by Irish America Magazine community if the different groups separate on March 15, 2011, but what about the other themselves? That’s basically what Quincountries this school represents? nipiac does. We are all one community of My family is from Nicaragua, and the diverse cultures but we still huddle together fact that Quinnipiac has alternative spring with similar people. break trips to Nicaragua attracted me to the I remember studying in Dana’s common school. I also wildly appreciate the Irish room freshman year when a resident assisculture — I have a claddagh ring, but I’m tant passed by the door but then swung it not Irish! The fact that Quinnipiac does a lot open when she noticed me. She insisted I for my native country and acknowledges the join the Latino Cultural Society. At first I Irish famine, which doesn’t get enough at- was bewildered by her approach, then I was tention anyway, took part in my decision to offended and confused. Just because I come come to this university. from a hispanic background doesn’t mean I Another way Quinnipiac appreciates cul- want to stay with just “my kind.”
My parents and entire family came to America in the 1970s to forget about the struggles and pain they left in their country and build up their lives in America. My father came to America earlier than my mom with his mother and siblings and went straight to work. He went to Boricua College, became a carpenter and traveled from New York to Florida, and spent some time in Puerto Rico, then back to New York. He immersed himself into the American culture and is now fluent in English. When it came to how my parents were going to raise us, my mother was pushing for incorporating the Nicaraguan culture, but my dad would always argue, “We’re in America, they need to know English.” My father didn’t want to be looked down on or thought of as just hispanics. If we would speak Spanish in the streets, he would stop us and tell us to speak in English because he didn’t want people to think we don’t know America’s language. Don’t get me wrong, my parents love and embrace Nicaraguan culture — we have carne asade and gallo pinto almost every night! But it’s always difficult when we’re placed in the minority. I don’t want to be noticed just for the color of my skin or my accent when I speak Spanish, but Quinnipiac does stress over “diversity.” I think we should appreciate everyone’s culture, but not pin point our differences. Defining diversity only to our heritage is not its true definition.
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Turning 20 is the ultimate tease
First off, thank you to everyone who you were still acting like an 18-year-old. wished me a happy birthday on Monday. Now that you can’t say “I’m just a teenagWhether it was a Facebook post, text er,” the only thing I’m doing is countor tweet, I appreciate it. ing down the days until I turn 21. What I don’t appreciate is how Twenty-one is the illustrious age deceiving the age of 20 is. when I can legally drink, gamble at Turning 20 only means that I’m places like Mohegan and go to bars. one year away from joining the club It’s going to be brutal over the next of 21-year-olds. year because not only will I not I’m young for my age. be able to go out, but everyTechnically I should be a one else around me is turning few weeks into my sopho21, so they will be. I have to MATT EISENBERG more year of college, but wait roughly four weeks into Managing Editor that’s based on the different my senior year of college to @matteisenberg42 cut-off dates in New York start going out often, whereas a and Massachusetts. Nevertheless, I’d rather lot of my friends will probably be at Bagels be among the youngest in my grade than the & Booze during May Weekend. oldest. It could be worse. I know current seThe typical conversation went like this: niors who don’t turn 21 until December. “Happy birthday, Matt! Twenty-one?” “No I feel bad complaining when they have to ... 20.” “Aww, you’re a baby.” (I know.) wait until second semester senior year to Nothing happens when you turn 20. You start going out legally. The same goes for can do the same stuff at the age of 19. Eigh- the seniors who can’t go to senior week beteen was a big birthday. Seventeen meant cause they’re not of age. you could see R-rated movies. Sixteen: you So on that note, my countdown, which could drive. started several months ago, continues. Only Granted, 19 wasn’t a big birthday, but 363 days to go.
SGA UPDATE Bobcats, We’ve had such an exciting past week. Campaigning has passed and the results are now in for the freshman and senior elections. Congratulations to Freshman Class President Jonny Atkin, Freshman Class Vice President Ryan Miller, and the eight Freshman Class Representatives that include Matt Powers, Emily Fagan, Bianca Grimshaw, Nicole Giuliani, Megan Reilly, Mark Boulas, Carly Hviding, and Kerrigan Murray. The three senior class representative positions have been filled by Doug Caggiano, Amanda Hegler and DJ Mahoney. Every student who ran in the elections did an amazing job publicizing themselves and getting their name out there, especially with this year being the most competitive year I have seen in my history with SGA. This past weekend, our 41 members, as well as our advisors, traveled to Camp Jewell for an unforgettable experience. We became
closer than ever as friends and as an organization. The weekend started with group sessions where class cabinets met to create goals, presentations and activities were given on how to be an effective leader, and committees were revealed to the new members on SGA. For the rest of the weekend, we were split into groups with camp counselors who gave us a chance to step outside of our comfort zones by participating in high rope courses, a giant swing, and other activities. Overall we had an incredible weekend that all of us will never forget. And I am proud to say that this year is going to change everything. You can check out SGA’s new website at qusga.com and find pictures and descriptions from this past weekend. Have an awesome rest of the week! Live The Legend, Ryan Scanlon, Vice President of Public Relations
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he 64th Primetime E m m y Awards came and went with little fanfare. The ceremony attracted an average viewership of 11.6 million viewers, which is down from last year’s show. It’s no surprise given the fact that it appeared voters only seemed to watch three programs in the last year: ABC comedy “Modern Family,” Showtime drama “Homeland” and HBO made for television movie “Game Change.” “Modern Family” impressively won its third Emmy in a row for Outstanding Comedy Series. Meanwhile two of the show’s actors, Julie Bowen and Eric Stonestreet, received their second Emmy awards for their performances as Claire Dunphy and Cameron Tucker. Despite not receiving a nomination for writing (an award Louis C.K. won for FX’s “Louie”), the show won its second Emmy in a row for directing. Claire Danes won her first Emmy for “Homeland,” which marks her second career Emmy win after previously winning two years ago for her performance as Temple Grandin in the HBO made for television movie of the same name. Danes received her first nomination at 16 for the ABC series “My So-Called Life.”
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“Homeland” also picked up an Emmy for Damian Lewis, writing, as well as Outstanding Drama Series. Those are the first Emmy wins for a regular Showtime series. The win for series and victories for the show’s lead actors marks the first time a show achieved that feat since 1993 when “Picket Fences” won the top three categories. Julianne Moore became the second actor to win an Emmy for her portrayal of former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in “Game Change.” “I feel so validated because Sarah Palin gave me a big thumbs down,” Moore said upon accepting her Emmy. “Game Change” also reaped wins for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, as well as writing and directing. There is no getting past the excellence of those three winning programs, in addition to “The Amazing Race” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” which also won several more Emmys on Sunday. However, there is so much excellent television that has not been recognized by the Television Academy. For example, the non-nominated “Happy Endings” on ABC is probably one of the funniest shows no one is watching. NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” is consistently terrific with a remarkable performance from Amy Poehler every week, yet the show cannot catch on with Emmy voters. It would be shameful if Poehler never won for her performance as Leslie Knope, just as it’s frightening Steve Carell never won for Michael Scott on “The Office.” At the same time, Jon Cryer now has two Emmys for acting on “Two and a Half Men.” There is something not quite right about that fact, but the Emmys are one of the few awards organizations with little to no sentiment. For the record, Angela Lansbury has struck out 18 times at the Emmys without a single win. Despite the lack of variety in winners (and nominees), the Emmys still managed to reward well-produced programs, as well as performers from shows with not as much love on the night, including Aaron Paul from “Breaking Bad” and Julia Louis-Dreyfus from “Veep.” Here’s hoping the Emmys can mix it up next year between the drama and comedy categories. Matt Busekroos is a graduate student studying interactive media. He is an awards show aficionado yet managed to predict less than half of the winners correctly.
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pumpkin spice and everything nice By anna wagner | Staff Writer
Fall is full of big choices: the presidential election, living situations for next year, and internships. But, by far, the most important choice to make is where to buy the best pumpkin spice coffee around town. With every coffee shop advertising the same cup o’ joe, it’s hard to find time to discover the best one. At last, your prayers have been answered.
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Can you melt a donut? Because Dunkin’ Donuts might have to make this brew. A small is 160 calories with just cream, no sugar (you don’t need it). This super sugary version of pumpkin spice is perfect for an early bird with a sweet tooth. The coffee has subtle hints of vanilla and cinnamon, as well as spicy bursts of flavor. Despite its sweetness, it balances well with the strong coffee taste.
Two-hundred-forty calories of smooth, rich, and totally tasty java. This Pumpkin Spice Latte is the George Clooney of coffee. This latte doesn’t contain pumpkin spice coffee, but instead a pumpkin spice flavored syrup (They cheated, but we’ll ignore it because it’s delicious). It’s sweet and a bit spicy, but the spice is mellowed out when you taste the mocha flavor. Yes, mocha. However, it is a tad too decadent for the morning, so save this sweet and spicy thing for dessert. If you’re running late for class, skip Starbucks. The line at any time of day is too long.
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WHITNEY DONUT & Giant view cafe SANDWICH SHOP The small is roughly 100 calories (with cream). If you’re looking for more spice than a sweet pumpkin taste, you’re in luck. This pumpkin spice has a kick of chai flavor that is refreshing and eye-opening (literally, you’ll be wired). The taste is authentic and strong. It’s extremely rich in flavor, even with cream. If you’re getting this coffee, I suggest investing in a couple of donuts first.
A small with cream is about 100 calories, and this coffee is as bitter as McKayla Maroney receiving the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics. Definitely scoop up some sugar packets for this one. There is the slightest taste of pumpkin spice, but it is overshadowed by the strong burned coffee taste. However, if you want your quick fix for under $1.50, you’re in luck. Giant View has the cheapest prices, but you can taste the cheap quality.
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September 26, 2012
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AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LAHEY Compiled by MICHELE SNOW Editor-in-Chief
ON ACADEMIC GOALS:
This year we’re adding faculty members to the School of Engineering and designing the labs that they’ll need. We’re also hoping to hear in the next few weeks that the medical school has been approved an accredited U.S. medical school. In the academic area at least those are the two highest priorities.
ON CONSTRUCTION:
This year will literally be the first in decades that we will not have any construction on this campus or the York Hill campus. I think it’s just nice to have some quiet; people can relax and fit in to the campus. Now there’s a big construction project going on at North Haven for the medical school, and we’re also in the planning stages this year of designing a third building at north haven for the law school.
ON THE TOWN OF HAMDEN:
Every university has some problems with the town, particularly with older people in private homes. Eighteen- to 22-year-olds live a slightly different lifestyle, their music is louder and they drive a little faster, so you’re always going to have some of those problems. But i would say
today that we’re in the best shape we’ve been in in many many years, even last year. There are still going to be neighbors who are not happy if they’re living next to a house where there are students. We also have eliminated almost every house on Whitney, many of them are empty, in the past we’ve had some real tragedies occur right there on Whitney Avenue. I think the town would like us to require our students to live on campus, which we’ve told them we’re not going to do. We still have some empty beds, and if the student demand continues, we still have authority to build 500 more beds. I’d say the last five years have been the calmest, the safest and the best relations with the mayor, with the town of Hamden, and even with Planning and Zoning.
ON WHITNEY AVENUE:
Whitney Ave. from Ives St. up to Mount Carmel, we sort of think of that as our main street, and I’d say from a real estate perspective, Whitney Ave. is kind of a little of this and a little of that and we’ve been working with private developers and acquiring property along that strip in the hopes of really upgrading it. Hopefully we’d like to see bookstores and a Starbucks and a
bistro and a more collegiate feel to it, so quite consciously we’ve been acquiring houses there and some of them we’ve just been knocking down, [but we have] QU Online, WQUN, and Whitney Village, so [Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum] is another major anchor that will help advance the overall improvement of the Whitney area.
ON RAY AND MIKES:
Now which is Ray and Mike’s, which bar is that? Oh yeah, that’s right across there, right, right. Is that a good student hangout? That’s where you get your sandwiches? Are the QCards accepted there? Ray and Mike’s... I’ve never been in there, I guess I’ll have to. Shows you how in touch I am with students, I don’t even know their favorite eatery. When you mentioned that I thought it was a bar.
ON RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENT BODY: I listen to students, I do. I just taught a class this morning. All 25 years I’ve been president here I’ve taught a class, which gives me contact with students, student leaders in particular. I also spend most of my time off
campus raising money and doing external relations kinds of work but I go to a lot of athletic events and I see students at those events. Could I do more? I suppose so, but I think that students are very good at telling things that maybe I don’t always want to hear. Students are very good about that, I don’t find them holding back and they’re quite outspoken and increasingly so. I think we attract a kind of mature, articulate kind of student, particularly Northeast students have a bit of an edge, which I like. So I find it refreshing that students speak their minds and tell you what they think.
ON THE MEDICAL SCHOOL:
It’s already named for the most famous medical educator in the history of medicine. [Frank Netter] was an illustrator, everyone who’s gone to medical school, even biology students, anyone who’s taken an anatomy and physiology course, all those drawings of the skeletons and all that were done by Frank Netter. You could have called him the Michelangelo of medicine. I happen to know his first cousin, Edward Netter. And that’s how we got the major gift for the medical school. But our dean told us, when we made the announcement [about] the Frank Netter School
of Medicine, [he said] this is like starting an investment college and naming it the Warren Buffet school or starting a computer school and naming it the Steven Jobs, I mean that’s how big a deal that is.
ON QU’S OPPORTUNITY AREAS: Once we get the medical school approved, Quinnipiac will be one of a hundred schools in the country, [there are] 3,600 schools in the country and only a hundred have an ABA-approved law school and an LCME-accredited U.S. medical school. I think that will put us again in the company of some really great universities. And I think the name of the university and its visibility out there is probably not as well-known as any that are in that group. I think the challenge for us over the next years and decades is to get the university better known and better known in the ranks of the great universities. We cut back on our advertising about 4 or 5 years ago, but now we’ll have ads in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal and more national ads. So that’s what I think our challenge is. Yeah, we can continue to improve, but we’re a pretty first rate university.
The Bank is ready to rock with Dropkick Murphys and Black 47
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Dropkick Murphys and Black 47 will perform at the TD Bank Sports Center on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the Office of Public Affairs and President Lahey’s Office to celebrate the opening of Museam An Ghorta Mor, the Great Hunger Museum, which opens Oct. 11. By CHRISTINE BURRONI Co-Arts & Life Editor
The TD Bank Sports Center is ready to be rocked by Dropkick Murphys and Black 47 this Friday, celebrating the Irish history that has found its way to Whitney Avenue. Museam An Ghorta Mor, The Great Hunger Museum, is located on 3011 Whitney Ave., and opens to the public on Oct. 11. The concert will be held at the TD Bank Sports Center at 7:30 p.m. This event is hosted by the Office of Public Affairs and President Lahey’s office. “We’re very excited to be apart of the opening day, and maybe turning some of the young people on to the idea of why there should be a Great Hunger museum,” Larry Kirwan, lead vocalist of Black 47, said.
Originating from the Bronx, Black 47 got its name from the historic period that’s been notoriously dubbed the “Black 40s.” It represents the Irish Famine, and the number 47 from 1847, the worst year of the famine. The band has been together for 22 years. “When we first started playing, there was just no awareness at all except with the older people, and then younger people began to wonder what was the band calling themselves that name for,” Kirwan said. “Over the years the level of knowledge did spread; it’s been gratifying.” Both bands are filled with Irish pride and portray that in their music. They keep the Irish heritage alive, especially through the history of The Famine with certain themes and messages in their songs.
The Dropkick Murphys, a more IrishAmerican band and a Boston favorite, rely on the stories and traditions of Irish history for its inspiration. “It’s pretty cool to be apart of the history and stories that were told from the Black 40s,” percussionist and vocalist Matt Kelly said. “It’s why most of our families are actually here.” The Dropkick Murphys have traditional sounds in their seven-piece band, including mandolins and bagpipes, mixed with a punk rock vibe to liven up the crowd. Kelly describes their shows as “pure energy, just jumpin’ around and having a good time.” He said the band puts “1,000 percent” into each performance and loves crowd participation. “We encourage fans to sing along, being part of it. We’re not a spectator sport,” Kelly said. “Our stage is your stage.” Black 47 and Dropkick are both promising Quinnipiac a unique performance. “We never do the same set twice. We’ll never do the set that we do at Quinnipiac again,” Kirwan said. “We’ve done over 2,500 gigs, and we try to change it every night.” Kelly said the same about Dropkick Murphys. They keep track of every setlist for every concert. That way, if they return to a location, they know to mix it up. Each is tailored for their audience, as well, ensuring the experience will be different for everyone, even the faithful ‘Murphys.’ Though each band is distinct, both certainly revert back to their Irish roots. “It doesn’t make it any different or any better or any worse,” Kirwan said. “We didn’t form a natural idea that we should sound like.” He added that each band has an organic and unique sound. He also mentioned that although Black 47 has an Irish theme, his bandmates are from England and all around America.
Kelly speaks proudly about Dropkick’s tendency to keep their band’s purpose intact. “It’s a very cool thing,” he said. “For the most part we remember where we come from and the face of our fathers. We take the lyrics and incorporate it to how we grew up. It brings people together.” The Dropkick Murphys, who have been together for 16 years, are native to Boston. “Shipping Up” is one of their most famous singles, and their Boston pride mixes with their Irish pride. “It’s pretty cool to see over a decade and a half that we’ve left a mark on people getting more in touch with their roots,” Kelly said. “We definitely see the growth in people just getting back into traditional music which I think is just really cool.” Kirwan takes immense pride in representing and celebrating Irish history and culture at Quinnipiac. “Its kind of an ongoing celebration and we’ll take that celebration to a very logical place which is Quinnipiac,” he said. “The president put so much into creating this museum by gathering all these different artifacts so in a certain sense he’s getting another artifact of that period in Black 47.”
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The Dropkick Murphys, an Irish-American band, rely on stories and traditions of Irish history for its inspiration.
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THIS IS ME
MORE THAN A TRIP BEFORE COMING TO HAMDEN, JAIME MOR TRAVELED TO ISRAEL NAME: JAIME MOR HOMETOWN: NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. YEAR: SENIOR MAJOR: Physical Therapy and athletic training
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t had only been a week since Jaime Mor landed in Jerusalem, Israel when he experienced something many only see on the news. The small neighborhood of Mamilla was under a terrorist attack. In a square only a few miles from his apartment complex, a terrorist drove his car into a group of soldiers and killed them. This was just the beginning of Mor’s many eye-opening experiences to come. Graduating from high school in 2008, Jaime Mor, now a senior, didn’t want to go straight to college. The New Rochelle, N.Y. native opted for a different path: a year of deferment at Quinnipiac to travel to Israel through the Nativ College Leadership Program. This allows those of the Jewish faith to study in Jerusalem, as well as do community service in some of the country’s most dangerous areas. Mor saw it as an opportunity to connect with his heritage and see where his family came from. Although anxious about the trip, which lasted from September until late May, Mor quickly immersed himself in a place he’d never been. Along with 116 other students, Mor spent his first five months in Jerusalem enrolled in intensive Hebrew and leadership classes. He described the city as extremely Americanized, and lived a short walk away from some of the city’s most holy locations. In January 2009, shortly after the terrorist attack on Mamilla, Mor planned to move to Be’er Sheva, a major city in southern Israel close to the Gaza Strip. However, the conflict between Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic political party that governs the Gaza Strip, and Israel delayed his trip. In December 2008, the informal truce between Hamas and Israel expired after six months in effect. During those months, Hamas agreed to stop launching rocket attacks on Israel, and Israel allowed some commercial shipping across its border with Gaza. However, the agreement was frequently violated by various sub-groups, and following the truce’s expiration, Hamas launched roughly 50 rockets and mortars into Israel. Then Israel executed Operation “Cast Lead,” a bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip that lasted three weeks and killed roughly 1,400 people. “A katyusha rocket landed only about a mile away from the building we were moving into,” Mor said. “We were a little uneasy
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and the program almost did not let us move down to the south.” Mor said the rockets being shot out of Gaza were reaching over 40 kilometers, which was a very dangerous range considering Be’er Sheva’s proximity to Gaza. “At that point we had such pride in living in Israel and being the American-Jews that we were, we did not want to change our plans,” Mor said. “The attacks stopped a few days later which then settled our moving issue.” Mor had already decided to be completely invested in the culture and lifestyle, he said, and saw the attacks as a way to experience how other people live. In Israel, people are accustomed to high security threats. He also said these attacks helped him understand the importance of having bag checks before entering most buildings, and metal detectors before entering malls, the central bus station, and the university. “I didn’t feel anything different, because you can’t,” Mor said. “You have to keep living your life the same way you would every day. That is what the terrorists want, they want the Israelis to change the way they live their lives.” After moving to Be’er Sheva, or the Capital of the Desert, Mor stayed in an absorption center, which is state run housing for immigrants. He lived with three other Americans and Russians. Here he decided to get his hands dirty, and began working with the local people. He split up the weekdays with volunteer work, spending two at a local hospital, one at a zoo, and one teaching children English at a local school. Since Mor wanted to double major in physical therapy and athletic training, he said the hospital was where he belonged. Aside from spending two or three days in a rehabilitation center, his main job was to transport patients from one part of the hospital to another. Although he saw many rare illnesses, Mor remembers one case in particular. “There was this one guy who we had to transport and I don’t even know what is illness was,” Mor said. “But we had to put some special suits on to move him, because we couldn’t expose our skin to his condition because it was airborne.” While working in the hospital fulfilled his passion of being in the medical field, Mor said he valued school just as much. Teaching children as young as five how to integrate American words into their everyday lives
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Jaime Mor traveled to Israel through the Nativ College Leadership Program to study in Jerusalem and do community service in some of the country’s most dangerous areas. was an amazing experience, he said. After his yearlong excursion came to an end, Mor began his journey in Hamden. He was one of the few students to be accepted into a double-major program in the School of Health Sciences. With such a demanding schedule, Mor knew he needed to keep his
“You have to keep living your life the same way you would every day. That is what the terrorists want, they want the Israelis to change the way they live their lives.” - JAIME MOR positive outlook on life. He also maintained the fearless mentality he grew accustomed to in Israel, grabbing every opportunity thrown his way, including working as a resident assistant for two years and becoming a founding father of Quinnipiac’s fraternity Delta Tau Delta. “Being a founding father was an amazing experience,” Mor said. “Going through the chartering experience and everything, espe-
cially being the first group of people to see our ritual was awesome.” Mor also set his sights on working with the Interfraternity Council. He served as vice president of programming during his junior year, organizing events like Greek Week, and currently holds the position of IFC president. Mor also took on the role of orientation leader this past summer, and left his position as an R.A. This was something he’d always wanted to accomplish. “Jaime has been such an inspiration to me,” Cara Gilmartin, a junior and fellow orientation leader, said. “During Orientation this summer, I learned so much about him and his love for involvement and Quinnipiac in general. He’s an incredibly hard worker and someone I look up to everyday. He’s inspired me to challenge myself and simply be a better person.” Mor credits his ability to be such an active member of the Quinnipiac community to his time management skills, and said his couldn’t have asked for a better experience at Quinnipiac. While Mor still has three and a half years of college left, he thinks so far he’s stayed true to his hopes and goals. “I’ve looked back already now, going into senior year, and I’ve told all my freshmen, ‘the one thing you don’t want to do in May when you graduate, is stand on the quad and look back and say ‘I wish I would have done something’ and that for me is what I’ve tried to do,” Mor said.
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INSIDE THE MIND OF.... A new professor
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CULTURE SHOCK By JEN ESPOSITO
By Caroline Tufts
Kanye Sex Tape? Jason Koo is an assistant professor of English, who was hired this semester. He teaches creative writing, and has written two poetry books, “Man on Extremely Small Island” and “America’s Favorite Poem.” Here are some snippets of our conversation.
Let’s start with a brief introduction of yourself.
I was hired as an assistant professor of English specifically to teach creative writing. My particular specialty in creative writing is poetry. They are starting a new creative writing concentration here, [and] they have a fiction professor already, so they hired me to kind of fill out the concentration and develop it over the next few years, which I am excited about.
How does being a professor affect your poetry, and does this job make it harder?
Well, I would say yes and no. I would say teaching in college, being a full-time professor, is really good for a poet, any creative writer really, but especially a poet, because you have a lot of time to yourself that you wouldn’t otherwise have if you had to work an everyday job all year round. The summer especially is a good time for me to write.
So it’s easy to assume your writing was driven by a passion for literature and poetry. What inspired you to become a professor?
I went to my Master in Fine Arts program, the first step to becoming a poet, which is a really weird thing when you’re that young, because all you really have is the passion as you mentioned, and you feel like you want to do this thing, but you really have no practical idea of how you’re going to make it possible. So, you end up going to graduate school because you know it makes the most sense.
I think I matured and I started to realize that, you know, teaching is a great job to have, because you get paid to talk about what you’re passionate about. And I still think that my identity as a poet, or even my style as a poet, is sort of similar to my teaching persona. My poetry is very conversational; it’s very voiced. It uses a lot of humor, but is also serious, and I think I take the same kind of stylistic approach in my teaching.
What were you doing before you came here?
I was teaching at the Lehman College in the city at the University of New York. It’s in the Bronx. I was doing that for three years, and I was also directing the graduate program. I was actually getting a lot of curricular building experience and administrative experience which I think helped me get this job because that’s another thing that I’m doing here.
How are you feeling about your classes so far and the students here? I’m feeling really good. What I really appreciate about Quinnipiac is that the students are always more prepared. [Here] the students have been very bright. I’ve been impressed with their writing and the quality of their discussions. It’s been low-stress in that way.
Anything you want to say to the Quinnipiac community?
I’ll just reiterate how grateful I am that I’m here, that I was offered this job. I feel like the students are really bright, and it’s a great time to be here. The whole school I think is gaining an identity, and it’s kind of discovering what it is and what it’s going to be. Especially for my specific field it’s exciting because creative writing is growing and I just feel like in five years this place in some ways is going to look totally different.
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Rapper Kanye West is facing the same issues that his current girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, faced back in 2007. RadarOnline claims to have a sex tape that features Kanye and a random woman, who looks a lot like Kardashian, in compromising positions. The tape was supposedly shot before Kanye and Kim began dating.
Paris Hilton Does Damage Control After Homophobic Comments
Paris Hilton was recorded saying, “Gay guys are the horniest people in the world. They’re disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS. I would be so scared if I was a gay guy. You’ll, like, die of AIDS.” Now she and her publicist are trying to make up for it by apologizing to GLAAD and releasing statements on social networking sites, such as Twitter. Hilton apologized for any “pain to my gay friends, fans and their families with the comments.”
Royal Family Suing Over Released Nudes
A French magazine published topless pictures of Kate Middleton while she was on vacation with Prince William. Middleton was tanning at the home she was staying in where she expected complete privacy. The Royal Family is especially angry since this is “reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.”
LMFAO Breaking up?
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The music industry has some really nice people these days. This week it’s British boy band One Direction that’s going out of its way for a fan. “Help Melena Meet One Direction” is a Facebook page started by the sisters of a hardcore 1D fan, Melena, who has Down syndrome. The page’s intent was to get the attention of the band so they could meet her in New York City while performing at Madison Square Garden. This happened to fall a week after her Sweet 16. After weeks of promoting the tag #helpmelenameet1D and spreading the video on Facebook, Melena and her sisters received a video from band member, Niall. Shortly after that, the girls got an even better surprise: a signed copy of One Direction’s debut record. Although the band hasn’t met Melena yet or announced anything regarding plans to meet her, the video and CD were still incredibly sweet gestures. We can only imagine Melena’s face as she watched Niall talk to her. It’s obvious that the boys are busy these days working hard to get their sophomore record out, but taking a little time away to do something that likely changed Melena’s life was beyond kind. Want to get in on the action? “Like” the Facebook page “Help Melena Meet One Direction” and spread the word!–S. Corcoran
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Lindsay Lohan is a hot mess. It’s sad, but she really is the epitome of this term. Her biggest film, “Mean Girls,” remains cherished by many, but she has long since abandoned that peak in her life. She’s gone downhill so fast, and now she can’t handle even the most reasonable responsibilities—like driving a vehicle without running someone over. The New York Daily News reported that there is security footage of Lohan ditching a man after hitting him with her Porsche. The victim, Jose Rodriguez, claimed she was under the influence at the time. However, local police officers found “no indication that she was intoxicated,” which only makes her look that much worse. The incident is hardly surprising to anyone who knows about her previous trouble with the law, including multiple DUIs, cocaine possession and theft. If someone gave her some turkey and bread and asked her to make a sandwich, the results would probably be disastrous. She’d probably be found passed out on the floor with an empty bottle of Bacardi beside her, with the bread shoved in her pants and turkey on the window. She’s 26 years old and still stuck in that “Trap” she was in when she was 11.–S. Kozlowski
Hit band LMFAO are reportedly taking a break and want to explore their own personal interests. Although Redfoo and Sky Blu are breaking up as a duo, Redfoo plans on starting up a solo career. He said, “All the music that I’m going to make is always going to be LMFAO-ish.”
Green Day Lead Singer Breaks Down
Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, recently checked himself into a rehab center for substance abuse. The singer started cursing and using profanities in the middle of a performance during the iHeartRadio Music Festival after receiving a one-minute warning. Armstrong also smashed his guitar and flipped off the camera.
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THE RUNDOWN MEN’S SOCCER Harvard 2, QU 1 – Wednesday Phil Suprise:1 goal Borja Angoitia: 1 save QU 2, Vermont 2 – Saturday Phil Suprise: 1 goal William Daniels: 1 goal Borja Angoitia: 4 saves FIELD HOCKEY Maine 5, QU 3 – Friday Jennalise Taylor: 1 goal Danielle Allan: 1 goal Christa Romano: 1 goal Nicole Lewis: 6 saves Megan Conaboy: 2 saves QU 3, American 2 – Sunday Nicole Lewis: 5 saves Danielle Allan: 1 goal Kristin Engelke: 1 goal WOMEN’S SOCCER QU 1, FDU 0 – Friday Kemesha Woodfine: 1 goal Jill Kelley: 3 saves QU 1, CCSU 0 – Sunday Taylor Healey: 1 goal Jill Kelley: 3 saves WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL FDU 3, QU 0 – Saturday Tanner Celestin: 9 kills Taylor Payne: 2 Service Aces LIU Brooklyn 3, QU 0 – Sunday Ashley Kopacki: 3 kills Brittanie Robinson: 6 assists WOMEN’S RUGBY QU 36, Vassar 12 – Sunday Elisa Cuellar: 2 Tries
GAME OF THE WEEK
Healey blasts Central Defender’s first-career goal pushes women’s soccer to 2-0 in NEC By NICK SOLARI Staff Writer
Junior Taylor Healey’s first career goal gave Quinnipiac an early
advantage on Sunday afternoon, as the women’s soccer team held on to defeat Central Connecticut State, moving to 2-0 in Northeast Confer-
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GAMES TO WATCH FIELD HOCKEY QU (5-4, 0-0) vs. Brown (2-4, 0-2) – Wednesday, 4 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY – Friday, 10 a.m. WOMEN’S GOLF – ECAC Championship Friday, 9 a.m. WOMEN’S TENNIS - Hofstra Invitational Friday, 4 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS QU vs. UConn – Friday, 1 p.m. MEN’S SOCCER QU (2-4-1, 0-0) vs. Monmouth (52-1, 0-0) – Friday, 3:30 p.m. WOMEN’S SOCCER QU (6-2-1, 2-0) at LIU Brooklyn (2-7-1, 0-1-1) – Friday, 6 p.m. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL QU (1-10, 0-2) vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (5-9, 1-0) – Saturday, 1 p.m. QU (1-10, 0-2) vs. Robert Morris (5-11, 1-0) – Sunday, 1 p.m.
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Junior defender Taylor Healey fires a rebound with her non-dominant foot into the back of the net for her first-career goal against Central Connecticut State in Sunday’s 1-0 victory.
ence play. Eleven minutes into the opening half, the Bobcats successfully took advantage of an early corner kick opportunity. Senior Crystal Burns struck the ball into the penalty area and, after being deflected to the 18 yard line, Healey blasted the ball into the back of the net at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel campus. “That goal is huge,” Quinnipiac head coach Dave Clarke said after the game. “It was important that we came out strong. Central is one of the best teams in the conference, so to get up early was big. We didn’t want to give them any sniff that they could turn their season around today.” Healey’s early goal proved to be enough for senior goalkeeper Jill Kelley. Kelley had three saves in the contest, and earned her 24th career victory. Quinnipiac’s defense also aided Kelley in preserving the one goal lead, denying any Blue Devils opportunity. The shutout was Kelley’s fifth of the year. “Jill was very good today, as well as her back line,” Clarke said. “She’s doing everything well right
now, and has a strong back four in front of her. We have some very smart players back there.” The Bobcats had possession for most of the game’s duration and had nine corner kick opportunities to the Blue Devils one. The home team was outshot five to two by Central Connecticut in the first half, but battled back for a five to two shot advantage in the second half. Two players picked up yellow cards in the match. Senior Kemesha Woodfine, the team’s leading scorer, was given the warning in the first half, while Shannon Larkin joined her in the second half. The home team its able to control their emotions in the effort of preserving a tight lead. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 6-9 all-time against CCSU. It now holds a record of 6-2-1 overall and 2-0 in conference play. Sunday’s victory also preserved their spot at the top of the NEC standings on the young season. The Bobcats next see action Friday evening when they travel to LIU Brooklyn for another conference contest.
DOUBLE DIPPING By BRYAN LIPINER Social Media Manager
For a Division I athlete, keeping up with schoolwork and playing on the team all year long can become a drain on one’s body. But what about playing two sports in one year? Elena Orlando knows all about that. “It takes a bit more time than I’m used to, but it teaches you more about time management,” Orlando said. “Obviously I met a lot of new people, I get more involved in the school, I kind of get a new perspective on it.” Orlando, a junior from Winters, Calif. was originally recruited by Quinnipiac to play women’s ice hockey, beginning in the 2010-2011 season. Before coming to Hamden, Orlando led her high school team, Shattuck-St. Mary’s, to a national championship in 2009 and as runner-up in 2010. In her first year at Quinnipiac, the forward played in 33 games, recording two goals and six assists. Last season, Orlando notched one goal and two assists in 18 games played. Yet, beginning in fall of 2011, Orlando attended occasional women’s rugby games throughout Quinnipiac’s inaugural season, and immediately took interest in the sport. She was later contacted with the opportunity to play collegiate rugby in spring of 2012. “I saw some of their games and was really interested, I wanted to check it out,” Orlando said. “I’d seen some [rugby games] in the past, but I really didn’t know much about it until I came here. When I saw their games last year, I really learned a lot about it.” Orlando debuted for women’s rugby in 2012, playing winger, and will continue with both sports as they overlap this fall. This year, women’s rugby is so far undefeated, three of its four wins coming via large victories. Women’s ice hockey will begin its season on Saturday vs. Cambridge.
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Junior forward Elena Orlando was recruited to play for women’s ice hockey head coach Rick Seeley but is also playing with the women’s rugby team this season. “Elena has exceptional athletic ability,” Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey head coach Rick Seeley said. “Her speed, quickness and fluidity apply to all sports. She has a great attitude and is open to change and adjustment. These attributes have all contributed to a smooth transition to the rugby team. We look forward to Elena joining our team at the end of her rugby season. We fully expect this to be her best season so far.” In playing two of the most physical sports around, Orlando didn’t have much trouble adjust-
ing to the toll rugby and hockey can take on one’s body, and is something she recommends trying. “It was a little bit difficult to learn a new sport, but you learn how to adjust to that. I’m an athlete, so it wasn’t that bad to make the adjustment,” Orlando said. “I love both my teams, they’re both really supportive.” Yet, when picking a favorite between the two, Orlando has a tough time choosing. “It’s tough now, I like both of them. They’re both different, they have their pros and cons,” Orlando said. “They’re both a lot of fun.”
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REACHING FOR IT
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Clockwise from top left: Junior Aine McKeever extends for a kick in Sunday’s game against Central Connecticut State; senior Shauna Edwards fights for possession; junior Amanda Danziger sprawls across the field for a free hit against American University in Sunday’s game.
BY THE NUMBERS
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CAREER GOALS SCORED BY FIELD HOCKEY’S JESS
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POINTS SCORED BY ELISA CUELLAR FOR WOMEN’S RUGBY, WHICH LEADS THE TEAM.
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CAREER WINS FOR WOMEN’S SOCCER GOALIE JILL
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Phil Suprise Men’s Soccer Forward
Senior Milwaukee, Wis.
Phil Suprise scored two goals this weekend in games against Hartford and Vermont. Suprise scored six straight goals for the team until William Daniels scored the second goal in Saturday’s 2-2 double overtime draw against Vermont.
Danielle Allan Field Hockey Forward
Sophomore Riverdale, N.J.
Danielle Allan added two goals and an assist, good for five points this weekend against Maine and American. Allan was named the Northeast Conference Field Hockey Co-Player of the Week on Monday, Sept. 24.
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GAMES DECIDED BY ONE GOAL FOR THE WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM THIS SEASON. THE TEAM HAS A 6-1 RECORD IN THOSE GAMES.
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POINTS FOR SENIOR PHIL SUPRISE OF MEN’S SOCCER, WHICH LEADS THE TEAM. KATIE O’BRIEN/CHRONICLE
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FROM A DREAM TO A TEAM By GIOVANNI MIO Staff Writer
Two years ago, the idea of Quinnipiac possessing an official women’s rugby team was an afterthought. After a U.S. District judge ruled the university must add two more women’s teams for not enforcing Title IX rules in 2009, that afterthought became a reality. Today, Quinnipiac’s women’s rugby team has changed a group of average college students into Division I athletes. Senior fly half Colleen Doherty didn’t originally come to Hamden to participate in athletics at the collegiate level. At Oakmont Regional High School in Ashburnham, Mass., she was involved with the varsity track, soccer and basketball teams and also won her school’s Female Athlete of the Year award her senior year. “I was very involved with sports throughout my whole high school career,” Doherty said. “When the opportunity presented itself for women’s rugby, I immediately jumped on it.” When the team was declared a Division I squad last year, Doherty led the team with 30 tackles and assisted 11. All of this was possible because of an email. “There were a bunch of emails sent out saying, ‘If you want to learn more, come to these meetings,’” Doherty said. “One of my friends was interested and she got me to do it. I met with coach (Becky) Carlson and she gave me the times for tryouts. It felt like something I wanted to do.” Doherty isn’t the only high school student athlete to become a late-blooming Division I athlete. Junior Allison Gnys had a similar situation to her senior teammate, but was informed of the opportunity differently. “I heard about it second semester freshman year and my lacrosse coach from high school emailed me and told me to try out when I was home,” Gnys said. “She was like, ‘Oh, you played lacrosse and soccer. It’s like that but running with the ball.’” Carlson is the head coach of the women’s rugby team. She’s associated with 30 NCAA prospective institutions that later added a club or team, including her current stop at Quinnipiac. Carlson is an alumna of Eastern Illinois University, the home of the first ever Division I women’s rugby team. She won the 1999 Strength and Conditioning award while playing the sport for the Panthers. “We certainly maintain a lot of respect for our D-I NCAA counterpart at Eastern Illinois,” Carlson said. “The program is very
experienced and very well coached. For both myself and coach (Michelle) Reed, we played and coached there so it has a special meaning.” The Bobcats’ first game this season was against the Panthers, who haven’t lost a home opener in 13 years. The Panthers also swept the season series against Quinnipiac last year, 3-0, in which they outscored the Bobcats 1238. Quinnipiac defeated Eastern Illinois by a score of 2 sets to 1 to complete one of the biggest upsets in the sport’s history and snap the Panthers’ 29-game winning streak that dated back a few years. “I had a friend in the crowd saying that people were getting on their cell phones calling their friends saying, ‘You need to get out here, EIU is about to lose this game, I have never seen this happen,’” Carlson said. “Within minutes there were fans at the fence and people from other parts of campus checking out the game.” Carlson added that only the coaching staff, players and herself truly understand the feelings that took over once they heard the shriek from the final whistle. “The EIU crowd had not seen its team lose a home opener in 13 years and it was absolute silence on the other side of the field and the home bench,” Carlson said. “Our players were dog piled out on the field and my assistant coach and I had smiles on our faces. It was pretty surreal and QU should be proud of what this team has accomplished in its second season.” After defeating the only other Division I women’s rugby team in the country in their first game, the team and coaching staff can focus on winning the division. They play in the Tri-State Rugby Conference, formerly known as the Metropolitan New York Rugby Football Union until this past summer. The Bobcats carried the momentum from their opening win into their next three games against Binghamton, SUNY New Paltz and Vassar, defeating the squads by scores of 910, 94-0 and 36-12 while breaking program records in the progress, giving them a 4-0 record this season. The second year team already has more wins than it did in its inaugural season when it went 3-6-1. With a Division I sport that is not as popular as other sports developing out of the blue, 80 percent of the Bobcats’ roster didn’t play the sport prior to college according to Carlson. This year, Carlson brought in freshman recruits for the first time. Five out of the six freshmen on this year’s roster have experience in the sport and one of them participated with the national team camp.
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Coach Carlson and the Bobcats have compiled a 4-0 record early in the season after finishing their inaugural season 3-6-1, including a win over the only other Division I women’s rugby program, Eastern Illinois. “It was quite a preseason seeing the two entities (newcomers and veterans) mix and learn each other’s styles of play but in the end, to be successful they all need to play Bobcat rugby,” Carlson said. Doherty expressed that she is excited for the future of the program, and that building a solid foundation is something that the she and the team take to heart. “There are days when the team under-
stands its unique position as a pioneer for this sport and some days where they forget,” Carlson said. “We are quick to remind them and they are receptive. I think more important that teaching the game of rugby is the fact that the coaching staff will continue to impress upon the program, a level of humility in remembering and appreciating the hard work that needs to be put in in order to make this a viable sustainable program.”
Where are the freshmen from? DEVON VIEIRA
JENNIFER FREMD
ANDREA RIVERA, NATALIE KOSKO
TESNI PHILLIPS
Kent, Wash.
Oak Harbor, Wash.
Sebastian, Fla.
Cheshire, Conn.