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SPORTS Decade of dedication, page 16

OPINION It’s OK to be homesick, page 8

ARTS & LIFE Thirteen years later, page 10

York Hill convenience store celebrates opening

GOING GREEK Fraternity and sorority recruitment have separate processes, protocol

By NICOLE HANSON and AMANDA HOSKINS

As Greek life becomes a bigger part of the Quinnipiac community, large numbers of students are taking part in recruitment for the 14 chapters on campus. Though both the sororities and fraternities will place their bids for new members at the end of the week, the process for joining each differs.

Most fraternities usually take in 10 to 20 men during the fall recruitment, according to Nick Amador, the director of public relations for the Interfraternity Council.

Numbers are much higher for sorority recruitment, according to Vice President for Recruitment Margaret Thompson. At this time in recruitment, 375 women remain in the process.

Sorority recruitment is much more formal than fraternity recruitment. During sorority recruitment females go around to

each of the chapters on the first night. It becomes a mutual selection process, where women select their preferences and they are matched with the chapters that preference them as well.

Throughout each night of the recruitment process, the selection narrows until eventually women choose their top two preferences and then the bids are revealed.

Essentially, during the process, females can be interested in pledging to multiple sororities, but the fraternity rush process is much more individualized; most males only rush one fraternity.

Each fraternity holds a number of events throughout the two week period. Those rushing can choose to go to as many or as little events as they would like.

“It’s whatever you put in,” Amador said.

“You just have to show up to our events.”

Some fraternities hold an event that is a

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formal dinner, Amador said. However, this event is invitation only.

“It’s a different technique because girls have so many options where as for guys the options are there, it is if they actually want to go to more than one,” Amador said.

In addition, there is no charge for men to rush fraternities, while the cost to sign up for sorority recruitment is $15.

Sorority recruitment registration opened online in mid-August and closed on Sept.

11, Thompson said. Registration was initially set to to close at noon on the last day, but was extended until 8 a.m. on Sept. 12 due to increased interest toward the end of the registration period.

“We never want to turn somebody away in our community but obviously we have times to work under too,” Thompson said.

The ribbon has been cut and the official grand opening of the York Hill convenience store took place Friday. The initiative is something the Student Government senior class cabinet was working with Chartwells to add all of last year to complete.

Representatives from Chartwells and the senior class cabinet attended the event. Students could pick up a pair of free sunglasses and cake and celebrate the new edition.

“It’s been an initiative of ours for a while,” senior class president Hannah Russell said.

The senior class cabinet came up with the idea after talking to students during their dorm storms and meet and greets.

“There was really just a very noticeable void,” senior class vice president Joe Kohle said. “Apparently in the original plans for when Rocky Top was built there was plans

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Nesci elected president of freshman class Freshman presidential candidate Salvatore Nesci Jr. sat in the Ratt with his friends on the night of Sept. 10, just minutes after the online election polls closed.

Just as Nesci raised a burrito to his mouth, his cell phone rang. It was Chris Desilets, the sophomore class president, calling to tell Nesci that the votes were in. Nesci was elected as president of the Class of 2018, winning the highly sought-after position with a margin of just seven votes over fellow candidate Liam Kenney.

“I was jumping up and down, running in circles,” Nesci said. “I totally forgot about the fact that I left my burrito and friends at the table. I had to move, I was excited. So I get to the SGA office and I’m sitting there we’re all shaking hands, there were other candidates there, people shaking hands.”

As freshman president, Nesci’s goals are driven by the first-year students’ aspirations for the university.

“Any goal that I would like to set for this

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presidency ultimately isn’t my own personal want or desire,” he said. “The goals that I want to set are to achieve what it is that the people want. We’re here because we want to listen to what our peers have to say and work to our fullest potentials to implement their views and wants and desires into what this great community can become in the future.”

Nesci has years of experience in student government under his belt, including the student body treasurer during his senior year of high school. He was a member of his class’ Executive Board, which he said is one of the most influential political body for each class, throughout his four years at Xavier High School, a private preparatory high school in Middletown.

Nesci said he was also involved in his hometown of Middletown. Nesci was on the city Riverfront Redevelopment Commission in addition to the Young Democrats Group on the advisory board for this Democratic Town Committee. The freshman class president See FRESHMAN PRESIDENT Page 5

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Salvatore Nesci Jr, the freshman class’ newly elected SGA president, has years of student government experience.

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

By SARAH DOIRON Photography by MIKI MCKINLEY Design by HANNAH SCHINDLER

Men and women have been going out for Greek recruitment for the past two weeks. Students voiced their opinions on the process for recruitment and joining Greek life.

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Laura Roa-Moreno | Sophomore

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“I think it is beneficial to go through recruitment. It gives you an opportunity to get involved and meet new people. So many people in greek life are also involved in other organizations, so it helps you figure out what you want to do and get involved in.”

MANAGING EDITOR Julia Perkins DESIGN EDITOR Hannah Schindler ASSOCIATE DESIGN EDITOR Kristen Riello ASSOCIATE DESIGN EDITOR Jessica Sweeney NEWS EDITOR Amanda Hoskins ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Sarah Doiron

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“I’m glad I’m a guy, it’s much more complicated for girls to go through recruitment because it is a long drawn out two weeks as opposed to the guys just showing up at events and meeting people.”

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“Recruitment is a great way to meet people, but I feel like people feel pressured into going through recruitment. My old roommate felt like she had to join a sorority to feel like she belonged to something but that isn’t always the case. You can be involved in other things and not be in a sorority.”

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Michael Alexander| Freshman “I feel like a big part of the QU community is in greek life, which is a good number where if you wanna get involved you will have a lot of people going through the process with you, but if you don’t want to get involved then you have a lot of people who aren’t involved as well. It evens out no matter what you do.”

Beyond the Bobcats Pistorius found guilty Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide last Friday. The 27-year-old Olympic track star from South Africa was accused in the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013, according to CNN. He has now been found guilty of culpable homicide, or an unintentional killing, after claims were made that he mistook the deceased for an intruder in his home. He has also been charged for gun possession in a public area in a separate incident, adding a possible five years to a five to eight year sentence for the culpable homicide depending on further investigation, according to CNN. The sentence will not begin until October 13.

By Sal Siciliano A rundown on news outside the university.

Apple iPhone 6 orders skyrocket

Ohio school shooter back in prison

This previous week, Apple announced the newest member of the iPhone family.

The iPhone 6 was made available for preorder this last Friday, and the sales on the smartphones have already hit record heights, selling close to 4 million units in the first 24 hours, according to Apple Insider.

In addition to its sleeker design and tech upgrades, this iPhone is available in two sizes for the first time: the 4.7 inch iPhone 6 and a 5.5 inch iPhone 6 Plus. Both devices are set to release in stores and online Friday, Sept. 19, but due to the huge demand, even those who pre-ordered may not have their devices until October, according to Apple Insider.

Nineteen-year-old T.J. Lane and two other inmates are back in prison. They were recaptured during an attempt to escape Lima Prison in Ohio last Thursday, according to the New York Daily News.

Lane was serving three life sentences following the murder of three classmates in February 2012, when he opened fire in the cafeteria of Chardon High School in Ohio. One of the three escaped inmates was quickly captured, while Lane and the second inmate - identified as Clifford E. Opperud, 45 - were detained early the following day, according to the New York Daily News.

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Campus to pray for persecuted churches An outdoor vigil and prayer service will take place on the Quad to support persecuted churches in the Middle East. The Gospel will be read in English, Coptic, Arabic, Greek and Aramaic during the service. Local Coptic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Assyrian Orthodox clergy will participate in the service.

The vigil is planned for Wednesday night at 8:15 p.m. -N. Hanson

QUAD offers sharpie fun QU After Dark is hosting an event where students can decorate assorted items with sharpies such as plates, bowls and pillows. The items and the sharpies will be provided for students who attend. The event will be held in Cafe Q on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 10 p.m. -S. Doiron

SOTA hosts fundraiser for Brace for L.I.F.E. The Student Occupational Therapy Association is hosting a raffle for the Brace of L.I.F.E. foundation founded by professor Gail Garfield-Dadio. The nonprofit organization was organized in 2012 and educates the public on lymphedema in breast cancer survivors. The raffle will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the student center tables from Sept. 15 to Sept. 19 and Sept. 29 to Oct. 2.

-S. Doiron

A new student barber in town

Sophomore cuts hair on campus in his room

By SARAH DOIRON Associate News Editor

Many students unwind and relax over the summer in preparation for the start of a new school year. For sophomore finance major Saul Ellison, it was a chance to learn how to cut hair.

It all started during Ellison’s freshman year when he needed a haircut and could not find a decent barber near campus.

“At first I tried a local barber but he ended up not cutting my hair the way I liked it,” Ellison said. “I decided to buy my own set of clippers and cut it myself.”

This inspired Ellison to take classes over the summer at a barbering school in New York where he received his license as a certified barber.

“When I came back to school [this year] I was a pro at cutting hair,” Ellison said. “I learned a lot about cutting different types of hair in my classes and how to use the tools.”

Ellison has given 42 students haircuts on campus from his dorm room since the beginning of the school year.

He said he has made more than $300 and broke even on his equipment almost immediately after starting on campus.

Ellison said he always holds on to the advice his own barber gave him.

“He always told me, ‘If you know how to draw, you know how to cut hair,’” Ellison said. “Cutting hair is an art and you need to be very tedious about it. You can’t rush through it, you have to take your time and make sure your customer is happy.”

Sophomore Chad De Gannes said if he did not know Ellison before he cut his hair, he would have assumed he had been a professional barber for years.

“I recently recommended my roommates and they all love their hair too,” De Gannes said. “He’s a cool guy and he knows what he is doing.

My freshman year I went to Supercuts and they didn’t do as good of a good job, I would much rather go to Saul.”

Ellison charges an average of $10 to $15 per haircut depending on the style of the haircut. He has yet to

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Sophomore Jiguur Ariunbold receives a new haircut in the dorm of sophomore Saul Ellison - a certified barber and student on campus. charge over $20 and does not plan to.

“I understand that we are all college students and we don’t have a lot of money,” Ellison said. “But normally guys will give me $20 anyway because they are so happy with their hair. That is something that is very gratifying to me because it means I am doing a good job.”

Ellison uses the Class of 2018 and the Class of 2017 Facebook pages to promote his business and posts pictures of his work for potential customers.

Freshman JonCarlo DeFeudis saw Ellison’s advertisement on Facebook. He thought it would be easier than going off campus for a haircut.

“He was very professional and he is a really good barber,” DeFeudis said. “At first I was unsure and did not know if he would be good at it, but he really took the time to make sure my

Student awarded nurse orps Scholarship Junior Brooke Phelan received a scholarship through the Health Resources and Service Administration’s NURSE Corps Scholarship Program. NURSE Corps allows students in various nursing programs to get funding for tuition and fees.

Scholarship recipients will work at Health Professional Shortage Areas for at least two years upon graduation. -N. Hanson

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Saul Ellison took classes over the summer to become a certified barber and has been cutting hair for six months.

hair was exactly how I wanted it.”

Freshman Andre Gentles said he was recommended by a friend to get a haircut from Ellison.

“He made me comfortable and treated me like a friend as opposed to a customer and I really appreciated that,” Gentles said. “He’s very professional and I have been back there multiple times.”

Ellison said most of his customers have come from recommendations, which has helped his business expand on campus.

“After a while customers would go back and tell their friends about me and how much they loved what I did for them, so my customer base on campus expanded from there,” Ellison said.

Ellison’s customer base is mostly male, but he plans to take classes in cosmetology soon in order to cut female hair as well.

“Cutting a girl’s hair is way different than cutting a guy’s hair,” Ellison said. “But I definitely want to learn so that way I can expand my business even more on campus.”

Ellison recently had his first female customer who saw his work on one of the Facebook pages. Freshman Gennie Muniz wanted a haircut similar to the haircuts he was giving to his male customers.

“I’m taking a leap of faith trusting Saul with my hair since he is only used to cutting guy’s hair,” she said.

“It’s a big transformation but I am so excited to help him learn.”

Freshman Jayson Buford said he was happy with how Ellison cut his hair.

“He was very meticulous which was really good, especially for a student barber,” Buford said. “[Ellison] told me the first time he cuts hair he takes longer to finish cutting it because he wants to see what my hair type is for the next time.”

Ellison said he has easily used his financing skills to help his business on campus.

“Most people wouldn’t think a finance major would be cutting hair,” Ellison said. “You generally think they are good with numbers. The way I have tied that into my major is by using business techniques such as giving my customers incentives to come back.”

“Cutting hair is an art and you need to be very tedious about it. You can’t rush through it, you have to take your time and make your customer is happy. ”

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Ellison said the more times a customer returns to him for haircuts the lower he will drop the price. He plans to create specials where after a certain number of haircuts the next one would be free.

Ellison has also helped some of his friends promote their businesses as well, such as Sophomore Victoria Saha who is now promoting eye threading on campus.

Ellison is excited to continue working with customers on campus.

He said he is happy he took classes over the summer because it will help him for his future.

“If you can learn something new and put your mind into learning a trade, you will never forget it and you will have that skill for the rest of your life,” Ellison said.

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Do You QU student organization requirement staple

By JULIA PERKINS Managing Editor

Students have been able to use Do You QU—a website centered on campus organizations and involvement—for five years now.

But Associate Director of Campus Life Erin Twomey said students historically have not used the site to its full potential.

This is why the Department of Campus Life now requires student organizations to add more information onto Do You QU. “There’s so much capability there that I think the organizations are not taking advantage of,” Twomey said.

Student leaders must now upload their constitution or by-laws, select categories that describe their group, update their roster and put their organization’s meetings on Do You QU. Organizations can also view their budgets through the website.

Do You QU is Quinnipiac’s version of CollegiateLink, a product produced by the company Campus Labs. The university pays Campus Labs a subscription fee of about $9,000 a year for Do You QU and another Campus Labs product called Baseline, according to Twomey.

Jilian Pfeifer, president of GLASS or Gay, Lesbian and Straight Supporters club, said her organization rarely used Do You QU before this year.

“It was never really necessary before,” she said. “So we never really used it to promote events or it wasn’t really my go-to place to see what my club was doing. We relied more heavily on our Facebook page or email.”

President of the Physical Therapy club Kristen Tasch said she found Do You QU confusing at first, but

once she attended a workshop for student leaders she understood the site better. Tasch said she likes that everything she needs to do for her club is in one place.

“I can do it from my room,” she said. “That’s definitely helpful.”

EVENT MANAGEMENT In the past, organizations only had to register their events on Do You QU, but Twomey said requiring groups to share when they hold meetings will allow them to showcase the work they do on a weekly basis.

Students, faculty and staff can view the events and meetings open to everyone on the events tab on Do You QU. “You can find out at any point in time 24 hours a day, seven days a week what’s happening related to student organizations,” Twomey said. “It’s all hubbed in one spot and that’s exciting.”

Yet, Pfeifer said she finds the process of registering her events and meetings through Do You QU “cumbersome.” She said there are many steps and people that leaders need to go through, and she struggles when she fills out what the purpose of the event is.

“I feel like it’s just hard to pinpoint one thing you want to focus your event on,” she said.

Tasch said she has not had any issues with registering her events on Do You QU. “I think it’s pretty clear cut as what it wants from you for each event,” she said. “The only thing is you have to really sit there and pay attention to what you’re doing because then you’ll send it in and you can’t go back and edit it until it’s approved or denied.”

‘MATCH.COM’ FEATURE Twomey also asks the leaders

to use a Do You QU feature that allows the organizations to select interests that define the purpose of their group. Do You QU has several categories for organizations to choose from, ranging from “social,” to “leadership,” to “local service,” to “outdoors.”

When students create a profile on Do You QU, they select their own interests and then the website recommends clubs they should join.

Twomey joked that this is the match.com feature of the website.

“Your generation connects online,” she said. “Social media is such a huge aspect of what you’re doing.

I’ve told the organizations I feel like they’re missing out on members if they’re not taking advantage of that to connect with people that are interested in the same thing that their group is about.”

This is a good idea, Pfeifer said, but it will be more helpful to organizations next year when students become used to Do You QU. “It’s not going to really help our membership level or our membership commitment until it becomes more of a predominant system to use,” she said. “We just have to be the guinea pigs.”

ORGANIZATION BUDGETS Student Government Association Vice President of Finance Matt Powers worked over the summer to put organizations’ budgets onto Do You QU. Student leaders now can apply to borrow the organization credit card, request reimbursements and see in real time when money is taken out of their account.

“That is really helpful,” Pfeifer said.

In the past, organizations had to meet with the vice president of finance and go through old receipts to calculate how much money they had

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Students and organizations are being encouraged to use and promote the Do You Qu website.

left on their budget, Powers said.

“It was harder for them to know what was going on and it was harder for the vice president of finance to know what was going on,” he said.

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT Student organizations also must upload their constitution or by-laws and update their rosters on the website.

The latter will allow Twomey to track student involvement better, she said.

“I want to know more about our students who are involved, what they’re doing, what they’re joining,” she said.

Twomey and her intern will check to see if the organizations are adding all of this information

onto Do You QU. She said if leaders are not using Do You QU as they are supposed to, she will meet with them to help them understand how the website can benefit their organization.

“I committed to spending some individual time with the organizations this year and making it work for them,” she said.

But, Twomey said more students are starting to embrace Do You QU. “I’m such a nerdy cheerleader for it,” she said. “The potential is really, really there and it’s exciting.

It’s funny, I feel it this year. I feel more people buzzing about it…People are excited about it and they’re asking more questions about it.”

York convenience store offers food, essentials CONVENIENCE STORE from cover of having the bookstore type thing and for some reason they decided not to do it.”

Kohle says he felt students should have access to the same types of items on the Mount Carmel campus up at the York Hill campus.

“We thought the people on York Hill were kind of being robbed of a necessity that they really needed with some essential things that weren’t here,” Kohle said.

Even if the cafeteria is not serving food, after night classes students can grab quick snacks from the convenience store, Kohle said.

The new convenience store features everything from energy bars and candy bars to shampoos and soaps. However, like the convenience store in the Mount Carmel Bookstore, some things must be purchased through Q-cash. Anything that is edible can be purchased through student meal plans, but all other products require Qcash.

“They have got a lot of variety and a lot of essential products that could be really useful for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks all around,” SGA President Mostafa Elhaggar said.

Junior Shannon Fitz-Simon likes the new addition.

“I actually think it is great,”

Fitz-Simon said. “It has a lot of things that people need on campus so it is convenient.”

Kohle said energy bars and granola bars are something a lot of students are purchasing. He believes with the gym right upstairs, it is very convenient.

Elhaggar feels the convenience store is a good example of Chartwells’ willingness to meet the student body’s needs and he is looking forward to seeing how the student body reacts.

“I think this is a representation of how willing Chartwells is to work with us and hear our concerns and give us the best experience they possibly can in terms of dining,” he said.

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Associate Director of Dining Services Leean Spalding, Joe Kohle, Hannah Russell and Mostafa Elhaggar participated in grand opening of convenience store on York Hill.

Nesci: ‘My father is my biggest role model’ FRESHMAN PRESIDENT from cover was also a founding member of the Mayor’s Youth Cabinet in Middletown.

Nesci believes he inherited his urge to lead and get involved from

his father, who graduated from Quinnipiac College in 1992.

“My father is my biggest role model because he really drove me to do everything I wanted to do,” Nesci said. “He just a great speaker and a people person, which is where I think I get it from. He is a great

public speaker, and I hope someday that I will live up to his legacy.”

After graduating from Quinnipiac, Nesci has aspirations to change the stereotype regarding career politicians.

“I would like to get my masters in business administration and

international business and I would like to pursue politics,” he said.

“My true goal in life is to become a career politician.”

He says he differs from other politicians who do it for themselves, but he wants to do it for the people.

“I want to take democracy the way it should be,” he said. “And be a representative of the people and, you know, fulfill the people’s dreams and do what the people want to do and be a direct representative like it should be.”

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Diversity week to ‘break Bobcat boundaries’

By MATT GRAHN Contributing Writer

Diversity Week at the university is currently in full swing. The event started Sept. 15 and will end on Sept. 19.

“It is an entire week where we look at multiple identities and it is a way for students to experience different identities that are different from their own,” Assistant Director of First-Year Residential Experience (FYRE) Matthew Gregory said.

This event was started three years ago to involve and inform students about campus diversity. Among what is referred to as diversity includes race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, religion and orientation.

“The Department has a focus on inclusion, and thats one of the reasons why we do this week,” Gregory said. “Specifically, our goal is to create a sense of belonging in a diverse environment.”

Throughout the week, various programming has been going on in support of the event.

On Monday, the week started with the This is Me Campaign, where shirts were handed out to students. The students could write what they would identify themselves as in the blank space on the shirt. Students could also make a video in order to help define their own identity or encourage others to embrace theirs.

On Tuesday, the Student Center showcased the Tunnel of Oppression. Skits were acted out and papers were placed on walls showing what Gregory calls “negative messages” about various groups.

The event was referred to as a “challenge by choice.” It was intended to give a window into other groups’ negative experiences.

Afterward, participants talked to staff from Counseling, Residential Life and the Office of Multicultural and Global Education (OMGE)

in order to reflect on their experiences and to learn what they can do to help others.

“It will allow them to not only show off their own identity but to experience others in different ways,” Gregory said.

There will be a NOH8 Campaign inspired event in support of marriage equality Wednesday, followed by the Love Me Campaign at York Hill on Thursday. The campaign is working to support positive body image. And on Friday, students can tune into a podcast party to recap the week’s events.

“Each student on this campus adds diversity, the hard part is helping students understand what form of diversity they bring,” Gregory said. “Students can perceive diversity in many different ways, which is why our week long event focuses on multiple intersections of diversity and inclusion to show the amount of diversity across campus.”

Students, like freshman Kristina Gustafson, seem enthusiastic about this week.

“Maybe it’ll change my viewpoint on things if I’m in someone else’s shoes,” Gustafson said.

Although the event has been going on for a few years now, some sophomores and upperclassmen did not even know what Diversity week is. Some students suggested there is a lack of interest from students.

“I feel that there’s not enough awareness of certain weeks and events,” sophomore Talia Fiorentino said. “Whoever facilitates Diversity Week should probably do a better job of putting (sic) a campaign for it.”

Gregory says they try to publicize in the areas where most students are reached and when students can attend them. They tried to hold events in the Student Center rather than just the residential halls and have at least one event on the York Hill campus

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Students participate in one of several diversity week activities. At the “This is Me” activity, students created t-shirts that explain their personalities and involvement on campus.

But some students question the usefulness of Diversity Week.

“I think it’s pointless because there’s not a lot of diversity here anyways,” junior Laura Marketta said.

Residential Assistants and Community Assistants are trained to encourage their residents to keep an open mind, according to Gregory.

They are trained to teach their residents about being involved and “creating a safe and inclusive environment in their floor, building, and across QU.” According to the Quinnipiac website, 78 percent of the Class of 2018 is white, 8 per-

cent Hispanic, 4 percent African American, 3 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, three-tenths percent Native American and 1 percent multiracial. Six percent did not specify.

However, senior Helen Henglein believes diversity is about more than what you can see.

“I think a lot of people at Quinnipiac judge by looks and make a general statement of who they are based off their appearance,” she said Despite this, some students think Diversity Week will have a positive impact.

“Hopefully it sparks others to make a difference,” freshman John Corea said.

Greek life continues to grow on campus RECRUITMENT from cover Thompson said 420 women registered and paid through the online link. After the first weekend of recruitment, 375 women are continuing through the recruitment process.

“We’re seeing a higher return rate than we have in the past which is great,” she said.

“So far it’s been a very positive outcome.”

Generally, numbers are much higher for females, based on the structure of their recruitment process.

“For sororities it’s more of you have to follow all these rules and you have to do each one in order to get in, where as in a fraternity you have to meet everybody and that determines whether you get in.”

– JEFF MORA

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“If girls recruited the way we did, I don’t think the numbers would be anywhere close to where they are now because girls would just go to ones they like from their perception,” Amador said. “It’s more of a process of getting known on campus and getting guys to come to you because of that aspect.”

Junior Travis Greenlaw, a member of

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More than 400 women registered for the two-week sorority recruitment process.

Sigma Phi Epsilon, said switching to fall recruitment last year may have affected the number of students rushing.

“It’s hard to get a gauge on kids because I don’t think they necessarily know their role on campus,” Greenlaw said. “I wouldn’t say it’s a problem, I would say it’s just a change we had to make.”

Freshman Jeff Mora has been attending events for Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Tau Delta over the past week. He said getting a bid from a fraternity is more heavily based on creating a relationship with the brothers rather than following a recruitment protocol.

“For sororities it’s more of you have to follow all these rules and you have to do each

one in order to get in,” he said. “Whereas in a fraternity you have to meet everybody and that determines whether you get in.”

Sophomore Isabella Dalena describes the recruitment process as a bit overwhelming.

“I didn’t know what to expect but it’s been good,” Dalena said. “I think it might be overwhelming for some girls because they take it really seriously, but for me personally I see it as an opportunity that either will happen or won’t.”

For females going through the recruitment process, they have “guides” called recruitment counselors who help lead them through the process. These girls become disaffiliated with their chapter for a short period of time in order to guide those pledging through the process.

“I’m not that stressed out, especially because my recruitment counselor has been really helpful,” Dalena said. “She’s been talking with us a lot and just kind of calming us down and not letting us worry too much.”

Although the process is quite different, both Thompson and Amador recommend students pledging to keep an open mind throughout the process.

“If you match to one of your top choices but not the other, it’s so important to still remain open because you could walk into that chapter on preference round and be so amazed by what they bring to the table,” Thompson said. “You can always be pleasantly surprised in the end.”

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The night before I moved back into school this year, I cried. A lot. This was very confusing for me because I was under the impression that, as a sophomore who is admittedly obsessed with her school, I would have no problem leaving my hometown behind to tackle round two at Quinnipiac. Yet while I was excited to be living with my best friends and returning to a course load that I found genuinely stimulating, I found myself filled with anxiety and crying as I said goodbye to my brothers and parents and voyaged back to Hamden.

It seemed like a common phenomenon during freshman year: hallways filled with students calling their parents, long distance FaceTime calls with best friends from home, and frequent visits back to hometowns to return to hot, homecooked meals. However, my understanding was that sophomores were supposed to assimilate easily and integrate back into the school year without so much as a second thought, hence the confusion about my apprehension for moving back in.

The more I thought about it, the more it made sense for me to be upset despite the fact

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be this time around and therefore felt apprehensive about returning to academics. I knew that I would miss my family, which made leaving even harder. These are all facets that presented themselves after freshman year and contributed to my feelings of homesickness.

So, I have decided that although I love my school and all that I am learning and involved with, it is OK for me to feel homesick. It means that I have an amazing place to return to every summer. I am loved by those in my hometown and I love being there. Rather than being somebody who has no intention of looking back towards my roots, I embrace where I came from and look forward to the times I get to return. It doesn’t matter that I am a sophomore, or that I am happy here and love my Quinnipiac experience. It simply means I am lucky enough to have two places each year to be sad to leave, and excited to return to.

The myth behind yawning We’ve all been there. We’re sitting in class, trying so incredibly hard to pay attention, but our eyes begin to close despite all efforts to keep them open. Our heads slowly roll forward as we drift even further into sleep. Our bodies relax until all of a sudden we are awoken by a student trying to keep us awake or—more likely—we awake to an angry professor.

While dozing off in class isn’t something that has happened to me since freshman year, I’ve seen it happen to other students and I can’t help but feel bad for them. When SARA KOZLOWSKI students fall asleep in class, Arts & Life Editor they can’t help it. Classes @sara_koz can get overwhelming.

Exams and papers begin to build up, which means students will become even more sleep-deprived.

Professors get annoyed, and rightfully so.

Falling asleep in class is disrespectful, but students can’t help it. Is it because the professor is boring? Maybe, but that’s usually not the reason students fall asleep. Believe it or not, students fall asleep for one reason: they are tired.

I don’t endorse falling asleep in class. If you’re that tired, you shouldn’t go to class at all. I understand why professors would be upset

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that I was now a college veteran. Home, for most people, represents a safe haven. Home is somewhere where I can feel freely. I don’t have to worry about acting a certain way or feeling a certain way in the presence of roommates. I am also surrounded by people who have known me my whole life; people who understand how I live, and know and understand who I was before college. This is a luxury that is JENNA MANDOZZI hard to come by within the Staff Writer confines of a residence hall. @Jdozz09 When entering freshman year, there is a large unknown variable. Freshmen are forced to compare their expectations to media, going into their experience blindly. However as a returning student, the unknown becomes known. This is great in terms of social life. Rather than worry endlessly about whether I would have friends, I came into sophomore year knowing that I would, which alleviated a lot of previous college anxiety. However, in knowing there comes a lack of blissful ignorance. I knew how stressful classes could

with a student who has fallen asleep. I would be upset, too.

My real problem lies with professors who get offended by students who yawn, which— like falling asleep—is also often a source of exhaustion.

Last semester I had two professors who absolutely hated it when their students yawned in class. One time, a student yawned and my professor actually stopped the class and asked the student “Am I really that boring?”

While I understand most people connotate yawning with boredom, this is a theory that never has been proven. In fact, there are other theories that carry more weight. According to How Stuff Works, there are four main theories, including the aforementioned boredom theory.

The physiological theory states that our bodies need more oxygen to help get rid of excess carbon dioxide. The evolution theory suggests showing off teeth during a yawn is supposed to intimidate others, a technique commonly used by our ancestors.

The brain-cooling theory, however, says

people yawn to keep the brain cool to ensure better cognitive functioning and “to keep us alert.” In that case, wouldn’t yawning in class almost be a good thing? Wouldn’t it show our body’s unconscious effort to stay as alert as possible in class?

The Independent also published an article in May about the brain-cooling theory.

“Both sleep deprivation and exhaustion are known to increase brain temperature, so while it’s true that we yawn to combat lack of sleep, yawns don’t make us ‘more awake’ but instead help keep our brains operating at the right temperature,” the Independent writes.

In addition to trying to keep the brain working the best it can, there is also the idea of contagious yawning. This idea states that people often mimic other peoples’ yawning as a sign of empathy, according to The Independent.

As a result, if one student yawns, the whole class may end up yawning—not because students are bored, but because yawning is contagious.

So rather than assuming everyone is incredibly bored, keep these other theories in mind instead. Either the class is incredibly empathetic, or students are just trying to keep their brains operating at their optimum level. Either way, it’s flattering.

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Utilize the library, Learning Commonns The lackluster of syllabus week is officially behind us and the Quinnipiac community is starting to get into the grind of classes. Now students are inevitably beginning to panic about grades and hoping they can get a good GPA. Throughout the past couple of weeks, the Arnold Bernhard Library has been completely empty; the only students in there have been the few college students that actually believe in getting ahead in ALEC TURNER their courses. Now that the workload is getting Associate Sports Editor @alecturner39 greater, students may finally have to start spending some nights at the library.

The library is an awesome place to study.

I love the atmosphere that it brings me and it helps focus on my assignments. Everyone in there is looking to do the same thing, which is study hard and get assignments done.

For all students, both freshmen and upperclassmen, the library should be an alliance that you make early on in the semester.

It could help you get all your assignments done on time to give your grades that boost to get an exceptional GPA. Also, students might as well get to know a little bit about Arnold Bernhard before finals come around and it is packed to capacity.

My personal favorite part of the library is the Learning Commons. It was how I got through my freshman year and helped me

through the stress of midterms and finals.

Being able to go to a peer for help is awesome because it gives you someone that can relate to you and bring the information down to the level that you need it.

Some people tend to be intimidated to go into the Learning Commons to be tutored, but the tutors in that building are some of the most intelligent students on this campus and they have the ability to help you get to where you want to be in a subject.

In my instance, I brought my history and English papers to the same tutor for every major assignment, and he helped me edit my paper and go over concepts, which helped me succeed in my courses.

If you are too nervous to go into the Learning Commons, don’t be, the tutors are very welcoming and open to all students.

Whether working alone or as a small group, the library is the absolute best place for finishing classwork. The private study desks are great for me because once I get in the zone I can complete any assignment in that room. The group study rooms are the perfect place to get a group assignment done, and it also can be a great place if you want to go to the library with some friends and talk amongst each other.

Getting my work done in the library and helps me succeed here at school.

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Stats don’t paint the whole picture In my two plus years that I have attended former comment, but it is almost an unwritten Quinnipiac—-literally five percent of my life rule at Quinnipiac that you just don’t take somehere on Earth—-I have heard copious amounts one else’s things.

Someone who is self-righteous or snobby of people lamenting, berating and insulting the “kind” of person that goes to school here. The would not have the moral aptitude to compreword “Quinnipiac” brings forward certain con- hend that stealing is morally and socially incornotations, including, but certainly not limited rect.

In addition to the safe environment, to: privileged, snobby, self-righwhich is a somewhat telling, but possibly teous and, dare I say, stuck-up. hazy reflection of the type of student that Those sentiments may be attends Quinnipiac, the financial backaccurate, for some, but labelground of many students is very far ing an entire sect of people is from being privileged. a dangerous thing to do; catI will not deny that many people egorization of an entire group here may be, at the very least, the of people has rarely worked child of a family sitting firmly in the throughout history. You can categorize middle class. That being said, very few your comic book collection, but I would students are so privileged that their famlike to think the entire student populaily is outright paying for their college tion of a private university would be too education. diversified to categorize effectively.

ANDY LANDOLFI According to collegecalc.org, stuSo maybe I may be self-righStaff Writer dents at Quinnipiac are charged apteous writing this, maybe I am a @AndyLandolfi proximately $54,000 (that actually snob, but here are some facts; stahurt to type that). Seventy-six percent tistics do not always paint the truest picture, but they are much more persuasive than of students then receive approximately $15,000 worth of grant aid to help lower the cost of tuany combination of words I could ever type.

University primetime, a popular online web- ition. In addition to this, 12 percent of students site, announced on Aug. 18 that Quinnipiac is receive some form of federal student aid.

Sure there may be some students here who the safest university in the United States for the second year in a row. The rankings, according come from families possessing the financial to the website, were based on student deaths on strength to pay for college in full, without the aid campus, number of student arrests on and off of loans or grants, but the majority of students do campus, as well as any other “digging” that the understand the sacrifice their families are making in some way or another. site could perform.

It is easy to say that students do not underNow this stat is not decisive, and there are absolutely imperfections to the way that the stand the value of a dollar, but then again, not ranking was obtained, but it does say something many 18 to 21-year-olds do, let’s face it.

So maybe I am jumping on the Bobcat bandabout the type of people who attend our school; wagon, or maybe I am missing out on something we are somewhat humane to one another.

I’m sure that very few students at other that everybody else knows and I am unaware of, schools would feel safe leaving their laptops in but I would like to think that there is a certain the school library. I have often left my laptop un- moral character in the Quinnipiac community attended in the library, only to come back and that is much different, and actually completely see it exactly where I left it. I am sure that some opposite, of what the normal stereotype seems administrators or faculty reading this are prob- to be. ably about to tear the newspaper in half at the

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Thirteen years later, students reflect on 9/11 Design by KRISTEN RIELLO AND HANNAH SCHINDLER

Katelyn Lee as a child (middle-left) posed kneeling next to her uncle in a family portrait.

By KELLY NOVAK and TARA O’NEILL Contributing Writers

Thirteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the nation bonds together to remember the brave and the fallen.

The Student Veteran Organization held a flag-lowering ceremony and a moment of silence on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 8:46 a.m.—marking the time when the first plane flew into the North Tower.

Most Quinnipiac students were extremely young at the time; seniors were only in third grade while freshmen were in Kindergarten. Even though the meaning of the day was foggy for some, the magnitude of the events was not lost on these young children.

For junior Katelyn Lee, 9/11 hit her particularly hard.

She lost her uncle when the planes crashed into the World Trade Center.

“So many people lost their lives that day...They did so many courageous things and it shouldn’t be forgotten.”

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“My aunt’s brother was in the towers,” Lee said. “The second tower fell and my mom started crying, so my brother and I started crying.”

She later learned that her uncle, who had survived the 1993 World Trade Center bombings, had called her aunt and said, “I don’t think I’m going to be able to make it out this time,” according to Lee.

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“I was so young when it happened [but] it gave me awareness of everything around me,” Lee said. “You don’t realize how lucky you are and the last time you’re going to see someone. I’m much more sensitive to things like that.”

Junior Adrianna Farina was young, but she still has a strong image of the day the towers fell.

“I was in second grade and I actually remember that day like it was yesterday,” Farina said. “I got picked up from school by my mom and I remember going home and she turned on the TV, and I remember the towers falling down.”

Although she was young, she admitted to being scared, and that fear has stayed with her.

“It’s still scary to me today knowing that could happen anytime, any place, anywhere,” Farina said.

For some students, 9/11 marks the anniversary of almost losing a parent.

Larissa Mastroddi is a junior from Staten Island, NY. She described the difficulty she went through living in one of the boroughs and having a father who was a first responder.

“He heard what was going on over his police radio and literally ran to the World Trade Center,” Mastroddi said.

“It was definitely the worst day of my childhood because I realized I might never see my dad again. I’m so thankful to still have him by my side 13 years later.”

Police officers and their families weren’t the only ones affected by the 9/11 attacks. Some students say they had family members working directly in the city, close to the towers.

Junior Jessica Hernandez from Queens, NY, was confused once she heard the news on her way to lunch, as a young second-grader.

“It was odd to me; I was so lost,” said Hernandez. “My mom works in the city and she was a couple of blocks away.

She told me she went outside and there was smoke and everything. I thank God none of my family was hurt.”

Freshman Ryan Casey’s father and uncle worked in the

city on Sept. 11, 2001. “[There was] a lot of panic,” Casey said. “[My father and uncle] both happened to be far enough away. They managed to avoid it, but hearing about people who weren’t so lucky… you [could] grasp the sense that it was really scary.”

For one student, Sept. 11 is her dad’s birthday, but now it is more than that. Marissa Faretta, a junior from South Salem, NY, says she and her family find it difficult to properly celebrate on that day because there is so much sadness linked to it.

“9/11 is always a weird day for me because it’s my dad’s birthday,” Faretta said. “It’s so hard to be happy because how can you possibly be happy when you know what the day really is all about now? Sometimes I feel like it’s disrespectful to be happy and celebrate my dad’s birthday when I know so many others are still suffering from such a great loss.”

The catastrophe of 9/11 didn’t just affect Americans; internationally; news of the attacks spread quickly.

Alice Petsiava, a junior international student from Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece, remembers what it was like that day in her country.

“I think I was in second grade [and] I remember my teacher telling us in class,” Petsiava said. “I really didn’t know what happened, but I remember how shocked she was.

It was definitely on TV. When it happened, it was on all the news channels and all the news reports.”

Today, Petsiava and others still try to remember and reflect. She said news channels in Greece broadcast memorial services and tributes on the anniversary. Now that she is older, Petsiava realizes the scope of the event.

“It’s even more tragic, and I even hear stories from people who actually worked there and it was crazy to hear about,” Petsiava said.

“It’s weird—every time on a clock when I see 9:11, I think about it,” junior Peter Annunziata said.

Even though Lee lost someone close to her, she said she is adamant about making sure younger generations are educated on what happened that day and to keep the conversation going.

“I don’t like to not talk about it,” Lee said. “People don’t want to bring it up and don’t want to talk about it but it was such an attack. So many people lost their lives that day.

So many people risked their lives for it. They did so many courageous things and it shouldn’t be forgotten.”

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Viruses, bacteria, germs Getting sick on campus is nearly inevitable. Here’s a guide to help you stay healthy all year round.

By LAUREN BAGHDO Contributing Writer

Being sick during the school year is almost always frustrating.

There are countless factors that can affect someone’s health. But, learning about how to avoid getting sick can decrease the chances of catching the common cold; because let’s face it, no one wants to spend their day coughing and sneezing or suffering from a sore throat and nausea symptoms.

As the colder seasons start approaching, more people will get sick. But, the first step to living a sick-free semester is staying clean and being mindful of others who may be ill in your environment.

As the saying goes: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Although apples are not the cure for being sick, eating lots of fruits and vegetables is crucial to preventing illnesses. Fruits and vegetables are like the superheroes of staying healthy because of

the mass amounts of vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants they provide to help build up the immune system, according to The Dairy Council of California.

According to WebMD, another way to prevent a cold or the flu is by eating foods that contain phytochemicals, the natural chemicals in plants that assist with a vitamin boost.

“Put away the vitamin pill, and eat dark green, red, and yellow vegetables and fruits,” WebMD states.

After all, there is only so much that vitamin supplements can do, so whenever fresh fruits or vegetables are available, take full advantage and keep your health in mind, WebMD suggests.

Although there is no full-proof remedy for a cold, there are some other helpful tips to ensure a faster recovery. Getting a good amount of sleep and resting helps one to feel better and fights the cold.

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Sophomore Hannah Perlroth says she just recovered from a cold.

“Being sick is an awful feeling,” Perlroth said. “That is why tons of sleep, including naps, help me feel better so that I can continue with my life.”

Water and tea are always good options to drink while sick because they hydrate the body and provide minerals that can only be gained from liquids, according to WebMD. When dehydrated and tired, a person’s immune system becomes weaker. So taking care of yourself is the best way to fight a cold; take naps in between classes, drink plenty of water and tea, and always remember to make choices that will only aid you in feeling better.

Preventing illness on campus can also be as simple as keeping your hands clean.

The Better Health Channel’s website offers information about washing hands.

“Washing your hands properly can help prevent the spread of the organisms that cause

these diseases,” the Better Health Channel website states.

Illness such as influenza and gastrointestinal infections can be prevented through routine handwashing, according to Better Health Channel.

But these tips might only help so much.

If home or natural remedies do not help fight the sickness within a week, the university encourages students to visit the Health Center on campus for a second opinion. The 24-hour center is a good place to turn to if symptoms get worse or if medication needs to be prescribed during the cold and flu season.

Sophomore Jordan Burnell thinks the Health Center is convenient for students.

“The Health Center is a quick fix to your common medical needs,” Burnell said.

“Especially because you do not have access to your doctor on campus.”

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Innovation Kitchen brings variety

Immorality at its finest

We see it all the time – students wandering around the cafe, moaning about not finding anything they want to eat. It is a common complaint amongst the Quinnipiac community.

Fortunately, a promising change has come to Cafe Q – the Innovation Kitchen.

The very name suggests variety, and this new food station lives up to that name. At the Innovation Kitchen, students are served omelets, grilled cheese sandwiches, burritos and more by the friendly Chartwells staff. The Innovation Kitchen is open for lunch and dinner, located in what was formerly Chef Jet. Chef Jet exclusively served Chinese and Asian fusion food.

There are many options made available to students every day through the Innovation Kitchen. Omelets with various fix-ins are available for lunch and dinner every day. This is a great option for students looking to eat healthily. If you’re looking for something sweet, there is a hot griddle always ready to make big, fluffy pancakes. These pancakes are made fresh, unlike the ones sometimes served for breakfast at the Kitchen. They can be garnished with chocolate chips, oreo crumbles and of course, maple syrup.

The Innovation Kitchen also serves grilled cheese sandwiches, various types of macaroni and cheese (sometimes inserted into the sandwiches), burritos and Asian food on a rotating basis.

We are only a few weeks into the semester, so hopefully the Innovation Kitchen will continue to create unique and exciting meals for us to enjoy all semester long. –J. Cibelli

This year, the self-proclaimed “concert tour” that is Barstool Blackout took place on Sept.

11th, one of the nation’s most hallowed dates since terrorists attacks on that day 13 years ago.

The Barstool Facebook page describes itself as “an absolute orgy of sounds and lights for all your senses.” As if that doesn’t sound vulgar enough, we all know what it really promotes— binge drinking.

I can’t tell you how many groups of students I passed last Thursday night, absolutely obliterated. Barstool is indirectly telling attendees that they need to be extremely intoxicated to have a good time, and that core value of the tour is made even worse by the date Barstool chose to hold its event this year.

“I understand they have to stick to a date, but are you kidding me?” junior Kathleen Duffy said. “It’s not just a day anymore, so they kind of have to respect that.”

I personally would feel wrong going out on a day that is so important to the nation as a whole. 9/11 is a day of remembrance, a day to honor those men and women who lost their lives or risked theirs to save others. It is a national day of mourning and celebration of how far this nation has come.

I’m not bashing the students who went to Barstool; I’m bashing the tour for being so ignorant and immoral. Hopefully next year the Barstool Blackout Tour will choose its dates with a little more self-awareness and respect. –J. Cibelli

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Turbokick(ed) my butt A fun and free way to stay active this season

By CAROLINE TUFTS Staff Writer

“Jab, jab, jab, jab, now wheel and crunch.”

This was the mantra for what felt like hours during Monday night’s Turbokick® class in Studio B at the Rec Center. In truth, it was mere minutes, interspersed among other exercises that incorporated the art of choreographed kickboxing with a cardio and muscle workout, but my body was feeling it more than I like to admit.

I pride myself on being a relatively active and enthusiastic person, but instructor Amanda Elliott put me to shame as she bounced around with her high neon socks and unwavering encouragement. Elliott is a first-year graduate student, who got her start in Turbokick three years ago when she graduated college and found herself missing the physicality of organized sports.

“I knew how important it was for me to have someone like an instructor pushing me, and I love getting to do that for other people,” Elliott said, who was certified as an instructor in Los Angeles, Calif.

The instructions provided were clear, and emphasized that everyone in attendance should focus on their own athletic level

which included modifications for an exercise that exceeded personal ability. Though the class consisted only of myself and two other students, the constant movement and the beat of the music through the speakers kept us constantly engaged.

Nakaiah Carattini, a freshman in the physical therapy program, kept up with the hour-long class, but by the end was breathing heavily (though I think I had her beat by the amount I was sweating). Carattini talked about her surprise at the intensity of the class.

“I’m really tired from such an energetic workout,” Carattini said.

The course itself was fast-paced, combining kicks, punches, lunges, burpees and other moves to achieve what Elliott described as an hour of burning calories and working every major muscle group in the body. I figured that because I did Taekwondo I would be able to handle this just fine, but I quickly realized that when martial arts and rhythm are mixed I am doomed to an hour of tripping over my own feet. However, despite my own clumsiness, I never felt discouraged, rather I was continually pushed to do my own personal best.

“The instructor was really energetic, and she made me feel comfortable doing something that I’ve never done before,” freshman Gianna Corso said. “Now I feel really pumped up.”

That energy held throughout the class, and made the pain and exhaustion feel more than worth it. After a hard day of classes, it was great to get some exercise in an environment that was friendly and upbeat.

“The energy that people have when they are having fun is infectious, which makes it easier for everyone to get a good workout,” Elliott said.

And she does mean everyone. This class is for anyone in the Quinnipiac community, regardless of their skill or experience level, and for me, attending as a newcomer was far from intimidating. After one class, Carattini was hooked.

“It was such a fun workout,” Carattini said. “I would definitely do it again.”

Turbokick is held in Studio B on Mondays from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and on Wednesdays from 5:15-6:15 p.m. All are welcome to attend for good company, enthusiastic instruction and a workout that is sure to kick your butt!

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Freshman Nakaiah Carattini (left) and freshman Gianna Corso (right) working out in Studio B with their Turbokick instructor.

Calm, cool and collected:

Favorite study spots on campus

By ABBY MARK

Contributing Writer

Next week will mark the passing of one month of our fall semester at Quinnipiac– nearly one down, about eight to go. For freshmen, it has become clear that professors mean business. The workload is one of both large quantity and expected quality. Late night study sessions have become a steady norm, while breaks between classes are spent writing a paragraph of that essay or reviewing for the dreaded biology test.

Naturally, as students we have become fairly creative in our choice of study locations; if we didn’t remove ourselves from the confines of stuffy dorm rooms, it’s likely we’d punch holes in their white brick walls. But we have removed ourselves, and our favorite places to study are uniquely our own.

The Arnold Bernhard Library, situated beneath the beautiful clock tower we admire every day, is one of the most common study spots for obvious reasons. It has a studious, serious air about it that adds to students’ determination and focus. It’s a comfortable temperature: cool, but not too cool, even with an Au Bon Pain iced latte in hand.

It’s spacious, open and quite populated, yet you can seemingly always hear a pin drop.

Freshman Jemaa Mwinila-Yuori is fond of the

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Everyone has their own methods of studying and their own study spots that they prefer. corner upstairs in the library.

“There’s a painting on the wall,” MwinilaYuori said. “It’s quiet and there’s more privacy.”

Others, like freshman Brittney Eldridge, prefer the brighter downstairs portion.

“I like those comfy chairs by the windows,”

she says, then adds with a laugh, “I take naps there sometimes.”

Some students gravitate more toward the Student Center, which bears the convenience of the cafeteria downstairs and a more relaxed feel than the library. It retains a level of quiet necessary for studying, but isn’t silent,

allowing for semi-talkative study pow-wows with your friends on Sunday afternoons.

Freshman Harmony Grodsky falls in line with students who study here.

“I like the Student Center, upstairs especially,” Grodsky said. “It’s comfortable, really quiet, not crowded and the view calms me.”

The dome allows a warm light in, while the fireplace in the piazza provides atmosphere, Grodsky said.

Studying outside appears to have mixed reviews among students at Quinnipiac. On a nice day, you may see a sparse scattering of people cross-legged on the Quad, but not too many. Despite having such a beautiful campus, most people prefer indoor study spots.

Sophomore John Penney is reclining with a laptop and some books outside the Lender School of Business, but emphasizes that it’s not his favorite place to work.

“My room is usually pretty hectic so I come outside, but sometimes it’s just way too hot out,” Penney said.

Freshman Amanda Taft also likes being outdoors.

“I think I will go [outside] more in the spring,” Taft said. “It’s different from being inside, it’s the normal environment and it’s just gorgeous.”

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Azotam, Umar Shannon sign professional deals

By NICK SOLARI Sports Editor

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Ike Azotam’s 44 career double-doubles ranks first in men’s basketball program history.

Former Quinnipiac men’s basketball forward Ike Azotam and guard Umar Shannon have signed contracts to play overseas for the 2014-15 season.

Azotam, Quinnipiac’s all-time career leader in rebounds, will join Marin Peixegalego, a member of the Spanish LEB Silver League.

Shannon, who transferred to Quinnipiac for his final season of Division I eligibility, will play for KB Besa Peja in the Republic of Kosovo.

“On behalf of the entire Quinnipiac men’s basketball program, I’d like to congratulate Ike Azotam and Umar Shannon on the start of their professional careers,” Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore said. “We are all very happy and excited for Ike, Umar, and their families as they start the next chapter in their lives.”

Azotam and Shannon join former Quinnipiac players James Feldeine, James Rutty and Jamee Jackson on the list of former Bobcats to play professionally.

“Both Ike and Umar have worked very hard to prepare themselves for this moment and I’m confident this will be the beginning

of long and successful careers for them both.”

Azotam, a native of Boston, grabbed 1,043 in his four-year career with the Bobcats.

He averaged 16.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game during his senior season, personal career highs in the both categories. He ranked 14th in the nation in rebounding, and his 44 double-doubles rank first in program history.

Azotam put up 13.5 points and 7.9 rebounds during his junior year, 15.8 points and 9.5 rebounds his sophomore season and 5.0 and 5.3 in his first season with the Bobcats.

He shot over 50 percent from the field for his career, a high number at the Division I level.

Marin Peixegalego, who plays a 27-game season, is a member of the second division of the Spanish Basketball League system.

Shannon joins KB Besa Peja, the top men’s basketball league in Kosovo, after averaging 14.3 points, 2.3 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game last year. He played the first three years of his college career at Saint Francis University, putting up 13.1 points, 2.3 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game.

Both Azotam and Shannon will begin action with their professional team’s in early October, with the regular season stretching through the end of April 2015.

New Blue to begin season Sept. 30 NEW BLUE from page 16 hard for a common goal. We work for one another.”

In practice, however, it’s a whole different story. The first thing the newcomers are taught about rugby is the art of a proper hit.

“Hitting is different in rugby, It’s all about getting low, protecting yourself,” MacDonald said. You don’t wear pads, so we want to make sure everyone is safe.”

Formed in 1990 as just a club team, the rugby squad made the name New Blue official in 2004. The team’s captains organize practice venues, the team’s schedule, and various fundraising opportunities around the area among many other responsibilities.

“It’s a lot of planning,” Doran said. “We don’t have a coach, so everything you see is done through us. It’s kind of awesome. It’s not really something you see everyday.”

The team plans on honoring its alumni in a special way this year, purchasing them shirts and wristbands among various other gifts. The players on the current squad want to show their appreciation for everything the program’s former players have done.

The alumni also help carry on the tradition of New Blue rugby to current students.

Doran says he started playing because his brother, who graduated in 2009, used to be a captain.

“We’re always taking care of one another, looking out for every player who’s ever put on the New Blue uniform,” MacDonald said. “When we call each other brothers we mean it.”

“My best memories are the laughs,” Guido said. “At the end of the day we’re playing a competitive sport with a lot of hits, but we make it fun. That’s what it’s all about.”

To this day, Doran is thankful for his decision to join the squad four years ago.

“We all have our houses we go home to, but we all end up seeing each other every day, every weekend,” Doran said. “We’re there for one another no matter what.”

The team has a six-game schedule, and hopes to once again hoist the New England Wise Collegiate Rugby Conference championship as it did back in 2012.

In addition to playing its home opener Sept. 20, the team plays at home Oct. 4 against Central Connecticut State and Oct. 25 against Westfield State. The three away games New Blue will partake in are against Western Connecticut State, Springfield College and Hartford University

Healey aims at playing overseas HEALEY from page 16 game-winner on a volley from a corner.

“My coach had been joking during the week that ‘Taylor has no left foot,’” Healey said. “During the game I scored a volley off of my left foot, and I was so happy that I was literally standing on the middle of the pitch crying.”

Unfortunately, Healey’s career at Quinnipiac looks like it will end on a low note.

During the preseason, she tore two ligaments in her ankle and has been in a boot for the last five months. As she prepares for graduation in the winter, she spends three hours a day in the training room and rehabbing.

“Since [my career] was taken away from me before I had a chance to finish it, I am going to attempt to play overseas,” Healey said. “I don’t know how realistic that may be but I am going to try.”

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RUNDOWN MEN’S SOCCER QU 0, Army 0 (2OT) - Saturday Borja Angoitia: 3 saves James Greco: 4 shots Tanor Jobe: 2 shots WOMEN’S SOCCER QU 1, Vermont 0 - Saturday Natalia Grodzki: 2 saves Jessica Fontaine: 1 goal Sarah Pandolfi: 4 shots FIELD HOCKEY QU 2, Holy Cross 0 - Wednesday Megan Conaboy: 4 saves Meghan McGullough: 2 goals Yale 1, QU 0 (OT) - Saturday Lea Dietrichs: 9 shots WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Farleigh Dickinson 3, QU 2 Friday Cody Michaels: 13 digs Emma Edgen: 36 assists Morgan State 3, QU 0 - Saturday Allison Leigh: 6 kills Katie Urycki: 6 kills Providence 3, QU 0 - Saturday Sierra Dawson: 22 assists Allison Leigh: 7 kills

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September 17, 2014

Women’s soccer downs Vermont

By MICHAEL HEWITT Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac women’s soccer team entered Saturday’s game scoreless on the season.

And in their most dire moments, the Bobcats turned to last season’s scoring leader to pick up the slack.

Behind Jessica Fontaine’s secondhalf goal, Quinnipiac won its first game of the season on Saturday at the QU Soccer Field, defeating the University of Vermont 1-0. “[The girls] had a great week of practice,” Quinnipiac head coach Dave Clarke said. “I think they deserved to win. They have nothing to fear moving forward.”

Fontaine scored with nearly 25 minutes remaining in the game. Sophomore Sarah Pandolfi was credited with the assist. Pandolfi beat her defender down he right side of the field, then crossed the ball to Fontaine, who put it into the back of the net.

“It is a great feeling,” Fontaine said. “ We all worked together and we owed it to [Natalia] Grodzki to put one in the net.”

Grodzki made a pair of saves on the afternoon en route to an impressive shutout. Her counterpart, Vermont goalie Ally Ramos, also had two saves on the afternoon.

Prior to the win, Quinnipiac had suffered three of its four losses by one goal.

“We’ve played well in most of the games this season,” Clarke said. “We set the schedule to be a tough one. We were expected to lose [the first] four

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Fontaine’s second half goal in Saturday’s win over Vermont was the team’s first of the season. games.”

Still, Clarke acknowledged that losing did take its toll on the team, and that it was nice to get the first win out of the way.

“It wears on you,” Clarke said. “It builds pressure. They’re better than their record says, but you are what your record says.”

The last five meetings between

Quinnipiac and Vermont have been decided by one goal.

Quinnipiac, now 1-4 on the year, is back in action Friday. The Bobcats travel to Saint Joseph’s.

Return of Uden Johansson, Kosta helps bolster Bobcats

By ALEC TURNER

Associate Sports Editor

Returning forwards Erica Uden Johansson and Nicole Kosta will help bolster the strongest Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team ever, head coach Rick Seeley said via conference call Tuesday morning.

Kosta, a junior forward, was injured during the 2013-14 season, opting to redshirt. Uden Johansson left the Bobcats last season to prepare for the Winter Olympics to play for her native country Sweden.

“Adding them two back to the roster is like adding two monster recruits,” Seeley said.

Uden Johansson has now competed in two Olympics, which can bring nothing but experience to the Bobcats. In her time at Quinnipiac, Uden Johansson has played in 87 career games and has 71 point under her belt. Kosta, meanwhile, has 72 career points in 68 career games.

“It’s the time for enthusiasm, and we definitely have it here,” Seeley said.

Quinnipiac finished fourth in the preseason Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference rankings compiled by the head coaches. The Bobcats finished behind Harvard, Cornell, and defending national champion Clarkson.

Seeley said the team doesn’t take preseason rankings into much consideration.

“We don’t put too much emphasis on ranking, the coaches

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Quinnipiac went 22-6-9 in 2013-14 under Rick Seeley’s lead. never get it right where we end up,” Seeley said.

Going into his seventh season at Quinnipiac, Seeley led Quinnipiac to a 22-6-9 record last season.

USCHO.com ranked the Bobcats as high as No. 5; a program first.

Quinnipiac will be without all-time scoring leader Kelly Babstock, who graduated last spring.

In her four seasons as a Bobcat, Babstock put up 203 points, including 95 goals.

Babstock’s scoring will be missed, but Seeley thinks that some returning players can fill those shoes, including Nicole Kosta and Erica Uden Johansson.

“Kelly helped this program get recognition, but adding those two (Costa and Erica Uden Johansson) will cover the point production,” Seeley said. “We aren’t going into this season with a rest in peace sign cause Kelly left, I think we are stronger than ever.”

The Bobcats also return senior forward Shiann Darkangelo.

Darkangelo finished second on the roster in scoring, points, and assists behind Babstock. This summer, Darkangelo worked at the US Hockey Development Camp and worked on her skills.

“She was consistent for us all of last year and she looks better than ever,” Seeley said.

Quinnipiac also returns senior goaltender Chelsea Laden. Laden started 33 games in her first year as the team’s top netminder, posting a 1.48 goals-against average and saving 92.8 percent of shots in her direction. Laden posted a 196-9 record.

Sophomore forward Emma Woods also returns to help bolster the Bobcats scoring attack.

Woods scored 13 goals and added 12 assists on the Bobcats’ first line last year.

Morgan Fritz-Ward, Nicole Connery and Cydney Roesler are also part of Quinnipiac’s key returners.

Fritz-Ward had nine goals and six assists, Connery had six goals and 13 assists and Roesler had three scores and 14 assists in 2013-14.

The Bobcats play the Chinese National team on Saturday at the TD Bank Sports Center, with puck drop slated for 2 p.m.

Quinnipiac’s annual Blue/Gold scrimmage will take place Sept. 27 at the TD Bank Sports Center at 4 p.m., while its first game of the regular season is Oct. 3 against Connecticut at home.

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Swing and smash

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Clockwise from top left: Michelle Dassa reaches during a volley in Friday’s Quinnipiac Invitational, Jacqueline Raynor returns a serve, a Quinnipiac tennis player positions for a hit.

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Eight yellow cards were handed out in the men’s soccer match against Army on Saturday, tied for the most in any Bobcats match season.

All five meetings between the Quinnipiac women’s soccer team and Vermont have been decided by one goal.

With a 10.6 goals-against per game average, Megan Conaboy ranks fourth in the all of Division I field hockey.

Men’s cross country runner Brandon Copely has finished with the Bobcats’ fastest time in nine straight meets.

Quinnipiac vs. Chinese National Team Women’s Ice Hockey

The women’s hockey team will begin its preseason this Saturday against the Chinese national team at High Point Solutions Arena.

The game, which starts at 2 p.m., will cap off a three week training camp for the Chinese national team. Quinnipiac is showcasing its facilities just six months after hosting the Women’s Frozen Four.

The Bobcats have added six new members to the team, but also return much of last year’s talent. Senior Shiann Darkangelo led the Bobcats with 23 goals last season.

She also recorded 17 assists, second overall on the team.

Goaltender Chelsea Laden will also return. Laden posted 1.48 goals against average and a .928 save percentage during her junior year in 2013.

Quinnipiac will have its Blue vs. Gold scrimmage on Sept. 27.

The Bobcats season opener is Oct. 3 against Connecticut.

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“We have to finish chances when we’re creating them, but the win was a moral boost for our team. It’s a bit of a relief.”

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Decade of dedication

Celebrating its 10th year of existence, New Blue Rugby has put together the largest roster in team history

By NICK SOLARI Sports Editor

The New Blue Rugby team makes a trip to Hamden Middle School Field three days a week for practice. Players carpool with one another to the field from the Mount Carmel campus, one car after another in a seemingly endless line.

And this year, the club’s tenth anniversary season, it takes more cars to get to and from practice than ever before.

With roughly 50 total players on its roster, New Blue is enjoying a high point in the team’s growth throughout time.

It’s a culmination of what they’ve worked toward for years.

“It’s nice to see as a senior,” said James Guido, one of the team’s three captains. “The large numbers really make all of the current members and the alumni happy. It’s amazing.”

And with bigger numbers than ever before, the club rugby team has one simple goal for 2014 – to win.

Coming off a winless season in 2013, they’re determined to reach such goals.

“We want to win. That’s what we’re here for,” captain Evan MacDonald said. “We

want to make the playoffs and bounce back from last season, and we’re really focused on reaching those goals. We’ll do whatever it takes.”

Having such a large roster will certainly help in trying to reach those aspirations, according to Liam Doran, another captain and four-year member of the team.

“Last year our weakness was that we couldn’t keep up,” Doran said. “This year we’ve been working on a lot of conditioning.

It’s a hard working group of guys.”

Doran added that two of the team’s veterans were studying abroad last year, but are now back and ready to contribute.

Guido thinks the team has potential to be one of the strongest the program has ever seen.

“Last year was sort of a bridge year,” Guido said. “This season we have a great group of people coming back, and a great group of new guys, too. We have a really solid team.”

New Blue devotes two days a week strictly to conditioning drills on campis, then begins the other three practices getting in shape for the Sept. 20 opener against Worcester Polytechnic Institute at home.

They team’s veterans also have to teach

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New Blue captains Evan MacDonald, Liam Doran and James Guido pose for a photo. many of the new players the basics of rugby, which can be a struggle at times in itself.

Guido knows what it’s like to struggle with picking up a brand new sport. He joined New Blue as a freshman, having never touched a rugby ball in his life beforehand.

“We have to try and get in shape for the season, but also try to teach everyone the sport, too. It’s an interesting dynamic to balance,” Guido said.

So members of the team implore others to put in work during their own time, away from practices. The team’s new players watch videos, read about the sport and ask some of the club’s former players about different positions and scenarios.

“We’re self motivated,” Guido said. “It’s really rewarding to see everyone work so See NEW BLUE Page 13

Taylor-made toughness For Taylor Healey, enduring injuries is just a part of the game

By JORDAN NOVACK Staff Writer

Fifth-year senior Taylor Healey has been on a collegiate roller coaster ride in every sense of the term. She faced all-time lows when she was forced to medical redshirt her freshman season due to an injury, then experienced the best of times as she was named Quinnipiac Women’s Soccer Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons.

Now a recent injury is forcing her to miss all of her final season. She has experienced it all.

Growing up in nearby Milford, Healey enjoyed major success at Lauralton Hall High School. She was named First Team All-State in 2010, as well as Third Team All-New England.

Healey committed to Iona for the following fall, but then realized she made a mistake.

“After speaking to [Head Women’s Soccer Coach David Clarke] and doing two overnights, I realized this was the far better fit for me,” Heal-

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Taylor Healey started 34 games in her career at Quinnipiac. ey said. “School-wise and soccer-wise, I am very happy with that decision. I would not have liked

it at Iona.”

Although she had a tumultuous freshman year, including an ankle injury and appendicitis that affected her, Healey bounced back and blossomed into one of the all-time greats at Quinnipiac.

The defender considers last season to be her best yet as a Bobcat, calling it her “personal highlight.” “[She earned the Player of the Year award] for a consistency of performance, determination and for possessing every other quality you look for,” Quinnipiac head coach Dave Clarke said.

“She brings it to the field for 90 minutes.”

There’s one part of her game, in particular, that makes Healey proud: her toughness.

She mirrors resiliency and toughness after her role model, professional soccer player Abby Wambach.

The team watched a documentary about Wambach during the preseason, paying close at-

tention to the tenacity she played with.

“I am the type of player who doesn’t leave a game without an injury. I go into everything and don’t second guess,” Healey said, comparing herself to Wambach.

In Healey’s sophomore season she suffered a head injury, one that would eventually need 37 stitches.

“She needed plastic surgery, but she was still attempting to stay on the field,” Clarke said.

“Considering she was ambulanced to a nearby hospital, the toughness she showed by attempting to keep playing gave a true reflection of Taylor, both as a person, and as a player.”

Despite the tough persona she possesses, Taylor openly admits how she isn’t afraid to cry.

One example of this would be during a game against Central Connecticut State University during her sophomore year. Healey scored the See HEALEY Page 13