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Tau Kappa Epsilon ordered to cease and desist Currently unclear if fraternity will return to campus By STAFF REPORTS
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also does not have a car on campus and said she would consider using the Enterprise cars. “Since I don’t have my car on campus, it’d be nice,” she said. “Probably just to run to the store or something to get some stuff that I might need.” Cassidy Fitzgerald, a class of 2017 representative, was recently a brand ambassador intern with Enterprise. As an intern, her job was to increase sign up with the Car Share program. With her position, Fitzgerald will implement social media posts and campus events to spread the word about the program to interested students. In order to use one of the rental cars, students must complete a signup process to ensure safe drivers are getting behind the wheel. Desilets said the process is similar to the one already implemented at Quinnipiac and works quickly. “Once a student signs up, Enterprise will mail them a membership card, like a Q-Card,” he said. “The reservation process is very similar
The university has recently settled a lawsuit involving a student who was removed from Quinnipiac due to her mental health, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release. The university agreed to pay the student $17,000 for emotional distress and $15,126.42 to pay off a loan she received in order to attend Quinnipiac. The university has also created a policy “stating that it will not discriminate against applicants or students on the basis of disability,” the press release said. The student was put on mandatory medical leave from the university after seeking mental health counseling for depression at the Health Center. The university denied her request to refund her tuition after she was removed. The student spoke to the Hartford Courant anonymously. She told the Courant she visited the Health Center in the fall of 2011 as a freshman, when she struggled with the transition to college. “I think every freshman has days when they are just like shell-shocked,” the student told the Courant. “I thought it was better to see someone than to be stressed by myself. My mother told me people were here and I could go there and I could talk to them.” The university sent the student to St. Raphael’s Hospital in New Haven, with an envelope containing a letter saying she could not return to campus until she was assessed by a universitydesignated psychiatrist, according to the Courant. “I was really shocked and hurt,” the student told the Courant. “I didn’t understand why I couldn’t go back to my room to get my stuff. Why was I considered such a danger when the hospital was letting me out? I felt kind of stupid and kind of like a failure. I felt like I had just ruined my entire life in one day.” The student has since enrolled in another university, according to the Hartford Courant. Junior Megan Megill said she thinks it’s crazy the university removed the student due to her struggles with depression. “She was coming to them for help and they just said ‘go see someone else, you’re not allowed here’” Megill said. “I just think that would make her even more depressed.” Senior Connor Rice said he would have sued the school as well if he were in a similar situation.
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Tau Kappa Epsilon letters carved into a rock near the recreation center, next to another carving of a fraternity that no longer exists at Quinnipiac University. tails, including the allegations. Ben Preller, president of the Interfraternity Council, said the IFC was disappointed to hear news about TKE.
“The Quinnipiac University Interfraternity Council has been informed of the ordered cease and desist of Tau Kappa Epsilon and is disheartened by the hazing allega-
tions against the Kappa Psi chapter,” Preller said in a statement. “While the IFC exists to support See TKE ALLEGATIONS Page 3
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Students will now be able to rent cars from Enterprise to travel around the surrounding area. The cars were used on their first and the $20 application fee will be waived. After March 15, the hourly day. Freshman Lindsay Paixao and rate will go back to the standard rate her friends rented the cars Tuesday night to go to the store. Paixao said of $9 per hour. Sophomore class president this was much better than waiting in Christopher Desilets was one of the cold for the shuttles. “Especially as a freshman not the first Student Government Association (SGA) members informed being able to have a car it’s defiabout the Enterprise Car Share pro- nitely awesome to have that freegram. He said students had access dom instead of having to wait for the to the two Enterprise cars starting shuttles,” she said. “Just the accessiJan. 20, 2015. If there is a strong de- bility of being able to get off campus mand, Desilets said SGA and Enter- basically whenever you want rather prise have already agreed to increase than having to wait for the shuttle.” Sophomore Gabriella Padilla the number of rental cars to four.
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Students can begin using the new Enterprise rental cars during the spring 2015 semester. Enterprise has been working closely with several branches at Quinnipiac to get its Car Share program approved. According to an Enterprise Car Share spokesperson, the program is primarily targeting students who are unable to have cars on campus, such as freshmen. “We collaborated with Quinnipiac University to launch Enterprise Car Share, providing students who do not have a vehicle on campus with a low-cost, convenient transportation solution,” the spokesperson said. “With the addition to Enterprise Car Share, students now have the freedom to rent a vehicle 24 hours a days, seven days a week at a low hourly rate.” New members will receive $35 in driving credits and $5 rates until March 15, according to the Enterprise Car Share spokesperson. New members will also get a discounted annual membership fee of $25
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The university has shut down its Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter following hazing allegations, according to administration. “One student, who is a member of TKE, has been expelled and two other fraternity members have been suspended from the university, as a result of a university student conduct investigation into allegations of hazing,” Vice President for Public Affairs Lynn Bushnell said in a statement. Bushnell added that additional members of the fraternity will face consequences. “Other TKE members have also been sanctioned as part of the investigation, and several more will face the student conduct process. In addition, the university has issued the fraternity a cease and desist order prohibiting it from operating at the university until the student conduct process is completed,” Bushnell said. It is unknown at this time if TKE will be allowed to return to campus after the conduct process is completed. The university did not comment further on any de-
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On Jan. 7 and 9, terrorist attacks took a toll on Paris and surrounding communities. Members of Al Qaeda killed 12 people at a satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, and a kosher store was attacked days EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Bryan Lipiner
later. The Chronicle asked students their thoughts on the shootings. By TARA O’NEILL Photography by MEGAN MAHER Design by HANNAH SCHINDLER AND KRISTEN RIELLO
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MANAGING EDITOR Julia Perkins
“My first thought was: what can the United States do about it? It also made me sad. I can’t believe someone would do something like that to innocent people.”
DESIGN EDITOR Hannah Schindler ASSOCIATE DESIGN EDITOR Kristen Riello CO-NEWS EDITOR Nicole Hanson CO-NEWS EDITOR Sarah Doiron ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Tara O’Neill ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Sara Kozlowski
Janine Jay| Freshman “I thought it was great how Paris stuck together. It reminded me of the Boston Marathon bombing, how everyone kind of became ‘Boston Strong.’ But now, it’s ‘Je Suis Charlie.’”
ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Jeanette Cibelli ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Kelly Novak
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SPORTS EDITOR Nick Solari
“I was surprised, just like when anything like that happens. It just makes you think: why would people do that? What’s the reasoning behind it? It’s just shocking.”
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“It makes me think: what is happening in the world that these events have to occur? I understand people have their own lives and their own opinions, but why does it have to escalate to that extreme? Why can’t we use words instead of violence?”
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Beyond the Bobcats Kentucky teens arrested after crime spree A teenage couple from Kentucky was arrested on Sunday after a two-week-long crime spree, according to CNN. Dalton Hayes, 18, and his 13 year-old girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips were arrested in Panama City Beach, Florida following a series of gun and car thefts. The couple allegedly stole three cars, two of which had guns inside, in various states stretching from Kentucky to Georgia. Officials say they are trying to get Hayes and Phillips sent back to Kentucky where they will face multiple felony charges.
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Patriots player rescues Hamden woman robbed, woman from flipped car assaulted New England Patriots player Vince Wilfork pulled a woman from her overturned car after winning the AFC championship game on Sunday night. Massachusetts State Police were responding to the rollover on Route 1 in Foxboro just before 1 a.m. when they encountered the defensive tackle, according to NBC Connecticut. Officers said Wilfork only needed one hand to save the 38 year-old woman from her overturned Jeep Wrangler. Police said Wilfork left the scene once the woman was safe and the officers confirmed they did not need further assistance.
A resident of Morse Street in Hamden was robbed and assaulted outside of her home Sunday night, according the the New Haven Register. The 35 yearold woman was approached by two men, one of which was armed, while walking to her back door. The woman was treated for severe facial injuries after being hit in the face with a gun. The two men fled toward Newhall Street after assaulting the woman and stealing $160 from her, according to Capt. Ronald Smith of the Hamden police. The men are still at large as of Monday evening.
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University to pay former student more than $30,000 ADA CASE from cover “I think that’s just wrong that the school did that in the first place,” he said. “I mean that’s a problem someone’s having and they basically just shunned [her] and kicked her out; I don’t appreciate that whatsoever.” Forty-four percent of American college students report having symptoms of depression, but 75 percent of college students do not seek help for mental health issues, according to Healthline. com. The university violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by placing the student on a mandatory medical leave of absence without considering options for the student’s continued enrollment, according to United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Deirdre M. Daly. The university did not consider revising its medical leave policy when removing the student. “Quinnipiac removed this student from the university at a very vulnerable time in her life, and saddled her with a large student loan payment,” Daly said in the press release. “We’re pleased that Quinnipiac has settled this matter, compensated the complainant and will implement a non-discrimination policy to help prevent this ADA violation from occurring in the future.” University administration, however, said the university’s ADA standards are some of the highest in the country. The university also said it was not contacted by the U.S. Department of Justice prior to the publishing of the press release. “The university is in full compliance with the requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act. In fact, our ADA standards exceed those of most academic institutions,” Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs said in a statement.
1 of of every 4 college students suffer from some form of mental illness, including depression “Out of respect for the confidentiality of the student involved, we will not comment further on this case. We regret that a government agency did not show similar respect for the student and circulated this press release without ever contact-
TKE members face consequences after hazing allegations
ing us.” Junior Emily Amodeo said there should have been alternatives to removing the student from the university. “We’re here to help. We’re a community,
we’re a student body,” Amodeo said. “They should’ve sent her for help but let her stay at the school still. They should’ve helped her out with this, not kick her out of the university.”
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TKE ALLEGATIONS from cover and advocate for the fraternity organizations on campus, it does not tolerate any form of hazing. We will continue to offer our full cooperation and assist the university in any way possible.” Following the cease and desist order, TKE has been taken off the list of student organizations on Do You QU. TKE came to campus in 1967, making it the oldest of the 17 existing Greek Life organizations, according to Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan. A spokesman for the national chapter of TKE, Alex Baker, said fraternity was working with the university to hold any members involved in the alleged hazing “accountable for their actions.” “Tau Kappa Epsilon has been in contact with Quinnipiac University. We are assisting the university in their investigation. Tau Kappa Epsilon has a zero tolerance policy regarding hazing,” Baker said in an email to a Hartford Courant reporter. Like the Tau Kappa Epsilon national chapter, Bushnell said the university has a zero tolerance policy for hazing. “With the safety and security of our students being paramount, the university will simply not tolerate hazing of any kind by any group or individual and will act swiftly to remove those held responsible from the community,” Bushnell said. Junior Cary Adams, a member of Alpha Phi Omega, which is a co-ed fraternity on campus, said he was disappointed by the news. “As a member of a fraternity, it was disheartening to hear that another group had done something like that,” Adams said.
“But I think it really falls on their leadership.” However, he doesn’t think all the members of TKE should take the blame for the allegations. “I had some friends in TKE,” he said. “And while I wasn’t aware of what they were doing, they weren’t all bad guys, and I hope people aren’t painting them all as the same.” Junior and member of Sigma Phi Epsilon Richard Jones was shocked to hear TKE had been told to cease and desist over winter break. “It had no build up even though the student center and administration have been cracking down on hazing the past two years,” he said. Jones also said Sigma Phi Epsilon has a strong policy against hazing. “SigEp presses the importance of abiding by school and fraternal policies,” he said. “Our cooperation with the student center, as well as self respect for other brothers and the ability to hold one another accountable, provides a strong base for the prevention of hazing.” Junior Christopher Mulé, a member of the fraternity Zeta Beta Tau said he is surprised that Tau Kappa Epsilon was hazing since they have been on campus since 1967. “Our fraternity is nationally a non-pledging fraternity so [hazing] is against our values,” he said. Adams said incidents like this give students and the community a false image of what Greek life represents. “I hope we can work toward creating a positive image [of Greek life],” Adams said. Members of Tau Kappa Epsilon did not return request for comment.
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School of Law ranks fourth on Super Lawyers’ list The Quinnipiac School of Law was selected as one of the 2014 Super Lawyers’ Top 10 Law Schools for value and quality of education. Super Lawyers is an attorney-rating group of lawyers who have a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list is based off of a survey of graduating students and recent alumni from May 2013. The School of Law ranked fourth behind Columbia Law School, which was number one on the list.–S. Doiron
Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey named on USA Today USA Today has named Quinnipiac as one of its Top 10 Colleges for men’s ice hockey. Author David Klenda focused on head coach Rand Pecknold and how he led the Bobcats to the past two NCAA Tournaments. The men’s ice hockey team has grown under Pecknold’s leadership and has been ranked in all national polls for the last 10 years. -N. Hanson
SPB hosts “Taste of Hamden” event The Healthy Taste of Hamden event will take place in the Piazza on Thursday, Jan. 22 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. At the event, students can get a “taste of Hamden” by trying different foods from local restaurants. The event will also include healthier options for students to try at these local restaurants, like Ray and Mike’s Deli. The Healthy Taste of Hamden will also show students how to make these meals by themselves in their residence halls. -N. Hanson
Starbucks machine added to the Bobcat Den The Bobcat Den will now serve Starbucks coffee after the arrival of a new coffee machine. The machine serves both hot and cold drinks with choices of regular and decaf coffee, espresso, lattes, cappuccinos or steamed milk. It is located at the smoothie bar in the upper part of the Bobcat Den. -S. Doiron
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Over 100 Quinnipiac University students will have the opportunity to attend the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates this upcoming year where they will interact with several Nobel Peace Prize winners such as former President Carter and the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. David Ives, the executive director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute, has been able to work with these renowned Nobel Prize winners and bring Quinnipiac students to work with them. “Albert Schweitzer was a peace prize laureate,” Ives said. “Because of that, I have been able to work with a number of Nobel Peace Prize laureates around the world including people like President Gorbechev from the former Soviet Union, the Dalai Lama, F.W. de Klerk from South Africa and Betty Williams from northern Ireland…” Each World Summit is held in a location that is celebrating a particular anniversary, according to Ives. For example, in 2008, it was held in Paris to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. In 2009, it was convened in Berlin on the 20th anniversary of the removal of the Berlin Wall. Most recently, it was held in Poland, celebrating the 30 year anniversary of Lech Walesa winning the Nobel for “leading the Solidarity trade union,” which conciliated a peaceful end to communism in 1989, according to the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates website. For the past five years, Ives
has brought Quinnipiac students to such events. “I first started taking students from Quinnipiac University about five years ago when we went to Berlin on the 20th anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall…” Ives said. “So the students who went on this trip got to meet de Klerk and Gorbechev and some other people that were involved…I want Quinnipiac to be on the leading edge of international issues.” This year’s World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates will take place in Atlanta, Georgia in November and since it is in the United States, travel costs will be far less than other years allowing for more representation from Quinnipiac, according to Ives. Atlanta was chosen as the location to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. For those attending, there will be a tour of the Carter Center and the Martin Luther King Center for the first two days of the five-day event. Then the final three days will feature the summit itself. In the mornings, the Nobel Laureates will be on panels discussing everything from nuclear weapons and the Middle East to poverty and boycotts, Ives said. Since Ives is on the planning committee for this particular summit, he is making sure that Quinnipiac is very prominent at this year’s event. “Each afternoon, Quinnipiac is going to have a time slot to present whatever we want, so we are going to celebrate QU,” Ives said. “There will be four or five thousand people there and I want anyone who is there to bump into someone from
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Sophomore political science major Danielle Tomlinson spoke at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Cape Town last December about Nelson Mandela. QU every time they turn around.” There will be an application and interview process for students interested in attending the summit. Keisha Paul, a junior who attended another one of Ives’ programs in Cape Town commemorating Nelson Mandela, says the experience was unlike any other. “It really opened my eyes to what’s going on. I never really think about issues going on outside my door and it just opened up my eyes to the bigger picture,” Paul said. “The global aspect and just meeting people from so many countries and even just different parts in the US, it was just a very heartfelt experience.” Paul also expressed her emo-
tional ambiguity when recognizing Mandela’s impact on South Africa. “I was expecting to be very sad, and mourning Mandela’s time being there but it was more of a triumph,” Paul said. “What he went through created something good. We don’t really think when we go through the bad that good is going to come out of it so it was really monumental.” Ives wants to make sure that people all over the country, and the world, know about Quinnipiac University. “We want to show off Quinnipiac…We, as a university, are doing what no one else in the country is doing,” Ives said.
Rent-a-Car program sign-ups begin ENTERPRISE from cover to [booking] a study room in the library, just through Enterprise’s website.” The Enterprise Car Share spokesperson said an email confirmation will be sent to students once their membership has been approved. Shortly after, they will receive a membership card and welcome brochure in the mail. The information on the welcome brochure- such as their member ID number–will be used for their log in to reserve a vehicle. After a student has been approved and received their credentials for the program, the Enterprise Car Share spokesperson said they can log into the system from their phone, tablet or computer. From there, students will choose the vehicle and length of time they wish to use it. The spokesperson said after a student reserves a vehicle they are ready to drive. “They go to the vehicle’s designated parking spot, wave their membership card over a sensor on the windshield and the car unlocks
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and the keys are located inside,” the spokesperson said. “The return process is just as simple. Members return the vehicle to its designated parking space, leave the keys in the car and wave their membership card
over the sensor on the windshield to close the rental.” As for prices for the program, the Enterprise Car Share spokesperson said members will be charged hourly rates, which will include fuel
and up to 200 miles for each day. The spokesperson said when a student needs to refuel the car, there will be a fuel card located in the glove box of each rental car. At the gas pump, the student uses the gas card the same they way they would use a debit card and enter their fuel pin and mileage, the spokesperson said. In order to ensure the safety of the drivers, Enterprise is enforcing a background check on the students signing up to rent one of the cars, according to Desilets and the Enterprise spokesperson. “Enterprise will examine the driving record of any student that wishes to sign up,” Desilets said. “Any student under 21 also needs a parent signature to sign up.” Desilets said students must hold themselves accountable and should know better than to endanger themselves or others while using the rental cars. “As for drinking and driving, there are no protections currently in place,” he said. “It is not something we expect will be needed. Students know the dangers of drinking and driving and must act responsibly.”
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Students declared safe after Paris shootings QU301 trip affected by terrorist attacks By ADELIA COUSER Staff Writer
It was 1 p.m. in Paris on Jan. 7, and Chelsey Tahan had just finished FaceTiming her parents when she heard about a terrorist attack that had occurred several miles away. At 11:30 that morning, two Muslim gunmen named Saïd and Chérif Kouachi had entered the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, killing 12 people and injuring four. The “execution style” shooting lasted between five to 10 minutes and was triggered by controversial jokes the magazine had published about Islamic leaders. The attacks, in addition to two more shootings and a hostage crisis that occurred in Paris over the next two days, are the deadliest acts of terrorism in France since the 1961 VitryLe-François train bombing, which killed 28 people and injured more than 100. A junior at QU, Tahan was part of a QU301 class called “Global Communication through Cinema” that traveled to Paris for 10 days. The 14 students had spent their time touring Paris and seeing French films until the attack occurred. “It was a wonderful experience before the attack,” said junior Leah Walter, another member of the QU301 class. “The culture there is so much different compared to the U.S. The atmosphere in Paris was full of life and I loved it.” However, that lively atmosphere changed
“We were told by our international coordinators at our hostel that the security in Paris was at the highest level, so I felt pretty safe.”
– MEGAN ALDERMAN-PERSON JUNIOR once the students learned of the shooting at the Charlie Hebdo offices. Tahan explained that the class immediately met in the lobby of the hostel where they were staying–the FIAP Jean Monnet. Many students were checking the news on their phones or receiving anxious messages from their friends and family.
“We were told that our activities for the day had been canceled, and we were to stay in the hostel all day and were not allowed to go outside,” Tahan said. “I got emails from the Department of State and the United States Embassy in Paris briefing me about the situation and giving tips on how to behave out in the city, so as not to draw attention to the fact that I was American.” Besides the email briefing, it was difficult for the students to receive more information about the situation because all news broadcasts were in French. As a result, they remained in constant contact with their worried families in the days following the attacks. “My parents were freaking out,” Tahan said. “Earlier in the semester, there were ISIS attacks all over the news and my parents considered pulling me out of the Paris trip . . . but I didn’t see any reason to think I would be affected by it. When the attacks happened, all I could think was, ‘What were the chances?’” Raymond Foery, a professor of communications in charge of the QU301 class, worked hard to reassure students’ parents because he knew they would be “extremely worried.” The Global Engagement Department also kept in touch with Foery, the students and their parents. “I should stress that we were never in any real danger,” Foery said. “This was an isolated attack on a specific target; it was not a mass attack on tourists or even on the French public. I have always thought of Paris as a safe city–I still do.” Junior Megan Alderman-Person agreed with Foery, saying that she felt very secure during the attacks. “We were told by our international coordinators at our hostel that the security in Paris was at the highest level, so I felt pretty safe,” Alderman-Person said. “From our hostel, it didn’t seem like much was wrong; people were walking around outside and it looked like a normal day.” Director for Global Education Andrea Hogan said she can understand how an incident like this could make students worried about studying abroad. However, she said emergency situations can occur anywhere. “It’s important to put an attack like the one in Paris in perspective,” Hogan said in an email. “The Boston marathon bombing didn’t
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(From left to right) Catherine Wherle, Trinity Scanlon, Chelsey Tahan and Alexa Landro study a map of Paris on their QU301 trip.
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(From left to right) Alexa Landro, Trinity Scanlon, Megan Alderman-Person, Chelsey Tahan, Catherine Wherle and Sophia Giuffrida were in Paris during the terrorist attack at Charlie Hebdo offices. stop students from studying at BU or Harvard. I also think some students study abroad unaware of what is going in in their host country. It’s important for the student to be engaged and informed about local news and culture before deciding to study in a different country.” Hogan said none of the abroad trips have been cancelled for the spring, but students traveling should be cautious. “We will continue to evaluate department of state recommendations for safety of Americans abroad,” she said in an email. “We continue to remind all students to stay vigilant and abide by local safety warnings and advice which is provided to them by the affiliate programs.” The day after the lockdown, students were allowed to either stay in the hostel or travel in a group to the nearby Cinematheque, a museum devoted to film history. “We were cautious throughout the rest of the trip because of the unknown hostage count and location of suspects at large,” senior Jessica Sola said. “However, there was always a sense of security and awareness because of the strong police and military presence in Paris.” A National Day of Mourning was held on Jan. 8, when thousands of French citizens held candlelight vigils or marched peacefully down the streets of Paris proclaiming, “Not afraid.” Sola said that the experience was “eyeopening.” “I purposely placed myself on the Champs Élysées, the busiest street in Paris, and witnessed how the Parisians reacted to such tragedy,” Sola said. “I felt a somber, respectful atmosphere. [Later], when my family and I were
traveling by train to the South of France, we saw a very large group of people marching in honor of Charlie.” In America, similar protests were occurring. Crowds of American citizens held signs proclaiming “Je Suis Charlie,” translating to “I Am Charlie,” in order to declare their right to the freedom of speech. The phrase quickly gained support and became a popular hashtag on social media websites. President Obama agreed in an official statement. “The fact that this was an attack on journalists, attack on our free press, also underscores the degree to which these terrorists fear freedom–of speech and freedom of the press,” he said. “But the one thing that I’m very confident about is that the values that we share with the French people, a belief–a universal belief in the freedom of expression, is something that can’t be silenced because of the senseless violence of the few.” While some students wished to participate in the marches in France, Professor Foery instead devoted class time to a discussion of the terrorist attacks and the issue of free speech, which many students argued is a basic human right. “Free speech is a right we often take for granted, but we would not be the country we are today without it,” Tahan said. “Somebody with a gun and a bad attitude does not have the right to take our freedom of speech away, and the French people had every right to voice their opinions about it.”
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There is a history to everything It seems that every day there is news attack on the French culture as well. While about terrorist attacks, whether they take I was in Grenoble, I took a French history place in the Middle East, America or Europe, course, and what I learned was that satire with the latest attack being in France. When I and political cartoons have always been a heard about the attack on the French satirical part of French culture (although back then newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, I had just gotten they didn’t have to worry about accuracy). Marie Antoinette and the back from a four-month royal family were among stay in Grenoble, France. the first to be mocked It shocked me to say the MEGAN MAHER by cartoonists and the least, but after spending Photography Editor tradition carried on into so much time in France, @meganmaher4 the French Revolution and immersing myself into its eventually French history. culture, I felt like I was in I am not trying to stop mourning with its people. people from doing what I felt sick to my stomach knowing that just three days before they have the right to do, and hearing about the attack, I had been in Paris having the time the 4 million people who marched in Paris, of my life, and then the whole world was I definitely felt proud to be a part of that in shock, including me. The main question culture. Then hearing about the marches that everyone seemed to be asking was, around the world, made me even more proud that I chose to study in France, and why? Why, Paris? Why, Charlie Hebdo? Many people, including the French, learned what it means to be French. I guess knew this was an attack on free speech. But the history nerd within me wanted everyone what people don’t realize is that it was an else to know about French journalism and
politics the way I do. When everyone around the world started saying, “Je Suis Charlie,” or “Nous Sommes Charlie,” I was proud but at the same time I was a little angry. People were quick to join in on marches, holding up pens and posters as a sign of solidarity against the attackers. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t be rising up against the attackers in this way, all I’m saying is that I wish people would be more mindful of what the attack means. Even though there have been riots all over the world against Charlie Hebdo, they still were able to create what they have called, “The Survivor Issue” with the cover even saying “Tout Est Pardonné,” which means, “All Is Forgiven.” This attack was not just about freedom of speech, which truly is important, especially for a democratic country like France. But there is a history behind what Charlie Hebdo does, and they shouldn’t be afraid to continue that history.
Our most powerful weapon I woke up on a Wednesday morning to a notification on my iPhone from the Wall Street Journal that read, “Armed men attack offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing at least 10, people say.” My tired eyes widened and I sat up in my bed as my thumbs scrolled through the horrifying story of how an armed group opened fire in the office of a satirical newspaper notorious for publishing controversial illustrations of the prophet Muhammad. A sudden fear struck through me as I recalled the (well-deserved) backlash I received upon writing my first piece several months ago and as I read about the violent response that stirred from several seemingly harmless satirical cartoons. While the editorial I wrote brought out anger and frustration as a result of my ignorance and misinformation, the cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo brought out a response that resulted in human deaths. To think that drawings paired with words led to the mayhem that took place on Jan. 7, 2015. I had a professor my freshman year who taught us that terrorist will oftentimes attack popular, highly visited places in order to forever form an association between the location and other similar locations with the attack. A perfect example of the terrorist technique was the Westgate Shopping Mall attack in Kenya. The attack on the satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, was not so much an attack on newspaper publishing buildings as it was an attack on what Charlie Hebdo represented, and that was freedom of speech. Charlie Hebdo
represented unfiltered, honest, controversial, freedom of speech. And the group that attacked their office on that Wednesday did not set out to associate fear with newspaper publishing buildings; they were attacking one of the world’s—particularly one of the West’s—most popular commonplaces: freedom KYLE LIANG of speech. Staff Writer What we can’t let @Kyle_Liang happen now is let this attack be the downfall of our right to exercise freedom of speech. What we need to do now is allow this event to empower us. In attacking the one right every person can, and should, have— the right to speak, write, and openly express thoughts, ideas, and opinions, we are shown just how powerful each one of us can be. We are shown just how powerful our words can be. If a couple of cleverly done cartoons with short pieces of dialogue are able provoke such powerful actions, then the same can be done in a positive manner. Well thought-out and intelligently expressed speech should be thought of as heavily armed with influence— influence that, instead of provokes a few individuals to kill, can comparably provoke a few individuals to act in a noble and righteous manner. Why can’t it? Speech can be used as a weapon. It can be pointed in many different directions, and the most alluring part is that anyone can pull the trigger. Furthermore, speech can be empowering; speech can be liberating;
speech can be encouraging; speech can be nurturing; speech can be catalytic; speech can be a tool. Exercising our freedom of speech is the one thing we all will always have and no one can take from us. Stephane Charbonnier, one of the artists killed on the Jan. 7 shooting, said in an interview with ABC News in 2012, “Without freedom of speech we are dead.” I would go as far as extending Charbonnier’s quote to say that if you are not taking advantage of your freedom of speech then you are not living. And to properly exercise your freedom of speech then you must be able to develop well-informed, supported and highly educated opinions. Freedom of speech can be a powerful weapon, but if put in the hands of someone who is blind and arrogant, then it can cause a lot more harm than good. You shouldn’t withhold your speech if it is true and genuine but risks offending others, because voices are meant to be heard. If they weren’t, then we’d find ourselves a part of an anti-utopian world like the one in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, in which every single existing book is burned because their ideas inescapably carry some capacity to offend an individual. The only time you should withhold your speech is if you are unable to speak judiciously, and then in that case, just keep your mouth shut.
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The “cult” in culture: what draws the line? I’ve been hearing a lot about cults lately– percentage of more than 300 million. This is most of which being the ones that have made why you won’t find yourself dealing with many headlines for atrocities against mankind. cults in your time. I did, however, happen to get myself Yet, among the 5,000 cults in America as of 2005, along with the many that have existed wrapped up in it, so I pushed ahead further and in the past, not all are notorious for casualties asked myself: what could these “potential” cults or detrimental to their followers or others, possibly be? What could become an escape for someone as Jonestown–the isolated community according to religionnewsblog.com. These, however, aren’t the ones that have in Guyana built by The Peoples Temple cult, where followers were brainwashed into come to my recent attention . In my QU101 class, we had discussions and committing a mass suicide at the hand of their watched videos about the most notorious cults leader and self-proclaimed deity Jim Jones–was in our nation’s history–tied into a bigger theme for an unfortunate few in the 70s? This is where I hit a dead about the individual in the end; or better yet ran into community. I went to see the SAL SICILIANO too many ends. So many horror movie Annabelle in Staff Writer things, honestly more than I theaters, where a murderous can count, could technically cult resembling the ‘Manson @ salsiciliano1 become a potential cult. Family’ played a big role Our cell phones and other early in the plot. And, even devices. Celebrities. Music. more recently, the 80-yearWe often hear the term old psychopathic ringleader himself, Charles Manson, received a license to that one is “obsessed” with things like these. marry a 26-year-old woman who visits him in Perhaps that’s a start. What it ultimately boils down to, is that prison. From everything I was seeing–from the something doesn’t have to resemble the formal violent to the benign, the mass-suicides to idea of a cult just for it to be a cult–it merely mass-murders, the day-tripping hippies in the needs to have the same effect a cult does on its woods, to the knife-stabbing ones behind bars followers. It’s all about the humans. A person lonely enough, upset enough, for life–I naturally began questioning what it was that could drive someone to carry out confused enough, can create a cult-like horrors like the ones I was seeing, or even to attachment or belief in anything, anything that they can devote themselves to when they join a cult in general. I eventually narrowed it down to one thing. feel that they have nothing else. Around us are To have a cult, you need humans. It may claims of violent video games driving people sound elementary, but you truly do need them; to commit real shootings, of people using and you need ‘all’ of them. You need their soul. electronics to the point of needing rehabilitation. You need a person so empty, so hungry for a These are firsthand examples of the cult buried sense of identity, that they’re ready to be filled in our culture. I’m not saying this to reveal an inconvenient with artificial love and accepted by a prophet with open arms; to be laced with a new belief truth about humanity, but instead to emphasize system, manipulated through a repetition of the power that aspects of human culture have hidden messages and preachings of a new order. on humanity itself. A power that, in a time of Many in this state probably have their backs need, has the potential to lead to detrimental so turned to the outside that they don’t even devotion in certain hands. We are powerful–but what we’ve created identify their affiliation as a “cult,” until it’s for ourselves has grown to rival even our own characterized as one from an outside source. I wondered further: are there cults in plain strength. You can spend just as much time, if sight that we simply cannot see? I think the not more, in front of a TV screen instead of having a conversation with a group of friends, answer is yes. or curled up with a book rather than out at a Partially. There are many cults across the nation party. I think it’s easy to see how someone in (close to 5,000, as I mentioned earlier) that have a dark state of mind, perhaps a depression or been recognized and defined as such–whether separateness, could cross the thin line from a they made headlines or not. On a lighter note, fascination, to an obsession, to a worship of however, there is not a large percentage of what shelters them. So, based on this, couldn’t a book about people in the severe and solitary condition to be led astray. And, given the huge population “phonies” hypothetically be what inspires a of our country, it is easy to assume 5,000 man to kill one of The Beatles? I think the answer depends on us. cults wouldn’t be accessible to even a solitary
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My QU 301 experience in the DR By JULIA PERKINS Managing Editor
I have been home from my service trip to the Dominican Republic for two weeks now, but I still cannot stop thinking about the people I met there. I wake up in the morning and savor the dreams I had about being back in Batey 50, a sugar cane village near La Romana, Dominican Republic, where more than 30 others from Quinnipiac and I traveled for more than a week over our winter break. As part of QU 301, we built a house and started to create a basketball court and garden for the people of Batey 50. Our primary mission, however, was to continue to bring hope to a community where people have little money and little food, but a lot of heart. The men in Batey 50 work long hours in the sugar cane fields. Their job is difficult and dangerous, and the workers are paid very little. Despite such hardships, my class remarked several times how those in Batey 50 are much happier than Americans. When we first arrived in Batey 50 on a school bus, children came running up to us to say hello or jump into our arms. We were trusted to carry around babies and welcomed into people’s homes. While many Americans may complain about what they don’t have, I never got the sense that the residents of Batey 50 mourned their lack of material objects. Yes, people asked me for the shorts and the shoes I was wearing on my last day. But this was not out of greed. This was because they truly needed these things. One of my favorite memories of the trip was playing with a 7-year old girl named Estella on our last day in Batey 50. She took me to the church in the village and we played a game where we threw the elastics on her wrist at the church wall. If two of the elastics fell on top of each other, the thrower won all the elastics on the ground. The game ended when one person ran out of elastics. In a place where kids don’t have handheld
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devices and TV, elastics are the next best thing. It was such a simple game, but it was truly fun to bond with Estella over this game. I would give almost anything to be back there with her. But one of the most powerful moments from the trip was when we were on the bus, leaving Batey 50 for the last time. We were all emotional and upset about saying goodbye to our new friends, unsure if we would ever see them again, unsure of what their fates would be. We passed an old man in a ragged shirt, hunched over so much that it looked like he was sitting, walking slowly after a long day working in the sugar cane fields. The bus backed up probably about 100 yards so we could pick him up and give him some food and water. People shouted out the window at him, but he couldn’t hear us. I’m not sure if his hearing was poor or if he just didn’t realize we were calling to him. Eventually a few people had to get off the bus for him to notice us. I was sitting in the back of the bus so I couldn’t always see what was going on, but I was so overcome by emotion. Tears welled up in my eyes and I was so angry that this man would have to continue to work in the sugar cane villages day after day, while I would return to America, to all the comforts of home. Society has done such a terrible job of sharing the wealth of this planet. It is disgusting that some people make millions of dollars a year, while others are starving. I thought going on this trip would give me the magic solution to end this problem, but it didn’t. What it did was put a face to poverty. Before poverty was some terrible thing that I read about or saw on the news. Now I picture my friend Estella and her family and I know it is real. And I won’t be satisfied until Estella, her family, the people of Batey 50 and all those living in poverty have a greater portion of the wealth in the world.
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Top left: Junior Julia Perkins holds 5-year-old Tenia, a resident of Batey 50 in the Dominican Republic. Perkins and more than 30 other Quinnipiac students traveled to the Dominican Republic over winter break for a QU 301 service trip. Clockwise from top right: A child in Batey 50 receives a t-shirt on New Year’s Day. The house the students built on the trip. The house where an elderly man lived until the students built him a new one. Senior Hannah Russell (left) and one of the girls (right) in Batey 50. The students pack food to bring to Batey 50 on New Year’s Day. Junior Gianna Costantino (right) and a girl (left) at the Joe Hartman School in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Two children in Batey 50 sit on the shoulders of senior Andrew Dimitriou (left) and senior Colin Carter (right). Junior Ashleigh Battle (left) hugs the resident of Batey 50 (right), who will live in the new house.
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Stay true to yourself
A guide on how to stay loyal to your New Years’ resolutions By KELLIE MASON Staff Writer
Another year has come and gone in the blink of an eye. A new year promises a fresh start, a clean slate, a blank page. It can be easy to stick to New Years’ resolutions while at home because there aren’t many distractions, but once you’re back at school it can be hard. An easy way to keep up with health and fitness resolutions is to attend fitness classes taught at the Mount Carmel and York Hill Fitness Centers. A variety of classes are offered each day. A great way to end the weekend and start the week is with an hour of yoga which is offered on both campuses. When you’re looking for a mid-week energy boost, Spinning at York Hill is offered multiple times a day. A full list of classes can be found on MyQ under Athletics. After working out, you may be wondering what you can eat to stay healthy. You may not have home cooked meals anymore, but you can still get a well-balanced meal at the cafeteria and local restaurants. Keep in mind: you can have candy or
chips from the cafeteria but everything should be in moderation. Enjoy a serving size of chips with an apple, or one ounce of cheese with celery sticks. Eating healthy and buying groceries doesn’t have to be expensive. With just $10 you can buy oats, an avocado, Greek yogurt and sweet potatoes. The healthy options are endless. However, New Year’s resolutions don’t need to stay centered around health and fitness. Think of other resolutions to keep throughout 2015. Other resolutions may be to read more books for pleasure, save money for a spring break trip, attend professors’ office hours or be on time. A great way to stay on track is to keep notes on your laptop or in your agenda. A simple reminder goes a long way. But if you’re tech savvy, walking to class or waiting for your lunch date is time spent on your phone. There are apps you can download to help you stick to your resolution. Your long-term resolution may be to stop texting your ex late Saturday nights. You need to download Drunk Lock. When the app is enabled, you won’t be able to send texts, tweets, Facebook messages or
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If you haven’t already, prepare to become addicted to Trivia Crack. The game by Etermax has been available for download on any smartphone since 2013, but seems to have only gained popularity recently. Users compete against their friends or random players by answering trivia questions from a variety of categories. Questions can be related to entertainment, art, sports, science, history or geography. The objective of the game is to collect all six “characters,” one for each category, before your opponent by correctly answering questions as quickly as possible. Trivia Crack stands out from other games and apps. These days, it is easy to aimlessly waste hours on the Internet. However, with Trivia Crack, you no longer have to feel guilty about spending too much time on your phone. Social media rarely offers any intellectual stimulation, but this trivia game is the opposite of that. The most basic goal of the game relies on using your knowledge and brainpower. When you answer a question accurately, you feel accomplished, but when you get one wrong, you learn something new. The game tracks your success in each category, so you always know where your trivia skills might need some brushing up. Users can also create questions to be added to the game’s database, so you can spread your interests and intelligence to others. Trivia Crack encourages players to have fun while learning. Few educational apps are popular with a young adult crowd, so the popularity of this game with Quinnipiac students proves how exceptional it is. ̶ J. Cibelli
Snapchat messages unless you answer a series of math problems. During the spring semester you may be scheduling interviews for internships and jobs, planning events with organizations and working on class projects. Sunrise is an app that keeps you organized by integrating your Google Calendar, iCloud or Exchange. The app also shows you faces and profiles of people you are meeting via LinkedIn. After you’ve nailed that job interview thanks to Sunrise keeping you organized, you’re going to have to learn to save money. LearnVest is making personal financial planning affordable by connecting you with professionals who will monitor your spending and saving. After all the time and energy you dedicated to celebrating with friends, getting the job, and sorting out your finances, it’s time to unwind. If your resolution is to chill out, download the app Calm. It has seven free guided meditations complete with relaxing sounds and nature scenes. Any New Years’ resolution is achievable. Stay motivated and focused on your goal. 2015 has only just begun.
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Aladdin’s closes its doors
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A tragedy is upon us: Aladdin’s Pizza is gone. Back in November, I personally wrote about the mediterranean-style pizzeria restaurant raving about how great it was. So it brings me great sadness that I have to write about the business’ departure. The restaurant is still on Whitney Avenue, right next to the Mobil gas station, except now all the lights are turned off and the door is locked. It was highly accessible, considering it was about a minute drive from both the Mount Carmel campus and the York Hill campus. But most importantly their food was to die for—especially the deep dish pizza which sold for $3 a slice. It filled you up and didn’t make you feel gross afterward, which was always a plus. Aladdin’s was unique in comparison to other pizzerias around town since it also offered mediterranean food as well. I ordered some kind of falafel sandwich from them and it was beyond my expectations. It pains me to see Aladdin’s go. The service was great, delivery was fast, the owners were always kind, and the location couldn’t get much better in relation to Quinnipiac and the student population. Students could have walked to it if they really wanted to. That’s how close it was. “Aladdin’s hasn’t been in business for very long, but the place is awesome. With great food, great prices and friendly staff, it is likely here to stay,” I wrote about the restaurant a few months back. But, sadly, I could not have made a worse prediction. Aladdin’s is not here to stay. ̶ S. Kozlowski
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Merrimack sweeps men’s ice hockey By TYRELL WALDEN-MARTIN Staff Writer
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Rand Pecknold reacts toward an official in the second period of Saturday night’s loss.
After losing at No. 20 Merrimack Friday night, No. 12 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey looked to bounce back and get a win at High Point Solutions arena. The Bobcats failed to do so, as they fell to the Warriors by the score of 3-1 Saturday evening. “Just disappointed in our effort. We had a lot of kids who were good tonight and we had a chunk who just stunk,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “It’s tough to beat a top-20 team when we have that many guys struggling.” Quinnipiac was without starting goalie Michael Garteig, who was injured in the Bobcats previous contest. Freshman Sean Lawrence got the start in net, and gave up three goals. “He was okay,” Pecknold said on Lawrence’s performance. “It was a good experience. He will learn and get better.” Quinnipiac fell behind early after it gave up a goal to Brett Seney of Merrimack with 7:26 remaining in the first period.
The Bobcats would tie the game at one after Hobey Baker nominee Sam Anas scored a power-play goal with 1:08 remaining in the first period. It was his third goal in two games and 13th of the season. “It’s great when he scores,” Pecknold said. “He had a good weekend offensively.” Quinnipiac fell behind once again after Brett Seney scored his second goal of the game early in the third period. Merrimack would never look back. The Warriors later added one more goal, pushing the lead to 3-1. “We had a lot of miscues,” Pecknold said. “It’s the mark of a young team.” With the loss, the Bobcats fall to 15-8-1 (10-2 ECAC). For Quinnipiac to get back on track, Pecknold believes that the team needs to develop some mental toughness. “We are an immature team right now,” Pecknold said. “We have to grow up and be ready to play 60 minutes of hockey when the puck drops.” The Bobcats are back in action Jan. 30, when they travel to take on ECAC rival Brown. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m.
McLean ruled ineligible for remainder of season BY STAFF REPORTS
Men’s basketball guard Giovanni McLean has been ruled ineligible for the remainder of the 2014-15 season, according to Vice President for Public Affairs Lynn Bushnell. “The NCAA has granted a partial waiver supporting the university’s decision to allow Giovanni McLean to continue his studies at the university for the remainder of this (2014-
2015) academic year,” Bushnell said. “He, however, will remain prohibited from practicing and playing with the basketball team for the rest of this season.” The NCAA issued McLean, a transfer from Westchester Community College, a temporary waiver in November 2014, allowing him to continue taking classes while an investigation was conducted regarding transcript fraud
at Westchester. Westchester later cancelled its men’s basketball season due to the scandal. McLean, a native of the Bronx, NY, averaged 16.8 points and 7.4 assists per game with Westchester last season. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound guard also had offers from Oklahoma, Missouri, St. John’s and Fordham, among other schools prior to committing to Quinnipiac.
An injury kept McLean off the floor for all of his senior season at Bronx Regional High School in 2010-11. He played in 26 games at Moberly Community College in 2011-12 as a freshman, before a pre-existing injury forced him to have knee surgery at the end of the year. McLean is allowed to continue his studies at Quinnipiac through the rest of the 2014-15 academic year.
Bobcats rise to No. 3 in PairWise rankings WOMEN’S HOCKEY from page 16 on the roster with double digit points on the campaign. The seniors have continued to play strong this year, and have been a big reason for the Bobcats’ success. Goaltender Chelsea Laden tallied four shutouts last month, adding to her nation-leading 12 for the season. Laden continues to lead the nation with wins, being the first team with 20 wins this season, and also tops the list in goals against average. She also is fourth in save percentage. In addition to Laden’s continued success in net, senior Erica Uden Johansson put up five points for the month of January, including a two-goal weekend against Brown and Yale. Johansson’s fellow co-captain Morgan Fritz-Ward chipped in with tallied six points in January, including five assists. Alternate captain Shiann Dar-
kangelo recorded eight points this month with five goals and three assists. “Our seniors have been exactly what a team needs to play consistently at an elevated level,” Seeley said. “All four are exceptional, selfless leaders. Their first concern is the team and what it takes for us to succeed. This kind of season is impossible without it starting with our leaders and their commitment to our team goals.” Along with the production the Bobcats have gotten from their senior class, newcomer Taylar Cianfarano has been one of their most constant sources of scoring. The freshman forward has led the team in points all season. Cianfarano currently sits fourth in the nation in scoring with 24 points by way of 14 goals and 10 assists. This month, the forward has nine points, including six goals. Cianfarano had her first career hat trick in the 4-1 win over Yale on Jan. 10.
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“I can’t say enough about what TT has meant to our program’s success this season,” Seeley said. “She not only is leading us in scoring as a freshman, but she also leads us in game-winning goals, with 6. It is clear she wants to be on the ice in important moments, and she produces when we need it most. Those are traits most freshmen don’t possess. It bodes very well for our future.” The Bobcats remain on top of ECAC Hockey, as they sit four points ahead of No. 7 Clarkson, last year’s national champion, and five points over No. 5 Harvard with only six remaining conference games. Meanwhile, Quinnipiac has two big nonconference games left against ranked opponents. The Bobcats travel to No. 7 Boston University Wednesday at 7 p.m., then travel to No. 1 Boston College on Saturday.
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RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY Merrimack 4, QU 3 (OT) – Friday Sam Anas: 2 goals, 1 assist Justin Agosta: 2 assists K.J. Tiefenwerth: 1 goal Merrimack 3, QU 1 – Saturday Sam Anas: 1 goal Matthew Peca: 1 assist Travis St. Denis: 1 assist Sean Lawrence: 18 saves WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 3, Robert Morris 2 (OT) – Friday Taylar Cianfarano: 1 goal, 1 assist Shiann Darkangelo: 1 goal Taryn Baumgaurdt: 1 goal Morgan Fritz-Ward: 1 assist QU 3, Robert Morris 0 - Saturday Nicole Kosta: 1 goal, 1 assist Taylar Cianfarano: 1 goal, 1 assist Shiann Darkangelo: 2 assists Chelsea Laden: 20 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL Rider 56, QU 53 – Thursday Ousmane Drame: 15 points, 11 rebounds Zaid Hearst: 17 points, 9 rebounds Ayron Hutton: 11 points, 3 3-pointers QU 72, Marist 71 - Sunday Zaid Hearst: 27 points Ousmane Drame: 21 points, 13 rebounds Samuel Dingba: 10 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 83, Fairfield 43 - Thursday Val Driscoll: 16 points Sam Guastella: 20 points QU 85, Manhattan 51 - Sunday Val Driscoll: 15 points, 9 rebounds Maria Napolitano: 19 points
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GAME OF THE WEEK
Women’s basketball powers past Manhattan Bobcats win sixth-straight contest By JORDAN NOVACK Staff Writer
On a day when it honored senior Samantha Guastella for scoring her 1,000th career point earlier in the week against Fairfield, the Quinnipiac women’s basketball team looked to win its sixth straight game as it played hosts to Manhattan Sunday at the TD Bank Sports Center. Following an initial delay to the opening tip due to inclement weather, Guastella and fellow senior Val Driscoll led the Bobcats to a 15-0 lead during the first 4:30 of the first half. After getting on such a roll early, the Bobcats used this early momentum to close out a strong first half by shooting 62 percent from the field and 65 percent from behind the 3-point line. Quinnipiac led 50-14 heading into halftime. On top of a strong showing on offense, the Bobcats held the Jaspers to just 25 percent shooting during the first half. “We did what we do very well,” Quinnipiac head Tricia Fabbri said. “That’s score the ball, run offense, share the ball and get the open person the shot. Our shooting percentage in the first half here has been extraordinary.” The Bobcats continued to as-
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Shaina Earle drives toward the basket in Sunday afternoon’s win over Manhattan. sert their presence in the second half, going up by as much as 42 at one point thanks in large part to 41 points off the bench. Additionally, the Bobcats had great success shooting the ball throughout the contest, finishing the game shoot-
ing 31-of-65 from the floor and sinking 13 threes. “This was a very important game for our conference play,” Guastella said of the win. “It was exciting to get another big win two games in a row.”
With the win, the Bobcats are now 16-3 overall, and 8-0 in MAAC play. The team must now prepare for another big conference game against Marist at the TD Bank Sports Center on Thursday.
Moore: ‘Zaid is the most complete package’ HEARST from page 16 with fire in his heart. A player who didn’t back down from any competition. Moore knew he had to add him to his program. “I liked his body and frame. He looked like he would be a great NEC wing player,” Moore said. “Little did I know is that he turned out to be a great MAAC guard or forward, which is an even higher compliment.” Hearst verbally committed to Quinnipiac the summer prior to his senior year. At the time, he had already received more than nine Division I offers from programs such as Temple University, Boston College and American University. Hearst ultimately chose Quinnipiac after an official visit to the campus. “I saw how beautiful the campus was,” Hearst said. “Also, Deontay Twyman, a player who graduated before I got there and was from where I was, told me how great a program it is. He told me how great the coaching staff was and that it was different from any college.” In the fall of 2011, Hearst enrolled at Quinnipiac with a class of seven other freshman but still found ways to stand out immediately. He separated himself from the pack early, earning quality minutes as a freshman based on his work ethic and an injury to thensenior Garvey Young. “Young separated his shoulder so the door was open, and he ran with it since then,” Moore said. “He’s an opportunist because he works hard. He has the best work ethic of anyone in our program.” Hearst had an efficient season with
the Bobcats in his freshman year. He played in every game while averaging seven points, four rebounds and one assist per game while shooting 44 percent from the field. But Hearst’s first season wasn’t about producing eye-popping numbers, it was more about learning from the team’s star senior guard James Johnson, who finished his career at No. 7 on Quinnipiac’s all-time scoring list. “He showed me how it is when you work really hard to perfect your craft and how to truly become a leader,” Hearst said of Johnson. “I was his shadow. When he left, he told me that this would be my program if I continue to do the things that he did.” Eventually, the program would indeed be his. Over the next two years, Hearst asserted himself as team leader, which caught the eye of his coaches and teammates. “His will to get better and win games and make sacrifices has grown over the years,” said Evan Conti, who has been Hearst’s teammate for four years. “At first he was leaning on James Johnson, but the older he got the higher the standards he set for the team and himself to be successful.” Before this season, Moore decided to make a decision he hasn’t made in his previous seven years of being a head coach at Quinnipiac. He decided to name a captain for the team, and that player was Zaid Hearst. “He’s got more perspective now. He handles losses better now. He doesn’t get as high on the wins and low on the losses,” Moore said. “He also takes criticism better. He got over that hurdle his junior year.” His teammates knew it was only
a matter of time before Hearst was named captain. “I wasn’t surprised that he was named captain,” Conti said. “Before he was named captain we knew he was the leader of the team. He leads by example. He is passionate and committed, so we didn’t need a title to solidify it because we knew he was our leader.” Moore has had some great players and leaders pass through his program during his tenure as head coach for the Bobcats. He has coached players such as James Johnson, Justin Rutty, Dave Johnson and Ike Izotam just to name a few. But only Hearst has been named team captain by Moore at Quinnipiac. “Zaid is the most complete package I’ve had since I’ve been here,” Moore said. “Zaid is the most complete package we have ever had in this program. His talent, commitment to winning, and his year round work ethic. There is just not a better example for the five freshman this year to watch and try to emulate as well as the sophomores who came in last year.” Hearst has embraced being elected the leader of the team. He knows his hard work and leadership has earned him the title. He has never been involved in an incident off the court and is a leader in the classroom. “I was excited and nervous. Being captain is a big title; it’s a lot of pressure,” Hearst said. “It didn’t change my approach to the season. I’m always going to want to lead my team and keep a winning attitude as well as help the young guys out.” And in his first game as captain, the Bobcats home opener for the 201415 season as part of the CT 6 Classic, Hearst led the Bobcats past cross-town
rival Yale. “I knew there was a big rivalry between Yale and Quinnipiac,” Hearst said. “I knew how great of a team they were and I wasn’t going to just let them come in our place and beat us.” Hearst put up a career-high 34 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in a thrilling double-overtime win at home. “It was just my night,” he said. “Shots were falling for me and a lot of our team and we pulled out a heartfelt win.” Since then, the Bobcats have played at a .500 level and currently own an 9-8 record. Hearst has led the team, still, averaging a career-high in minutes (36.9), points (19.8), assists (2.6) and shooting percentage (47.1 percent). Even Moore has been surprised at the production he’s gotten out of his leader. “You never expect any of your guys that you recruit to be this good,” Moore said. “You hope that when you sign them that they will be good for you, but not this good. He just kept passing people over the years. He passed people in the NEC, passing people in the MAAC and passing people nationally. He has passed some high major players over the years.” Hearst currently sits at 1,397 career points at Quinnipiac, which is good for 16th best all-time in the program. But he isn’t focused on how many points he finishes his career with. He has a different goal in mind. “When I leave here I want to be remembered as a winner,” Hearst said, “As the guy that led this team to the NCAA tournament. There have been a lot of guys before me that haven’t gotten us there, but I want to be that guy.”
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Posting up
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Clockwise from top left: Chaise Daniels surveys the floor in Thursday night’s 56-53 loss against Rider, Ousmane Drame posts up a Rider defender, Justin Harris looks toward the rim, Samuel Dingba aims to escape a double team.
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Men’s ice hockey forward Matthew Peca has 10 points in the first eight games of the second half of the season. Women’s ice hockey goalie Chelsea Laden has recorded a nationbest 12 shutouts this season, five more than any other goalie in the country. With eight assists on Sunday afternoon, women’s basketball’s Gillian Abshire is 78 away from Quinnipiac’s all-time program record.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Val Driscoll
Sam Anas
In the Bobcats’ 83-43 win over Fairfield this week, Driscoll scored 16 points while going 8-for-12 from the field. The transfer center also scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the 85-51 win over Manhattan. Driscoll is averaging 11.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game this season.
The sophomore forward continued his five-game point streak in the weekend series against Merrimack. On Friday, Anas scored twice and recorded an assist. The next night he netted the lone goal for the Bobcats. Anas leads Quinnipiac in both goals and points in the 2014-15 season.
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On and off the court, men’s basketball guard Zaid Hearst has provided stability to the program throughout his career. By TYRELL WALDEN-MARTIN Staff Writer
For men’s basketball guard Zaid Hearst, the road to becoming captain of a Division I basketball team has been a long and tough journey. Growing up in a single-parent household in Bethesda, Md., Hearst was raised by his older brother, Geoffrey, and his mother, Tanya, who worked multiple jobs to support the family. “My life in Maryland was a humbling experience,” Hearst said. Hearst grew up without his father in his life. Hearst says his father leaving didn’t have an impact on him growing up. “My mother was both parents in one,” Hearst said. “She taught me how to act and how it’s important to always do the right thing.” Even without a father in the picture, Hearst is able to recall great memories with his mother and brother. “My brother always brings up the story of how bad of a kid I was growing up in my toddler years,” Hearst said. “He said I threw my toy fire truck at his face and he was the one who got in trouble. But every second I spend with them is a memory.” But the memories weren’t always perfect in the Hearst household. With Tanya working multiple jobs to provide for the family, it was hard for Hearst to watch his mother struggle. For a period of time, he says, Tanya was working on a broken foot and she didn’t realize because the pain didn’t matter to her. She had to provide for Hearst and his brother. Hearst says his mother’s work ethic inspired him. “Where I get my fire from is her,”
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Men’s basketball captain Zaid Hearst leads the team with 19.8 points per game this season. Hearst explained. “She is the reason why I work hard because I see her every day working hard.” Hearst took that fire and passion, and put it to use on the basketball court. Most kids start playing travel basketball on the AAU circuit around the fifth or sixth grade. Hearst, though, didn’t start playing basketball until he was in ninth grade. “I started off as a center,” he said.
“Over time, in public school, I developed my game and became a power forward.” As a freshman in high school, he was taller than most kids on the team. He had to learn to play the game of basketball as a big man. After a couple years in the public school system, though, Hearst realized that the other kids had grown taller than him. This forced Hearst to transition to
a guard position, a completely different experience. Hearst was faced with a decision: either continue to play as a forward or learn the game of basketball all over again from a guard’s perspective. If he were to do this, he would have to leave his mother and brother behind to go to a prep school so that he could advance his skills at a quicker pace. “It was a big jump,” Hearst said,
“but I knew the decision was going to help my future in regards to getting offers from colleges. Plus my mom was ready for me to get out the house already.” After transferring to the Salisbury School in Connecticut, Hearst started to change and expand his game. He worked hard to become an effective do-it-all guard. “When I went to prep school I became more of a small forward than a guard,” Hearst said. “Now, here in college, I’m a guard. I’m always trying to play all positions.” His statistics his junior year showed how hard Hearst worked to become an effective guard. He averaged 18.7 points, 11.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.9 steals per game in his first full year playing as a guard at Salisbury. By the time he was a senior, Hearst was ranked the eighth-best player in his class in Connecticut by the New England Recruiting Report. His stats started to attract many Division I coaches and scouts to his high school games and AAU events. Among those interested was Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore. “We were aware of him because of his AAU coach [James Lee of Mid-Atlantic Select]. He put us on the radar,” Moore said. “I went to see him at an AAU event in April during his junior year and was impressed with him. So I went and saw him a lot in July before his senior year.” Moore was immediately impressed with Hearst’s size and toughness. The Bobcats’ coach said that, when he saw Hearst play, he saw a kid who played See HEARST Page 14
Women’s ice hockey preps for Hockey East foes By ALEC TURNER
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Women’s ice hockey senior Shiann Darkangelo has 17 points this season.
The Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team is on a red-hot streak in the month of January–one that has propelled the Bobcats to No. 3 in the PairWise rankings and No. 3 in the latest USCHO.com rankings. Only Boston College and Minnesota are ranked ahead of the squad. With a sweep of Robert Morris this weekend on the road, the Bobcats have now won seven straight games since their loss to Harvard on Dec. 6. With the two wins over the Colonials this weekend, including an overtime victory on Friday night, Quinnipiac has improved to 20-1-3 on the 2014-15 season, which is the third-best record in the nation behind only Boston College
and Wisconsin. Quinnipiac head coach Rick Seeley is happy with the consistent success of the team heading toward postseason play. With a month left in the regular season, continuing the hot streak for the Bobcats is something that Seeley finds very important. “Anytime our team plays consistently well it builds confidence and momentum,” Seeley said. “Those are two key elements we want heading in a positive direction, as we approach the playoffs.” In the seven wins during the month of January, Quinnipiac has outscored its opponents 21-4 and has played in only two one-goal games, one of them being the recent overtime win at Robert Morris. Seeley is happy with the
performance of the team’s offense and team defense this year. “[We’re] consistent,” Seeley said. “We don’t really separate the two, we play team defense and team offense. We rely on everyone on the ice playing together as a unit. Everything we do starts with a commitment to hard work, focus and execution. I couldn’t be happier with how this team has picked up in the second half where we left off in the first.” The Bobcats are on top of the nation in team defense with letting up less than a goal per game, and are tenth in the country in scoring offense, averaging more than three goals per game. Quinnipiac currently has 10 players See WOMEN’S HOCKEY Page 13