The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 9, Volume 86

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

VOLUME 86, ISSUE 9

Being prepared

Hamden to decide on University to hold active shooter awareness training university zone

By SARAH DOIRON Co-News Editor

The frequency in school shootings has prompted the Department of Public Safety to offer training for students, faculty and staff for active shooter awareness, according to the Chief of Public Safety Edgar Rodriguez.

There have been 52 school shootings this year alone, according to Every Town For Gun Safety’s research. Rodriguez said it is impor-

tant for the university to be prepared in case there is an active shooter on campus.

“An active shooter could occur anywhere.

It could occur here, in a nightclub, a fast food restaurant, so forth and so on,” he said. “This is something that is happening more frequent[ly] than ever and we just need to be prepared.”

Rodriguez said Public Safety has a protocol in place should there be any type of dangerous situation–such as an active shooter on campus.

We need to be good neighbors. I think it’s important that we realize that there are families living next to those house parties,” Rodriguez said.

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The Department of Public Safety will have more officers on campus for the weekend. the importance of being courteous to the Hamden residents and community during Halloween weekend.

“One of our biggest things here at the university is if students are going to a party off campus, or a house party, please think about the neighbors.

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There will be changes for students looking to live off campus if Hamden’s Planning and Zoning Commission chooses to approve the six proposed amendments on student housing, according to a proposal presented by the Planning and Zoning Committee.

Most of the amendments are minor but one of the amendments discusses a “university zone” that would include a majority of New Road and the entirety of Lucien Drive, as well as the area of Woodruff Street to Renshaw Road.

“The university zone is something the university put forward,” Sal Filardi, vice president of facilities and capital planning said.

Filardi said the main reason the university wanted this university zone was to establish universal zoning requirements for universityowned property.

The zone would include 75 properties, 59 of which are owned by the university, according to the proposal. The 16 remaining properties are privately-owned. Eleven of those are private residences, two are used for student housing, two are commercial sites and one is a multifamily house that is rented out to the university.

The purpose of the zone is to create alternative living space for students in single-family houses in residential neighborhoods, according to the proposal. The zone is also meant to create a safe area for students to shop, live and eat within a close distance to the university. The intent of the zone is also to encourage the growth of businesses in Hamden.

Junior Allison Hoover said she doesn’t think this will make a difference for students.

“That’s a good idea if it would make our relationship better [between Quinnipiac and Hamden],” Hoover said, “but I think that people are going to want to go where they want to go, so if they don’t want to live on those roads, they’re going to find another house, whether it’s through Quinnipiac or not.”

Multi-family housing, accessory apartments, dormitories, retails, single-family housing, funeral homes, and office and service establishments are all permitted uses of the zone, the proposal states.

Filardi said he believed the way the university zone was presented at the Planning and Zoning meeting was to show that the zone was going to help solve the problem in town. But, Filardi said the university already owns most of the area in the proposed zone.

“I don’t really see how [the university zone] solves the problem at all,” Filardi said.

Rather than create this university zone, Filardi said the town of Hamden should propose areas that students cannot live in.

“If they could identify residential zones that exist that would be off-limits to student housing, we think that would be helpful,” Filardi said.

Junior Jonathan Lemeau believes that the university zone would lead to an easier commute for students, and less problems with Hamden.

I’ve heard that a lot of neighbors are complaining about us about parties and other things,” Lemeau said. I think it’s a good idea to have everyone closer to campus. It is more convenient for the students and less of a problem [for Hamden].”

Assistant Town Planner Dan Kops told the

Rodriguez confident students will be safe on Halloween The Department of Public Safety is preparing for Halloween weekend by having more officers on campus, according to the Chief of Public Safety Edgar Rodriguez.

This is nothing new to the Quinnipiac community. Last year, Public Safety heightened security on campus in preparation for Halloween weekend, as well.

“We are going to be proactive and visible,” Rodriguez said. “We usually have enough personnel on campus and Monday through Saturday from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., and then 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. we have Hamden Police Department on campus with us, so we are going to have more than enough people around.”

Rodriguez said students should be cautious during Halloween weekend.

Two years ago, a student walking back from an off-campus party fell into an uncovered well on Whitney Avenue. In an effort to ensure students off-campus are safe, Rodriguez suggested students choose brightly-colored costumes so they can be seen by drivers.

“Choose your Halloween costume wisely: Be sure to wear something you can move in. Masks and wigs can accidentally cover your eyes, impairing your vision,” he said.

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Chief of Public Safety Edgar Rodriguez speaking during the first active shooter awareness training session on Oct. 27 in the Mount Carmel Auditorium.

Senior Gerard Lisella thinks having active shooter awareness training sessions is a great idea.

“Honestly every time I turn on the news or read a news site and they mention there is or was another [school shooting] and my initial reaction is ‘pff of course’ or ‘what a shock’ and I’m almost desensitized to it,” he said. “But then I walk around campus for the next week and every bump and sound I hear makes me jump. It’s there in the back of my mind, and it’s horrifying. ‘What if we’re next?’”

Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson sent an email to the university community on Oct. 26 with the dates, times and places of active shooter awareness training sessions.

“Acts of violence on college campuses have increased in frequency, and have occurred most recently in Oregon and Texas,” he said in the email. “These events naturally cause varying levels of concern about safety and preparedness at our own university. While these events are generally unpredictable, it is important that we do everything possible to prevent them and be as prepared as possible to respond effectively should such an event occur.”

Lisella said the fact Quinnipiac has to hold these training sessions because of the increase in school shootings is crazy.

“Some of us aren’t even legal adults before we come to college,” he said. “It’s absurd that we’re at a point as a country and society that the administration at an academic institution has to take steps to teach their students and faculty members how to not get killed.”

The training sessions began Tuesday and will continue until Nov. 5. The next four are located in the Mount Carmel Auditorium.

These sessions are as follows: Oct. 28 from 4-5 p.m., Oct. 29 from 8-9 a.m. and Oct. 30 from noon to 1 p.m. There will be a training

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FACULTY SPEAK UP

With training sessions to learn what to do in the event of an active shooter coming up this week, Quinnipiac’s active shooter policy is a popular topic. Professors share their perspectives on the active shooter policy and the upcoming training sessions.

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“I do understand that as a faculty member, they don’t want me confronting the person. My best course of action if I know that there is an active shooter is to lock my door, but I happen to teach in a classroom where the door doesn’t lock. The janitor can come over and lock it, but I can’t personally lock or unlock my door.

If they are going to encourage people to do that, [the administrators] need to make some changes there.”

CO-NEWS EDITOR Tara O’Neill CO-NEWS EDITOR Sarah Doiron ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR David Friedlander ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Adelia Couser ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Jeanette Cibelli ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Kellie Mason SPORTS EDITOR Tyrell Walden-Martin ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Jordan Novack

Grant Crawford | Engineering “I want to sit in on a [training] session and get the details. It seems to be thorough and that they’ve thought about it quite a bit, but I still want to sit in.

I kind of took that upon myself as a faculty member to be prepared in case something happens because I care about my students and I need to be able to do my part to keep us all safe.”

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“I know the incidents in Oklahoma and the other incident where there were active shooters. First of all, I’m against firearms. There are people who are fighting saying that people on campus should have guns. No, that’s not the solution...If something like that happens where someone with a gun enters the classroom, I don’t know what a training session will accomplish...but I am willing to listen.”

DESIGN EDITOR Kristen Riello ASSOCIATE DESIGN EDITOR Jessica Sweeney PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Megan Maher ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Julia Gallop ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Erin Kane ADVISER Lila Carney THE QUINNIPIAC CHRONICLE is the proud recipient of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors’ award for College Newspaper of the Year in New England for 2011-12 and 2012-13.

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Richard McCarthy | Computer Information Systems “[Active shooters] have been an ongoing concern for the senior members of administration on down, to provide a safe environment. Also, college campuses are a very open environment, and that is a tough balance to retain both.... [Students] spend four years with us, but we will spend a lot longer than that, so I have an ongoing need to stay up to date with what the policies are.”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

By Tara O’Neill

Persian Gulf could be unlivable by 2100

Fairfield schools evacuated

Hurricane makes land in Mexico

By 2100, areas of the Persian Gulf could be too hot for humans to live in, according to the New York Times. This information was found in a study by Jeremy Pal and Elfatih Eltahir who cited humanity’s contribution to climate change as a possible reason for this threat to human life. The threat is expected to come in waves of heat and humidity too severe for human life to sustain.

Connecticut police evacuated more than a dozen schools on Oct. 23 following two bomb threats and a threat of a gunman, according to the New York Daily News. All 17 public schools and almost all of the 27 private school in Fairfield went into lockdown early Friday morning. The police were unable to confirm whether or not any of the threats were legitimate.

The strongest hurricane ever recorded at sea, Hurricane Patricia, touched down in southwestern Mexico on Oct. 23, according to CNN. The hurricane uprooted trees, knocked down power lines and created mudslides because of the heavy rainfall. The storm hit an area of Mexico that was not heavily populated and avoided Puerto Vallarta, a resort city in Mexico.

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Whitney Village unguarded

Public Safety does not sit at booth

By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer

Residents of Whitney Village may be accustomed to not seeing a Public Safety officer in the guard booth. But that’s not to say that Public Safety isn’t around.

Chief of Public Safety Edgar Rodriguez said the patrol area was enlarged a year and a half ago to include locales near Whitney Village, like the WQUN radio station and student housing on Woodruff Street. This change was due to the school’s growing amount of property in the area.

Along with this, Rodriguez said Quinnipiac hires Hamden police officers to patrol these areas from 5 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Saturday, doubling their coverage.

Despite this, some students would still prefer having a guard in the booth.

Graduate student and Whitney Village resident Emily Bean said that due to the lack of a constant guard, she makes sure she is with her boyfriend, who lives nearby, while in the parking lot of Whitney Village at night.

“Once I’m in [the building], I feel fine; it’s just, like, walking through the pathway to get into here, ‘cause I feel like anyone could drive down,” Bean said.

Other Whitney Village residents, like senior Katie White, are indifferent toward Public Safety officers being stationed at the booth.

“We’re all seniors. We should all know how to take care of ourselves and it’s not like we’re 10 miles away from Quinnipiac.

If we had a problem, [Public Safety] would be there soon,” she said.

Rodriguez feels that having expanded the patrols to the areas around Whitney Village in a “big circle” has improved response time throughout the area. He also feels that having the officers be mobile improves the “visibility” of Public Safety.

“We want everybody to know they’re safe here. This is a safe campus, and we’re going to do whatever we can to keep it that way,” Rodriguez said.

Despite this, Whitney Village resident and senior Devin Pallitto said he thinks that the lack of guards at the booth is unusual

since there are officers at checkpoints around York Hill, Mount Carmel and Hogan Lot. Pallitto even had his own theory as to why there isn’t a stationed officer.

“I personally think that Quinnipiac [has] been going through budget cuts, because... the buses have been... consolidated, staff [is being] let go. Whitney Village is generally very quiet, so they don’t really feel like they need to have somebody here because we take care of ourselves,” he said.

But this is not the case, according to Rodriguez, as the budget for Public Safety has not been cut in past years. Rodriguez said he has actually been able to hire more personnel.

Pallitto doesn’t believe that having a constant guard presence at the booth is necessary, but feels that it is a nice thing to have. He said he remembered the Public Safety officer at the booth checked in with him during a time when his phone didn’t work, back when he first lived in Whitney Village two years ago.

Whitney Village resident and graduate student Samuel Jacobson said he feels safe despite not having a guard at the booth.

However, though he doesn’t personally complain, he thinks that the university doesn’t really pay attention to Whitney Village.

“It’s just kind of a lack of caring overall ... in contrast to everything else… it seems like we’re kinda forgotten about,” he said.

Bean has no regrets about living at Whitney Village, liking the peace and quiet, but she feels that Whitney Village could use more resources.

“A lot of attention is put on York Hill, like it should be, as the majority of the [upperclassman] population lives there, but I do feel that something is lacking here, but it doesn’t really take away from my enjoyment of living here,” she said.

Jacobson noticed an inaccuracy in “The Senior Resource and Policy Guide,” which he said he was given at the beginning of the year when he moved in.

The guide is an informational packet, which was produced by Residential Life and Student Affairs for this academic year. He

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Above is the empty guard booth in front of Building 1 of Whitney Village. noticed the wording of the booklet, which he felt implied there would be an officer stationed at the booth.

“If you are locked out during the day (between 12AM-7PM) you can use the public safety officer located by building 1 to be let back into your building/room,” one section of the packet states.

Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Cindy Long Porter said in an email that the information in the packet was the prior staffing at Whitney Village. Porter’s staff

will confirm the change with Rodriguez and send corrected information.

Rodriguez said he wishes to remind students that if they need help, Public Safety officers will come as soon as they can.

“I want everyone to understand that we’re not just here when somebody gets in trouble.

We’re also here to help the community and to assist them in any way possible,” he said.

P&Z to vote on student housing amendments OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING from cover

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The town may create a university zone, which would encompass most of New Road, all of Lucien Drive, and Woodruff Street to Renshaw Road.

New Haven Register that the commission will consider a proposal to extend the housing permit moratorium for student housing until Jan. 15, 2016. Initially, the expiration for the moratorium was Nov. 15 but it will be extended to include the new proposed amendments.

Another proposed amendment prohibits the use of indoor furniture outdoors.

“Interior-type furniture, such as upholstered couches and chairs or other fabric-covered articles are not intended for outdoor use and shall not be placed outside the house except on a covered porch,” the proposed amendment states.

Filardi said this ordinance is “kind of silly.”

Two other proposed amendments would allow the town’s zoning enforcement officer to survey student housing permit applications about parking or the location of parking. The two amendments would also cancel the requirement that the building official needed to sign off on applications for student housing.

Some of the other proposed amendments suggest the town tightens the requirements for student housing permits. One amendment requires no new permit be issued for a one-unit, two-unit or three-unit house unless the owner of the house lives at the property.

“Student housing is permitted in one-, twoor three-unit dwelling units buildings only if the building is the permanent residence of the owner of the property, verified each year by a notarized affidavit certifying that the property is the owner’s primary residence,” the proposed amendment states.

The proposal defines a permanent resident

as someone who lives in the house for at least 10 out of the 12 months in a year. Any landlord would be required to submit a notarized affidavit to certify they live there with every renewal application.

“That’s fine with two- and three-family houses,” Filardi said. “But no one-family house is occupied by the owner and rented to students. If you’re renting out a single room, okay—maybe. But that’s not the issue in town.

The issue is that there are entire homes rented to students in residential neighborhoods.”

Landlords would be required to include a copy of the Student Housing Permit Renewal Packet or Housing Permit Application Packet with each signed lease. The students would be required to sign a form saying they read and agree to follow the town’s Student Resource Information Sheet for Off-Campus Residential Living.

The remaining amendments focus on parking availability and changes as well as the elimination of the building official’s approval on new student housing applications, according to the proposal.

The approval for each amendment does not rely on the approval of any of the other amendments.

A public hearing for official approval of the amendments will be held sometime in December, before the expiration of the Jan. 15 deadline.

Overall, Filardi said he doesn’t think the proposed amendments are necessary.

“I think it’s interesting, but I didn’t see anything necessary in there,” Filardi said.

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Holocaust survivor to speak Fairfield resident Anita Ron Schorr will speak about her experience surviving the Holocaust as a part of the Anti-Defamation League’s Echoes and Reflections Holocaust Educator Program. Schorr is a native from Czechoslovakia and is one of the youngest Holocaust survivors alive today. The event will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 at the Center for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Room 101.

‘Women & Water’ talk to be held The Institute for Global Health will present on Nov. 4 at noon the “Women & Water: Improving Community Health through Business Opportunities.” Kate Clopeck, the executive director of Saha Global, will lead the talk in MNH 227 on the North Haven campus. Saha Global is an organization that provides business opportunities for women in Ghana to solve needs for clean water and electricity.

Beta Theta Pi hosts pumpkin fest Members of Beta Theta Pi will be selling pumpkins for students to decorate and carve on the Bobcat Way Lawn on Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will also be pumpkin coffee, munchkins, donuts and muffins for sale. All of the proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

Hereld House hosts ‘Lox of Love’ The Peter C. Hereld House will be hosting “Lox of Love” on Nov. 8 from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Students can donate six inches of hair to Locks of Love International.

Hereld House’s own Peter and Kimberly, who own His & Hers Salon in Somers, Connecticut. If your hair is shorter than six inches or you just want a trim, students can get a $10 dry haircut. A bagel and lox lunch will be served for anyone who participates. To sign up contact Rabbi Reena Judd.

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Students encouraged to vote in Hamden mayoral election

By KELLY RYAN Staff Writer

The town of Hamden will vote on Nov. 3 for a new mayor. The Student Government Association (SGA) is encouraging students to be a part of the voting process to decide whether current Democratic Mayor Curt Balzano Leng or Republican candidate Bob Anthony should lead the town.

“I think historically students have wanted to vote and they didn’t know that they could,” Student Body President Jonny Atkin said.

“Especially since a lot of students feel like Quinnipiac is their home… they feel like Hamden is their home.”

SGA passed out registration forms on Monday in the Carl Hansen Student Center. Students were provided with all voting registration information via email. The documents can be printed, filled out and returned to the Student Government Association (SGA). SGA will then hand deliver the forms to Hamden Town Hall.

As student body president, Atkin has been approached by students, asking if they were able to vote in elections for the town of Hamden.

“This [voting for Hamden mayor] was a unique opportunity for us. We thought this might be something that we should go forward with doing to help our university and to give our students a voice in the broader community,” Atkin said.

Atkin said he got immediate responses from students after sending out the email.

Freshman physical therapy major Allie Giordano registered to vote in Hamden at SGA’s event on Monday, and said it was an easy process. Although she had originally registered to vote in her hometown in New York, she felt it was

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The Student Government Association helped students register to vote in the upcoming election. important to vote in Hamden.

“I’m spending most of my time here,” she said. “We’ll be here for more election days, I know Nov. 3 I won’t be home then so I’ll have to register here if I want to vote.”

Sophomore history major Jackie Price said she did not hear about SGA’s event and does not plan to register to vote.

“I don’t know, I just didn’t really have time to do that,” she said.

“I don’t really get into politics and all that stuff so I don’t really follow what’s going on. I mean if I was more into it I would probably vote.”

SGA also worked with Public Safety and development offices to provide transportation to the Hamden polls on election day. But students who live on York Hill and students who live on Mount Carmel, have to vote at different polls.

Atkin said the two campuses

are “in different zones.” He plans to send out specific emails to those who have signed up to vote, explaining which shuttle to take.

But Price said she thinks this is a great idea.

“It’s nice for kids who don’t have cars or don’t have friends who have cars that they have a ride to go vote,” she said.

Giordano said she still is deciding who she will vote for on Tuesday, but wants to choose someone who has the students’ best interests in mind.

Anthony’s stance on some current Quinnipiac-Hamden issues include the argument that 300 beds should have been built on the York Hill campus, that Hamden police need to be more strict with students holding off-campus parties and that the main problem with Quinnipiac is the off-campus housing owned

by non-QU landlords.

Leng said at the mayoral debate last week that he agrees with Anthony that the main problem is the off-campus housing owned by outside landlords. But Leng does not believe Hamden police should be any more strict and praises their work ethic. He is surprised by the development of the North Haven campus and believes positive change is coming in the future for Quinnipiac.

Students interested in voting in the election should educate themselves first, Atkin said. “[Students should] do some research on who the candidates are and what their positions are because that can make the biggest difference of how our university advances and grows and expands in the future,” Atkin said. “It has a direct impact on us.”

Public Safety announces active shooter protocol ACTIVE SHOOTER from cover session on the York Hill Campus in the Rocky Top Student Center on Oct. 30 from noon to 1 p.m and two sessions on the North Haven campus on Nov. 3 from 11 a.m to noon and Nov. 5 from 3-4 p.m.

Thompson also attached a brief training video for the entire community to watch called “Run, Hide, Fight” that explains what to do if there were an intruder on campus.

He also attached a document listing the emergency protocol the university would follow if there were a dangerous situation on campus.

In the email, Thompson wrote that the university has been taking precautions to prepare for dangerous situations. The university’s 11-member Emergency Management Team meets monthly to discuss how to deal with issues like these, according to the email.

Public Safety also began arming several officers in January 2014 to ensure the safety of the campus. In addition, the officers are engaged in ongoing training, exercises and drills with the university, the Hamden Police

Department, the North Haven Police Department and the Connecticut state police, according to the email.

Facilities also works to secure all classrooms, offices and buildings on

“I think it is unfortunate that we are living in an era where we need such a policy. However, I commend Quinnipiac administration and Public Safety for stepping up.”

– ANGELA MATTIE MANAGEMENT PROFESSOR campus, according to the email.

If there was an active shooter on campus, Public Safety would send out a QU Alert to students, faculty and staff with the location of the incident, the description of the suspect and information on whether to stay put or evacuate the premises.

“Our goal is to provide the students, faculty and staff an update

every 30 minutes with a status of the incident to let people know what is going on,” he said.

Professors have not been trained yet, but Rodriguez said he hopes faculty will attend the new active shooter awareness training. The training sessions are not mandatory for faculty and staff.

“Times have changed and I think we need to be vigilant and proactive,” he said. “I think everyone needs to know, God forbid something like that happen here, what you need to do.”

Professor of management Angela Mattie said it is good that Quinnipiac is having the training and hopes the university never has to mobilize the active shooter protocol.

“I think it is unfortunate that we are living in an era where we need such a policy,” she said. “However, I commend Quinnipiac administration and Public Safety for stepping up and producing what is a well thought out policy with public welfare and the protection of faculty, students and staff on our campus.”

Lisella said he is going to attend one of the training sessions so he knows how to protect himself if

there were an active shooter on campus and because he is curious as to what information will be given.

“I’m obviously not expecting a military combat training session on how to disarm and neutralize hostile enemies, but I also expect a school of our reputation to provide us with more than a PowerPoint of statistics followed by a quick [Public Service Announcement] and send us on our way,” he said.

Rodriguez also stressed the importance of the Rave Guardian app in order to report suspicious activity on campus easily to Public Safety.

“It’s so nice to have [Rave Guardian] because you have [Public Safety] at the push of a button so we are alerted,” he said.

Thompson wrote in the email that any questions about active shooter awareness training should be directed to Rodriguez or Associate Vice President for Facilities Operations Keith Woodward.

“Your cooperation in working to make our campuses as safe as possible is important and appreciated,” Thompson said in the email.

CORRECTION: “Previous St. Patrick’s Parade chair sues Lahey” from the Oct. 21 issue, The Chronicle originally printed that Pat Smith, media liaison for the parade, wrote the editorial for the Irish Central, but this is not correct.

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Lights out

Zoning Board of Appeals denies lighting for atheltic fields

By TARA O’NEILL Co-News Editor

The Zoning Board of Appeals denied the university’s proposed lighting for its athletic fields on Oct. 15.

The university’s proposal was denied for several issues, such as requesting lighting on the field above the height regulations set by the town and not being appropriate lighting across from a state park.

The university wants to install these new lights to improve the fields, according to Sal Filardi, vice president of facilities and capital planning.

“The basics of it is that we’re looking to upgrade our fields and we are working with a court-appointed referee as part of the Title IX decree settlement … it was identified that we need to provide superior facilities,” Filardi said.

In 2013, the university settled a Title IX lawsuit that began in 2009 when Quinnipiac tried to remove the volleyball team. In the settlement, the university promised to spend at least $5 million to improve athletic facilities other than the T.D. Bank Sports Center.

Filardi said the referee suggested the university install state-of-the-art lighting.

“The problem with the denial is...we have to get variances for lighting because there is no sports lighting definition for local codes,” Filardi said.

The five members of the board of appeals—Elaine Dove, Suzanne Carroll, Francis Nelson, Wayne Chorney and Jeffrey Vita— were all involved in the decision on the proposal.

The proposal requested three 50-foot lighting poles, six 70-foot lighting poles and three 80-foot lighting poles, but only 15-foot lighting poles and 35-foot structures are allowed on athletic fields are allowed based on the university’s zone, according to the minutes recorded at the Oct. 15 meeting.

The board of appeals allowed the university the opportunity to update the regulations for the floodlighting that reflect changes in technology to make the lighting less intrusive.

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The university cannot put lights on the athletic fields, like the one the lacrosse team practices on, right now because the town denied its proposal.

But Filardi said the lighting the university proposed would not be intrusive.

“It doesn’t throw light anywhere except on the field. It doesn’t light up the night sky, it’s 100 percent cutoff,” Filardi said. “I think the two problems were because it wasn’t in their regulation, they talked about maybe we need to change the regulation before we approve the lighting, even though they have approved similar installations. I think the fact that it’s state-of-the-art—I don’t think they really realize it will not be a problem with neighbors.”

Bernard Pellegrino, the attorney representing the university in this case, made a point of acknowledging that there are similar lights used elsewhere in town, including the Hamden High School football field, according to the minutes. But the board members responded to this by saying the fields are in different zones.

Pellegrino said the existing lighting regulations are not conducive to lighting an athletic field, according to the minutes. Pellegrino argued that the light spillage that could occur would not create safety concerns, despite what

the board believed.

He even argued that the new technology for the lighting for the field would be so focused on the field that it would not necessarily even meet the normal definition of floodlighting, according to the minutes.

The issue Pellegrino made clear was that the regulations provided by the town of Hamden does not coincide with necessary safety qualifications for athletic field lighting.

The minutes of the meeting showed Andrew Dyjack from Musco Sports Lighting spoke on behalf of the university and said that the higher lights are the only way to properly light the entire field. Dyjack reviewed several different possibilities for lighting on the field but only found that a certain height would allow for the appropriate lighting.

According to the minutes, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) said playing “any type of athletics” with the lack of appropriate lighting was not acceptable. The NCAA actually requires fields to have 50 foot candles on the fields.

Filardi said a foot candle is a measurement represented by the strength and brightness of the bulb in each light.

“A foot candle is a measure of light,” Filardi said. “When you take a measurement, there’s a light meter and you hold it three feet off the ground and whatever the light off the bulb is projecting, it reads it in foot candles.”

Keith Ainsworth, an attorney for the residents of 5200 Ridge Road who are labeled as “the face of the neighborhood,” according to the minutes, said the university is not a good neighbor at the moment. Ainsworth submitted a petition on behalf of his clients about the university’s lighting proposal.

Beyond Ainsworth’s pushback, the Zoning Board of Appeals—according to the minutes—does not have the authority to approve the university’s proposal because of the town’s current zoning regulations.

Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals were unavailable to speak to The Chronicle for this story in time for publication.

Students compare food on different college campuses

By HANNAH FEAKES Staff Writer

From the University of Connecticut (UConn) to Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart, students have varying opinions on both prices and quality of food on campus.

Unlike other colleges, food prices at Quinnipiac vary depending on what is purchased. For example: a burger is $5 depending on what toppings are included, french fries are $2, a cup of mixed fruit is $3.42, a water bottle is just under $1.89 and a bag of chips is a little over $1.29.

Alexa Zeoli, a sophomore at Quinnipiac, appreciates the Student Government Association’s (SGA) initiative to bring diversity into the dining hall.

“Well we have the vegetarian option that SGA brought onto [Quinnipiac’s] main campus, it used to be a pancake line or an omelet line and then they had some different foods at night, but it’s all vegetarian-based now and then we also have the new Chobani yogurt line,” Zeoli said. “I think SGA is making an effort to keep the food diverse for students.”

Zeoli said she is typically satisfied with her food experience with Chartwells.

“I didn’t really eat much last year, I had almost $300 left on my meal plan at the end of the year,” Zeoli said. “But, so far I’ve been pretty satisfied except for the few times when I’ve eaten the hot food. Some things are different and some things stay the same.”

Sean Prizio transferred from Quinnipiac University after his freshman year and he is now a senior at UConn. Though he wasn’t

positive on who provides to food at UConn, he said he likes the setup better than the one Chartwells provides at Quinnipiac.

“UConn has [eight] dining halls, each specializing in particular meals and services throughout the week,” he said. “Also, the meal plan system UConn offers is exceptionally more convenient and preferable to QU’s system.”

For around $2,700 a semester, students at UConn get unlimited swipes into the dining hall where there is a buffet-type arrangement set up, Prizio said. If you do not have a meal plan and a friend cannot swipe you into the dining hall, the flat rate charge is $11 for pretty much all you can eat. The seven dining halls at UConn provide not only a huge variety of meal options, but great quality food as well, according to Prizio.

Chartwells caters to students attending Sacred Heart University. Sandwiches range from $7 to $9, salads range from $6 to $10, drinks are $2 to $4, fruit is around $5 and food off the grill is $8 to $10, according to freshman Kaitlin Thorogood.

Thorogood said her favorite food from Sacred Heart is the chicken quesadilla and salads from the salad station.

“I do not mind the food at school,” she said. “I just wish there were consistently healthier choices. At the dining hall, the options are slim and it’s not always the greatest food for you. I want to see more grilled meats rather than fried. And to be honest, most things are super overpriced.”

Thorogood praised the variety Chartwells offers at Sacred Heart.

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The BYOB station in the cafeteria on the Mount Carmel campus has prices for burgers varying for a little over $5 to nearly $7. “[The food] is good, I’m glad Chartwells offers a lot of different options,” she said.

“It’s nothing like my mom’s home-cooked meals, but it’s satisfying.”

Caila Frassetto, a freshman at Quinnipiac, said said has an issue with the prices of food.

“I think Chartwells is way overpriced,” Frassetto said. “We are broke college students and we do not have enough money to pay seven dollars for an omelet and a piece of chicken. Realistically, I think a cup of fruit should cost a dollar and 50 cents or $2 maximum.”

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Students question university’s sustainability

By VICTORIA SIMPRI Contributing Writer

The resources and facilities section of Quinnipiac’s handbook states the university is committed to building one of the most environmentally-friendly campuses in America.

“As part of its overall sustainable plan, Quinnipiac is a single-stream recycling community,” the handbook states.

Associate Vice President for Facilities Operations Keith Woodward explained that starting in the spring semester of 2012, Quinnipiac officially transitioned to a single-stream recycling system, which means members of the university community no longer have to separate recyclables into different bins.

“The blue baskets located around the university are used to dispose of plastic products numbered one through seven, magazines, newspapers and catalogs,” Woodward said.

“Examples of non-recyclable items that should stay out of these bins include garbage, plastic bags and food waste.”

After recyclable items have been dropped off in their blue baskets, they are then taken to City Carting and Recycling in Milford, according to Woodward.

The website for City Carting and Recycling states that they began their dedicated involvement with recycling services in 1990 with the opening of one of the first conveyorized fiber waste sorting facilities in the area.

Quinnipiac advertises itself as a very environmentally aware campus; however, with one look around the cafe one can see that there are no recycling bins, anywhere.

Students for Environmental Action (SEA) President Kyle H. Owens has noticed that there is no form of recycling in the cafe.

“While this may seem problematic it’s actually beneficial to the process,” Owens said.

“A lot of waste (food scraps, dirty plates, the Pepsi cups, etc.) aren’t recyclable believe it or not.”

According to Owens, if there were recy-

cling bins in the cafe students may be tempted to toss unrecyclable items into the recycling bins.

“Sure, single-stream means that various recyclables are sorted at the plant,” he said.

“However, if too much garbage gets mixed in with this, the plant will have to throw away their batch of recyclables as it will be tainted.”

“SEA is currently working on a campaign to generate higher interest in recycling amongst the Quinnipiac community,” Owens said.

Sophomore Kayla Mistretta said recycling is very important and that she is disappointed

by Quinnipiac and its lack of dedication to this issue.

“I did notice that there are no recycling bins in the cafe. I was surprised because that is probably the main source of recyclable items on campus,” Mistretta said. “I don’t think the facilities crew goes through afterwards and separates the recyclables from the trash.

So everything probably just ends up getting thrown out.”

According to Woodward there were recycling bins in the dining halls in the past.

“Unfortunately it’s a consistent challenge.

We find trash in the recycling bins frequently, so those bins have been removed,” Woodward stated.

Sophomore Rugby player Karee Helgerson and her roommates have created a system outside of Quinnipiac recycling to better the environment.

“We have created a system in our dorm where we have our trash bin and we have our recyclables, like bottles and cans,” Helgerson said. “And we just collect it all and recycle it ourselves for cash. Afterwards we are going to take ourselves out for a roomie dinner with the money.”

Helgerson does not think that the dorm buildings have an efficient recycling system.

“They have a bottles and cans bin in the laundry room, but all of that is just put into the dumpsters so there is no point in separat-

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Quinnipiac uses the single stream recycling system an all three campuses. ing it because it all goes to the same place.”

Helgerson said.

On the topic of bettering the recycling system at Quinnipiac to prevent recycling getting mixed with trash Woodward said there could be improvement, but that the university is do-

ing its best.

“Could we be better? Sure,” he said. “But I think we are working very hard to keep recycling in the forefront of our students’ minds.”

Renovated Center for Innovation opens in CCE

By JEREMY TROETTI Contributing Writer

The Entrepreneurial Room at the university has undergone many changes. It is now known as the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Located in LC 301, this expansive room has undergone numerous renovations in order to become the room it is today.

The Director of the Center and Carlton Highsmith Chair Norman Gray explained why the university decided to make changes to the room.

“The administration felt that it was more of a club, and there needed to be some formal structure with it,” Gray said.

The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is now divided into different sections, each one dedicated to a different area of innovation. The room contains spaces dedicated to planning, and even includes a pre-incubator to help potential businesses get off the ground.

And it is not just students that can use this space.

Gray said faculty, students, alumni and people from the surrounding community are allowed to use the room. He said since they

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Students and faculty can utilize the Center for Innovation to brainstorm new ideas. opened up the room to more people, several faculty-run projects have been started.

Sophomore Alex Acquarulo said she looks forward to utilizing the room with its changes.

“It [is] a great place...for entrepreneurs to go to to talk about creativity and ideas to get our brains flowing because that is what we do

as entrepreneurs,” Acquarulo said. “We [entrepreneurs] learn by experience and interactions.

Any update to the room is appreciated; it helps us grow.”

However, graduate student Joe Ugalde said he enjoyed the room prior to the changes, where it was an entirely student-run space.

“No signing in, no secretary. I really liked that it was a student-made space,” Ugalde said.

“I mean, students created the whole place, literally. They painted it, furnished it, designed it. Put in French doors–not kidding.”

Gray explained that there are people working in the art department, designing logos for their business.

“We have the folks in American Marketing Association working [with us]–they’re doing logo competitions–and they will help the business develop the logo, for example, not just the business plan, but you can now do the marketing,” Gray said.

Gray also said anyone who wants to come in to work on a team is welcome to do so.

“So, as a one-stop resource for the student, the student who has an idea can take the idea all the way to pre-incubator, and just about get ready to launch,” Gray said.

Gray cited TuLi, the peer-to-peer tutoring marketplace, and he said it is a business that launched because of this room.

Ultimately, the renovated room should be a place where students can come to innovate, and enjoy themselves while doing so, Gray said.

Rodriguez: ‘Have somebody with you at all times’ HALLOWEEN from cover den police broke up 14 large house parties and arrested several students.

Students also flock to New Haven during Halloween weekend, and Rodriguez said New Haven and Hamden police will be checking IDs more frequently. He also said bouncers at clubs can tell the difference between a real and a fake ID. “New Haven Police and Hamden Police Department start checking [fakes IDs] more and more during this time of year because they know they are going to get more people down there,”

he said. “They also need to patrol what is going in and what is coming out. A lot of the bouncers in these clubs have been trained on how to detect a fake ID.” Freshman Amanda Gormley said she intends to venture into New Haven that weekend but has some concerns.

“I think I am going to Toads for Halloween,” Gormley said. “I am a little scared because of the gang initiation and people getting too rowdy.”

But Rodriguez said he has not received any information about gang initiation in New Haven.

“We will be working together with the New Haven and Yale Police Department to make sure

that are students have a safe weekend in New Haven,” he said.

Rodriguez also suggested students use the buddy system during the weekend, especially if they go to New Haven.

“The biggest part I always preach is, you have to have the buddy system. Have somebody with you at all times, have a friend with you and know the people you are with. Always have your phone and have emergency numbers on that phone.”

Freshman Hailey Conger said she is excited about Halloween weekend but is worried about people getting out of control.

“I plan on staying safe this weekend by using

the buddy system and staying in constant communication with my roommates and friends,” she said.

Freshman Alexa McCue said she plans to walk to around campus and possibly attend a party Friday night and Saturday night she plans to go to Toads.

“I am a little worried to go to Toads because I have heard it is gang initiation weekend. I am going anyway because there is nothing else to do, it is the college experience and the only fun thing to do that has a low price tag,” she said.

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This might just be my opinion, but Arnold Bernhard Library is too quiet for me to study in.

Now before you judge me, hear me out. I understand that a library is supposed to be quiet, but our library is awkwardly silent.

During midterms week, I decided to do what seems like what a lot of Quinnipiac students do and study in the library. After I entered, I walked upstairs, found a computer and started studying.

After hitting the books for a while, I decided to pay a visit to the vending machine for a candy bar and that was the biggest mistake I made that night.

After I returned to my seat, I started to slowly unwrap the bar so that I could enjoy its chocolatey goodness, but something was wrong.

I turned around and saw so many eyes everywhere, just glaring at me and I had no idea why.

“Can you keep it down,” said a student whom I had never met before.

In my head I thought, “Keep what down? then there wouldn’t be these problems. When I make a bit of noise in the library, it is innocent The candy bar?”

I mean really? Is my chocolate wrapper noise. I am not in there trying to play a prank for laughs, I am there to that loud to the point where study like everyone else. you can’t concentrate on your TYRELL WALDENMARTIN I just have one request studying? for those who sit in the But what makes this even Sports Editor library and give flack for worse is that I know I am not @Tyrell_Walden the people who make a bit the only person to experience of noise… lighten up. You this. We have all been victim to were once that person that the awkward library silence.

We have all sneezed, coughed or even have surveyed the entire second floor of the library our headphone jack removed from our phone for people you might disturb if you opened that and awkwardly scramble to plug it back in as bag of chips.

People are in the library to study and do the entire library gave death stares while that new Drake song played loudly. We have all work in a peaceful setting just like you are.

Glaring at someone because he or she tends been there, believe me.

A little noise never hurt anyone. To be hon- to chew louder than the sound your keyboard est, I find it weird that one space can be crowd- makes when you type on it does not make for a peaceful setting. ed with people yet be completely silent.

But, what do I know? I am typically the I blame television for why students act this way. If MTV’s Silent Library never existed, loudest person in a room anyway.

Ghosting is cowardice

If you can start a relationship, you can end one I honestly don’t understand relationships these days.

There’s “talking,” hooking up, being “Facebook official” and so many other things in between.

What happened to two peoNICOLE HANSON ple just being together and Copy Editor leaving it at that?

I could rant forever @nicole_hanson11 about how much I dislike the way dating is nowadays, but the thing that really gets me is the way people end their relationships — or whatever you like to call them. I thought being dumped over a text in high school was the most devastating way to be broken up with...until I was ghosted.

Ghosting is “the act of suddenly ceasing all communication with someone the subject is dating, but no longer wishes to date,” according to Urban Dictionary.

So, basically, you have the nerve to start a relationship with someone and declare feelings for him/her, but you don’t have the courage to tell this person when you’re no longer interested? Ghosting, in a nutshell, is cowardice.

According to a survey by Elle, about 27 percent of women have been ghosted, while only around 14 percent of men have been ghosted.

But a larger percentage of women admitted to ghosting someone else — about 26 percent compared to 17 percent of men.

Statistics aside, why would anyone do this? I’ve been ghosted by multiple guys before the term was even a thing. Luckily these were guys I had only gone on one or two dates with, but even so, being freezed out after these dates seemingly went well was a pretty terrible feeling.

Ghosting can happen for various reasons, but people who fear conflict and confrontation are most likely to cut off contact without any warning, according to the Huffington Post.

Even though some people may find it easier to end a relationship without confrontation, the Huffington Post says ghosting causes more damage to both the ghost and the ghostee in the long run.

Breakups are never easy and are probably harmful to both parties one way or another.

People have certainly gotten creative over the years as different technologies have been created. Heck, Carrie was dumped over a Post-It in “Sex and the City.” From middle school to this

past summer, I’ve been dumped over AIM and text messages.

Even if a relationship isn’t ended through a quick text, so many people find a way to torment their exes after all is said and done. My ex-boyfriend tweeted horrible things about me for years after he dumped me.

With all the technology we have at our disposal, some people still don’t have the decency to use one of these mediums to tell someone they just aren’t interested anymore.

Let’s be honest — I’m sure you spent hours, days, weeks or even months deciding whether you wanted to be in or out of a relationship with someone. How is it you can’t take five minutes to call or meet up with someone to tell them that like an adult?

After being dumped over a text and later ghosted this summer, I have zero interest in trying to date anyone at this point. The way that people “date” these days is proof in itself that many people don’t care if they’re in a relationship or if they actually take the time to break up with someone. I don’t think all guys are secretly ghosts, but I definitely don’t have time to figure out which ones are.

So next time you want to end things with a significant other, grow up and tell the person face-to-face — don’t just disappear into thin air.

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Major bullying is a major problem I’ve gotten myself into a mid-semester such as finger painting 101 and counting to slump which leads to going on social media ten 220 yet I’m over here taking applied stamore than actually studying. I always end up tistical methods and anatomy,” one anonyscrolling through Yik Yak when Instagram mous post read.

Now, if you think communications is so no longer becomes interesting. The feed features everything from complaining about easy you would have recognized that you a muscles exam to wanting to talk to that didn’t write in AP Style (no need to explain because, like you said, one brunette girl in the communications is easy). cafeteria, but the person Do you know for a can’t seem to rile up the KELLIE MASON fact communications stucourage. dents take finger painting My personal favorite Associate Arts & Life Editor @KellieMason7 and counting to 10? If so, posts are Java John “tap who are you attributing it” quotes. They get me your quote to? Can you every time. Although, the get them to talk on the list of my least favorites record? But you don’t is long. So long that its length would replicate “War and Peace,” the know for sure, so students apparently take these classes. I don’t know if I trust your original version.

But there is one type of post that I am source.

Also, I don’t really understand how these sick of reading. I’m tired of students posting that certain majors are easier than oth- two courses could be offered in the School ers. According to Yik Yak, some students of Communications because finger paintbelieve that communications is the easiest ing is considered art, which would be in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Math major here.

“Communications majors take classes classes are also in CAS, so I would consider

these to be UC electives for a comm major.

Unfortunately, the university doesn’t offer them, and I’m sad.

I’m a journalism student with a business minor. I also had a brief stint as a diagnostic imaging major before I decided to switch.

I’ve taken classes in political science, sociology and English. Before anyone jumps to conclusions and thinks I switched majors because DI is hard is wrong, I switched schools because I was more passionate about my writing than biology.

Anyone can realize I have at least put a toe in the pool of each school. For the most part, I’ve had success in all my classes, but that’s neither here nor there.

Each major — each class — is difficult and rewarding in its own way. People today are so willing to bring others down to better themselves than support others for pursuing something they themselves couldn’t do.

I haven’t come across an investment banker who could rehabilitate someone after a car accident. I also haven’t come across a nurse who could create a news package in a few hours, conduct interviews and speak on

live television, all under pressure.

There really is no reason to think one major is easier than another. We were put on this earth to do a job. Some jobs may look easier on paper but in reality, they aren’t.

Nursing majors have to complete seven clinical rotations during their four years at Quinnipiac. The university provides them with the locations.

Communications is commonly known among students as a “working major.” The students are required to complete an internship to graduate, preferably on-sight.

We have to search, apply and interview for these on our own. They aren’t handed to us, even if we have connections, and most of the time, we don’t get the one we want.

If you really think communications is so easy, I would like to see you produce a breaking news story within minutes. If you think entrepreneurship is so easy, I want you to create a multi-million dollar company in only a few years. If you think marketing and branding a company is easy, I challenge you to create an ad campaign.

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The city of Hamden is at it again.

From the Planning and Zoning Commission to the mayor himself, everyone wants Quinnipiac students either gone or under stricter regulations. Last week, the Chronicle interviewed the current mayor, Curt Leng. Leng came into office in May and has decided to chit-chat with students, including us, informing us about his new policies.

If you read the article, you would have noticed that the mayor suggested that students apply to live offcampus in non-Quinnipiac

housing.

The current way to go about living off campus is by looking at houses that you like, contacting the landlord and then signing a lease. The same process that everyone else in the community and state goes through when looking to rent a house.

Good ‘ole Leng wants students to be the exception to that process. Direct quote: “That allows the university [to have] some more control over real problematic locations,” Leng said. “Because the vast majority of our off-campus students are not causing problems in our neighborhoods, but the ones that do and do repeatedly should be dealt with.”

By making students apply, you are taking the aspect of living off campus away. Students move off campus so they don’t have to abide to university rules. It’s called “growing up.” In fact, it’s what real real people do all the time. They live in rented homes and when they throw parties and the music gets too loud, the police come and tell them to turn it down.

If students were written up freshman year, this in no way affects their ability to live off-campus. Would you make grown men and women apply to live in a rented home even if they have previously gotten arrested? No. And the mayor is saying we should make kids apply to live off campus if

they’ve caused problems previously? Doing so is treating students like they’re a different type of resident completely.

Leng also said he wanted to have the university discipline the students who cause problems for police and residents.

Cause problems-for the police. Isn’t their job...to solve problems...in the community?

Hm. No wonder Lahey is peacing out to North Haven.

I just want to address that Lahey said in an interview with the New Haven Register that of the 1,300 students who live off-campus, most of the problems involve about 40 of those students living in eight to 10 privately owned homes. I’m pretty sure the police can handle this one on their own.

“If someone’s just making some noise, I’m not looking to have them arrested, to have them have a record,” Leng said.

“Whereas if we’re working together with the university and we have a number of problems in a particular house, we could have a ‘three strikes and you’re out’ type of rule where the university then says ‘Look, you didn’t follow our code of conduct and you can’t live in the neighborhood.’”

What are we, in the third grade? These students living off campus are paying monthly rent, paying for cable and Wi-Fi, paying for gas, food, cleaning their houses and you want to enforce a three-strike sys-

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What really kills me is that he wants RAs to patrol those areas with the cops — good one. I’m an RA and if he thinks I’m going to go to a privately-rented house party to tell students to quiet down with the Hamden police next me, he’s very wrong.

The town keeps blaming Quinnipiac for the students living off campus who are rowdy and it is literally the Hamden police’s job to address these problems, just like every other town. Well if they’re going to blame us, it’s time we speak up for ourselves.

As some of you might know, the elections for the Mayor of Hamden are coming up and we have the ability to vote. I suggest you search the Internet to see what these candidates are saying and make in impact in your community by utilizing your right to vote.

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Autumn is here and The Chronicle taste tested three fall beers. Check out the reviews to see which is for you.

Beers rated out of five.

Sarah Harris

is the opposite of a beer aficionado. Not much of a drinker, she solely participated in this event to give a nonbeer drinker perspective and as an excuse to drink on a Wednesday night.

Kellie Mason

is an aspiring beer connoisseur.

She still doesn’t know the difference between IPA and ale.

Hannah

Kellie

“This beer tasted pretty bad, so I drank it while I ate a glutenfree cracker and hummus and it surprisingly went very well together. I recommend Sabra hummus, the garlic kind.”

“This beer was too strong. It lacked all the pumpkin flavor and was not good. I will not drink this one again until I am old and like strong beer.”

“This was definitely my favorite of all three. I am a bit biased because I love Two Roads already.

I didn’t taste the pumpkin, though. I would recommend this to someone who likes to be super trendy and cool. I also really liked the bottle design.”

Stony Creek Brewery

is on her way to beer-tasting stardom. Fluent in ales and IPAs, she is working to become a true cognoscente by honing her hops-detecting abilities.

Roadsmary’s Baby

Sarah

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Hannah Schindler

Two Roads Brewery

Sarah

Hannah

Kellie

“This beer was a bit more ‘beer tasty.’ It was dark and poured a bit reddish as a nice amber ale should. There was a woody taste that came along with it as it hit my tongue. It was kind of too foamy. Also, it had a nice matte label that looked cool.”

“This beer was more wheat-y than the others. It’s called apple cinnamon ale but I could hardly taste either the apple or cinnamon. Definitely an interesting one. Props to the beautiful packaging.”

“Not a fan. I thought it was spicy, probably because of the cinnamon. I didn’t really want to finish it. I was kind of upset I didn’t like this because Stony Creek produces some good brews.”

Sarah

Hannah

Kellie

“This is a rockin’ pumpkin beer from Shock Top. It’s a light beer, which I don’t mind, but I couldn’t really taste the pumpkin flavor. Honestly, you could blindfold me, put a Corona, Bud Light and this beer in front of me and I wouldn’t know the difference.”

“This was my favorite out of the three. I liked that it was light and not super strong. It had a great mix of flavors but lacked the pumpkin spice.”

“This tasted a lot like a Blue Moon to me. I couldn’t taste the pumpkin, but I did taste the wheat. My tastebuds weren’t satisfied.”

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‘Hunted’ on campus Documentary reveals college rape culture

By NISHA GANDHI Staff Writer

Students and administrators packed into the Mount Carmel Auditorium on Oct. 21 to view the 2015 documentary “The Hunting Ground,” an intense film about the rape culture on college campuses across the country.

This has been a growing epidemic throughout the past 30 years. According to the film, more and more students are experiencing sexual assault on campus and many universities have not changed or enforced their policies on how to handle the issue.

Senior Carly Hviding, political science major and student body vice president, was very impressed with the turnout at the event.

“I thought it was awesome,” she said.

“I know a lot of classes came [and] a lot of professors made their classes go. They did a really good job promoting [the documentary], so I thought it was really good having so many people there because it’s a really important issue to be informed about.”

Penny Leisring, professor of psychology, agreed with Hviding.

“The amount of diversity that we saw at the

showing was great,” Leisring said. “Obviously there were a lot of students, but there were also other professors, people from Residential Life, the provost… Many people don’t realize how important it is to have this kind of presence at something like this.”

Viewing “The Hunting Ground” impacted many students, including Ann Abadeer, a junior in the physician assistant program and residential assistant. She spoke about the reluctance of universities to report sexual assaults, since high crime rates could harm enrollment numbers.

“It was very powerful and shocking,” Abadeer said. “I couldn’t believe how many universities there are [that] still stand for what’s financially convenient or easier/better as opposed to what’s morally right.”

Kerry Sewell, a freshman nursing student, also described the documentary as “powerful.”

“I thought it was very surprising… and sent a really good message,” she said. “It made me alarmed that that happens a lot of places and not a lot is being done about it… it occurs a lot more than we think it does.”

Cassie Hardy, a freshman history major, said the consequences for both the victims and

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perpetrators of sexual assault surprised her the most. Many would assume a victim would not be blamed, but this is not always the case.

“Like with the Jameis Winston thing, people called [the victim] a liar,” Hardy said.

Winston was a Florida State University student and quarterback accused of raping two women, but was never found guilty. He currently plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The woman who accused him of rape dropped out of school, and the film shows FSU football fans happy about her decision.

“The Hunting Ground” didn’t just change people’s views on the rape culture on colleges, it also changed the way people perceive the schools that were mentioned, such as the University of Notre Dame.

“I grew up with a Notre Dame family and I stepped onto that campus so many times, and I had no idea that this was such a big thing there,” Maria Capetta, a freshman history major, said. “It’s made it impossible for me to wear any Notre Dame attire because I’m so disgusted by it.”

Perhaps the biggest impact “The Hunting Ground” had on Quinnipiac students and faculty members is the reassurance that QU is

working to make sure this kind of culture is not prevalent on our campus.

Dr. Hillary Haldane, professor of anthropology, was the catalyst for the documentary showing at Quinnipiac.

“If I was a prospective student knowing that sexual violence is a huge problem in our culture and I was looking at a university that wasn’t acknowledging that it was a problem, I would be suspicious,” Haldane said. “I look at us and we’re showing this film, we’re holding a Socrates Cafe where we will discuss rape culture, we offer classes that engage with this question, we have a great Title IX team… I would look at that as all real positive things that our University makes publicly known.”

The Socrates Cafe, called Does the U.S. Have a Rape Culture?, will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the piazza.

Hosts will encourage open discussion of the topic between professors and students. “The Hunting Ground” goes hand in hand with this event.

“I think that’s a really great message to send to students,” Haldane said. “You can come here and we can work for change collectively.”

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‘Star Wars’ is back and better than ever

CAT-astrophic costumes

Dec. 18 cannot come soon enough. Last Monday, the final trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was released, and it was received in record-breaking fashion. The trailer was viewed almost 130 million times in its first 24 hours, which beat the film’s own record of views after the second teaser trailer was released in April.

Ticket sales proved the popularity of the franchise. When box offices opened, many sites crashed from the massive surges of people accessing them. With its integration of old characters into a modern film, the new “Star Wars” appeals to both old fans of the franchise and young fans who are excited about the action and adventure that this trailer promises.

This trailer is the absolute benchmark for what every film’s trailers should strive to be.

While not giving away any important plot twists, it introduced the main heroes, villains and old characters we know and love, along with an amazing background track from John Williams. It had all the information needed to keep you wanting more. The care being taken to create a “Star Wars” film for all generations is admirable, and we can only hope it resonates with every fan out there.

Conservative estimates put the film easily grossing $1 billion, breaking many records along the way. What do you think will happen? Will you be there opening weekend? –C. Millin

Halloween is approaching and this can only mean one thing: soon everyone will be posting pictures of their amazing cat costumes. I think I speak for the entire female population when I say that we’ve all been a form of a cat before, whether it’s an actual cat or a tiger, cheetah, lion or another variation.

Admittedly, it does make for a great last-minute costume–just throw on some ears, a tail and use black eyeliner to draw on your whiskers and you’ve got yourself a cute, recognizable outfit.

However, I think more people need to realize that there are, in fact, other very easy costumes to pull off last minute that are way more original than a cat and will leave a lasting impression.

For example, you can wear denim and flannel and go as a cowgirl or write lifeguard on a red tank top and buy a cheap whistle. I’ve even seen people wear black pants and a black and white striped shirt with bags that had dollar signs on them and go as robbers. There’s also always the evergreen “Thing 1” and “Thing 2” costumes inspired by Dr. Seuss.

The bottom line is that there are tons of other simple and cheap Halloween costumes other than those that resemble a feline. I think it’s about time that we retire all those boring cat costumes and embrace the more unique, yet equally as easy costumes. Maybe we can finally add some diversity to our social media feeds during this Halloween season. –N. Gandhi

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October 28, 2015

The Quinnipiac Chronicle

The pen is mightier than the sword Literary Death Match features students’ creative writing

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Taylor Chelo (left) helps Clare Michalak (right) spell out the famous author, Téa Obrent’s name for the final round of the match.

By CAROLINE MILLIN Staff Writer

No harm came to those who attended Montage’s Literary Death Match this past Thursday night in the Carl Hansen Student Center, unless they died laughing. Four talented students read their original works of fiction in seven or fewer minutes, going headto-head in a competition that was more comedy than tragedy.

Adrian Todd Zuniga, creator of the Literary Death Match, hosted the event. Literary Death Matches happen all over the country, usually

featuring adults who are fairly accomplished in their fields.

Three experts judged the event. Julia Pistell, director of writing programs at the Mark Twain House and Museum, brought literary expertise and funny commentary. Bethany Van Delft, a comedian from Comedy Central and a former model, commented on the performance of the contestants. Al Park, a stand-up comedian and winner of the 2014 Boston and Cleveland Comedy Festivals, judged the contestants on the “intangible” aspects of their performances, or the aspects he deemed noteworthy that had

not already been discussed.

In the first round, freshman Emma Griffiths and senior Alan Johnson went head-to-head, each reading pieces of their original work.

Griffiths kicked off the competition by reading an excerpt from her novel “After I Wake,” which included a powerful description of mental illness. Her opponent, Johnson, read three small pieces that were witty, thoughtprovoking and enthusiastically delivered.

While the judges said they had an incredibly tough time choosing between the two, ultimately they sent Johnson to the finals.

In the second round, senior Clare Michalak read her poem titled, “To My Future Daughter,” which beautifully described the types of people her future daughter might encounter throughout her life. Her opponent was senior Amanda Damone, who read satirical articles she had written for The Barnacle, showing her ability to intelligently comment on the issues of the day through pointed humor. Again, the judges said the choice was extremely difficult for them, but they decided on Michalak as the winner of the pair.

The final round had nothing to do with judges and everything to do with literary whimsy. After selecting two volunteers from the crowd, Johnson and Michalak had to try and spell the names of several famous authors.

They went letter by letter through ridiculously long and foreign names, battling to the finish until Michalak ultimately proved herself to be the Literary Death Match champion of 2015.

Junior English major Taylor Chelo, the volunteer that helped Michalak spell her way to victory, said this was the second time she had been to the annual event.

“What I love most about it is how I can come to appreciate my English major, the talents of my fellow majors and the comedic entertainment of the show Montage puts on,” Chelo said. “Events like the Literary Death Match show students how brilliant the English department is and how those who love their major will take their talents beyond the classroom walls.”

Zuniga praised Quinnipiac in his closing remarks, saying that our students can really hold their own with the work they are producing.

“I am proud to be an English major,” Chelo said. “It’s talented people like those at the event who encourage me to keep pursuing what I love.”

Write, film, produce QFS hosts 48 hour film festival

By AMANDA PERELLI Contributing Writer

What does Grover Cleveland have in common with a hot dog? Ask the Quinnipiac Film Society.

QFS hosted its 48 Hour Film Festival over the past two weeks, an event that entailed a kick-off meeting, filmmaking and a final screening last Wednesday night. Members of the club teamed up and were given 48 hours to produce a short film incorporating a hot dog, a character named Grover Cleveland and the line, “I’ve made a huge mistake.”

The festival included three teams: one freshman team and two upperclassman teams.

One of the upperclassmen teams won with a film titled “Mr. President.”

Senior Christina Warchol was the editor of “Mr. President.”

“Each group picks out of a hat and gets a genre,” Warchol said. “We got thriller.”

The film was set at a dinner hosted by President Grover Cleveland. It not only integrated the line, prop and character well, but also included a plot twist ending that stunned the audience. A loyal friend later assassinates him, but the film at first leads the audience to suspect a guest who was thrown out of the party.

Jackie Dolisi, junior and assistant director, spoke about the fast pace of the film’s production.

“Right after we got our genre, [we went] to Christina’s job in the new school of communications,” Dolisi said, since Warchol

was unable to make that meeting. “[We] sat down at a table and spat ideas off of each other.”

Senior Nicole Rivard was the director of photography.

“We nominated the positions to each other and basically walked up to Christina and told her she was going to be director,” she said.

One of the first steps after genre selection was writing the script.

“Sean Kelly wrote it that night [and] did an amazing job,” Rivard said.

After the script was written, they could begin filming the next day. Dolisi said they filmed from about 10:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.

Warchol and Dolisi joked about how they only used Rivard for her lenses but went on to praise her filming skills.

“Nicole is an amazing director and photographer,” Warchol said. “She got on the floor for some scenes. She was so dedicated.”

Rivard explained how the film was a learning experience.

“We all learned a lot of different filming positions,” she said. “This was my first time being assistant director, which was interesting.”

The team said filmmakers must be able to work around unexpected problems.

One challenge they faced, besides the time restriction, was with an actor’s availability.

“Our main actor, [who played] Grover Cleveland, got a message from his dad in the middle of the day saying that he got tickets for the Mets game that night, so he had to leave,” Rivard said. “So, we had to film super quickly

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Christina Warchol (left) and Jackie Dolisi (right) worked creatively and overcame production challenges to create the winning film. because he needed to be out by 5 p.m.”

Despite those issues, the team completed the film and wowed the audience and judges.

The film ends with a powerful shot of the door closing on the assassin and Cleveland’s wife.

The team members could not say enough

positive things about the experience. Dolisi and Rivard both praised the director and editor for editing the piece until the moment it was due.

“We didn’t want to kill each other at the end of the day which was a plus,” Dolisi said. “It was fun and a great bonding experience.”

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October 28, 2015

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ALBUM REVIEW

Empowerment through ‘Shame’

Petal inspires women and confronts mental illness in debut LP

By KRISTEN RIELLO Design Editor

Petal’s debut full-length album “Shame” has been a long time coming for Scranton, Pennsylvania’s Kiley Lotz after the 2013 selfrelease of the EP “Scout.” The EP, which was made in her garage, caught the attention of Run For Cover Records, an indie label growing in popularity over the past few years. Petal was signed shortly after.

Lotz is the only permanent member of Petal; the other members rotate. She is frequently assisted by the indie punk band Tigers Jaw, composed of Brianna Collins and Ben Walsh, who also worked with her on the album. Together they compose a beautiful harmony of nostalgic 90s-infused songs.

Petal has a quality of remembrance in its music that strikes a powerful emotional feeling in the listener. It is hard to not feel affected by Lotz’s pure honesty in her vocals and lyrics that are introspective and omnipresent. The singer and guitarist confronts her struggles with anxiety, depression and paranoia throughout the album, and the shame (hence the album title) that comes with the illnesses.

“I really kind of came to terms with what I was dealing with…all the embarrassment and all the speculation, all the mind-reading of everyone hating me, didn’t exist,” Lotz said in an interview with The Le Sigh, a blog that highlights women in music and art. “Everyone is carrying around some shame about something.”

In a male dominated genre, the combination of Lotz and Collins is refreshing and empowering.

The two combined writing efforts for “The Fire,” a track that details both women’s experience with an online stalker.

“I was excited to write a song that felt powerful and weird and off,” Lotz explained. “I can’t stress enough what a blessing it is to be writing music with my friend who’s also a woman.”

The song displays courage against the

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Petal performing at Santos Party House during New York City’s CMJ Festival. women’s stalker by proclaiming, “I won’t let you forget, you think of me wrongly. I will find you, you can go anywhere I can too.”

Lotz holds her ground bravely and takes massive risks from track to track. “Nature” is not only bold lyrically, with the lyric “I want to be part of the nature you were born from,” but also musically. The song is stripped down to just Lotz singing over a single drum beat. The song is a change of pace amongst guitar-supported songs, and the risk pays off. Lotz’s vulnerability shines through, making the listener feel every emotion.

Even though this is Petal’s first LP, Lotz feels at home on any stage. In addition to writing, recording and touring, the 24-year-old spends her time acting in on and off-Broadway plays.

Her most recent off Broadway show “Underland” co-starred Annie Golden, who plays Norma in

“Orange is the New Black.”

“I have an addiction, a little bit, to the live experience. There’s nothing like that interaction between the audience and you,” Lotz said. “What you experience with an artist at a concert, or at a play, you will never have that experience again, and that performer will never have that experience again. It’s so finite to that night, that moment. And I think that’s so incredible.”

Lotz supported her local art scene by commissioning Philadelphia music photographer Danielle Parsons to create a dreamlike purple/ pink album cover that perfectly encapsulates the ethereal feeling of the songs. The hazy photo sets the mood for the album.

Lotz also commissioned Boston-based videographer Alex Henery to create a music video for “Heaven,” the album’s second released

single. The video starts off with a nervous Lotz, uneasy about going out and presenting meticulous behavior, giving the viewer a look into life with anxiety. Over the course of the video she works up the courage to be around people and talk to different strangers in New York. By the end of the video she has come out of her shell and dances with the friendly Coney Island visitors, showing the very personal transformation she went through, mirroring the album’s main theme.

The video and song were inspired by Lotz’s move to New York, when she was forced to face her mental illness.

“That was a really difficult transition,” she said. “I really started to experience some symptoms with mental health issues that I had had my whole life, but I just thought they were totally normal. I thought everyone was like that.”

The first single released, “Sooner,” is everything Petal fans were anticipating and more.

With smooth vocals and unique subtlety, Petal sets a mood of calmness balanced by intense guitars, all while igniting excitement and powerful emotion within the listener. From the album’s vibrant opener “Camera Lens,” to the low-key, evocative finale “Silly Heart,” each song is well done on its own, but the way the songs are strung together tells a bare-bones story of sorrow and fearlessness, with constant tempo changes and band accompaniments to keep the listener hanging on every second.

The 12-song album debuted on Run For Cover Records Oct. 23. Petal will be on tour with Tigers Jaw for the remainder of the month. The album is available for listening on Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube and available for purchase on iTunes and runforcoverrecords.com.

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OPINION

Sharing fiction

On ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ and who owns our stories

By JULIA PERKINS Editor-In-Chief

John Green, young adult author and onehalf of the Vlogbrothers YouTube duo, once said “books belong to their readers.” His comment was in response to an article that took remarks “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling made about the relationship between Ron and Hermione out of context. What Green meant was: Calm down, Potterheads. The series is still there for you to enjoy, no matter what the author says after the book’s publication.

But Green’s words bring up greater questions about the relationship between the creators and consumers of stories. Who really owns the stories we tell? The writer or the reader? And what, if anything, does a writer owe to their audience?

At first, it seems simple. When an author writes a book, obviously he or she has the copyright for that story. Authors should be allowed to explore the world they created in any way their imagination takes them. Readers do not have the right to demand that the author writes the book in a certain way or expands the story beyond what the author wants.

Yet, books, TV shows, movies and plays capture our imaginations and take us on journeys. They can impact us so much that they become a part of us. This means that each reader has his or her own interpretation of the book.

It may be completely different from what the author intended, but that perspective of the story belongs to the reader’s imagination.

Still, it is not the author’s job to release information that coincides with each individual reader’s interpretation of the book. Of course, the author should not change the book’s original canon. Nor should the author go against the spirit of the words he or she wrote on the page.

Most importantly, authors are obligated to finish the story they started in the medium it began. When writers publish something for a wider audience, they begin a contract with the reader that they will complete the story.

This is why George R.R. Martin gets so much flack for slowly writing the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. The TV show “Game of Thrones” is starting to spoil the books, and it is getting more and more likely the show will finish before the final installment is published. The TV show is amazing, so fans are going to continue to watch it and love it.

But that doesn’t make it fair that someone who has been reading the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series since the 1990s will have to find out the fate of Jon Snow on television this spring, instead of in a book. Readers have a right to be upset by this. Even though they do not own the copyright for the book, it still has impacted them.

Why, then, are fans excited Rowling has written the screenplay for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” a movie about the author of one of Harry’s textbooks who has a magical adventure in New York in the 1920s? Perhaps because unlike “Game of Thrones,” this movie is solely an expansion of Harry’s world, not an

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The first installment of the “Harry Potter” series was published in 1997. expansion of Harry’s story.

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the stage play Rowling is producing, is completely different. Promotional items bill the “Cursed Child” as the “eighth story,” focusing on Harry’s second son Albus Severus. Rowling did not write the play, nor has she announced if something will be done to make the story accessible to people who cannot travel to see the show, which will premiere in London this summer.

People would be pumped if Rowling wrote

the play or if fans knew they could read the script (a form that is at least similar to a book). But right now “Cursed Child” feels like fan fiction Rowling is allowing to be canon. In this way, Rowling is stretching the contract she has with her readers.

Rowling was supposed to be done telling Harry’s story in seven books. She has the right to realize there is more to tell. But all fans should be able to hear this tale, preferably in the medium the story was originally told—a book.

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RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 5, St. Cloud State 2 – Friday Travis St. Denis: 2 goals Sam Anas: 2 assists QU 4, St. Cloud State 1 – Saturday St. Denis: 2 goals Michael Garteig: 41 saves, 1 assist WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 6, Yale 3 – Saturday Nicole Kosta: 2 goals Melissa Samoskevich: 1 goal, 2 assists Talor Cianfarano:1 goal, 1 assist MEN’S SOCCER QU 0, Fairfield 0 – Wednesday QU 0, Iona 0 – Saturday WOMEN’S SOCCER QU 1, Fairfield 1 (2OT) – Wednesday Jess Fontaine: 1 goal QU 4, Iona 3 (2OT) – Saturday Nadya Gill: 3 goals Nicole Eriksen: 1 goal FIELD HOCKEY QU 3, Rider 2 (OT) – Friday Savanna Reilly: 2 goals, 1 assist Dayna Barlow: 1 goal, 2 assists Monmouth 3, QU 1 – Sunday Felicia Costanzo: 1 goal WOMEN’S RUGBY QU 54, American International College 21 – Thursday WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Fairfield 3, QU 0 – Thursday QU 3, UMass Lowell 2 – Sunday MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 7th Place (CCSU Mini Meet) WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 7th Place (CCSU Mini Meet)

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

QU at Yale – Saturday, 4 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER QU at Siena – Wednesday, 2 p.m.

QU at Rider – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER QU vs Siena – Wednesday, 2 p.m.

QU vs TBA (MAAC Quarterfinals) – Saturday, 2 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY QU vs Fairfield – Sunday, 12 p.m.

WOMEN’S RUGBY QU vs Army – Saturday, 12 p.m.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL QU vs Siena – Wednesday, 7 p.m.

QU vs Niagara – Saturday, 1 p.m.

QU vs Canisius – Sunday, 1 p.m.CROSS COUNTRY QU vs TBA (MAAC Championships @ Pennington, NJ) – Saturday 12 p.m.

Follow @QUChronSports for live updates during games.

October 28, 2015

GAME OF THE WEEK

Men’s ice hockey completes weekend sweep

Bobcats down St. Cloud State 4-1 for sixth-straight win

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Soren Jonzzon scores a goal in the 4-1 win over St. Cloud State.

By MAX MOLSKI

Associate Sports Editor

Travis St. Denis scored two goals for the second straight night, as Quinnipiac beat St. Cloud State 4-1 on Saturday to improve to 6-00 on the season.

St. Denis scored from the right end of the red line on both of his goals in the victory. He said that he found the weak spot in the team’s preparation for the weekend series.

“It’s kind of a quiet area,” St. Denis said. “After watching some video of St. Cloud, the defense kind of puck-watches, so I try to find the little quiet area there.”

St. Denis put Quinnipiac on the

board first nearly 15 minutes into the game. Derek Smith created the shot as he faked a shot from the left side of the red line, passed it to St. Denis in front of St. Cloud State goalie Charlie Lindgren, and St. Denis fired it in.

With 4:16 left in the period, St. Cloud State earned its second power play. The Bobcats not only remained perfect on the penalty kill (22-for-22 on the season), but also scored their first shorthanded goal since last March.

Connor Clifton sent a pass up the ice to Soren Jonzzon. Jonzzon took his time from the right side, sized-up a slap shot and rocketed

the puck past Lindgren to put the Bobcats up 2-0.

The Bobcats scored twice in a 36-second span in the third period to arrive at the 4-1 final.

St. Denis scored his second goal of the game on the power play after firing in a rebound that came off Devon Toews’ stick.

Tommy Schutt scored the final goal on a 2-on-1 Bobcats breakaway as he beat Lindgren farside.

Jimmy Schuldt thwarted St. Denis’ attempt for a hat trick with a holding penalty in the final five minutes of play. Head coach Rand Pecknold says he has seen St. Denis make progress towards becoming a menace in the ECAC. “[St. Denis] has been a great player for three years and I think he’s taken another step,” Pecknold said. “Right now, he’s elevated himself to one of the best players in the league.”

Goaltender Michael Garteig made a career-high 41 saves in the Bobcats victory. Garteig’s lone letup came in the second period as St. Cloud’s Ben Storm swooped by and knocked a rebound in with 5:13 left in the period.

Despite the blemish, both Garteig and Pecknold saw this game as a career highlight.

“Yeah, it’s a career-high for my saves,” Garteig said. “I thought I played a good series against (St. Cloud State) last year, even though we split. Just to get two wins this weekend is so important for down the road.”

“I think Michael Garteig stole the game for us tonight,” Pecknold

said. “He was as good as he’s ever been, maybe one of the better games he’s ever played for us.”

Saturday’s victory also marked Alex Miner-Barron’s first game of the season after winning an appeal with the NCAA over his eligibility this summer. Although he did not appear on the score sheet, he and Pecknold were happy with his first appearance.

“The first couple of shifts, the pace was a little fast,” Miner-Barron said. “St. Cloud is an awesome team: a lot of speed, a lot of highend guys, but as the game got rolling I felt comfortable and thought I did very well.”

“He basically thought his hockey career was over and he found out over the summer that he could play,” Pecknold said. “He was in a tough situation but I thought he was good tonight.”

Miner-Barron also said that as the oldest player on the Bobcats’ roster, he will take on responsibility in the locker room.

“Coming back,” Miner-Barron said “I’m more mature and able to communicate with my teammates better, especially young guys.”

The Bobcats return to the ice on Nov. 6 and 7 as they play a weekend series in New York against Colgate and Cornell. St. Denis says the weekend sweep over St. Cloud State is something the team can lean back on as the season goes on.

“We will look back to this and think, ‘Okay, well we played St. Cloud and put up nine against them.’” St. Denis said. “That’ll definitely give us confidence.”

Turner: ‘humbled to be a part of a program like this’ TURNER from Page 16 should find similar defensive success this season.”

A key area in which Turner has been able to aid the team in reaching these unheralded levels of success, is in her skills as a recruiter. Since taking over as the program’s recruiting director, Turner has been directly involved with the recruitment of 13 players who have gone on to win All-ECAC honors, such as captain Cydney Roesler.

While playing under Turner for Hockey Canada, Roesler was given a two week crash course in Turner as both a person and a coach over the two week tournament. Roesler said Turner’s enthusiasm to not only win, but to make everyone around her better was the major driving force that led Roesler to Hamden.

While working against Turner at Yale and then with Turner at QU,

Carlson has seen Turner both as an enemy and as an ally when it comes to recruiting. Carlson described how Turner has a way of showing recruits how much she cares about them.

“She has a tremendous emotional intelligence that really helps her connect with people, and understand their needs,” Carlson said. “Her ability to articulate a vision for what we are trying to do has been really successful.

With that competitive nature, it has helped us attract top tier players who are a good fit for the program both on and off the ice.”

“There is no question our kids want to win a championship, and that is their goal.”

– CASSANDRA TURNER Women’s ice hockey coach

Carlson went on to explain that the main quality that everyone in the program shares, is a dedicated vision

of working hard, and winning the national championship that has thus far alluded them.

Roesler also described the perception her and her teammates have of Turner, both as a coach and as a mentor.

“Everyone knows that Cass understands so much about hockey, that we appreciate every piece of advice she gives us. It helps because every day we know as players we are going to get better under her,” Roesler said. “Off the ice, she is someone we can open up to and get along with. She is very big on having a very good relationship both on and off the ice, and I think that is really going to help us with chemistry both on and off the ice.”

So far through the team’s first five games, you could hardly tell there was a coaching change this offseason.

Turner talked about what has made her transition so seamless and “fun,”

but also pointed out where she wants improve.

“I am truly honored to have this position, and humbled to be a part of a program like this,” Turner said.

“The support we have in terms of not only financial backing but in people makes the transition so easy and fun, and has put me in a place to be successful immediately.”

As for the rest of the season, Turner’s goal for the team is for them to figure out how to play their best hockey each day. Along the way to achieving this goal, Turner believes the team’s true potential will reveal itself, although she admits there are lofty goals in their crosshairs.

“There is no question our kids want to win a championship, and that is their goal.” Turner said, “As we progress, the first thing they want is an ECAC regular season championship, and from there we will see where it goes.”

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URYCKI from Page 16 side, and as a result made a position change for this season.

“We moved her over from the outside to the right side recently, and she’s been thriving in that position,” Czaplinski said. “She sees the right side a little bit better. She sees the block, she sees the defense, she’s a natural right side hitter. She’s strong, and mainly just based off seeing the defense, seeing the blocks, and seeing the court,

she just seems a lot more comfortable on that side.”

Making the switch from an outside hitter to playing the right side has been an adjustment, but Urycki has taken the change of position as a positive one.

“I love it,” Urycki said. “Kat [Miller], our setter, is great. She can get me the ball and it’s awesome. I really like it.”

Ogden, has noticed a shift in her game as well.

“It’s been different,” Ogden said. “I think her hitting percentages have been the best that they have ever been.”

Although the personal success has been there for Urycki, she knows that team efforts will ultimately result in victories.

“There’s just a higher level of volleyball being played at practice, so that adds to the intensity and even though that is there, we still have such a long way to go in that direction,” Urycki said. “We have

the talent that we need so that’s a direction I really want it to go in and we’ve definitely already made strides compared to the years past.”

The strides moving forward may sometimes look like baby steps, but any improvement is positive.

“Like I said, we have a lot better chemistry together this year,” Urycki said. “We have everyone wanting to go in the same direction, so I think that will help us a lot moving forward.”

October 28, 2015

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Slapshots and celebrations

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Clockwise from left: Soren Jonzzon celebrates after scoring a goal in the men’s ice hockey 4-1 win over St. Cloud State on Saturday, Melissa Samoskevich looks to celebrate with her teammates after a goal was scored during the women’s ice hockey 6-3 win over Yale on Saturday, Nicole Connery lines up a shot on goal.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

After scoring the gamewinning goal against Iona, women’s soccer striker Nadya Gill has five gamewinning goals this season.

The six goals women’s hockey scored against Yale on Saturday is the most goals scored against the Bulldogs in program history.

Men’s ice hockey goalie Michael Garteig recorded a career-high 41 saves in the team’s 4-1 victory over St. Cloud State, finishing out a weekend sweep of the Huskies.

Travis St. Denis

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During this weekend’s sweep over St. Cloud State, St. Denis was the driving force of the Bobcats’ offense, as the senior forward scored four of the Bobcats’ nine goals.

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“I think we threw everybody we could at them, including the kitchen sink and we weren’t able to get the ball across the line.”

— ERIC Da COSTA MEN’S SOCCER

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After seven years as an assistant, Cassandra Turner has taken over as the head coach of women’s hockey

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In her first year as head coach, Turner has gotten the Bobcats off to their third straight 4-0-1 start

By JORDAN NOVACK Associate Sports Editor

Last season, Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey had its most successful season in program history. After going 26-9-3 and winning the ECAC Hockey regular season title, the Bobcats went on to lose to Harvard in the national tournament. Despite the success, Quinnipiac would undergo a coaching change on April 9, as officials from the school approached former coach Rick Seeley with several allegations, including that he had yelled at a student on the hockey team and grabbed her by her helmet chin strap.

Following the dismissal of Seeley, Cassandra Turner became the interim head coach and has since become full-time head coach.

Instead of having the change in leadership be a transitional period for the team, the Turner era has gotten off to a smooth start as the Bobcats are currently 4-0-1 on the season. For Turner, success is like second nature, as she has achieved it since her playing career at Brown.

During her four-year stint with the Bears, Turner won two Ivy league and two ECAC championships, as well as appearing in two NCAA Tournament National Championship games. Turner credits her time playing at Brown under head coach Margaret Murphy as what laid the foundation for her coaching style.

“[Murphy] really taught me how to get the most out of myself and find ways to reach further, and really challenge myself to not only be the best player I can, but to be the best person I can be,” Turner said. “It is that fundamental identity that she instilled into that program that there is always more, that has most helped shape who I am as a coach.”

Turner also credits Murphy for guiding her and fellow teammate, and current Princeton assistant, Cara Morey toward becoming coaches. “[Murphy] used to make jokes during my time there all the time calling [Morey] and I coaches-in-training, and would include us in on conversations that you would usually not include your players in, like ‘How would you defend this faceoff?’ or ‘What would you do in this situation?’” Turner explained “I really enjoyed thinking about the game that way, so my coaches even when I was a player were asking me to take on added responsibilities.”

Turner said the extra responsibilities would finally help her realize she wanted to be a coach. The main experience Turner credits is when the Brown coaching staff entrusted her to teach a teammate, who had played for the US National team as a forward, how to become a defender.

While the emergence of Turner may have surprised a few people, Quinnipiac Director of Women’s Ice Hockey wOperations

Paul Nemetz-Carlson has been one of Turner’s biggest advocates.

A member of the Quinnipiac coaching staff for 13 years over two tenures, Nemetz-Carlson would give Turner her first coaching job, as a graduate assistant, at Division III Elmira College while Nemetz-Carlson was the head coach.

While at Elmira, Turner would again be a part of success, as the Soaring Eagles would reach a national semi-final, as well as win a Division III national championship. Nemetz-Carlson feels that Turner’s coaching instincts have been present since this inaugural coaching job.

“Her personality, her ability to connect to people, be it motivate or push them, or even her pedigree as a player, both during her career for Brown and with the Canada international team, all spoke in great volume about her,” Nemetz-Carlson said. “Not all great players become great coaches though, but everyone who spoke to Cass could tell you how different she was, and how differently she looked at the game than most people.”

Turner’s skill as a coach, especially on the defensive end, has been apparent throughout her tenure with Quinnipiac. This was especially prevalent last season, as a Turner-led defense would allow a mere 45 total goals throughout the season, the fewest in all of Division I hockey.

“Not only did we have the fewest goals in the nation, we allowed 100 fewer shots than any other team in the country.” Turner said. “We really stress holding onto possession, how we attack, and working on getting the puck back quickly.”

Turner attributes the team’s stringent defense to the attention to detail her players possess, as well as the culture of the locker room.

“It isn’t just me either,” Turner said. “We will be between periods and I will hear girls on our team saying ‘come on everyone, zero shots allowed for the period,’ and whenever you have players that will take that on to themselves, you know you are in a good place with a winning culture.”

One way in which Turner instills this attention to detail in her players is by preaching the importance of hustle stats.

Turner discussed the importance the team places on winning each period as its own game, measuring shots allowed vs shots taken, and keeping the team’s penalty minutes for the game under six total minutes.

“It was really cool to average six minutes or fewer of penalties per game a couple of seasons ago. It was an NCAA record previously, then we squashed it, when we averaged 4.3 penalty minutes per game over all of last season,” Turner said. “That number seems unattainable now, but if we keep our penalty minutes under six, and maintain our penalty kill, which is over 90 percent, we See TURNER Page 14

Urycki leads charge in volleyball culture change

By JUSTIN CAIT

Contributing Writer

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Katie Urycki has totaled 207 kills in 21 matches.

It’s not easy to lead the way for any team, but for Quinnipiac women’s volleyball junior Katie Urycki, it seems as though the leadership role comes naturally.

Urycki finds herself atop the stat sheet midway through the 2015-16 season. She is currently first in kills (207), killsper-set (2.69) and total attacks (632), while sitting second in digs (167) for the Bobcats.

Not only has Urycki been putting up team-leading numbers on the court, but women’s volleyball head coach Kris Czaplinski notes that she has proven to be a key component to the team’s chemistry off the court, too.

“She’s got a great personality,” Czaplinski said. “Sometimes it’s with jokes, but she’s a great communicator and great leader off the court with the sophomores and freshmen.”

Although she receives praise from her coach, being a player teammates look up to is never easy.

“It’s definitely hard stepping into that role, or any type of role, as you become an upperclassmen,” Urycki said. “We’re trying to build a culture here.”

The last two seasons have resulted in a combined record of 7-57, so redefining the culture surrounding the volleyball team is something Urycki takes great pride in.

“I really want the culture to go in the direction of confidence,” Urycki said. “We need to know, and we need to believe that we can win.”

Urycki notes that it’s not an overnight process, a culture shift for the better will take some time.

“We’ve definitely already made strides compared to the years past. The culture now is actually the best since I’ve been here,” Urycki said. “This is one of the first years that everyone just loves to be with each other.”

Like Urycki, junior setter Emma Ogden has been aware of how off-court actions turn into on-court successes.

“Now we are the ones that don’t have to do everything,” Ogden said. “We have a little more control and a little more say.”

The team’s efforts off the court have translated into recent success on the court.

Just 16 games into the season, Quinnipiac’s 3-2 win against Saint Peter’s University Peacocks on Oct. 4 gave them their second win of the season, already matching last year’s total.

Urycki played a key role in both wins, leading the Bobcats with 20 kills in their first victory over Holy Cross, then leading the team with 22 digs against the Peacocks.

“She is a great communicator and she’s got a great offensive See URYCKI Page 14