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Quinnipiac University conducted a series of focus groups last spring semester and used that data to put together a collective campus climate report describing themes in faculty and course diversity. The campus climate report assesses various ways in which the university can become more inclusive for traditionally underrepresented groups of students. The big organizers of the focus groups and the brains behind the idea for a campus climate report were Senior Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson, the IMaGinE
Advisory board, the Academic deans and Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Diane Ariza. The university hired external consultants who came the spring semester of 2017 and conducted 15 focus groups. The consultants met with 134 students, according to a PowerPoint put together by MRW Consulting Group International, LLC. Some of the focus groups were smaller groups and some were larger, but these groups were representative of international students, Greek life, student government, African American community, Latino community, graduate students, Muslim students, Jewish students and the Gay Straight Alliance community.
The point of the focus groups was to get a sense of how these different groups think about their community. The consultants collected a lot of data, put together a report and released their findings, and that was the information discussed at the recent town hall meeting. “The findings were nothing completely new,” Ariza said. “Part of the newness were the themes around ‘how do students of color and underrepresented students and other students talk about this work?’ It seemed like there wasn’t a lot of collaboration when programs get planned around here, there is still a sense that underrepresented students feel they are the only ones coming to these programs
when it really should be everyone coming.” The campus climate reported that there were a variety of themes that were open for growth and opportunity. Those themes included: better leverage forms of engagement and student connections, strengthen diversity skills and knowledge through training, increase numbers of diverse faculty, staff and students and integrate diversity into the core curriculum. Some of the questions that students were asked during these focus groups included, ‘Given the definitions of diversity, equity, inclusion, climate, and QU’s cultural engagement See CLIMATE Page 4
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through,” DiStefano said. At this point, the officer-in-training will spend their final week with their Primary Training Officer, who they began training with. During this week, the Primary Training Officer will assess the progress and areas of improvement of the officer-in-training, according to Distefano. “We’re going through knowing where every fire panel is, all the mechanical rooms,” Bopp said, “(Students) know the names of the buildings. We have to know the ins and the outs.” All officers that carry firearms on campus have a separate application from unarmed officers, according to DiStefano. “All the officers we hire that are going to have a gun, that are armed, have to be retired cops,” DiStefano said.
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The Department of Public Safety is hiring three new officers to add to the staff of roughly 70 that patrols campus 24/7. Weeks of hard work go into becoming a Public Safety officer that many people do not understand. A lot of things go on behind the scenes, according to Training Officer Bradley Bopp. Public Safety’s Field Training Officer Program is modeled after a typical law enforcement training program. “Most of the job is done making your own decisions, and we want to make sure they make the right decisions,” Administrative Lieutenant Don DiStefano said. “That’s why we’re so serious about the training process.” Becoming a Public Safety officer begins like any other job on campus, with an application. Following the application process, accepted officers must complete a seven-week long field training program. During week one, or Orientation Week, officers-in-training are exposed to handcuffing, foam spray, use of force and a variety of campus policies. Orientation Week also includes becoming acquainted with the layout of the university and a newly added I.T. training session. “Things were falling through the cracks,” Bopp said. “(An officer’s) phone was working, and all of a sudden it wasn’t.” The I.T. training makes sure each officer can access the necessary networks. The next five weeks are spent training with three different Field Training Officers. “All Field Training Officers went through the same certifications a police officer goes
All armed officers are required to complete a psychological evaluation as part of the application process. Every armed officer on campus has between 12 and 40 years of experience in law enforcement. Out of around 70 officers, 21 are armed. Even after the intense seven-week program, Public Safety Officers are always training. Public Safety has recently made advancements by equipping each officer with a body camera. “We’re ahead of the curve,” Bopp said, “Our job is to protect (students) and the property of the university.” Public Safety also takes pride in the relationships it has with other local law enforcement. “We have a really good relationship with Ham-
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den Police and New Haven Police and North Haven Police,” DiStefano said. “We have a really good working relationship with them.” Hamden Police frequently helps Public Safety with traffic and crowd control, as well as security at big sporting events across campus. Students feel as though it is important for Public Safety to go through training. “If there’s an emergency, they have to know what to do,” freshman Lisa Ferrara said. Public Safety is on campus whenever the students are on campus. There are officers that work during the school year, when students are on campus. Then, there are officers that work while students are on break. Nevertheless, there is always a team of officers looking to keep Quinnipiac safe. Students say that having Public Safety officers on campus make them feel secure and safe. “I have night classes and I like knowing they are a phone call away when I get freaked out at night walking back to my dorm,” freshman Amanda DeSero said. DeSero feels that Public Safety does not interfere too much with student life. “I think they have a good balance,” DeSero said, “If it’s urgent, then you know they’ll be there, but if it’s not they won’t do anything unnecessary.” Public Safety officers will not hesitate to intervene when necessary, though. “We’re not here to ruin anybody’s time in college, (but) when we have to rely on our training and everything, that’s when we do it,” Bopp said.
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Quinnipiac survey reveals students’ reasons for transferring By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer
A 2017 report from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) exposed the main reasons for first-year students wanting to leave school or transfer from one institution to another. In the survey, respondents, who were first year students from both public and private schools of varying sizes, listed “financial concerns” 40 percent of the time, “personal reasons” 36 percent of the time and “social issues” about 16 percent of the time, as reasons for wanting to leave their respective schools. In 2013, Quinnipiac conducted its own survey to find out reasons why a student may consider transferring to a different institution. Even though this particular data is not available to the public, Andrew Delohery, associate vice president for retention and academic success at Quinnipiac, said that the main factors from the NSSE study line up with the results from the Quinnipiac survey. The Quinnipiac study is only done as needed, according to Delohery. The need in 2013 was to test if it was an effective way of getting data from this part of the Quinnipiac community, but there is no set schedule for this type of study. “Consequently, we have been developing various comparison processes to gain better insight to this audience,” Delohery said in an email. Freshman Freya Eclar already plans on leaving Quinnipiac. As a commuter student, Eclar thinks she’ll transfer at the end of her sophomore or junior year due to her mother moving to California for work. “If I were to live here, it would add more to the cost, because of my family not being here,” Eclar said. Junior Kristin Guerrette said that she had friends who transferred out of Quinnipiac. Guerrette said the campus culture causes peo-
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ple to stick with similar individuals, instead of trying to meet new people. “We have clubs that are about diversity and things, but it’s still a very ‘clique-y’ school,” Guerrette said. “That’s something I don’t like about Quinnipiac.” As far as going about making improvements, Delohery insists that it’s a matter of students communicating what they want out of their Quinnipiac experience. “Retention actually begins with a clear understanding of expectation. Students build their expectations often before they step foot on campus,” Delohery said in an email. Delohery pointed out that the school has been trying to do a variety of things to address issues brought up in the surveys, from pursuing more engagement from students through Residential Life activities to providing resources for students to help them become financially literate. Sophomore Sophia Toppo considered transferring at the end of her freshman year, her reason being that she wasn’t comfortable with her
friends and her classes. However, she decided to stay and thinks this semester is treating her well. “Maybe you should try to work through it instead of transferring and getting an easy way out of it,” Toppo said. “You never know what could happen.” Senior William McDermott has one friend who decided that he didn’t fit in with the culture at the University of Tampa, and decided to transfer to Quinnipiac. “It was too much of a party scene, and he wanted an actual education,” McDermott said. “He wanted to come out of college with something.” Even as someone who is definitely leaving, Eclar still thinks that it’s worth it for someone thinking of transferring to see what could happen in the future at Quinnipiac. “If you want to transfer, that’s your own decision,” Eclar said. “College is a time when you’re exploring yourself, so don’t feel like you’re alone. Be yourself and you’ll eventually find your place here.”
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Jane Doe No More educates students on sexual violence By CAITLIN FISH Staff Writer
Jane Doe No More was founded by Donna Palomba in 2007, and is working to improve the way society responds to survivors of sexual assault through education, awareness, advocacy and support, according to its mission statement. The organization visited Quinnipiac on Thursday, Oct. 19 to speak at the criminal justice club’s event “Let’s talk about it” on sexual violence prevention Palomba states on the Jane Doe No More website that she founded the organization as a result of her own experiences as a victim of sexual assault. Tracy Blackman, the education coordinator for the organization, led the meeting and brought three sexual assault survivors who graduated from their Survivors Speak Training program to tell their stories. Blackman explained that Palomba had been raped at gun-point in her home, and the case became very public because of the way she was treated by law enforcement and the media. “While they were trying to solve this case she was known as Jane Doe, which is a name for an anonymous or unknown person,” Blackman said. “For a victim it’s hard to be nameless, she suffered a lot of retraumatization as a result of that investigation.” However, Blackman explained that as Palomba started to recover from the trauma she suffered, she wanted to come out and say that she would be Jane Doe no more, and she would speak out against sexual violence and help other people move on from their experiences with it. “Joining the organization has helped me in
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(From left to right) Brad Hotchkiss, Donna Palomba, Mary Taylor and Patti Ieracl from Jane Doe No More spoke to students on Thursday, Oct. 19
so many ways,” Blackman said. “Learning how to tell my story, which I did not do for a long time, helps me take my power back every time I tell it, and I get to meet and work with other survivors, so it’s very healing.” Blackman said the goal of Survivors Speak Out is to make the prevention of sexual violence and re-victimization personal. “It’s personal in that we’re sharing our own personal stories with you of being survivors and personal in that I’m giving you empowerment to make a difference in helping us to reduce the statistics,” Blackman said. The three survivors that spoke at the event were Brad Hotchkiss, Patti Ieracl and Mary Taylor, who are all victims of childhood sexual assault. Sophomore Abby Marton described hearing
the survivor stories as eye-opening. “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing,” Marton said. “Listening to their stories made me realize how prevalent sexual violence is in so many people’s lives, and why it is so important to talk about it.” In her presentation, Blackman covered sexual violence statistics, what sexual violence is, what the red zone is, healthy and unhealthy relationships, consent, respect, bystander intervention and what to do if it happens. Sexual violence on college campuses is alarmingly prevalent and statistics show that one in four women and one in nine men will be sexually assaulted in college, according to Blackman. She also talked about the red-zone, which pertains to the first few weeks of the semester and it is the time when most sexual assaults tend
to occur on college campuses. When students are away from home and experiencing the freedom of college for the first time, they are more exposed to perpetrators. “A lot of kids don’t know their alcohol limits or their drug limits when they first enter college and they’re eager to make new friends,” Blackman said. “Perpetrators are looking for people who are so eager to fit in that their defenses are down.” Senior and president of the criminal justice club Michael Siena said that this is the third year Jane Doe No More has come to speak at their sexual violence prevention talk. In 2015, when Siena founded the club, he came into contact with Blackman after hearing about their work with college students. “She came to a meeting at first between her and I, we decided to make it a big event,” Siena said. “They were just starting this type of outreach work too, that year. We were kind of like their guinea pig and they were also our guinea pig because we were both just starting out. We both needed each other, I needed her to come speak and she needed to come here so she could say, ‘Oh, we spoke at Quinnipiac University.’” This year’s sexual violence prevention talk had the best turnout, according to senior and secretary of the criminal justice club Karee Helgerson. “The event itself Thursday night was the best turnout,” Helgerson said. “Last year, we didn’t have as many people come and we were not able to advertise as much as we would have liked. This year, we really focused on trying to spread the word and we had over 65 people there, which was awesome.”
Professors find spots on intramural sports teams By BRENNA DEAN Comtributing Writer
For about three seasons, Associate Professor of Journalism Richard Hanley and Professor of History Michael Chiarappa have been playing on Quinnipiac’s intramural ice hockey team, “The Mighty Ducts.” It all started at an ice hockey rink. “We were at public skating and students on the intramural hockey medical school team were about to go on the ice and we started talking to them,” Chiarappa said. “They told us we were welcome to join their team the following semester and we agreed.” Both professors share a love for hockey and have prior experience in it. They thought it would be an enjoyable experience to continue to play the sport. What they didn’t know is how positive the reaction would be. The students have been welcoming to the professors since they joined. “They are just all around a positive force on the team’s energy,” Joshua Finley, a graduate student and captain of the intramural hockey team said. “They never miss a game and always have a good time.” From the moment they joined, the professors have been considered dedicated members of the team. They show up when told, try hard and bring an upbeat, contagious energy with them. The professors have made it easy for the students to embrace their involvement. “The students genuinely accept us playing,” Chiarappa said. The professors seem to enjoy being on the team just as much as the students like having them. Hanley feels appreciative to have been given the chance to continue to play a sport they love with their students. “It is a great experience,” Hanley said.
“I am very grateful for having the opportunity to play.” Playing the sport has not only had a positive effect on the professors personal lives, but their careers as well. The professors have learned from the students. “It provides a different platform to get to know our students,” Hanley said. “Because of that, I have become a better teacher.” It isn’t all about having fun playing the sport, according to Chiarappa. It is also about forming meaningful relationships with teammates. The professors and students have created long lasting bonds from opening the communication. “It creates an informal atmosphere where we are also having some really nice and deep interactions,” Chiarappa said. The experience lowers the barrier between professors and students. It allows for professors and students to interact less formally than how they do traditionally. The result is a more organic and holistic community, according to the professors. With an open means of communication, the only thing still separating the professors from the students is their age. However, it does not seem to be much of an issue, according to Finley. “I might say that they get tired more quickly than some of the younger players,” Finley said. “But then again I think even us older students are more ‘past our prime’ then we would like to admit.” The professors said they are not playing to be great players. They are in it for the enjoyment, competition and fun. “I have always just liked to play and as long as my health holds out I will continue to,” Hanley said. “I am not as fast as they are, but I can skate around.”
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Professor Richard Hanley (middle) participates in Quinnipiac’s intramural ice hockey team with Andrew Weiss (left) and Matthew Krichelli (right).
Finley said it is fun to see players on the other team react when they play against their professors. According to Finley, the professors are better than they think. There are a lot of moments on the ice where they have showed off their raw talent. “One recent game a loose puck went into the corner, and Professor Hanley basically just played the body of some poor undergraduate,” Finley said. “Last year Professor Chiarappa scored a beauty of a goal in the last five seconds of the game… it was magical.” Chiarappa and Hanley are only two of the many professors to participate in intramural sports. “We see a handful of professors every year,”
Associate Athletic Director of Intramurals and Adjunct Professor Mike Medina said. “This semester we have 11 people who have identified as faculty or staff who are playing.” According to Medina, most of the 11 professors play on the professor’s volleyball team. With all the excitement, the professors have gotten from the thrill of the game, Hanely recommends this experience to other professors even remotely interested. “I encourage all professors if they have the inclination to take part in activities with students that are open to them,” Hanley said. “It just gives us a chance to get to know our students better in a less formal way.”
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Wednesday 10/25 Lecture on structured negotiation Award winning Disability Rights lawyer Lainey Feingold will present the program “Negotiating for Equality: Two Decades of Structured Negotiation.” The event will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 4:30 6:00 p.m. at the School of Law Center. The event is part of the Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Series.
Thursday 10/26 Quinnipiac Tonight
Q30’s entertainment show will host their bi-weekly late night style show. The show will take place on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 6:00 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center Piazza.
Saturday 10/28 QTHON 5K QTHON will host a 5k on Saturday, Oct. 28 on the Mount Carmel Campus. QTHON is an annual dance marathon that raises money for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. All proceeds from the 5k will go towards funding QTHON’s event in the spring.
Sunday 10/29 Best Buddies Friendship Walk
Best Buddies will have their 9th annual Best Buddies Friendship Walk on Sunday, Oct. 29. The event will take place on the North Haven campus with registration starting at 10:00 a.m. All proceeds from the walk will support and fund Best Buddies programs across the state.
Monday 10/30 She Leads Fair
Women Empowered present “She Leads Fair,” a fair for all women who are looking to expand their power in the workplace from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Burt Kahn Court. The networking and learning opportunity will allow participants to peak with other powerful women from different walks of work and life.
Wednesday 11/1 The Human Library
The Arnold Bernhard Library willpresent The Human Library on Nov. 1 from 2 p.m to 6 p.m. and Nov. 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the library. The event promotes tolerance and understanding, challenges assumptions, and celebrates diversity within our community. Individuals with stories to tell serve as human books and others who wish to learn more about those stories serve as readers.
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Blackboard’s bests and blunders Students, professors point out pros and cons of the university’s learning system By JENNIE TORRES Staff Writer
Blackboard is a learning management system (LMS) from a private billion dollar corporation. It was brought to the university to efficiently manage classes as well as record grades, conduct tests, post assignments and organize classroom content, according to Vice President and Chief Information of Technology Officer Fred Tarca. He was one of many faculty members who promoted the use of the system between 1999 and 2000. “One of the many positive byproducts of using an LMS is to bring consistency to the administration of course materials across Quinnipiac,” Tarca said in an email. “Blackboard is often used to post assignments for students to access anywhere or anytime in order not to miss class time. It extends the classroom to a worldwide audience.” Many professors utilize Blackboard, including Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences Craig Magie. “I use Blackboard for all my classes. It is the easiest way we have here at QU to disseminate information to all of our students,” Magie said in an email. “I post things like lecture slides, videos, study guides, etcetera. I have also had students conduct online group activities such as constructing wiki pages.” On the other hand, some faculty members choose not to use the system, including Assistant Professor of Journalism Molly Yanity. Yanity said she does not like using Blackboard because of its clunky
platform and difficulty to communicate with students through email. Yanity said one of the first indicators of Blackboard’s unreliability was during her time in graduate school. “I was teaching and all the grades I had posted into Blackboard they had some kind of glitch with the system and everything was gone,” Yanity said. “In most of my classes I’ll put grades on it but I’ll totally keep an excel spreadsheet backup, so it’s just like doubling up on all the work.” Junior psychology major Gabriella Palmeri said she has encountered professors who didn’t use it in her classes. “Some of my professors didn’t use Blackboard in the past, and my current teacher now doesn’t even know how to work it. So I’m not sure what my grades are, or what he’s doing with any of my assignments,” Palmeri said. It is not mandatory of any faculty member to use the system often; the degree to which Blackboard is used is an individual choice, according to Vice President for Academic Innovation and Effectiveness Annalisa Zinn. Faculty members are only required to put in place basic Blackboard functions for the start of each semester, which include posting the course syllabus, a text document like a reading list or list of assignments, and a “welcome to the course” message sent to students using Blackboard’s email function. “The University does expect that all faculty use Blackboard at least minimally in accordance with the Faculty Blackboard Utilization policy
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that is in both the Faculty Handbook and the Part-Time Faculty Resource Guide,” Zinn said in an email. Zinn said that she personally finds Blackboard to significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of student learning in the course as well as her workload as a course instructor. “The university wishes to be prepared for continuity of instruction in case a disaster (severe weather damage, flu pandemic, or public emergency) requires the closure of campus,” Zinn said. “Blackboard provides a means of working with
students at a distance in case of such a campus closure and faculty must be prepared to shift quickly to Blackboard as a primary means of instruction and student contact.” There is no plan to remove Blackboard anytime soon from the curriculum, according to Director of Academic Technology Lauren Eradi. Erardi said doing so may be disruptive to the university. However, the system is scheduled to be upgraded between Dec. 2017 to Jan. 2018 with streamlined security enhancements.
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statement, how would you describe Quinnipiac’s campus climate?’ and ‘What do you feel Quinnipiac University has implemented (services, programs, policies, practices, activities, etc.) that has directly influenced the on-campus experience?’ Ali Munshi, a senior political science major, was one of the students interviewed during the focus groups. Munshi is a senior class representative of Student Government Association and is president of the Muslim Student Association. He thinks that the most important takeaway from the campus climate is that it is much more than just a diversity initiative. Munshi said he thinks the school is moving in the right direction when they say they want to implement more opportunities to learn within the classroom and to learn outside of the classroom. “This is about expanding our experiences and interactions with people that are different than us,” Munshi said. Ariza said that when the consultants spoke to student groups that happen to be a majority of white students about campus climate in general, not diversity, but campus climate, they tended to raise issues about parking and food. “When we talked about this cam-
pus climate to underrepresented students however, those weren’t critical issues,” Ariza said. “The critical issues for them were again, ‘how do we think programming, how do we collaborate together, how do we think about that in courses that are offered?’” The reason Quinnipiac decided to do a campus climate study was because administration was hearing anecdotes around campus about some students feeling like they weren’t part of the community, according to Ariza. Ariza explained that there is a survey that the university conducts every two years, but that is different than the campus climate. Munshi said that one of the most challenging tasks on this campus is being able to balance that need for diversity but also keep everyone engaged. He said that the key is to have events at times that work for most people, and topics that are relevant to the student experience on this campus. That, coupled with free food is always a great way to attract a diverse community of people, and more often than not, everyone learns. Everyone is able to take something away that they never knew before. “As a Student Government member my job is to serve the students, and by serving the students, the goal is to give them an experience that not only aids them in the future, but
allows them to enjoy their college experience,” Munshi said. “As a member of the Muslim Student Association it’s all about trying to break down the stereotypes of what people believe Islam is about. Again it’s about connecting with and educating the student body.” In Ariza’s words, the university plans on introducing more courses that speak on the definition of diversity, catering more student programming towards minority groups on campus and bringing more attention to diversity on the North Haven campus. The last theme was something the graduate students brought up in their focus group. “There was some concern from the graduate students on the North Haven campus that the attention to diversity was not as focused as it was on Mount Carmel campus,” Ariza said. “The Schools of Medicine and Law on that campus have diversity committees, but there didn’t seem to be any attention toward it or sustainability. We want someone there to be more representative of that voice.” The challenge now is to make the training intentional, according to Ariza. She sent out a robust training schedule on how to think about the transgender community, how to think about those students who may be undocumented, how to bring those students into the fold of the classroom
so that when a professor is opening up to teach, what might they need to be sensitive to? She said the training schedule also mentioned how to think about a teaching style for all learners and how to be more mindful of the classroom? “We are working on collaboration,” Ariza said. “We have the multicultural suite that opened up last year, how can we be more intentional about collaboration across all student organizations across campus?” Ariza said that right now, they are working on incorporating more diversity classes, not just in general education, but also in major and minor courses. “You need to have your eye on the prize,” Ariza said. “It’s about checking in to see what we said we were going to do, ‘have we been dutiful in that?’ I think it’s to hold ourselves accountable. You need metrics, you need a way to say, ‘how do we feel more inclusive, how do we feel more part of the community?’” Munshi agrees that the Quinnipiac community needs to grow in thinking and experiences. “If the administration starts to give us more opportunity to become self-aware and become more educated then we are definitely reflecting the wants and need of the QU community,” Munshi said.
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Opinion Boy Scouts do good by permitting women to become Eagle Scouts I am in an exclusive club with the likes of Neil Armstrong, Gerald Ford and Steven Spielberg. While it would be cool to share some of their astronomical, presidential or directorial prestige, our commonality is profound in its own right. WEB DIRECTOR All four of us are Eagle Scouts. We are some of the mere five percent of Boy Scouts who have achieved the organization’s highest rank. Our group currently holds about 2.5 million men, and sooner than later, we will be welcoming our first woman. On Oct. 11, the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) Board of Directors unanimously approved to welcome girls into Cub Scouts and to deliver a scouting program for older girls that will enable them to earn their Eagle Scout rank. The decision sparked conversation across the country and promptly led the Girl Scouts to release a statement defending their organization. “The need for female leadership has never been clearer or more urgent than it is today—and only Girl Scouts has the expertise to give girls and young women the tools they need for success,” the statement reads. The Girl Scouts are 2.6 million strong- 1.8 million girls and 800,000 leaders. They are doing tremendous work in turning young girls and women into the leaders of today. According to their statement, 90 percent of female astronauts in the U.S., 80 percent of female tech leaders, 75 percent of current senators and all U.S. Secretaries of State are Girl Scout alumnae. It is discouraging to see that they believe they are the only ones to help guide young women, though. This move is the latest in a line of decisions from the Boy Scouts to become more inclusive. It took over 100 years before the BSA lifted their ban on openly gay scouts in 2013. It took two more years before it ended its prohibition on gay scout leaders. Just this year, it opened room for transgender members by allowing members to self-identify as male. One thing that makes this announcement noticeable, and a reason why the Girl Scouts need to consider just what they mean by their assertion, is how the Boy Scouts conducted their research when considering the change.
Max Molski
The BSA say that they acquired input from current leaders and troops, but they also reached out to parents and girls who had no affiliation to scouting. The Boy Scouts stated that they had received requests from girls and families for years. This February, the National Organization for Women called for the BSA to permit full membership to girls. Other groups and families are on board with the Boy Scouts’ integration, so it is concerning to see the Girl Scouts become immediately defensive regarding the announcement. The discussion about single-gender learning is a necessary one, and the Boy Scouts have taken measures to show it is paying attention to the concerns. In its statement, the BSA are giving individual packs (the Cub Scout equivalent to a troop) the choice to establish all-girl packs, a group that consists of girl dens (groups of scouts by a certain age; i.e. Tiger, Wolf, Bear) and boy dens or remain an all-boy pack. BSA announced that all dens will be single-gender, though, allowing girls of the same age to move up together. When it comes to Boy Scouts, girls have been incorporated in programs well before this month’s momentous announcement. I didn’t know about this myself until my first year at a week-long summer camp where I saw a handful of girls poised in green button-downs alongside other camp counselors. I came to find out that they were members of Venturing, a Boy Scout subsidiary aimed at outdoor activities. Venturing is one of four programs girls had the opportunity to enter within Boy Scouts. Girls could also enter another outdoorcentric group in Sea Scouting, a career-oriented program in Exploring or math- and science-focused STEM. The caveat to all of this is that none of these four gave girls an avenue to achieve scouting’s highest distinction. It is great to allow young adults the chance to concentrate in a particular area through scouting, but it pales in comparison to the opportunity to become an Eagle Scout. Starting next year, young women will have the chance to finally combine those values through the BSA. Boy Scouts are commonly associated with camping and outdoorsmanship, two things I embarked on in my days. When I look back on my scouting experiences, though, the tangible skills are mostly irrelevant. I remember people instead. Between Pinewood Derbies, perpetually camping in inclement conditions and weekly meetings, my friends and I continued
to bond through our scouting expedition. I met people through the organization who I would not have encountered otherwise. Together, we shaped one another into the people we are today and I am glad to consider many of my fellow scouts some of my best friends today. While male leaders and scouts were at the forefront of my 13year journey, women undoubtedly made their mark on my scouting experience. My mom began as a leader, and while she only took a formal role in my first year, she became latched onto scouting along with my brother, another Eagle Scout, and me. She went beyond chauffeuring us to meetings and harping on us to complete our rank requirements. She became a merit badge counselor for Eagle Scout-required merit badges in citizenship and family life, becoming a teacher and mentor to other scouts in our troop using some of her expertise. My mom was not the only mother merit badge counselor in the troop, either. We had women in leadership and counselor roles throughout our troop, diversifying the group of supervisors the other scouts and I worked alongside. Other troops in my hometown had women figures in even higher roles, too. I have benefitted from having a female presence in my scouting life and am optimistic other scouts will, too, as young women get the chance to work towards the Eagle Scout rank. The decision to integrate girls into the BSA was one from a group of higher-ups in the organization, but it is up to individual troops, leaders and scouts themselves to prove that this is a great change. The Girl Scouts have asserted that the BSA is ill-equipped to properly mentor young women and help them succeed. It is up to scoutmasters to ensure their troop is guiding everyone and up to the individual scouts to ensure they are abiding their Scout Law and oath in helping one another. There are organizational politics and gender conversations surrounding the BSA’s latest announcement, but at its core, this landmark decision gives women another avenue to become better leaders and citizens. In this day and age, I am not going to argue with any decision that enables kids and young adults to make a positive change in this world. I am proud of the Boy Scouts, honored to have reached the organization’s pinnacle and am excited to welcome women into the Eagle Scout club.
Swearing in publications should depend on context Kelly Ryan
NEWS EDITOR
Sometimes while interviewing a subject for an article, the person I’m interviewing lets out a “Holy s***!” or a “What the h***!” Though at my age, I am not very caught off guard, I have to think about whether or not I am going to be able to use those quotes in my story because of the risks of running
profanity in a printed newspaper. Hundreds of years ago, rules were established to banish expletives from publications, literature, television and political speeches. In an article written by Tristan Hopper in the National Post, Hopper told about a time he used Google Ngram Viewer to “gauge the historical prevalence of words.” The research tool sifts through over 30 million books in Google’s online book database. What Hopper found was that curse words were basically non-existent in books dating back to the early 1800s all the way through the mid- 20th century. Hopper said it was not until around the 1960s when swear words gained some popularity in literature. He also reported that by 2008, 0.0006 percent of all printed works was just the “f-word” itself.
The most noticeable is song lyrics and song titles. We do not even really think twice when we hear swears in the songs we listen to. The only time I notice curse words in songs are when they are bleeped out on the radio. Even some band names have swears in them. The “f-bomb” is dropped repeatedly in R-rated movies, and according to Daily Mail, even ‘PG13’ movies were “officially allowed one non-sexual ‘F-word’ per script,” per the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Classification and Rating Administration. More than one expletive requires an R-rating, according to the article. Swearing has become more frequent in the political world as well. For a long time, political speech was firmly censored, until the Watergate scandal when transcripts of Richard Nixon’s, what Hopper called them, “candid White House recordings,” were released. In 2013, The New York Times faced some difficulty when deciding whether or not to report on a business website that had a curse word in it’s title that The Times vowed not to include in its publications. According to an opinion piece written by Margaret Sullivan in The Times, because of The Times’ style rules, that sort of language was only published on rare occasions. By changing one word in the name of the business website, which they were quoted writing “She might have called it ‘getyouracttogether.org,’ but she changed just one word.”
Readers were confused. The business reporter who wrote the story about the business website was frustrated and argued The Times should have allowed him to publish the real name of the business website, vulgarity included, at least once for clarification. The Times still believes keeping swear words out of its publications is worthwhile, according to Sullivan. What I have noticed is that swear words are becoming so common nowadays that they have lost almost all of their shock value. In the past, cursing happened to express negative emotions, but people are using them more frequently in any sort of context, even as positive adjectives. To me, not all swear words in the media make things feel offensive or vulgar anymore. It is rare that people get offended by the presence of expletives on social media anymore either. So when is swearing in publications acceptable? I think swearing is a contextual issue. All words are contextual. If it is inappropriate to publish a swear word in a newspaper article, then that can be decided based off of context. If it is inappropriate to write a swear word in the script of movie, then that can also be decided based off of context. Though I do believe curse words have lost much of their shock value and derogatory weight, sometimes, in certain contexts, they are unnecessary. But in most cases, I think whoever is consuming the news is mature enough to read a few s**ts and d***s.
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October 25, 2017
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Baseball is back
MLB Playoffs continue to see ratings increase With
Peter Dewey
Staff Writer
@peterdewey2 Just a few years ago, baseball was a dying sport. The 2014 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals was the lowest rated ever according to Nielsen ratings. It clocked in at just an average of 12.2 million viewers a game. To compare, Nielsen reported that the Super Bowl that year between the Broncos and Seahawks had 111.5 million viewers. The final score of the Super Bowl was 43-8, an absolute blowout, yet nearly 100 million more people tuned into the game than the World Series. Baseball was dying because it was losing the young demographic of viewers from ages 13 to 34. In fact, Sports Business Daily reported that the average Major League Baseball viewer is 55 years old. Major League Baseball has tried to make rule changes to speed up the game, to fit in with the short attention span of millennials, including adding a pitch clock, removing intentional walks and limiting the number of trips coaches can take to the mound during an inning. These changes were met with backlash from players, including Kansas City’s Brandon Moss, a member of that 2014 World Series team. “I’m just very glad I will not be playing this game in 10 years,”
Moss told the Sports Business Journal. “It won’t be recognizable. It’s going in a direction where it’s not the same game.” With players objecting to rule changes and viewers refusing to tune into games, Major League Baseball was running out of solutions. However, former commissioner Bud Selig’s changing of the Wild Card rules to two teams instead of one helped increase September ratings because more and more fan bases had the hope that their team could make the one game Wild Card playoff. Since that rule change, the Sports Business Journal found 11 of the 12 strongest local TV ratings came from teams that were fighting for a Wild Card spot. This year, the New York Yankees happened to be one of those teams. The Yankees won the American League Wild Card game and then upset the top seeded-Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series (ALDS). The Yankees’ deciding Game 5 against Cleveland pulled in 7.6 million viewers, up 22 percent from the 2015 ALDS Game 5 between Kansas City and Houston. Sure, the Yankees being in a major market and one of the most polarizing organizations in sports helps, but baseball has been on the rise since last year’s World Series pulled in record numbers as well. The Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians deciding World Series Game 7 was the highest-watched baseball game in 25 years, clocking in with a Nielsen rating of 25.2. For comparison, the NBA Finals Game 7 between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers from earlier that year had a rating of just 18.9. So, what do all these numbers really mean? Sports fans love parity, and baseball offers the greatest parity of all. Last year’s World Series featured the two teams with the longest championship droughts in professional sports, with the Cubs ending their 108-year championship drought. This year, the Yankees have captivated fans, driving Fox Sports ratings and proving that any team can find themselves in contention. In the Cleveland series alone, the Yankees blew an 8-3 lead in Game 2 to lose in extra innings, just to come back and win three
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October 25, 2017
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Pedaling for a purpose PHOTO COURTESY OF BARI SIEGEL/FLICKR
Murphy Siegel (left) and Peter Beckwermert (right) biked across the country this past summer for their fraternity's philanthropy, The Journey of Hope By LESLIE SANCHEZ Staff Writer
“If it isn’t the hottest day today, then it is tomorrow,” Murphy Siegel, who biked across the entirety of the United States this past summer, said. Siegel, a senior from Port Washington, New York, decided to bike all the way from Long Beach, California to Washington, D.C. Peter Beckwermert, a senior from Wayne, New Jersey, participated in the race alongside Siegel. Last fall he saw Siegel had signed up and felt like it was his chance to do the race. “After I registered, I was nervous and excited at the same time,” Beckwermert said. “We both had training and fundraising ahead of us, both of which are large tasks.” The brothers of Pi Kappa Phi spoke about The Ability Experience in 2013, the largest fraternal fundraising and awareness of its kind, and how they help support people with disabilities. Among the crowd were students Spiegel and Beckwermert. The event is run by The Ability Experience, a nonprofit owned and operated exclusively by the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. The Ability Experience started in 1987 when one man had a dream to bike across the country, the inspiration and motivation behind his trek creating The Journey of Hope. The brothers worked with The Journey of Hope, a cross-country cycling trek, to raise awareness for children with disabilities. The Journey of Hope reaches out to people through newspapers, radio, television, civic groups and community leaders, reaching millions of people annually and bringing to the forefront the abilities of people with disabilities. Pi Kappa Phi is the only fraternity in the country to have created its own philanthropic partner, according to The Ability Experience. “I’ve done some community service in the past, but nothing of this magnitude,” Siegel said. “Before this, the most I’d done was cook meals for the homeless.” Siegel was inspired to join since his aunt was a music therapist for kids with disabilities. Ever since that first meeting with the brothers of Pi Kappa Phi, Siegel knew he wanted to be a part of the brotherhood, so he made a promise to himself that he would run the race in its entirety. Pi Kappa Phi came up with a great fundraising idea involving all of Greek life, where sororities compete to become their national sponsor and the result was more than they expected. Kappa Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta together raised $2,500 for their cause, which was one of many hurdles they faced. The Journey of Hope is one of the things Pi Kappa Phi showcases to people to at rush events and ever since Beckwermert saw it, there was a part of him that had always wanted to do it. “When I first told my friends, they thought I was crazy,” Beckwermert said. “I’ll always remember those two months. It was probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, physically and mentally, but I learned so much from it. The experience was just incredible all around.” Joel Vanner, one of Siegel’s roommates, met him before he left for his trip. “Murphy is a really down-to-earth-guy- always down for a chill conversation about anything,” Vanner said. “He was
excited for the trip, the experiences he’ll have. He came back a little richer both in terms of winning at a casino and the experience as a whole.” Someone who has known Siegel since kindergarten, Ryan Lynch, 21, knows how dedicated Siegel can get. “One thing about him is that he sets his mind to something and sticks with it,” Lynch said. “To bike across the country is an incredible thing to accomplish. A lot of people say that they will do this event but Murphy followed through with it. You have to respect that.”
“I met a bunch of incredible people and got to see the country in such a unique way. I'll always remember those two months.” – PETER BECKWERMERT SENIOR MEMBER OF PI KAPPA PHI Lynch knew that Siegel joined Pi Kappa Phi for the opportunities it had to offer. Lynch, knowing Beckwermert from intramural volleyball, describes him as someone who has always been out to achieve his goals and to be focused on what he would do. “Peter said that he learned a lot about himself from the experience over the summer,” Lynch said. “He was lucky to have had the opportunity to spend his summer doing what he did.” In honor of his last year at Quinnipiac, Siegel wanted to participate in the race he’d been dreaming of since his freshman year. He would stop at organizations across the country that specialize in helping people who have disabilities. “It sparked a whole different appreciation for people with disabilities,” Siegel said. For the journey, Siegel and Beckwermert knew they would have to train extensively for the race. There was a training program, which they did their best to follow. The training program used a small software that the Tour de France used as well. Although they didn’t train as much as they should have, they still managed to finish. “I could have trained more if I’m being honest,” Siegel said. “Truthfully, you can’t train for something like this. You never know how the weather is going to change or how different things can affect your ride.” Beckwermert also acknowledged that they could have trained harder. “I will never forget the feeling after finishing a hard ride,” he said. “I think both of us would agree we went into the trip undertrained, which made the first few rides a struggle.” There were three different routes taken on the trip: North, TransAmerica and South. Siegel and Beckwermert were a part of the South route with 25-30 cyclists per team. The inaugural team started with just 21 team members, which later expanded to the three different routes of 35 Pi Kappa Phi’s. The team annually raises more than $500,000. All routes meet in Washington, D.C. by the end of the ride.
“The places we saw and the people we met are unforgettable,” Beckwermert said. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” Each cyclist also had the task to raise $5,500, and in the end, The Ability Experience managed to raise over $700,000 for its philanthropy. Throughout the trip they stayed in YMCA’s, churches, high schools and any other civic organizations or community groups that would have them. All of these things are planned out in advance by The Ability Experience staff in Charlotte, North Carolina, with plans already starting for the next trip. Lasting a little over 60 days, Siegel said the most difficult part was being awake at 5:30 a.m. everyday. They ate a small breakfast and would have to leave by 6:30 a.m. Then they would be on their bikes until 3:30 p.m., with the latest time being until 4:30 p.m. “We biked through rain or shine, 110-plus degrees in Death Valley, 10,000 feet of climbing in Arizona,” Beckwermert said. “There was never an easy day on the bike.” Crew stops were encouraged along the way. The cross-country trip was supported by six crew vans, which held snacks and water to keep up the overall morale of the group. Siegel’s longest day was in Louisiana, where he rode for 120 miles. A hard enough task, Siegel managed to stick it out, even though he was behind everyone else. Siegel knew that some days were worse than others, but nothing compared to the feeling he had when he finished his ride. “Nothing will ever compare to the feeling I had when I finished the race,” Siegel said. “I’d do anything to have that feeling back.” Beckwermert knows that nothing will ever compare to the feeling he had when finishing the race. “After the summer ended, I can say I have 37 lifelong friends that I developed a bond with through hellish rides and spending every waking minute with for two months,” he said. Siegel and Beckwermert made countless memories throughout their 60 days of traversing the continental U.S. and say they are forever changed because of it. “I met a bunch of incredible people and got to see the country in such a unique way," Beckwermert said. "I’ll always remember those two months.” Jacqueline Schmedel, Siegel’s girlfriend, describes him as someone who would always do the right thing and as someone who is affected by everything that he sees in his community. “I think Pi Kapp brought about a lot of his awareness about differently-abled people, but he cares about people in general so deeply that it wasn’t a huge shock that he wanted to do this,” Schmedel said. “Murphy is not a super athletic person- he didn’t choose to do Journey of Hope because it involved biking across the country. In fact, I think that was the downside. He did it so he could positively impact as many people as possible.” Not an easy trek, Siegel and Beckwermert managed to complete this trip along with other brothers of Pi Kappa Phi, sponsored by many different locations across the country. As his journey ended, more men will continue to participate in this trek as the years go on. “It’s one thing to take cool pictures and say you did a cool thing, it’s a whole new ball game to use that experience to change the community you live in,” Schmedel said.
October 25, 2017
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Building bobcat approved looks for every occasion -A. Gray DESIGN BY MADISON FRAITAG PHOTOS COURTESY OF FOLLET
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The inside of Arnold Bernhard Library is an all-too familiar sight for Quinnipiac students. To make the next trip to the library a little more bearable, stop by the bookstore for a few cozy essentials so you can agonize over impending deadlines in comfort. Treat yourself to the bookstore’s newest Collegiate brand grey sweatpants and corresponding navy sweatshirt, $54 and $64, respectively. Both are uber comfy and the sweatshirt’s hood is perfect for pulling over your eyes for a quick catnap. Set yourself up for studying success by picking up the stylish $25 Lilly Pulitzer to-do planner that will make you feel more organized before you even write down an assignment. Of course, you can't expect to get anything done without proper sustenance: loads of caffeine. The $18 Kate Spade thermos will keep your coffee hot through even the longest study sesh and Awake caffeinated chocolate bars will keep you buzzing, even through midterms.
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Whether you’re trying to avoid the freshman 15 or you’re just looking to rock the “athleisure” look around campus, the bookstore has a huge selection of athletic clothes options. Try pairing the $40 Under Armour navy shorts with the $85 Nike dri fit pullover for a comfy outfit that works whether you’re going to class or doing cardio. Toss on the athletic fit hat with featuring the new trademark “Q”, brought to us by adidas, and stay hydrated by filling up a Quinnipiac camelback before heading out of the bookstore. Both of these items will set you back $25 each.
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We’re in the midst of hockey season, and it’s absolutely essential as a Quinnipiac student to have a go-to hockey game outfit to express all your Bobcat pride as you cheer from the stands. There’s no better way to show your spirit than with your own Quinnipiac hockey jersey. This jersey works for both girls and guys, so anyone can cheer on the team in style. Ringing in at $98, it’s on the pricey side, but it truly is the perfect piece to cheer on QU hockey all season long. It’s been known to get pretty chilly up in the Quinnipiac Sports Center, and you’ll definitely be glad you invested in the cute and cozy QU matching winter hat and mitten set, which will set you back $24 a piece, when you’re waiting to catch a shuttle back to campus after the game. For just $7.95, you can achieve super fan status and snag a Quinnipiac foam finger, assuring that you’ll stand out among the cheering crowd. With all these pieces, you’ll be bundled up and ready to support the Bobcats from preseason through the playoffs.
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They say it’s never too early to start thinking about college. The QU bookstore is fully stocked with gear for all the aspiring Bobkittens out there. With sizes ranging from newborn to youth extra large, you’re sure to find something perfect for your cousins, siblings or any other QU kid. An absolutely adorable $24 Quinnipiac onesie paired with $9 knit navy “Bobcat booties” will have even the tiniest member of your family in the QU spirit. To make sure the little one feels like a true Bobcat, pick up the $12 miniature stuffed Boomer to complete the look.
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CURRENT CRAZE A rundown on this week’s top entertainment news By: Jessica Simms ED SHEERAN OPENS UP ABOUT HIS DARK PAST Ed Sheeran recently discussed the fact that substance abuse played a factor in his music career. When fame first became his reality, Sheeran stated that he started to drink the “harder stuff.” At first, he could not take all of the responsibilities and the reality of being a famous singer. However, he realized that to write good songs, he needed to be sober and his girlfriend, Cherry Seaborn, has helped him along the way.
CHILD ACTORS PART WAYS FROM THEIR AGENT “Stranger Things” actor Finn Wolfhard and “Descendants” star Cameron Boyce have both decided to cut ties from their APA (Agency for the Performing Arts) agent, Tyler Grasham, after hearing that he was accused of sexual assault. Grasham was fired from APA on Oct. 20, but Wolfhard decided to cut ties from the agency itself as well. The accusation against Grasham began when Blaise Godbe Lipman, a filmmaker, wrote on Facebook that Grasham gave him alcohol during his teenage years and sexually assaulted him. Following this post, two more men spoke out about their experiences of being sexually assaulted by Grasham.
JUSTIN BIEBER GETS NEW GIANT TATTOO Justin Bieber posted on Instagram to his fans a picture of a huge torso tattoo that took three days to make. Bang Bang, the tattoo artist that gave Bieber the tattoo in Beverly Hills, said that the tattoo has a meaning behind it. The tattoo has two angels on each side and below them, they are defeating demons. This made it the symbol of Gothic art and the Yin and Yang. The tattoo itself symbolizes his spirituality as there are animals that represent his spirit animals and the angels that he views as his guardians. Bang Bang, in the end, tried to make it meaningful to Bieber, but also not scattered.
NEW GREY’S ANATOMY SPINOFF SHOW COMING SOON During their Upfronts Presentation in May of 2017, ABC announced that “Grey’s Anatomy” is getting a new spinoff show that will be taking place in Seattle, but centered at a firehouse, following those who risk their lives to save others. The show does not have a name yet, but the public does know that the character Dr. Ben Warren from “Grey’s Anatomy” has hinted at leaving the hospital and will, in fact, join the new spinoff. Other actors have been announced to join the show, but an airdate has not been discussed yet.
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The Quinnipiac Chronicle
October 25, 2017
Bottoms up Concert Review
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Clockwise from left: Frontbottoms lead singer Brian Sella, bass guitarist Tom Warren, multi-instrumentist from the Frontbottoms, Basement lead singer Andrew Fisher and Bad Bad Hats lead singer Kerry Alexander
The Front Bottoms Rocked College Street Music Hall alongside Basement and Bad Bad Hats By SEAN RAGGIO Staff Writer
New Jersey indie rock band The Front Bottoms made a stop at College Street Music Hall on Friday, Oct. 20. They were on tour in support of their new album “Going Grey,” the group’s fourth studio album. They were accompanied on this tour by English rock band Basement and fellow minnesota indie rock band Bad Bad Hats. Bad Bad Hats kicked off the show and while the balance and overall blend between the bass and vocals was off, they grabbed a hold of the energy in the room and helped it grow. All around people were bopping their heads to their songs. Lead singer Kerry Alexander had great stage presence which helped elevate the already existing excitement in the air. Up next came Basement, coming off the release of its 2016 album “Promise Everything.” This is where the crowd really got going, as mosh pits started opening up in the middle of the pit. They played several of their new songs including “Promise
Everything” and “Aquasun” which had fans singing along as they threw themselves into one another. Basement also had some difficulties with its balance as the vocals were a little lower than the rest of the band. Their performance was fueled by the crowd’s energy. Basement ended with a healthy applause. Now, it was time for The Front Bottoms. The Front Bottoms started off the show playing the first track off of “Going Grey,” “You Used To Say (Holy F***),” which was accompanied by the crowd filling in as lead singer Brian Sella would step away from the mic allowing, for the song to become a duet with the crowd. This was a common theme as Sella would routinely step back and let the audience take charge over a chorus. Always talking to and engaging with the crowd, Sella even heard a fan yell a request for the song “Father” and added it into their encore. The set lasted 18 songs, and they came out for a three-song encore. The band’s musicality was highlighted by how they didn’t sound like they did on their
record; they sounded better. They didn’t go up there and perform pitch for pitch, phrase for phrase what they had recorded on each of their studio releases. They went up there and were musicians. The band’s balance was near perfect, which was impressive considering the assortment of instruments. Aside from your standard guitars, bass and drums, there was use of a multi-neck guitar, keys, a keytar, a violin, cello and trumpet. There were even two different sized cowbells, the smaller had a higher pitch, and the bigger a lower pitch. There were many instances during the show where Sella would sing parts of songs in different octaves than what was recorded on the album, or he would sing melodies in slightly different rhythms. They also added a tom-tom introduction to the finale of the set, their popular tune “Twin Size Mattress.” The Front Bottoms took their music “off the page” and really let their musicality take over. The crowd was wild and heavily engaged from the get-go. Despite some controversy over their new album having a bit of a
different sound than their previous releases, the band’s setlist reflected songs from all of their studio releases. This included four songs from “The Front Bottoms,” “Talon Of The Hawk,” and “Back On Top,” respectively. Their stage had two levels and screens that they used to display music videos for some of their songs. The lighting complemented the timbre, or tone color, of each song well, and they had a backdrop which was an extended image of the “Going Grey” album cover which features a man and a woman, which fell after their first song to reveal their “TFB” logo. The show cost between $23.50 and $35 and was definitely worth the price. When you have a show, and especially a headlining act that engages with the crowd the way that The Front Bottoms did and that displayed their musical abilities as well as they did, it’s hard to beat. If you're ever asked to go see The Front Bottoms, your answer should be a capital Y-E-S as this concert gets a strong 4.8/5 stars, and one twin size mattress.
October 25, 2017
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The power of poetry
Professional poets share stories in Latinx/LGBTQ poetry panel at Quinnipiac By ELLIS EINHORN Staff Writer
Three award-winning poets visited Quinnipiac on Oct. 19 to read their work as part of a panel titled, “Latinx/LGBTQ Intersections.” The event marked the tail end of a series of programs in honor of LGBT History Month, a month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of gay rights and related civil rights moments. In a time in which President Donald Trump has imposed discriminatory policies, professor Jason Koo started off the evening by addressing the audience with a remark about Latinx Heritage Month before introducing the poets. “You may know what’s going on in the United States and beyond, most of which is terrible,” Koo said. “I am particularly glad that we had this event today to raise awareness about specific communities and consider these particular poets close to my heart.” Poets Rosebud Ben-Oni, Darrel Alejandro Holnes and Bessy Reyna detailed their inspiration behind each piece and answered questions from the audience following their readings. With her mother's Mexican heritage and her father's Jewish religion, Ben-Oni writes weekly for the Kenyon Review blog and teaches creative writing at the UCLA Extension’s Writers’ Program. Ben-Oni was the first featured poet as she started with two poems. She says “She Calls Once That Is A Lie” and “Matarose Tags G-Dragon on the 7” were inspired by her first love, who she says played with her for 10 years. She later mentioned how she ended up marrying a man and said that she identifies as a queer the same way she identifies as Latinx. “I think origins are constantly evolving, but I didn't always believe that,” Ben-Oni said. “After graduate school, I got a fellowship to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and tried to make a life in Israel. At the time I was queer and suffered a lot of setbacks because of my background. It doesn't make me any less Jewish because I'm not a native-born Israeli and it doesn't make me any less of a Latinx because my father is a Jew.” Ben-Oni finished with a poem dedicated to Darrel Holnes entitled, “Odisea,” a hard take on the Odyssey that appeared in the literary magazine, TriQuarterly. In addition to writing poetry, Holnes is a
playwright and an assistant professor at Medgar Evers College and the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in New York. Holnes first addressed the audience, reflecting on his two years of experience at Cave Canem, a summer workshop for African-American poets. During this time, he was introduced to Toi Derricotte, co-founder of the Cave Canem Foundation, who had given him a piece of advice that has stuck with him to this day. “She always encourages writers to write about what they’re afraid of and to face their fears in poetry,” Holnes said. “I was much younger and was dealing with internalized homophobia at the time when I was just dumped.” Holnes decided to face his fear of performing in drag by writing the poem, “I Always Promised I’d Never Do Drag.” Holnes shared this heartfelt poem before reading another piece about finding love on a first date with someone, which he says was inspired by his love for Shakira. In the wake of the horrific Orlando nightclub shooting last year, Holnes revealed that writing “All Legs Lead to Naomi Campbell” was the only poem he was able to write while in residency at Washington College in Maryland. “When I heard the news of the shooting, I completely froze and couldn’t write a word, so I called Rosebud,” Holnes said. “We talked for hours and cried together, reflecting on the terrible events that just happened and I couldn’t help but think about all of the potential that was lost that night. These types of moments made me realize how important it is to have support from other people in your community who are sometimes the only ones who understand what you're going through.” Holnes concluded with a reading of “Amending Wall,” inspired by Robert Frost’s "Mending Wall." His final piece addresses the matter of figurative walls and geographic boundaries in our society that forces people to be on different sides. As someone who has three distinct identifies, poet Bessy Reyna knows all too well about these borders. Born in Cuba and raised in Panama, Reyna is a writer and former opinion columnist for the Hartford Courant. Her bilingual work has appeared in many literary anthologies in the United States and Latin America. Reyna chose some of her work she felt was a transformation of something that she’s seen or has read. She said
her first poem, “Is This Really Broad Street?” represents the transformation of a vision into creativity and how she was able to explore just one image that gave her the idea for the poem. Reyna then read a story that was published she considers as more of a memoir about how she was hiding everything inside. Her piece, “So That You Will Hear Me” was featured in Paul Neruda’s 20 love poems, which she says is the most essential poetry you can read if you ever want to know what love is about. Reyna ended with “The Boys I Loved (and who loved me)," a personal reflection on young love. Since the election, Ben-Oni, Holnes and Reyna agreed a lot has changed as there is some sense of urgency to write about their identifies and various communities. Ben-Oni said the day after the election, her father called her from San Antonio, Texas, saying someone put a swastika out of stones on their lawn. She added that it was the first time her mother's family has asked her not to write about some of their multicultural history. Holnes also said the election took an emotional toll on him as he didn’t know what to say at first.
“There were so many voices and I just wanted to shut it all off and sit in silence for a while,” Holnes said. “What came out of that silence was a new commitment to compassion and empathy. Even learning the art of disagreement, which has to do with hearing another person out. I’m really trying to practice empathy and understand where someone might be coming from.” Holnes said this lead to the art of gratitude. “Every day I would wake up and name three things I'm thankful for,” Holnes said. “For me it was hard to keep a healthy perspective without feeling like the world was coming to an end. The hate crimes, hate speech and the hateful rhetoric that continues to grow can leave you in a place of despair. It left me looking for hope and I found that in celebrating my friends, family and other writers every day.” Reyna had similar emotions and reflected on her experience as an opinion columnist as a valuable opportunity to have a voice. “For me, writing is not just poetry that I hope will transcend and find a common element in someone else's life, but also a way to awaken people to the social issues that are really important to me,” Reyna said.
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From left to right: Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Rosebud Ben-Oni and Bessy Reyna discuss their LGBTQ and Latinx heritage through poetry
QUite the Scares
DESIGN BY IAN BERKEY
As Halloween approches, Quinnipiac students share their spooky encounters both on and off campus. - A. Kasam
SHOWER SCARES
BORDERLINE TERRIFYING
“When I lived Dana my freshman year, I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night on like a random Tuesday. I heard this really good singing. Then, I realized no one else was in there and I checked all the stalls and showers. And the singing kept going; I booked it to my room.”
“So, sophomore year, me and my roommates all had the lottery. We just picked a random room without going to Crescent and seeing it. It ended up being a beautiful room. Corner, top floor. It was room 668. One night I was laying in my bed and realized on my wifi router, it said 666. I was confused as to why nothing on the outside of the room said 666. All the rooms under us were 566, 466, 366. So we knew that we were room 666 and that Quinnipiac just didn’t put in room 666. After we realized that, we had patterns all over our windows, especially the one in the main common room. There would be writing on it sometimes, there would be smiley faces. It was crazy and terrifying. It was something new, so randomly throughout the year. Doors would slam all the time. It was so scary. Whenever, I would be home alone, I’d be lying in bed and just hear doors slam within the room. Then, I would get up and go check whose windows were open because of the wind and none of them were open, which was very terrifying. There was always shades rattling in the kitchen, even though the windows weren’t open. It was just a very haunted vibe.” “And then most recently, so I was living in a house in Wallingford. It was like in the middle of the woods. When I was moving in, it appeared to be vacant for probably at least a year. I was talking to my landlord about the prior tenants who lived there. He said he thought they were an affluent Texas couple who came and wanted to sign a three-year lease. My landlord was like ‘No, let’s do just a one year and start with that.’ And they were very adamant about doing a three-year lease. And then after three months of being there, out of nowhere, they up and left. Left all of their furniture and all of their stuff there and just left the house. So what I thought was that this couple was on the run and they had hidden treasure somewhere. But, after I moved in, there was weird shit going on in the house. There were bloodstains in my bathroom, all around the frame. The lock to the bathroom door was on the outside so you could lock people in the bathroom, which scared the shit out of me. We always heard, throughout the roof, little noises. We’re in the middle of the woods. I used to be a hunting cabin. No one was around so you always wondered what those little sounds were. And then finally for being there three months, maybe four months, my roommate started getting really sick. And we ended up terminating our lease and getting out of there as fast as we could. But, yeah that was a pretty scary place. There was definitely some spirits in there.”
AS TOLD BY SARAH GRAHAM '19
LONELY LEAF
AS TOLD DHARA BHUPTANI '18 “It was a late Thursday night. We were leaving my friend’s house in Hamden. It was a street near the woods and there’s a leaf spinning in mid air. No wind, no other leaves were spinning, just that one leaf. We stared for 30 seconds and it kept going. Spinning in mid air with no wind or anything to push it. Just spinning. We freaked out and left immediately. That was the day my perspective changed about ghosts.”
GERMAN GHOST AS TOLD BY ANGELA COSTAKIS '18
“Before my uncle moved, he used to live in an older house that had previous owners. My parents and I went to visit him and his family for a weekend. We had been hearing noises and footsteps in the house for the first night, but didn't think anything of it. Then, my aunt woke us up the next night because she was worried about my uncle. He was talking in his sleep, it seemed like gibberish. He was known for sleepwalking, but never spoke before. Apparently, he was speaking German, but we couldn't make out exactly what he was saying, just 'my house' and 'home.' The next day, we did some research into the house and found out that the previous owner died in the house and was German. That freaked us all out and my uncle and his family later moved and haven't told us if anything weird happened since then.”
AS TOLD BY KELLY COLLINS '18
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The tree tragedy
October 25, 2017
According to startling new research, there is not space on Earth for enough trees to stop climate change By MATTHEW FORTIN Staff Writer
Planting trees just isn’t enough to fight climate change anymore as a recent study shocks many environmentalists. The amount of acres of trees needed to make a significant impact on the projected climate trends would be catastrophic for the planet’s ecosystems and food supply, according to research published in the science journal, Earth’s Future. To reduce carbon emissions by three billion tons annually, 1.7 billion acres of newly-planted trees would be needed, and that would only cover 10 percent of our total carbon output. While this would certainly have a positive influence on global warming and would yield a reduction of greenhouse gasses, 1.7 billion acres is roughly the size of the continental US, which represents half the worldwide agricultural land area. Devoting this much space to new plant life would disrupt an already distressed ecosystem, and exacerbate the food supply crisis by taking up valuable farmland, according to. However, this doesn’t mean that reforesting won’t help; it just means it that reforesting would not be a viable option to produce a large change on it’s own. The biggest enemy of a healthy atmosphere is the sheer volume of carbon being emitted into the air by human activity. If the 30 billion tons of atmospheric carbon could be reduced, global warming’s progression would be slowed dramatically. Pieter Tans, chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stated that while emissions seem to be steadying, they are still at a dangerous level, according to an article in The New York Times. “If emissions were to stay flat for the next two decades, which could be called an achievement in some sense, it’s terrible for the climate problem,” he said. As to ways this can be achieved on an individual level, there are many simple things that you can do to help this issue. For example, an estimated 13 percent of US carbon emissions comes from transporting food long distances. By buying locally-sourced, organic food, this huge expenditure of CO2 can be largely eliminated, according to COTAP.org. Although it’s almost too cliché to mention, recycling is
Potty. “As a small example, there’s only one recycling bin for every six garbage bins in the trash rooms. And it’s always full.” Quinnipiac isn’t alone in the criticism it receives for not doing enough. In the national sphere, the Trump administration has been under fire recently for cutting national environmental programs. Promising governmental initiatives to help fight climate change are being shut down, or at risk of being so, under Trump’s administration. In the president’s budget for the 2018 fiscal year, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) total allowance was cut by nearly a third. Meanwhile, the Clean Power Plan, which mandated a 32 percent cut in carbon emissions in the electric industry by 2030, is now on the chopping block. Tans explains that even before budgetary cuts, environmental agencies simply are not big enough. 1.7 billion acres of newly planted trees would be needed, and “It’s really bare bones, our network,” Tans said. [It’s] that would only cover 10 percent of our total carbon output contrary to common misperceptions about the government wasting money.” GRAPHIC BY JANNA MARNELL Sophomore occupational therapy major Connie Kim shared absolutely crucial to shrinking our carbon footprint. What her opinion on the matter. industry experts refer to as “provision of goods,” which includes “The government should be regulating businesses, and have use of resources, manufacturing, transportation and eventual them use more eco-friendly technology,” Kim said. “They’re disposal of products, is responsible for a whopping 29 percent of putting the economy before the environment, but the economy all carbon emissions. And the only way to lessen that is to simply won’t matter when the planet is destroyed.” reduce, reuse and recycle. Not everyone at Quinnipiac agrees. Quinnipiac is making strides in making its campuses more “I think the budget cuts for the EPA are beneficial for the environmentally sustainable. country,” sophomore biology major RJ DeSilva said. “That money The York Hill campus, completed in 2010, is outfitted with can go into more important issues, like fixing the economy.” several eco-friendly features. The instantly-recognizable wind While a lot of these events and studies are disheartening, farm is capable of generating 32,000 kilowatt hours of energy Sam Cleland, a manager of a Cape Grim air monitoring annually. In addition, the rooftop of the Crescent building is system, maintains these studies are only scratching the surface equipped with 721 solar panels. of a very large issue. GreenReportCard.org is a website provided by the “It’s really important that people get that there’s an awful lot Sustainable Endowments Institute, a non-profit organization that that’s just not known yet,” Cleland said. advocates for sustainability among institutions of higher learning. So go out, plant a tree, recycle, carpool with your friends, Quinnipiac received a ‘D’ rating in overall sustainability by the anything you can do to help the planet. Studies may say it won’t organization, compared to UCONN, which earned a ‘B+,’ Yale, be ‘enough,’ but we know for sure that not doing anything at all which received an ‘A.’ definitely won’t be either. “I don’t think Quinnipiac does enough to lessen its carbon footprint at all, actually,” said sophomore finance major Matthew
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Quinnipiac men’s soccer victorious on Senior Day
Bobcats beat Marist, 3-2, behind freshman Simon Hillinger’s two tallies
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Senior midfielder Max Rothenbuecher recorded an assist in Saturday’s win over Marist. By JONCARLO DeFEUDIS Staff Writer
Quinnipiac’s men’s soccer celebrated Senior Day on Saturday with a tilt against the Marist Red Foxes. Emotions ran high as the Bobcats outlasted the Red Foxes in a 104-minute, double overtime, 3-2 win. The victory was even sweeter for the Bobcats as the two teams came into the day tied for sixth in the MAAC standings. “When you try to describe what MAAC games are like or what league games are like I think all you have to do is replay that game,” Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa said. “A lot of emotion goes into games, and [there are] certainly a lot of ups and
downs, and that was the case of the game today, we were fortunate enough to come out with the three points and I’m proud of all the players and the effort that they put in.” It may have been Senior Day, but surprisingly, it was the play of an unlikely freshman which proved to give the Bobcats the edge. Freshman defender Simon Hillinger was substituted into the game in the second half and made the most of the opportunity. Hillinger scored his first two goals of his collegiate career in the game, the first being an equalizer with eight minutes left in regulation (which sent the game into overtime), and the second being the game winning goal in the second frame of overtime..
Hillinger tried to recall the goals he scored after the game. “Honestly I can’t really remember the moments,” Hillinger said. “The first goal, I got the ball and I tried to hit it, and I hit it perfectly, and yesterday I practiced. I’m really happy [about that]. Then the overtime winner, I don’t know what went in my head, I just stopped the ball and binged it in.” The match began after a short ceremony which recognized seniors Will Pustari, Shaquille Huggins, James Doig, Max Rothenbuecher and Filosmar Cordeiro. Although not all of the graduating players started the game on the pitch, each eventually saw time throughout the match. The Bobcats did not waste any time on their seniors’ big day. Just one minute and change after the opening whistle, a free kick sent into the box by Rothenbuecher snuck past the Marist defense and was sent into the right side of the net on a header by sophomore defender Jeppe Haehre. The Red Foxes did not respond until 35 minutes later when Allen Gavilanes scored the first of his two goals on the day. He capitalized on a ricochet off of the Quinnipiac goal post and buried the ball into the net to send the two MAAC competitors into halftime knotted at one goal apiece. After chances from both sides. Marist finally broke the draw in the 72nd minute in form of Gavilane’s second goal. Gavilanes was in the right place at the right time, as a loose ball on the backside of the box came out from the mix of a corner kick play and landed near him. Gavilanes sent the ball with ease to into the goal. Then, just when the Bobcats needed an extra push, Hillinger delivered. With seven minutes left in regulation, Hillinger found himself in an unusual situation, Marist had attempted to clear the ball from the box and it erroneously hit the referee, no whistle was called to stop the ac-
tion. Hillinger took the rebound and sent a right footed rocket into the top right corner of the Marist goal from just outside the 18yard box. The game was sent to overtime. After a scoreless first overtime, the second overtime period arrived in similar fashion, until Hillinger’s golden goal finally broke the spell. Junior midfielder Matthew Taylor sent a precise pass to Hillinger, who was standing open just yards away from the front of the net. The freshman defender stopped the pass, took one look, and buried the game winner beyond the helpless Marist defenders. Da Costa praised his freshman for taking advantage of the opportunity. “I loved [Hillinger’s] first goal, and I think it’s one for the highlight reel, but that second one was pure class,” Da Costa said. “Simon was just tremendous with his two goals today, and that’s the difference” Moreover, Da Costa was content with his team’s ability to come out with a victory in high stakes match such as this. “At the end of the day it comes down to execution and players have to execute,” Da Costa noted. “It’s not just about running when it comes to this game. The collection of the players on the field at the time [in overtime] had a lot of experience and knew how to rise to the occasion. The Bobcats now advance to 5-8-1 overall and 4-3 in conference play. With this victory the Bobcats rank fifth in the standings with just three regular season games left. The next match for the Bobcats comes on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at Siena.
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Volleyball team ends losing streak with win over Manhattan By MIKE DALTON Staff Writer
The Quinnipiac volleyball team defeated the Manhattan Jaspers 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at Burt Kahn Court in Hamden. “We knew we had to win this game to keep the season alive,” freshman setter Morgan Sherwin said. “It was a great win allaround for everyone.” The Bobcats were able to hold on and win the first set 27-25. Then Quinnipiac looked like it was starting to pull away in the second set leading 19-14, but the Jaspers showed their resiliency and came storming back. Eventually, the Jaspers emerged from the second set victorious, winning 28-26. All the momentum seemed to be on the Manhattan’s side going into the break, but the Bobcats came out a different team 10 minutes later. Sherwin and sophomore middle-hitter Kaleigh Oates helped to set the tone in the third set to help the Bobcats win 25-15. The Jaspers responded by going neck-andneck with the Bobcats for most of the fourth set, but Quinnipiac refused to blow another multiplepoint lead and finished off the Jaspers, 25-20, to win the game. The Bobcats came into the game on a fivegame losing streak and were just out of a playoff
spot, being ranked seventh in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). Manhattan came into the game on a threegame losing streak. In their last win, the Jaspers swept Saint Peter’s on Oct. 14, but lost their first 19 games of the season. With an overall record of 1-22, the Jaspers were looking for a win against a struggling Bobcat team. Despite losing a set to the second-worst team in the MAAC, head coach Kris Czaplinski is just happy that the Bobcats were able to end their five-game losing streak. “I think any win is a confidence booster,” Czaplinski said. “A win is a win and we’ll definitely take this one.” Throughout the course of the game, Sherwin and Oates carried most of the load for the Bobcats. Both players combined for 32 kills, while the rest of the team had 26. Oates and Sherwin also combined for 11 blocks, while the rest of the team combined for seven. The Bobcats have five games before the end of the regular season. Out of the five teams they will face, four of those teams hold a possible playoff spot. Quinnipiac will be back at home to play Fairfield. The Stags are first in the MAAC
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Freshman setter Morgan Sherwin spikes the ball in Sunday’s home win over Manhattan.
and are on an 11-game winning streak, including a 10-0 conference record. Even though Fairfield swept the Bobcats in three sets last game, Czaplinski says he isn’t going to make his gameplan too complicated. “We just have to play our game,” Czaplinski said. “That’s something we’ve been away from for a while. If we can start getting back to the way we did things in pre-season to getting every person to do their job, we’re going to be okay.”
The Bobcats and Stags meet on Friday Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.
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Smith: ‘Personal accolades are awesome, but what really matters is how the team is doing’
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MacMaster and Bo Pieper, while this season he and MacMaster have groomed freshman Odeen Tufto throughout the first five games of the season. “I have been extremely impressed with [Whelan] and Tufto this year,” Smith said. “It’s obvious that those guys are big time
players and it’s important for the team to have guys like that around.” In just five games played, the Bobcats’ first line has combined for 17 points in 2017-18. Pecknold trusts that line more than any to get the job done offensively and oddly enough, out of the three linemates, Smith sits with just three points as opposed to eight from Tufto and
six from MacMaster. Although the atypical stat line to start the season, Smith joined an elite 100-point club as the 39th member in program history, and his team-first mentality remains apparent. “It was always kind of in the back of my mind but my main focus is on the team,” Smith said. “...Personal accolades are awesome, but
what really matters is how the team is doing and what I need to do to help the team win.” And that they are doing. Quinnipiac took a five-spot leap to No. 13 in the USCHO.com rankings after the weekend sweep. The Bobcats look to keep the trend going as the season progresses into conference play.
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RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 6, Northeastern 4 – Friday Alex Whelan: 1 goal, 1 assist Nick Jermain: 3 assists Keith Petruzzelli: 37 saves QU 3, Northeastern 2 – Saturday Chase Priskie: 2 goals Landon Smith: 2 assists, 5 shots Andrew Shortridge: 24 saves MEN’S SOCCER QU 3, Marist 2 (2OT) – Saturday Simon Hillinger: 2 goals, 4 SOG Rashawn Dally: 1 assist, 3 SOG Max Rothenbuecher: 1 assist WOMEN’S SOCCER QU 1, Manhattan 1 – Wednesday Ally Grunstein: 1 goal, 2 SOG Olivia Myszewski: 6 saves QU 1, Canisius 0 – Saturday Kylie Lance: 1 goal, 2 shots Laura Nicholas: 1 assist VOLLEYBALL Iona 3, QU 1 – Saturday Maria Pansari: 30 assists, 7 digs Natalie Alechko: 12 kills, 8 digs QU 3, Manhattan 1 – Sunday Pansari: 49 assists, 7 digs Kaleigh Oates: 16 kills, 5 digs FIELD HOCKEY QU 1, Temple 0 – Friday Marisa Larkin: 1 goal, 3 SOG Livy Golini: 4 saves QU 3, Lafayette 2 – Friday Dayna Barlow: 3 goals, 4 SOG Golini: 5 saves RUGBY QU 29, Central Washington 24 – Sunday Emily Roskopf: 2 tries Ilona Maher: 1 try, 1 assist
GAMES TO WATCH WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. Dartmouth – Friday, 6 p.m. QU vs. Harvard – Saturday, 3 p.m. MEN’S SOCCER QU at Siena – Wednesday, 2 p.m. QU at Monmouth – Saturday, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S SOCCER MAAC Tournament QU vs. Rider/Saint Peter’s – Sunday, 11 a.m. (Kissimmee, FL) VOLLEYBALL QU vs. Fairfield – Friday, 7 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY QU vs. UConn – Friday, 3 p.m. RUGBY QU vs. American International – Saturday, 1 p.m. MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY MAAC Championship – Saturday, 12 p..m. WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY MAAC Championship – Saturday, 11 a.m.
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October 25, 2017
GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 18 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey sweeps No. 14/16 Northeastern Alex Whelan scores the game-winner in the Bobcats’ 3-2 overtime win By JUSTIN CAIT Sports Editor
No. 18 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey completed a weekend sweep over No. 14/16 Northeastern with a 3-2 overtime win on the road on Saturday night. The win came one night after the Bobcats (3-1-1) beat the Huskies (2-2-1) 6-4, despite being outshot 41-15. On Saturday, sophomore goalie Andrew Shortridge made 24 of 26 saves, junior captain defenseman Chase Priskie scored twice and sophomore forward Alex Whelan earned the overtime winner, but no individual accomplishment met the magnitude of senior forward Landon Smith’s only point of the night. On Priskie’s first goal of the game, Smith recorded collegiate career point No. 100 with a secondary assist. He became the 39th player in program history and the first since Travis St. Denis (‘16) in 2015-16 to accomplish the feat. “Obviously the 100th point is awesome, but more importantly we got the win,” Smith said. “It feels great to get a sweep of the weekend and really that’s all I’m thinking about.” The Bobcats came flying out of the gates to begin the second game of the back-to-back. Quinnipiac generated chances and possessed the puck in the offensive zone for the first five minutes of play until sophomore defenseman Brogan Rafferty was called for a roughing penalty. On Northeastern’s power play opportunity, Huskies defenseman Garrett Cockerill fired a slap shot that missed the net, hit the boards and bounced to an open Dylan Sikura, who buried home his NCAAleading sixth goal of the season. Following the goal, the teams exchanged respective penalties,
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Sophomore Alex Whelan recorded three points in two games at Northeastern.
but senior forward Tanner MacMaster took a late roughing penalty that extended into the second period of play. The Bobcats were successful on the kill to begin the second frame and regained much-needed momentum as a result. “Our structure was really good,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “...We have a system we play to and I thought we did that very well tonight.” About halfway through the period, junior forward Thomas Aldworth drew another penalty, giving the Bobcats their second power play of the night. As time expired on the man-advantage, a shot from Smith bounced to freshman forward Odeen Tufto who poked the puck out to Priskie on the left side. Priskie one-timed the puck from below the circle over Northeastern goalie Ryan Ruck to tie the game 1-1.
Not only was it Priskie’s first goal of the season and Smith’s 100th career point, but Tufto extended his point streak to five games (3-4-7) with the primary assist. While the Bobcats seemed to be on the upswing, just over two minutes later, Sikura made his presence felt yet again when his crisp pass found Northeastern’s Grant Jozefek, who beat Shortridge up high. Just like Friday’s contest, the Bobcats began the third period down a puck and subsequently scored early in the final frame of regulation. Just 1:33 into the third, MacMaster skated into the offensive zone and found Priskie on his offwing who ripped a shot past a laterally-moving Ruck for his second of the night. Both Quinnipiac and Northeastern had chances in the remaining 18 minutes and change, but the period ended deadlocked.
Quinnipiac headed to overtime for the fourth time in five games to start the 2017-18 season. After back-and-forth action, Quinnipiac made its mark with 37.8 seconds left in the game. Sophomore defenseman Karlis Cukste’s shot hit a defensemanand bounced to Whelan in the slot. Whelan then took a shot that was blocked by a defenseman, corralled again and finally buried over goaltender Ruck. The overtime winner was Whelan’s fourth goal in five games to start the season, solidifying the sophomore’s spot as team leader in goals to begin the season. “I was just thinking shoot right away because I knew there was only a minute left,” Whelan said. “Good things usually happen when you put pucks to the net, so I was lucky enough to have the rebound pop right back out to me.” After starting the season against four non-conference (Hockey East) teams, Quinnipiac begins conference play at home on Nov. 3 against Cornell. “We got a tough schedule here out of the gate and I thought we had done pretty well against not just Hockey East teams, but top 20 teams [and] excellent hockey players,” Pecknold said. “I was really proud of our boys tonight, they battled [and] bought in. If we’re going to have that buy-in we’re going to win a lot of games this year.
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Scott: ‘Practice and repetition helps my confidence on the field’ SCOTT from Page 16 over the Cadets. In regards to her playing style, Scott could be described as the team’s version of the energizer bunny, as she is always playing with a lot of intensity and explosiveness. Having great speed, agility and overall athleticism is certainly vital in Scott’s production on the field, but that is not what she feels separates her from other players. “I have a lot of hustle and heart so I always want to win and push my teammates on and off the field,” Scott added. “I have confidence in myself so I know what to do and where to go on the field. Practice and repetition helps my confidence on the field.” This competitive spirit has been contagious throughout the entire team, as it has a record of 6-2 and a perfect 4-0 at home. The Bobcats are entering crunch time of their season with a crucial regular season game against American International College before getting ready for the NIRA tournament, where they look to capture
their third national title in program history. While it may seem out of the ordinary that Scott, a native of California, chose to play at Quinnipiac instead of a school closer to home, that is not the case. The Quinnipiac women’s rugby team is one of the most diverse teams on campus, with players from 13 different states, as well as one player from New Zealand. And despite living in a much different environment for most of her life, Scott has adjusted quite well to life at Quinnipiac and her teammates agree. “She is fantastic. I remember her recruitment trip and she wasn’t quiet at all and was really engaged with us and was really excited to talk to us,” senior fly half Flora Poole said. “It was the exact same thing when she came in. She just brought her own personality, and didn’t hold back. She just fits in really well.” Being a rugby star isn’t the only thing that Scott is interested in. She was an honor student at Bishop O’Dowd High School, boasting a
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Scott stiff-arms her way down the field toward the try zone against Army.
3.68 grade point average. A psychology major, Scott hopes to work with athletes in the future. “I want to be a doctor and work with athletes from a mental standpoint,” Scott said of her future aspirations. “People just see the physical aspect of sports, but they don’t understand how draining sports can be mentally so I want to be a doctor or a psychiatrist and help young athletes come to me with their prob-
lems and help them be better athletes both on and off the field.” The freshman spark plug still has a lot more to give, as does the team as a whole. The Bobcats close out their regular season on Oct. 28 before they begin the journey of claiming yet another NIRA title.
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Big Cat: ‘A football guy is a guy who loves football more than anything in the entire world’ ond episode. It is unclear what will happen to the footage and if it will be used at all. A popular segment on PMT is “Football Guy of the Week,” where Big Cat and PFT nominate a few people they deem worthy of the accomplishment. But that begs the question: what even is a football guy? This is what Big Cat and PFT tried to teach the Quinnipiac students. “First of all, I think we need to explain that we are not football guys,” PFT said. “Common misconception. We are football guys guys...we are not football guys.” Big Cat and PFT felt as though they have met many of the greatest football guys in the world, but they themselves have not earned that title. They are just supporters of football guys, making them football guys guys. “In our travels we were able to sit down with (University of Michigan head) coach Jim Harbaugh,” Big Cat said. “He’s an ultimate football guy. He loves football. He saw us and said ‘You know what? These are football guys guys.’ It was a mutual respect so it’s an important clarification that PFT made there.” After clarifying their position among football guys, Big Cat and PFT finally began to explain what a football guy truly is. Reading each and every word off their slideshow, Big Cat explained the most important trait of a football guy. “A football guy is a guy who loves football more than anything in the entire world ever,” Big Cat said as the crowd laughed. “So, if you wake up in the morning, the first thing [a football guy] thinks about is football, last thing he thinks about is football. Someone who eats sleeps and breathes football, a well-adjusted human being. So if you wake up in the morning and you’re thinking I just need football, you probably are somebody who has a healthy family life, a healthy work life, a healthy job.” PFT, known for his love of Thursday Night Football games because of the “Color Rush” uniforms NFL teams wear, explained how he prepares for the big day. “I woke up this morning, and it’s Thursday, and you know Thursday means it’s Color Rush day,” PFT said. “The very first thing I do on
Thursday is I just scream ‘Color Rush’ as loud as I can and my dog has learned that when I scream Color Rush, that means that it’s time to eat because he knows it’s Thursday morning. And I only feed him once a week.” The lecture then turned to traits of a football guy, which was a common theme among the slides for the entire lecture. “H-a-s, s-t-r” PFT said as he struggled to read the sentence. “Oh! Has stress induced heart attacks, allegedly, and has to draft legal documents reminding him to spend time with his family. Like (Ohio State head coach) Urban Meyer, a prime example. You can tell that he really loves his family because he entered into a legal contract with them saying ‘Hey, I will watch one volleyball game a week with you.’ A loving father.” PMT visited Ohio State over the summer and took a tour of its football facilities, including Meyer’s office. Big Cat told the audience that when they entered Meyer’s office, they saw a framed “love contract,” as Big Cat described it, that said Meyer was obligated to love his family and spend time with them each week. Moving the focus toward many of the journalism majors that were in attendance, Big Cat and PFT did a section about those hoping to break into sports media. “Football guys get perverse joy in making journalists’ lives as miserable as possible,” Big Cat said as they showed a picture of a rat on the screen. “Okay, this is you right here. That’s you. You are a rat for trying to be in the media and trying to cover sports. You are a rat. Next!” The slideshow changed from a happy rat to a dead rat, and the crowd went wild. “When you graduate, you are then a rat who has eaten rat poison,” Big Cat said to the crowd as it continued to erupt in laughter. “You are the worst of the worst of the worst to football guys. If you have time, you can drop out of class right now — not saying you should — I’m not saying that professors! But guys, if you want to drop out of class, you should. We would respect you more as football guys guys.” One of the final “traits of a football guy cont” slides was “football guys will go to any length to win a football game.” They showed a photoshopped picture of Arizona Cardinals head coach
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The field hockey team will need two things to happen this weekend to make its first Big East Tournament. It needs to beat undefeated UConn Liberty to lose to winless Temple.
The women’s soccer team is the third seed in the MAAC Tournament. The team will also need to win three games for its first MAAC championship after losing in the finals last year. The men’s soccer team is in sixth place in the MAAC going into the last week of play. The top six teams in the conference make it to the conference tournament.
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Big Cat and PFT will continue to host their podcast after the cancelation of their TV show.
Bruce Arians coaching on the sidelines drinking paint out of a can. “Bruce Arians used to drink paint to prepare for football games,” PFT said. “He was allergic to milk, and he thought that paint was like extra milk and it would make him stronger because it was thicker.” The ability to drink paint and coach football at the highest level certainly qualifies Arians as a major football guy, according to Big Cat. “He’s an accomplished football coach, and he drank paint,” Big Cat said. “One plus one equals two...they don’t teach you that in college.” To conclude their lecture, which was supposed to be an hour but lasted just 29 minutes, they gave an oral test to the audience. “Raise your hand if you’re currently sitting in a classroom,” Big Cat said as only some people raised their hands. “Oh wow, we’ve got some brainiacs not raising their hands. Let me rephrase this: raise your hand if you are currently attending a school-related function,” PFT said as everyone raised their hands. “Oh, now it clicks. Did you guys like not know this was a classroom, or what’s going on here?,” Big Cat said as everyone yelled to him
that it is an auditorium. “Auditorium? Oh, semantics? F*****g millennials. Raise your hand if you’re in an auditorium, Jesus Christ.” Unfortunately, no one in the audience was deemed a football guy. “So this was all a big test,” Big Cat said. “You guys said ‘Oh, they’re going to give us a test on football guys and I’ll show up for this lecture.’ Well, anyone who didn’t show up passed and all you failed. Sorry.” For the final 31 minutes of the presentation, they showed the audience a 15-minute clip of “Playmakers,” an old ESPN show, for a segment that aired on their podcast on Friday, Oct. 20, followed by a few questions from students. Every seat in the auditorium was filled, and there were even some students sitting on the stairs. Based on the size of the crowd, the appearance by the PMT crew at Quinnipiac was one of the most popular of the school year. Barstool is growing by the day in the sports media world. They have over three millions followers on Instagram and nearly one million followers on Twitter. The way they do business cannot be overlooked in the ever-changing journalism landscape.
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The senior midfielder carried the field hockey team to victory on Monday as she scored all three goals in the team’s 3-2 win over Lafayette. After the hat trick, Barlow now has a team-leading seven goals on the season.
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Freshman Layla Scott has made an early mark with the Quinnipiac rugby team CAIT’S COLUMN
Smith’s impact larger than just on-ice stats
By JOE BERTOLAMI Contributing Writer
The sport of rugby is often thought of as an international game that is played in countries such as Australia, New Zealand and England, to name a few. Although to many, the aggressive and physical sport is not thought of something that has a presence in the United States, that is not the case at Quinnipiac University. The predominantly-foreign sport has assimilated into Bobcat culture and continues to gain popularity, and for good reason. The Quinnipiac rugby team has emerged as one of the top women’s programs in the country, winning a national championship in each of its past two seasons. As the Bobcats continue to gain attention for their winning ways, it is vital that they continue acquiring prized recruits to come to the school in order to keep the winning tradition alive. Head coach Becky Carlson has excelled in recruiting, bringing in another strong freshman class, who have contributed a lot to the success of the team so far this season. One freshman whose impact on the team has been extremely significant both on and off the field is Layla Scott, a charismatic center from Oakland, California. She has four tries this season for a total of 20 points. Scott has also proven to be a disciplined player, not recording any penalties. Carlson knew that Scott was a can’t-miss prospect the first time she saw her play. “What interested me most was
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Rugby wasn’t Scott’s first sport, but she picked it up in high school and has stuck with it since. that every time she got close to the try line she had her eyes up,” Carlson said when talking about her first impression of Scott. “She was quick, had good agility and had only been playing rugby for a few months, so I felt that we could make her into something.” Having her eyes up is something that Scott grew accustomed to before playing rugby, as she was a basketball player for most of her life. In fact, as Carlson stated earlier, rugby is something that she only took up in her senior year of high school. “My senior year I didn’t
make the varsity basketball team, so my government teacher at the time was also the rugby coach, so he told me to come out and try rugby,” Scott said. “It was cool, so I decided to keep playing, and now we’re here.” Even though Scott is no longer a basketball player, she still recognizes that having experience with the sport has helped her pick up rugby quickly. “In basketball, you have to be quick, move with and without the ball, and make split second decisions,” Scott said. “Having good hands, reading the defense for in-
terceptions and deflecting passes are all of my basketball skills that transfer to rugby.” In a season that can often be difficult both physically and mentally for a freshman, she has lived up to the expectations that have been placed on her, putting together some stellar games so far this season. Her most notable performance came against the University of Norwich on Sept. 17 when she led all point-scorers with three tries, helping the Bobcats to a 52-7 win See SCOTT Page 14
Barstool Sports takes on Quinnipiac By LOGAN REARDON Associate Sports Editor
What is a football guy? Dan “Big Cat” Katz and PFT Commenter of Barstool Sports gave a presentation to a packed Mount Carmel Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 19 to answer that question. Barstool Sports, a satirical sports blog, has skyrocketed in popularity recently with its catchy “Saturday’s Are For The Boys” movement and “One Bite, Everyone Knows The Rules” pizza reviews. The company and its writers are known for their controversial and candid writing style. They have no filter and are never afraid to offend anyone. It is an unconventional news outlet that has frequently been at the center of attention, both good and bad, since its founding by Dave Portnoy in 2003. It has become a more powerful source in the industry since its sale to businessman Pe-
“He’s a goal scorer.” Head coach Rand Pecknold stated the obvious when asked about senior forward Landon Smith’s impact during his time at Quinnipiac, following the men’s ice hockey team’s 3-2 overSports Editor time win at Northeastern. It’s no secret that the senior’s trademarked snapshot has tormented goalies over the course of his collegiate career. The majority of his 39 career goals have come in the form of a professional flick of the wrist from along the boards that teammates alike admire. “He has a great shot. I wish I had that kind of release,” junior forward Craig Martin said. But on Saturday, Smith quietly reached point No. 100 in his career with a secondary assist on junior captain Chase Priskie’s first goal of the season. It’s one of the many smaller contributions Smith offers that the average fan might not appreciate enough of. Although he doesn’t wear a letter, Smith is one of five seniors that carries a leadership role on a relatively young Quinnipiac team. Offensive-minded forwards, like sophomore Alex Whelan, value the opportunity to learn from a player like Smith in underclassman years. “He’s one of the older guys on the team, he’s been here through a Frozen Four, so he kind of guides the younger guys and tells us what to do,” Whelan said. “He’s always a leader off the ice. People don’t always see it as much, but he’s always there.” Whelan, who has unleashed a lethal snapshot of his own this season, has scored four goals in his first five games to start the season. To his benefit, he has been able to absorb the more intangible aspects of Smith’s game, while coincidentally keeping it light as well. “We always have a saying before [games] because we like to shoot a lot...‘Shooters shoot,’” Whelan said with a grin. “I’m always looking up to him for advice.” But like his record-setting assist on Saturday, Smith’s shot is certainly not the only aspect of his game. Over the course of his illustrious career, he has earned 61 career assists through well-rounded play. Playing primarily with linemates Sam Anas (‘16) and Travis St. Denis (‘16) for the first two years of his career gave him an extra boost in his own underclassman days. “Playing with those guys, as well as many others — Matt Peca, Soren Jonzzon, etc. — was not only huge for my hockey career, but also my life outside of hockey. Those guys took me under their wing as a freshman and taught me what it meant to be a Quinnipiac hockey player on and off the ice,” Smith said. “I have tried to mirror what they did for me and apply that to the freshman now, as a senior.” Smith has carried that over into his time as an upperclassman. Last season, he led the team in scoring while on the top line with now-senior forwards Tanner
ter Chernin in January 2016. Big Cat and PFT rose to fame in 2016 when they started the “Pardon My Take” (PMT) podcast through the Barstool Sports platform. Since its debut in February 2016, PMT, which frequently tops the Apple Podcasts rankings, has had dozens of celebrity guests including J.J. Watt, Blake Griffin, Michael Rapaport and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to name a few. The PMT guys continue to rise in the sports media landscape, as they MORGAN TENCZA/CHRONICLE hosted their first television show on PFT Commenter (left) and Dan “Big Cat” Katz (right) lectured QuinWednesday, Oct. 18, at 1 a.m. nipiac students in the Mount Carmel Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 19. Their new show, Barstool Van Talk (BVT) was scheduled to air to a statement from ESPN Presi- guys.” The presentation was initially meant for Hanley’s JRN 362 “Story Wednesday mornings at 1 a.m. on dent John Skipper. With the help of former Bar- of Football” course, but was open to ESPN2 until at least Super Bowl weekend, but was abruptly can- stool Sports interns Tyler Brosious, all Quinnipiac students. ESPN cameras were present celed before the second episode a Quinnipiac graduate student, and aired. ESPN felt that it could not Jordan Novack, a Quinnipiac senior, at the lecture and the footage was distance itself from Barstool with as well as Quinnipiac professor Rich expected to be used in BVT’s secBVT, so it felt the best decision was Hanley, the PMT boys took to Hamto discontinue the show, according den to give a lecture about “football See BARSTOOL Page 15
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