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Security Use Questioned after Townhouse Fight RACHEL AVILES FEATURED WRITER After fights occurred at the Pace University Townhouses the first weekend of the semester, students questioned the role of security on campus.

“All I remember is one student being held back by his fraternity brothers, and the other kid being calmed down by some girl. There were literally two security officers in white shirts walking and watching, but doing absolutely nothing,” townhouse resident Sara Genova said.

Despite the intensity of the fights, fellow students broke all of them up while security guards did not intervene, according to bystanders.

“I don’t understand why security is even at the townhouses,” another townhouse resident, Melissa Grossman, said. “I watched

some kid get jumped for defending one of my sisters while security walked around.”

Townhouse residents estimate witnessing about three to four fights that weekend.

“As security officers, there are certain protocol that we have to follow,” a security guard, who wished to remain anonymous, said. “One being that when a situation happens, we are to phone in to our supervisors before taking any action.”

However, when asked about protocol, Vincent Beatty, Head of Security suggested otherwise.

“Security should be intervening. If they’re not stepping in then there’s no purpose of having security, and that makes no sense,” Beatty said.

A follow up phone call with Beatty revealed that since the incidents occurred, the entire staff has been retrained.

Pace Sexual Assault Policy Reworked for a Safer Campus SARA MORIARTY FEATURE EDITOR The Sexual Assault Protocol Committee at Pace is working to create a more informed campus. They want students to know how to prevent sexual assault and other safety issues, and they want victims of sexual assault to know how to report the assault.

The Huffington Post reported on a case of sexual assault that occurred last February at the Pace University New York City campus. The female student and victim of the sexual assault felt that her privacy was violated when she told a Pace University healthcare employee about the incident and the employee reported the case to other Pace authorities. This triggered an investigation that the female student did not want.

This is just one example of a sexual assault case on a college campus. The change in policy of Pace University is not reported as a direct response to the NYC campus case. It is an effort to create a safer campus, adhere to new

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Title IX legislation, and resolve an issue that has been plaguing college campuses for years.

A part of Title IX - a federal law that universities must adhere to- requires schools to have a sexual assault policy and to respond to reasonable knowledge of a sexual assault. New additions to this legislation will require terms such as “sexual assault” and “consent.”

“There are so many articles from across the country about sexual assault in colleges,” Martirano said. “The issue’s been around for a long time, and students need to know we’re (Pace University) working to fix it.”

Martirano is a part of the Sexual Assault Response Protocol committee at Pace. This committee, which is comprised of both faculty and students, is currently working on revising the sexual assault policy of Pace University.

The new policy will include clearer definitions, information about safety training, and a list of confidential disclosure options.

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Average Age When Victims Were Sexually Assaulted

Photo courtsey of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Of the eighteen percent of people who have experienced rape, thirty seven percent experienced it when they were college-aged. Another forty five percent of people have experienced other forms of sexual assault, such as unwanted touching, pressure to have sex, or harassment.

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Along with the new semester came new policy changes for residence halls, including major changes for the Townhouse community.

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With the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks passing, Mortola Library brought out a display that truly memorializes the event, and what happened after.

What’s better than a season playing the sport you love? Maybe playing it in Hawaii. Find out how the Women’s Soccer team got to Hawaii, and what happened when they got there.

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Dawg Dollars: What Are They?

JOSEPH TUCCI FEATURED WRITER Dawg Dollars have been implemented this fall semester as a new method of payment on campus.

Dawg Dollars serve a similar function as the already available flex dollars, allowing students to use money on their Pace One card at places other than the dining facilities on campus. Dawg Dollars were instituted to pay for printing at all computer resource labs, vending machines, and the Pace Mart convenience store in Mortola Library.

Dr. Kathryn Winsted, Associate Professor of Marketing, and Mary Lieto, Director of Auxiliary Services, put forth the idea for Dawg Dollars in order to create a way for students to pay for items in Pace Mart with their Pace One Cards. Due to the sale of nonfood convenience items, Chartwells would not allow Pace Mart to be jointly used as a student’s meal plan or flex dollars, which are strictly reserved for off-cam-

pus use.

Lieto presented the idea of separate campus spending accounts on the Pace Higher One card strictly for conveniences, similar to universities across the country. This campus spending account, with its name inspired from the Pace Mascot T-Bone, ultimately became Dawg Dollars.

“Students want something for the vending machines; [they] need something extra for the printers, and also Pace Mart,” Winsted said. “Then we said campus account sounds a little too boring. My daughter goes to a school where they have a hawk as a mascot, so they have Hawk Dollars… [We said] ‘What about Dawg Dollars?’”

Due to the new administered system, many students are still unaware of the existence of Dawg Dollars. However, some students seemed to like the idea after hearing about it.

“I didn’t know about Dawg Dollars until now, but I like the flex dollars,” sophomore business major Kevin Hom said. “It’s

something you can keep on your card and it’s pretty easy to use.

So, if it’s like that, and if it gave me discounts and stuff, I would definitely use it.”

Students wishing to add Dawg Dollars to their accounts can visit the Dawg Dollars section of the Pace website and follow the instructions to transfer funds to their accounts. Students can also authorize parents or guardians too add money to their accounts through the website. Once a student’s transaction is complete, a receipt will be emailed to them.

After Dawg Dollars are added to the student’s account, students can immediately begin using them around campus.

“With the Master Plan under way and the expansion of our Pleasantville campus, we think it only makes sense that students have additional funding options and an easier shopping experience,” senior and Pace Mart cofounder Kristina Vukaj said. “It is just a matter of getting the word out and having students become familiar with the idea.”

Due to the switch from the previous building swipe cards to the new Higher One cards, the system had to be updated using the most recently activated Higher One cards. Cards that were not activated until close to the beginning of the semester were not in the system to be programmed.

This missing or incorrect data resulted in students being locked out of their dorms.

“Students can activate the One Card online or go to the security office by Gannet House in the Townhouse parking lot to fix the problem,” Director of Safety

and Security Vincent Beatty said.

“Security is working with Auxiliary Services to fix and coordinate the switch. With both teams working together to fix the situation, the problems facing students trying to enter their dorms should not last much longer.”

In the meantime, the locks at the main entrance to the dorms have been turned off allowing students still facing issues with their swipe cards to enter their building during the day. At night, the locks are turned back on for safety reasons.

Swipes Lock Students Out of Halls CHRISTOPHER D’ERASMO FEATURED WRITER New Higher One ID cards intended to function as students’ dorm access swipes have failed to work as expected, resulting in students being locked out of their buildings.

Current and incoming students were all mailed new Higher One cards with two magnetic stripes on the back last semester. Higher One and the Housing department determined that the cards would be used during this new academic year to access the student dorms, taking the place of a separate ID card that had been used in previous years.

Since the beginning of the fall semester, students have been routinely locked out of their dorms due to problems with their cards.

Many students were inconvenienced by waiting for someone to let them in or unsafely leaving doors unlocked.

“At night I have to wait a long time for someone to open the door,” junior marketing major Christopher Olsen said.

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TAYLOR LONGENBERGER NEWS EDITOR Student Government Association (SGA) met in Miller Lecture Hall, Fri., Sept. 12.

John Wrench, SGA President, reported that senator and student involvement in the newly established committees (Elections, Programming, Budget Allocation Committee, Judicial Board, Constitution Committee, Unity Com-

mittee, Administrative Outreach, and Academic Affairs) is needed.

Students interested in becoming school representatives are also needed and will be voted on in the coming weeks.

With the new school year, the SGA constitution will be reviewed, revised, and updated to represent the current year and students.

Registration for all organizations is due on Org Sync by Fri,

Sept.19 and all organizations that do not complete their forms by that time will not be recognized by the Student Development and Campus Activities (SDCA) office.

Students with comments or questions can find the SGA office located near the Higher One office in the Kessel Student Center and can also attend the SGA meeting this Fri Sept 19.

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Residential Life Policy and Administrative Changes TAYLOR LONGENBERBER NEWS EDITOR Students returning to the Pace Pleasantville campus for the fall semester are faced with more than just construction changes on campus.

Regulations set forth in the Guide to Residential Living (GRL) will be strictly enforced this semester, as part of an ongoing effort to clarify and carry out the policies by which students are expected to adhere to.

Earlier quiet hours in the dorms have been implemented and previous policies are expected to be stringently enforced including consumption of open containers of alcohol in public areas as part of an initiative set forth by Alerie Tirsch, the new Director of Residential Life.

Tirsch, along with Shari Crandall, the new Associate Director of Training and Development in Residential Life, are approaching this semester with the goal of “supporting the mission of the institution and promoting academic success.” In other words, drinking in public spaces, getting rowdy and making noise will lead to consequences.

“One of the big questions in reviewing policies was: can students understand what the policies are,” said Tirsch, who has more than 15 years of experience in higher education settings. “I am sorry that students are feeling frustrated by the enforcement of

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The result of this new policy will, the committee hopes, lead to a more informed campus.

The committee is working on more effective communication of resources available to students who have been involved in sexual assault or other issues; students will be informed about resources available to them within Pace and outside of Pace. Students will also be informed which resources offer confidentiality and which cannot.

Confidentially can be an issue for students, as is evident in the Pace NYC case; some may want to report assault confidentially, and a clearer policy will allow them to avoid confusion with how to do so.

Along with defining the terms “sexual assault” and others as required by new legislation, Pace’s policy will also include “interpretive guidance” to allow for a clear policy and understanding of the terms, according to Lisa Miles, Affirmative Action Officer and Title IX Coordinator at Pace University.

The committee’s work on the

the polices. It is the intention of residential life to keep the residence halls and townhouses as safe as possible.”

Townhouse Resident Director (RD) and Resident Assistants (RAs) have explained to the Townhouse community several of the policies that have been changed. Quiet hours will now begin at 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, a half hour before they had previously started.

“I don’t really know what I think about the policy enforcement yet because I haven’t had an issue with the policy thus far.” junior townhouse resident Mike Scalia said.

Other policies that have already been in place and have not previously been enforced will now be enforced, such as the policy in the 2013-’14 GRL that states: “No open containers of alcohol or alcoholic beverage will be permitted in any public areas (lounges, hallways, kitchenettes, patios, porches, outside of the Townhouses, etc.) or any residence hall, unless by permission of the Office of Residential Life.”

Any students found with open containers of alcohol outside of the Townhouses are warned and asked to “dump their cup,” regardless of legal drinking status.

“I was standing outside my townhouse drinking an iced tea from Kessel when security asked me to bring it inside. Even though I was not in violation of policy, the security guard told me it was new policy will help provide students with methods to intervene if they witness sexual assault or other safety problems on campus. Bystander training and increased safety education will be implemented along with the new policy. Miles hopes that the new policy will be completed and implemented at the beginning of next semester- spring 2015.

The first “Step Up” Bystander Training Program on Sexual Assault and Alcohol/Drug Abuse, took place on September 14 in the Goldstein Fitness Center. Some students and faculty were invited to participate in the program; resident directors and resident assistants have already been trained on sexual assault response. There will be future training programs specialized for people to train as first responders and other training programs designed for all Pace students.

“More training and a clearer policy will be good, as long as people follow through with any training and information given to them,” sophomore LeeAnn Reynolds said.

The Sexual Assault Protocol Committee has asked students, teachers, and student affairs professionals to create a more effective communication strategy- a

Photo courtsey of Pace Residential Life The new faces of Residential Life enjoy the boat cruise at orientation. From left to right: Alerie Tirsch, Matthew Lavery, Joyce Arias, Samantha Bassford, Derek Wills, Tiffany Bermudez, Lauren Pizzolla, and Vinnie Birkenmeyer because ‘he didn’t know if it was alcohol or not.’ The ambiguous interpretation of the alcohol policy is infringing on my right to relax outside of my own townhouse while still adhering to the Townhouse policy/rules,” senior criminal justice major Conor Whelan said. “If in possession of a non-alcoholic beverage I would like to know at what time am I not allowed to be outside of my own townhouse with it?”

The 2014-15’ GRL was posted on Fri. Sept. 12 replacing the previous version with policies that have been altered or added that will be enforced this year.

“With things that students are not accustomed to I want to make sure that they are in a safe and inclusive environment where they can all be heard for their own needs and wants,” Townhouse RD Joyce Arias said. “My role is not just to supervise or enforce policies, but to aid as an additional guide. Students want to have the best years of their lives and I want them to be proud to be here.”

Some students believe that despite efforts of enforcing policies their rights are being violated.

“It’s ridiculous and it’s killing the social life on this campus,” senior townhouse resident Mattia

Pastore said. “We didn’t have any issues before when we were just asked to have alcohol in a cup, now we can’t even have that and it’s like they don’t want us outside where we have a right to be.”

Students who wish to voice proposals or opinions about the policies or the enforcement thus far are encouraged to contact the Director of Residential Life, Tirsch, or to seek out their Residence Director (RD), the Residential Hall Association (RHA), or any Senior Level Office Staff member.

strategy to inform students about the resources available to them.

“We believe that as a result…. there will be clearer communications about the confidential resources that are available to the community,” Miles said, “so that

students are empowered to make a more informed decision about how they choose to seek help if they should ever become the victim of sexual violence.”

“External experts” have been enlisted to assist with training

initiatives. Faculty experts, the Women’s Justice Center, students, and staff are all involved with policy and training initiatives as well.

“We are committed to a safe campus community,” Miles said.

Photo courtsey of stopviolence.com In a study of college-aged women, stopviolence.com reported that over thirty five percent of rapes were committed by clasmates. Another thirty five percent of rapes were committed by friends. If you, or someone you know, were sexually assaulted, you can contact Pace Safety and Security, the Office of Residential Life, or the Counseling Center for help and more information on how to report the crime.

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The Fast and the Furious Transfer Students “Thrown to the Fire” Pace University Edition

BRITTANY MENDEZ FEATURED WRITER There were a variety of reasons why I, an incoming freshman, chose Pace University. The campus was well kept and the academics were strong. But most importantly, the people who I met each time I visited campus were always so nice and welcoming.

I was nervous about so many of the changes I would be going through. I would have never guessed that my biggest obstacle here, my first semester, would be those behind the wheel of their vehicles’.

In total, on any given day, I have at least four close encounters with a car. One day it was drivers running stop signs while I was clearly standing in the crosswalk, the next it’s the driver’s whipping around sharp turns where I am walking along.

I know I am not the only one who has had this happen to them. From my window in the front of North Hall, I witness and hear numerous screeches of tires and the engine revving from the cars disregarding the speed bumps.

The average 15mph speed limit should be more strictly adhered to considering the condition of campus. The Pace University Pleasantville campus is now a construction zone. That being said, it is significantly more difficult for us pedestrians to walk safely and out of the way of those who think they are in Fast and Fu-

rious.

What is it that makes students drive irresponsibly? Maybe it is the fast pace college life they feel they need to catch up with or maybe they are just late to class.

Whatever the case may be, students need to realize that accidents happen in big percentages on college campuses all over the country.

A poll conducted by 210 students at Suffolk Community College, Ammerman campus, in Selden New York, concluded that 63 percent of students have witnessed a vehicle accident of some sort and 36 percent of students were involved in one. The last thing we want is for Pace to have that statistic.

Speeding is something that we all do, sometimes on accident.

However, when at school, save that for the open highways. It may feel annoying or inconvenient to wait for pedestrians to cross or to drive slower to be mindful of them, but please, those who drive, take into account how much more vulnerable they are without a two ton vehicle surrounding them.

All I ask is that those who have cars on campus think before they do something that could harm a fellow classmate or themselves. The costs of traffic violation tickets or a vehicular accident is guaranteed to cause you more stress than just watching and being respectful of those you share the campus roads with.

Drive safely.

DANDRE CHERY FEATURED WRITER Here at Pace, administration pulls out all the stops to make freshmen feel welcome. From orientation to Week of Welcome (WoW), to tours and more, there are plenty of services to get acclimated to the university. One might say that they are doing too much. I say they are missing out on an entire population of students: transfers.

As a transfer student this year, I feel like the redheaded stepchild of the Pace family. I am not a freshman in regards to age or credits. I am 21 years old and technically a sophomore. In fact, I attended two colleges before my time here. However, I am new to the environment at Pace. When I arrived, the type of welcome I received was underwhelming.

An all-day mandatory orientation is provided to introduce the school and its services. It is also an opportunity to meet other transfer students coming to Pace.

As welcoming as Pace might be, transfer orientation is all that is offered to transfer students.

Like all first year students, transfers were supposed to move in on August 30. Some transfers did and some bypassed the date.

Not knowing I had the option of a later date, I moved in that Saturday. After setting up my room, I figured there would be a bunch of activities waiting for me. I was wrong. I wandered aimlessly around campus with no particular destination. Luckily I met some friendly people that helped sign me up for WoW, so I could get adjusted more easily.

With freshmen from all over campus at WoW and only five transfer students, it was clear we didn’t really belong to the crowd.

However, I went along for the ride.

Throughout the WoW events, there were icebreakers and activities of that nature. A lot of introductory services were provided to produce a sense of familiarity with the community. Although WoW was enjoyable, other transfer students and I certainly felt that it was lacking.

Through participation in events I had done at other institutions and the lack of communication

with other transfer students, my experience overall was diminished.

“If I was a freshman, WoW would have been a grade A, but I’m not a freshman,” said Athena Middleton, a transfer student from Rockland Community College.

This, along with the fact that invitations were received through email could be why many transfers deferred attending WoW. So, if transfers weren’t required or didn’t want to go to WoW, then why is there an issue? Because transfers weren’t fully represented in Pace’s welcome. Orientation was just that: orientation. After that, we were basically thrown to the fire.

“It’s better to know people with similar experiences coming to a new school that are about the same age as you,” said Christina DiRoma, a transfer from Dutchess Community College.

In the end, transfers find their way with or without something special just for us. But a thought towards us would have been nice.

THIS WEEK’S PACE POLL Do you think Pace does enough for transfer students? Or can we do more?

Vote online at PaceChronicle.com, or send a letter to the editor at pacechronicle@pace.edu

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Robert “Bo” Jones: A Freshman Inspired to Help People SARA MORIARTY FEATURE EDITOR Robert “Bo” Jones, 19, wants to be a special education math teacher. Considering Jones’ love of helping others and his inspiration from those who have helped him, this career choice is not surprising.

Jones had cancer, but his desire to help others started before his diagnosis and only grew stronger after it. His mother being a nurse, Jones spent a lot of time at a hospital as a young child. Jones’ mother and his exposure to children who had medical problems fostered his love of helping people.

“My mother was a pediatric oncology nurse and administrator at Columbia University Medical Center, and she brought my sister and I to many events for children with medical problems since we were born,” Jones, a native of Ossining, NY, said. “She made it a natural part of our lives that we should always give back and help others.”

Jones was diagnosed with medulloblastaoma, a type of brain cancer, in 2005. His cancer is now in remission.

Therapy and an optimistic attitude helped Jones recover from the cancer and from a severe surgical complication.

Jones was referred to MakeA-Wish Hudson Valley and used his wish to receive personal training lessons at Pace. Michael Bohlander, personal trainer and the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Pace football team, trained Jones and continues to do so.

“Bo [Jones] had plenty of other options to choose for his Make-A-Wish besides personal training,” Bohlander said. “But Bo wanted to get stronger, and he has been diligent and worked hard to achieve his goals.”

Bohlander has been training Jones since last summer. He and Jones remain close, and Jones’ training will continue with a new workout regimen that will allow him time to maintain his college responsibilities and coursework.

“Jones came to me with a great attitude and positive outlook,” Bohlander said. “It has been great working with him and seeing him progress.”

Jones feels much stronger than he did before his training began, and is grateful that he can count on Bohlander to be available to help him.

“Bohlander is very nice; I can call him at any time,” Jones said.

Jones is appreciative of the training and availability of Bohlander; in the past, some students have been just as appreciative for tutoring from Jones.

“I was in charge of tutoring all the kids who were having trouble in our earth science class in high school,” Jones said. “The teacher went very fast, so about half the class had trouble keeping up.”

Jones always puts time aside for others, but has also makes time to pursue his hobbies, including bowling and acting.

“I used to be right-handed, but I had a stroke and now I’m left handed. The first time I swung a bowling ball was the first time using my right hand again,” said Jones.

Jones was a member of the

Photo courtsey of Pace Athletics Jones and Bohlander pose together after a day of training. Jones used his wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation to train with Bohlander.

White Plains Bowl bowling team throughout his high school years.

He also participated in various musicals and dramas in middle and high school.

“Acting gets me feeling like I’m a different person, wearing different shoes,” Jones said. “I can’t decide which play was my favorite in high school.”

Jones hopes to continue acting at Pace, especially since he’s familiar with the Briarcliff campus’ auditorium at Woodward Hall.

Jones got the opportunity to per-

form stage readings with his high school drama club on the Woodward stage.

Jones continues his dedication to supporting others; he has done walks for organizations including the Maria Ferrari Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald house. A member of the Alumni Committee at the Make-A-Wish foundation, Jones plans to volunteer there whenever he can in the coming year.

For now, Jones is focusing on making the most of his college

classes, with Fundamental Mathematics being the course he’s most looking forward to taking.

“I prefer math over other subjects because there’s always a reason why something leads to something else,” Jones said.

Jones, eager to pursue his dream of becoming a special education teacher, proves that with hard work and dedication, hardship can lead to opportunities and inspiration.

Katherine Fink Joins Pace’s Communications Department DANDRE CHERY FEATURED WRITER The ever-evolving communications department has added a veteran news reporter turned professor to its faculty. Katherine Fink has been an anchor, a manager at WDUQ radio (now WESA), and is a National Public Radio member station.

Hailing from Northern Virginia, Fink holds an MBA degree in business from Duquesne University and a PhD in communications from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

She also was an instructor at Columbia University in New York City in 2012 and 2013, teaching undergraduate journalism courses.

Fink is now a first-time, full time professor. This switch was long forthcoming for Fink. After her extended stint being a part of the news industry, Fink felt it was time to shift viewpoints in a rapidly changing environment.

“I felt like things were changing really fast in journalism,” Fink said. “I wanted to find opportunities to be involved in those changes.”

The addition of Fink to the communications department coincides with the launching of the new digital journalism major. The department also recognizes the steadfast changes in the industry and is doing its best to keep up with them, with one of their efforts being this new major. This devotion to advancing with the times became a major selling

point for Fink in selecting Pace.

“The department is pretty excited about modernizing the program and getting into technology, so that sounded like a cool place to be,” Fink said.

This semester Fink is teaching News Reporting, Investigative Journalism, and Writing in Organizations, which is a Master’s program writing course. Next semester, she will be teaching an audio storytelling course, anchoring, and a new course in the curriculum called ‘Digital Newsroom.’

“It’s the first course we’re offering that’s really part of the digital journalism core classes,” Fink said. “The class will be organized like a newsroom; we’ll function as our own news organization.”

The audio storytelling and

anchoring courses fall right into Fink’s niche. Her prior experience at several radio stations will allow Fink to give students insight into the business. Fink believes that the media and communications department will be able to better serve students with the adoption of the new major and new courses.

“The [Digital Journalism major] signals recognition that things are changing quickly and we need to make sure that we stay on top of how things are changing in order to make sure students can follow their pursuits,” Fink said.

“They can actually be prepared to work in the field and meet the demands of the market.”

One of Fink’s goals here is to put her stamp on the journalism industry. The expertise she pos-

sesses will help her do just that.

“If nothing else I would like to influence the future of news in my own small way by conveying to students the ways to report news effectively and also ethically,” Fink said.

Fink believes in the power of news and the endless possibilities we can achieve if news is used correctly.

“News can be a force for a lot of good and there is a lot more that we can do to make it a greater force,” Fink said.

Fink would also love to see a course on the business of news in the near future. She would enjoy teaching such a course as the business aspect of the news industry is in flux, piquing her interest in the topic.

FEATURE

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Rome Travel Course Marks Tenth Anniversary ANDREAS CHRISTOU SENIOR COPY EDITOR Dr. Lawrence Hundersmarck’s famed travel course, “Rome: The Eternal City,” embarked once again on a three-week journey for the tenth year in a row this past summer. Four editors of The Pace Chronicle were just some of the students, from both the New York City and Pleasantville campuses, who participated in an adventure that combined history, religion, art, architecture, culture, sightseeing, and Italian food and gelato into three action-packed weeks.

The 22 Pace students began their voyage on May 21, arriving in Rome the next day and beginning their full itinerary, which Dr. Hundersmarck had organized for them. Over the next three weeks, the itinerary included stops at the Roman Forum, the Colos-

seum, and Ostia Antica (the remains of an ancient Roman port); as well as visits to centuries-old churches, such as St. Peter’s Basilica, Santa Maria Maggiore, San Giovanni Laterano, and San Clemente. They also toured famous museums like as the Borghese Art Gallery, the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel, and even saw Michelangelo’s world-renowned David statue, at the Galleria dell’Accademia on a day excursion to Florence.

“This trip was one of the best times of my life,” junior environmental studies major Jessica Alba said. “I got such an in-depth look at Italian culture and history, as well as world history, and I found out so much more about myself and the city, beyond what I ever expected, and I had high expectations to begin with.”

Over the past ten years, Dr.

Hundersmarck has been able to evolve and perfect this course, which his students claim he has “down to a science.” He has been able to combine a series of structured educational experiences with a good deal of free time.

Whether for a free evening or an entire free day, part of the delight of this course was independently “roaming Rome” or utilizing their free days to leave the city. This year, some students arranged independent trips to places including Tuscany, Naples, and Pompeii.

“Whether it was strolling down the quaint side streets to find a little café with the best homemade pasta you’ll ever taste, seeing the fountains or the Colosseum lit up at night, or taking in the Italian culture through its nightlife, we had the freedom to enjoy most our evenings on our own,” Alba

Photos courtsey of the Pforzheimer Honor College Top: Students show off their flags in the streets of Italy. Right: Students throw coins into the Trevi fountain, a popular Italian tradition.

said.

Although more than three months has passed since the course has ended, the 2014 group still fondly looks back on the trip, what they learned, and the memories and friendships they made.

“With students from both the New York City and Pleasantville campuses, of all different majors, we all had one thing in common-the love of knowledge,” senior communications major Kristin Stein said. “We were invited to open up to it, meet new and different people, and experience life in an entirely different way. And although this experience may have been intended to be solely an educational one, it became a personal journey that will forever stay with me.”

The Rome travel course, as well as the variety of other travel courses offered by Pace, allows students to learn hands-on, and experience learning in a completely different way.

“It’s one thing to be listening to a lecture about Ancient Rome in a classroom in Pleasantville; it’s another to be learning about the Ancient Romans in the center of the Roman Forum,” Alba said.

“You are engaging all your senses as over 2,000 years of history, re-

ligion, art, architecture, and life are revealed right before your eyes.”

Students are encouraged to talk to their families early on, and make sure to register for this spring course (INT 197G) the moment they can in November, as it is expected to close quickly.

Pace has also opened up the opportunity for students to extend their trip and explore other parts of Europe independently by arranging their travel plans with the Study Abroad Office. Some students took the opportunity this year to visit Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, and England, as well as stay longer in Italy, following the conclusion of the course.

“It has always been such a pleasure, indeed a real delight, to share with our students the wonders of the Eternal City,” said Hundersmarck, commenting on the course. “It never gets boring, and it’s always engaging; it has proved to be for many of our students one of the most positively transformative experiences of their entire time at Pace.”

Any students looking for more information, videos or pictures of the course, should contact Dr. Hundersmarck directly at lhundersmarck@pace.edu.

New Environmental Center Encourages Hands-on Learning SARA MORIARTY FEATURE EDITOR The entire environmental center is not complete yet, but plans are in place to offer students opportunities to get in touch with nature and with sustainability.

“The new environmental center will be better designed,” Professor Angelo Spillo said. “We will offer students new opportunities and explore natural resources, including the wetlands and nature trails on campus.”

The environmental center classroom, which is up and running this semester, will also offer new opportunities to students.

The classroom, as well as the rest of the environmental center, will be full of details that will encourage hands-on learning. Spillo will be teaching in the environmental classroom this semester, and is excited for students to take advantage of all the center has to offer.

The whole classroom building is powered by geothermal and

solar energy, and the energizing process can be viewed and studied by students. There is a transparent room next to the classroom that houses the technologies used to power the building; students can thus get a firsthand look at what it takes to sustainably energize a building.

Students can also get handson experience with fieldwork.

The classroom features a field research lab, which will allow students to experience more than just textbook learning. Cork cupboards provide an environmentally friendly way to store lab equipment for this field research.

The sustainable, sleekly designed space encourages active and environmentally friendly learning and lifestyles- right down to the bathroom. The bathroom in the classroom is equipped with a shower, and there is a water filter installed into the wall next to the room. Spillo hopes that, once the Master Plan construction is completed, the shower will encourage students to bike to class. A bike

rack may be placed in front of the building in the future.

The rest of the environmental center is still under construction, but it will have more features than the old center. There are possibilities of new exhibits for plants and animals. There is also a possibility of connecting to the Fit Trail on campus to create a new nature walk. New features are yet to be determined, however.

“The animals will be settled

in first, and then it will be decided where new exhibits will go,” Spillo said. “Theme gardens, beehives, and new animal exhibits will be planned.”

The new farmhouse building will encourage student participation; there will be space designated for student organizations to utilize.

“We want students to feel comfortable using the facility,” Spillo said. “We want the student

space to become a home base for any nature or sustainability clubs.”

Spillo is optimistic that the environmental center will be done with construction by late fall. For now, environmental studies students will reap the benefits of the environmental classroom.

“Everyone will be welcome once construction on the center is finished,” Spillo said.

Photo courtsey of PacePlvMasterPlan.com The new environmental center will allow students to experience energy sources and the environment

FEATURE

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 PAGE 7

Stories of Courage and Hope: Pace Remembers September 11, 2001

JONATHAN ALVAREZ WEB EDITOR BRITTANY MENDEZ FEATURED WRITER Candles lit the night as members of the Pace community walked around Choate Pond in remembrance of the tragic events that had occurred on Sept 11.

Marking the thirteenth anniversary of that tragic day, Pace hosted a memorial service featuring speakers sharing their 9/11 experiences and personal stories, followed by a candle lit vigil around the pond.

Speakers of the event included Applied Psychology & Human Relations major and member of Alpha Phi Delta Dan Garcia, Biology major and member of Phi Sigma Sigma Maria Lane, and Director of Counseling Center Dr. Rosa B. Ament.

“I think it is important to memorialize and remember all the people who had died that day. I think it is also important to remember all the courageous men and women who also ran to the towers to help. I also think it’s important to remember our veterans, some of whom basically signed up triggered by what happened on 9/11,” Ament said. “So I think it’s important to remember 9/11 for a lot of reasons. I have a particular bias, maybe it comes from my culture, maybe it comes from our religion, I don’t know.

But my bias is that as long as we hold the memory, we remember those who have perished and who have given their lives since then to protect all of us.”

The event also included the readings of personal stories and poems about that fateful day, as well as a playing of Alan Jackson’s tribute song “Where Were

You When the World Stopped Turning.” The event concluded with a quiet walk around the pond and the placement of the candles on the 9/11 monument by Mortola library: The Book of Remembrance.

Not only did the Pace community remember 9/11 through a memorial service, but Mortola Library also played its part by hosting a showcase of artifacts and memorabilia from Ground Zero titled: “Mortola Library Remembers.”

“Any American or any person of the world was affected by the event,” said Rose Gillen, Head of Research and Information Systems at Mortola Library.

“As long as we hold the memory, we remember those who have perished and who have given their lives since then to protect all of us.”

“We are trying to tie it into a talk. The library is sort of the hub of campus. We are trying to make it so students are really interested in what’s going on in the library.”

The exhibit itself includes around 15 artifacts from the New York State Museum, as well as a detailed timeline of the events from that fateful day and a selection of books that tie into the subject of 9/11. The artifacts include objects taken from Ground Zero like a license plate, cell phone, and even a fragment of an airline fuselage.

“I wanted to bring something to our campus that the library could host,” said Daniel Sabol, Evening/Weekend Reference Li-

brarian.

Since May, Sabol came up with the idea and worked with Gillen to bring the artifacts from the New York State Museum brought the exhibit down through courier.

“Once we hung up the timeline, we hoped students would stop and look,” Gillen said. “I hope to see a positive influence in the students. In the end, we want the students to be glad.”

Both Gillen and Sabol hope to make an impact on the community through the library resources and looks to see more student feedback.

“We would love to have some more input from the students,” Gillen said, both in reference to the 9/11 memorial and also to the upcoming initiative of a Mortola student advisory council, which would add a student perspective to future library initiatives. “This is great, and in the end we would love to have feedback from students saying that it touched them, that they learned something from it, or that they are glad we did it.”

The artifacts can be seen on display within the glass exhibits near the entry of the library along with the selected books to go along with the showcasing. The timeline runs along the wall with detailed information of terrorist attacks and also an intricate timeline of the tragic day by the hour.

“There were a bunch of little steps to bring it all together,” Sabol said. “I don’t think it matters where you are from, somebody everywhere lost somebody. People from all over the world were there that day.”

For more information on the exhibit or how to contribute to future exhibits, students can contact Daniel Sabol or Rose Gillen.

Photos provided by Jonathan Alvarez, Pace University, and the Examiner

HEALTH

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 PAGE 8

Walk the Walk: Welcome to the Master Plan KAITLYN SZILAGYI HEALTH EDITOR According to Dean for Students, Lisa Bardill Moscaritolo, “The objective [of the Master Plan] is to have more pedestrian pathways…and [reduce] the dependence of automobiles on campus. Essentially, the Pace Pleasantville campus is turning into a walking campus.” Pace’s change to a pedestrian-friendly campus will bring students certain health benefits.

Rachel Carpenter, Assistant Dean for Assessment and Planning and Director of Student Development and Campus Activities, explained that when campuses look at design, they consider interaction, aesthetic appeal, involvement, and promoting a sense of community.

Past research has suggested social communities can make for healthier people. Center for Rural Affairs writer, Julia Hudson, wrote, “policies designed to assist communities to build environments that encourage preventive lifestyles, like exercising, have the potential to significantly improve the health and quality of life of rural people.”

From another perspective, a pedestrian-friendly campus means one positive effect is certain; faculty and students will be doing a lot more walking.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports only 13 percent of children walk to school today compared to 66 percent in 1970, a significant

Photos courtsey of PacePlvMasterPlan.com The Master Plan will create a “green space” around the center of campus, with parking on the outside of campus, making us a “walking campus” and unfortunate decline.

Senior criminal justice, prelaw major, Tameka Bazile, commented, “I definitely don’t walk enough. I realize that most campuses are walking-friendly campuses, and we were spoiled enough throughout the years to have parking close to the buildings we have classes in and spend time in.”

Physically, walking has been known to burn body fat, prevent type two diabetes, supplement rehabilitation from heart attack and stroke, improve posture, and more. In addition, there are mental and emotional benefits, which may vary from person to person.

Whether one prefers solitary walks or walking with a group, the activity can increase men-

tal alertness, improve memory, elevate self-esteem, and relieve symptoms of sleep disorders, to list a few.

Along with physical benefits of a pedestrian-friendly campus, there appears to be a social and emotional benefit, a strengthened sense of community.

As Rachel Carpenter said, “There are approximately 2,200

full-time, undergraduate students on this campus. We should have the kind of community where a majority of people walking on campus looks familiar to you even if you do not know them personally. It is like a family--you have immediate family, extended family, and sometimes very extended family members.”

Looking At Instructions: What Are You Not Reading?

KAITLYN SZILAGYI HEALTH EDITOR Every appliance, medication, exam, vehicle, and piece of clothing comes with a set of instructions. Machine wash; do not tumble dry. If over the age of twelve, take two pills every six hours, never more than four doses a day.

How many of us actually read these instructions?

Perhaps one might be willing to risk a shrunken shirt. However, with the potential of overdose and prescription addiction on the list of possible side effects for misusing medication, this might be one case in which reading the instructions is not only necessary, but imperative to your overall wellbeing and survival.

Senior communications major, Cristina Cuduco, knows this

Photos courtsey of Walgreens.com

all too well. This past spring semester she developed chronic congestion problems, for which her doctor prescribed her nasal spray. This nasal spray, Afrin, contains a common ingredient in decongestant sprays that is used for temporary relief of symptoms brought on by colds, sinus infections, and allergies.

“I bought Afrin and, without reading the instruction label on the back of the box and the back of the bottle, I took it for 3 weeks straight. I figured because my nasal passages were not clearing up on their own within the first week, I ought to continue taking the medicine until they did. What a world of hurt I was in for,” said Cuduco.

After her family and friends encouraged her to consult a health care provider once more, Cuduco visited Pace’s Health Center. The nurse practitioner told her the Afrin had actually caused her sinuses to worsen.

Sure enough, the instructions on the back of the bottle said not to take Afrin for more than four days. Cuduco could no longer breathe properly without Afrin.

For months, she struggled to breathe while no longer using the

Photos courtsey of Lienhard School of Nursing Students of Lienhard Shool of Nursing learn about patient care on a patient simulator nasal spray.

Afrin is an effective decongestant, well-known for clearing sinus-related symptoms for almost half a day on just a single dose. However, it is not meant to be used for extended periods of time and can have some difficult side effects.

New York Times writer Richard Saltus, in his article “Nasal Sprays can Bring on Vicious Cycle,” wrote “relief provided by nasal spray decongestants like Afrin…comes at a price: the risk

of rebound congestion caused by overuse and, for some people, a vicious cycle of overuse and dependence that feels like an addiction.”

Not limited to Afrin, be sure to ask your doctor about any and all medication he or she might prescribe you for colds or sinusrelated illnesses, and remember to always read the instructions on the label. The opportunity cost of not doing so could make your congestion even more uncomfortable.

ENTERTAINMENT

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 PAGE 9

Artist Spotlight: A Look At DJ K Stein ANDREAS CHRISTOU SENIOR COPY EDITOR Senior communications major Kristin Stein, better known as DJ K Stein, has a passion for music and being a DJ, and has been spinning beats and keeping the party going since she was 16 years old.

“There has never been a time that music and art were not involved in my life,” Stein said.

“By the time I was eight I was already taking several dance classes, learning how to play the piano, and starting to play the clarinet; by the time I was in high school, I had already taught myself how to play the guitar and begun to DJ.” It all started when Stein asked her parents for a DJ set instead of a Sweet 16 party. Her family was not unfamiliar with the profession, as two of her uncles and one of her aunts are DJs. She subsequently taught herself how to DJ and soon after landed her first and biggest gig for over 300 people.

Stein, a native of Ardsley, NY, was hired as a DJ at LIFE, a special events hall in her town, where she continued to DJ for a variety of events, from corporate events and fundraisers to bar mitzvahs, for five years.

DJ K Stein mixes her own music, citing her specialties as hip-hop, house, and Top 40. She was asked to DJ at Pacha, a club

in Manhattan, and had the opportunity to play alongside DJ Jumping Jay of New York City’s biggest Spanish radio station, La Mega 97.9.

Stein was also discovered and featured this past summer in Rome, Italy, while on a Pace travel course, where she was asked to perform in front of a crowd of over 100 people at the wellknown Scholars Lounge.

“The immense feeling of happiness that I got when listening to music was the sole reason why I began to DJ,” Stein said. “I want to create music that brings people joy and excitement just as it does for me.”

DJ K Stein is no stranger to Pace events as well. She was recently the DJ for Delta Phi Epsilon’s formal this past spring, and will also be playing next month at a townhouse homecoming event.

What’s next for DJ K Stein?

She recently landed an internship at Viacom/MTV in Manhattan, where she will be working in public relations for the communications department. Stein will also be graduating from Pace this May as a member of the Honors College, and hopes to continue working in the industry she loves.

“In the future, I see myself definitely still working in the entertainment industry, whether it is for a production company or a music label,” Stein said. “I al-

As the Cookie Crumbles...

A bite-sized taste of the Netflix menu CRISTINA CUDUCO ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Photo courtsey of stpeterline.com ways want to be involved in creating and producing music and other kinds of entertainment; but, regardless of where I get placed in life, I still want to make the best of it.”

While she knows that working with music would certainly keep

her happy, Stein reveals that she will still know how to find happiness in whatever she does.

But for now, her headphones are in, the music is loud, and DJ K Stein is giving the crowd the songs they want to hear.

Why the Obsession with Celebrity Death?

CRISTINA CUDUCO ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Photos courtsey of the Washington Times Top: Joan Rivers at a Celebratin of Barbara Walters event in May 2014.

Bottom: Robin Williams speaking on stage at “Idol Gives Back” in April 2008.

This year, the world has seen quite a few high profile celebrity deaths.

First was the passing of actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman in February. Then, in August, there was a trio of losses of some of the most talented people in movies and television: comedian Robin Williams, actress Lauren Bacall, and long time voice of Saturday Night Live, Don Pardo. Now, this month, we have lost another funny lady with the passing of Joan Rivers.

Especially with deaths like those of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Williams – deaths that no one saw coming, and that could have been prevented – there seems to be a natural halt and strong sense of sadness among fans and the Hollywood community.

When a celebrity dies, vigils are held, memorials are made, and the thousands, if not millions, of fans that adored them, pay respects. Why does this happen? Although it is sad to see a person go, especially one still in the prime of their life, or one that loses a battle to any number of illnesses, physical or mental, there is something to be said about a society that will cry over the passing of a single individual whom

they have not met.

Some believe our mourning of celebrities to be purely superficial and based on our love of their prior performances, more so than on a love of the person themselves.

“I don’t think we mourn them in the same way their families do,” said graduate psychology student Kay Lanza. “We didn’t know them as people, we knew them as characters. So really, we’re sad that they won’t be bringing any more characters to life, not so much sad for the actors themselves.”

Others believe that celebrities are immortalized by their superstardom while still alive, and therefore the idea of their death comes as a shock and surprise to the masses. Senior psychology student Emily Blakely seems to believe this.

“People look up to celebrities, and live vicariously through celebrities to the point where the death of someone famous reminds us of our own mortality, and that’s a scary thing,” Blakely said.

It is true, celebrities with their larger-than-life personalities and lifestyles do not seem like the dying type. It’s frightening for some to realize that death is inevitable; it’s also frightening to realize that no amount of money can buy enough happiness or health to keep a celebrity alive, let alone us.

Given the success of Netflix original series, one would rarely expect less than TV (or in this case, internet-streaming) gold from its newest addition, Bojack Horseman.

The animated series, which premiered on August 22, stars Arrested Development’s Will Arnett as the title character Bojack, a washed up, self-obsessed 90s sitcom star absorbed in his own past glories. Drunk and cynical, the horse, who is more man than horse (or is it more horse than man?), spends his days in the fancy house his sitcom afforded him, reliving his youth with a boxed set of his campy live-audienced TV show, Horsing Around.

The series follows Bojack as he sluggishly climbs his way back up toward relevance - as infamously as possible – in what Slate Magazine called “a Hollywood populated by coexisting (and copulating) humans and anthropomorphic animals.”

Interestingly enough, Bojack Horseman does explore what one may imagine to be major issues with stardom and Hollywood as a community, such as over exposure in the media, lack of privacy, and, of course, the sometimes inevitable, but always pathetic “has-been” status that comes with being a forgotten star.

Perhaps more clever than funny, Bojack Horseman features talented veterans already known for their comedic merits: Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad, Alison Brie of Community, and Paul F. Tompkins of Bob’s Burgers and Anchorman.

Unfortunately, neither these familiar (and hilarious) voices, nor the wonderful animation style, reminiscent of the FX hit Archer, saved this show from being just another temporary solution to a boring weekday night.

Bojack Horseman does not hold up to the expectations already set by previous Netflix originals like the hilarious and engrossing Orange Is The New Black, or the unique and intriguing Hemlock Grove, or the phenomenal and deeply cynical House of Cards.

If you like sleazy comedy filled with inappropriate situations and disappointing one-liners that get old really quickly, then Bojack Horseman is the show for you.

In all honesty, however, I promise you there are better things to watch on Netflix.

SPORTS

The Pace Chronicle

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 PAGE 10

Kickin’ It: Hawaiian Style with Women’s Soccer NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN SPORTS EDITOR

Get up early, practice, practice, practice, go to the townhouses, sleep. That’s the typical pre-season routine for a team at Pace. Naturally, when given the opportunity to break that routine and try something a little different, one would definitely take it.

That’s the scenario that the Pace women’s soccer team found

themselves in over the summer, when the team took a trip to Hawaii during the pre-season.

The trip provided the team with many opportunities, including the chance to learn a bit more about the management side of sports.

The team put clinics, fundraisers, and tournaments together in order to raise money for the trip.

“Everyone had to really pitch in and donate a lot of time in or-

Photos courtsey of Pace Athletics Above: The team warms up at Pearl Harbor. Right: The team conquers the KoKo Head headland in Maunalua Bay, Hawaii

der to make this happen,” said head coach Michael Wynn. “We needed to meet a certain criteria in order to make sure we didn’t fall behind in terms of training.

But the girls and the coaching staff really worked hard.”

Starting last December, and working all the way until Aug. 1 of this year, the team raised the money needed for Hawaii.

According to senior nursing major Geena Kooner, the team knew that the trip was a “privilege” and that they would have to put in a ton of hours to raise the money.

Still, they were all quite excited, with Kooner mentioning that the mentality was something like “who cares how much we have to work we’re going to Hawaii!”

But all that hard work allowed the team to learn some important lessons, such as how to interact with youth players.

“The clinics are really a great way to have the girls learn how to teach youth and really help put them in good leadership roles,” Wynn said.

Kooner enjoyed the experience, seeing as it was quite different from training sessions in the past, where the team traveled to Florida and California. However, she knew it would be a lot of work but in the end it was worth it.

“All of the girls had to work a specific amount of hours doing concession stands for basketball games, soccer day and overnight

camps for high school girls looking to come to Pace in the future during the spring,” Kooner said.

“In the summer we worked full day multi-sport camps working with young children from the ages of four to 13.”

All that time spent together helped the team get to know each other, especially with 20 new re-

cruits. Part of the reason Hawaii was chosen as the destination was for player bonding.

The team would have their regularly scheduled practices and training mixed in with a bit of Hawaiian adventures.

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Bonded by Ice: A Look Into the Iciest Challenge of the Summer NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN SPORTS EDITOR

The summer’s biggest blockbuster wasn’t a movie or a hit song; it was a bucket of ice being poured on people to raise money for charity.

Anyone who’s anyone has done it, from Derek Jeter to Former President George W. Bush.

What started off as a fun little challenge among friends has turned into a worldwide phenomenon.

But what has made the ice bucket challenge such a success?

For one it’s shown the power of social media as observed by Pace head football coach Andrew Rondeau.

“It’s incredibly positive that the movement was able to raise awareness and a large amount of funding, as I understand, for ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis),” said Rondeau, who witnessed his team participate in the challenge over the summer.

While originally the ice bucket challenge was not linked to ALS, all it took was one person along with a couple of social media platforms in order for it to take off.

Thanks to social media it has

created a chain of awareness which has touched many different areas, including the world of sports.

Numerous athletes have continued the chain all over, including various athletes at Pace; most notably the entire Pace football team. The challenge served as a way for the team to come together to help raise awareness of a terrible disease.

“It was good for our players to be aware of real and giant challenges that exist for individuals and families that are affected

by ALS,” Rondeau said. “Hopefully they added to the chain of spreading that awareness.”

The popularity has been so influential that it has even created a spin-off movement in the world of college sports. Niya Butts, head women’s basketball coach at Arizona University, began the program with her staff in order to raise money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Similar to the ice bucket challenge, it continued to spread through collegiate athletic programs across the country. Pace’s own Carrie Seymour and Patricia Blow, women’s basketball head coach and assistant coaches, respectively, have participated in

this challenge.

Even T-Bone got in on the fun after being challenged by the Oregon Duck, Oregon University’s mascot, on June 27.

The different challenges have created a brotherhood of ice, a community of people who have joined together, regardless of whom they are and what they do, in order to raise funds and awareness for various causes.

“It’s definitely something fun to do that brings people together,” said women’s field hockey coach Valerie Hickman.

“The awareness it has garnered for ALS has been through the roof.”

The challenge so far has raised over $100 million for the ALS Association. Those challenged can post a video of themselves completing the challenge, nominate others and then donate or decline the challenge and donate $100 to a ALS charity. #Chillin4Charity has a similar rule book, with coaches having 48 hours to accept the challenge.

Head coaches who accept donate $50, while assistant coaches donate $25. Those who do not complete the challenge have to donate $250 to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Photos courtsey of YouTube T-Bone gives a big thumbs-up before he jumps into the ice water Feel free to visit http://www. alsa.org/donate/ and/or https:// donate.kayyow.com// if you would like to donate. No ice

buckets required.

Check out the Pace Athletics YouTube page to see T-Bone’s icy splash.

SPORTS

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 PAGE 11

Athletics’ Summer Timeline Welcomes New Faces NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN SPORTS EDITOR

June 7: Pace Alum David Pepe (class of 2014) was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 31 round of the 2014 MLB Draft.

June 19: Pace University becomes a full-time member of the Eastern NE-10 Conference, and awards Pace Men’s Swimming and Diving along with Men’s Cross Country with Academic Team Excellence honors. Men’s Swimming and Diving posted a 3.20 GPA, giving them top team honors for the third straight year.

Men’s Cross Country finished with a 3.613 GPA. June 24: The NE-10 Conference names four Pace athletes to the NE-10 Academic All-Conference team for the spring semester.

Senior Jeanie Drury, junior Natalie Gellos (softball), and alumni William Scioscia and Marty Schenellenbach all received honors.

June 27: Pace Athletics unveils the new Setters website

powered by SideArmSports. The all-new site features an interactive platform meant to engage Setter Nation with easy access to team information, videos, and all the latest Setter information.

According to Director of Athletics Mark Brown the new website “will be extremely beneficial for [Pace] moving forward.” Check it out at paceuathletics.com.

June 30: The Oregon Duck challenged T-Bone to complete the #Chillin4Charity Challenge on Twitter.

July 17: A pair of Pace pitchers were named to their respective summer league All-Star Games as junior Dylan Mouzakes spent the summer with the Montauks Mustangs in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League, posting a 1.91 ERA while going 3-2 in six starts.

Garran held a 1.37 ERA pitching out of the bullpen for the Utica Brewers in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.

July 25: Janine Bernado joins the Sports Medicine staff at Pace with a role as an Assistant Athlet-

ics Trainer. Meanwhile Danielle Govan was promoted to full time Assistant Athletics Trainer after five months as an interim trainer.

July 29: Pace Cross Country announces the hiring of Alexander Bean as the new Head Coach.

Aug. 11: Courtney Bertolone was named as the assistant coach for both the women’s field hockey and women’s lacrosse teams.

Aug. 12-13: Pace Football adds a quartet of coaches to their staffs with the additions of Tyler Card as Offensive Line Coach, Timothy Marmoi as the Outside Linebackers Coach, Joseph Hawkins as the Running Backs Coach and Devon Simmons as a Graduate Assistant and Wide Receivers Coach.

Aug. 22: Pace Men’s Lacrosse adds member to their staff with the hiring of Dan Mulholland. Mulholland is a Pace veteran, having established the lacrosse program in 1983, leaving a legacy at Pace with a 104-77 after 14 varsity seasons (The team garnered varsity status in 1986).

Aug. 24: Pace Football hosted a Fan Fest on Pace Field where fans got the chance to meet with the team. Youth group team members 12 years and under participated in the DJ Henry Youth Football clinic in which they got to go through offensive and defensive drills lead by members of the Pace football team. The team, along with the youths, also completed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

Sept. 2: Dan Allen is named the new head coach for Pace Swimming and Diving. Allen comes in eager to “continue the growth of the program”.

Photos provided by Pace Athletics Top (from top to bottom) Janine Bernado, Danielle Govan, Alexander Bean, Courtney Bertolone, Tyler Card, Timothy Marmol, Joseph Hawkins, Devon Simmons. Left: Fans participate in Fan Fest, hosted

by Pace Football

Science, Art, Magic: The Method to the Madness New Womens’ Field Hockey Coach Explains All

NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN SPORTS EDITOR

S.A.M.: Science, Art, and Magic. Those are three important words for the new women’s field hockey coach, having already embarked on the journey of creating the first ever women’s field hockey team at Pace.

Head Coach Valerie Hickman believes that those three words are the key when it comes to learning the game of field hockey.

“It’s more art than science because it requires a lot of skill,” Hickman said. “The girls need to be fast and energetic. For the first season, especially, there is going to be a lot of learning involved.

It’s really all about making the right choices and having the right mental approaches.”

Part of that mental approach

that Hickman seeks is practicing and honing those skills until “you can’t do it wrong, ‘till you have an innate sense of how to pull through.”

Similar to approaches with any new team, the main goals are to just get the foot in the door.

Hickman believes it’s important for the team to give themselves measurable goals in order to know how high to reach.

She explains that when it comes to goals, it’s important to make sure that the players create these goals themselves as a group, in order to have ownership over them.

The idea is that with ownership, the players will want to accomplish those goals as opposed to following someone else’s, in which case Hickman says people usually don’t.

Aside from goals, trust is another important component that goes into Hickman’s method of “art and science.” Seeing as it’s a new team mainly composed of freshmen, it will take some time for players to really get to know each other and get to that point where they are comfortable.

Hickman has several methods that she looks to implement in order to make that happen.

One way is by doing fun practice sessions that really let the team bond while working on their skills.

“Whether it’s doing a luau themed or Halloween themed practice or having some team bonding over dinner, it’s all very important for them,” said Hickman, who learned some of her methods from her own experiences.

“Then also we’ll do a lot of charity work such as adopting a family or donating to charities or doing a 5k run for cancer awareness. These are all things that will bring us together and will really put what’s important into perspective.

“It’s really easy to lose sight of things in our society. Sometimes a loss or not mastering a skill might seem like the biggest thing in the world, but once you put yourself out there and you do these things you really become more aware of what’s really important in life and I think that’s crucial.”

Helping others is something that Hickman grew up doing; what seemed to make the biggest impact for her was when she would go to orphanages to spend some time with the kids. Hickman describes it as a rewarding

feeling in which she was able to see just how lucky she really was.

The act of community service in itself is where the magic lies, as it takes a lot for a person to be able to give to others in need; it creates a sense of fulfillment and also an aura of positivity, the last important factor for Hickman.

“Having that positive energy really brings everyone together,” Hickman said. “You know, there isn’t any point in being angry all the time because that’s not going to do anything. I want my team to have that sense of positivity because that is what will make them better. If they don’t get something right away, they’ll keep working on it ‘till they do.”

Science, magic, and art. That is what it is going to take for this new Pace team.

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Small Victories: The 2014-2015 Setters Football Preview NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN SPORTS EDITOR

JAMES MIRANDA FEATURED WRITER A team’s makeup is very important, especially when it comes to instilling the idea of turning the page and becoming successful. One of the key ingredients for that make-up is trust; it is what helps turn good teams into great teams.

But for the new-look 2014 football team, success means small victories. It means building up the team and building up that trust, setting themselves up for greater things in the future.

A total of 41 players were brought in to join the team with 29 incoming freshman and 12 transfers. Bringing all those players in is not a simple task, but so far the staff has made it work.

“We didn’t have much in the area of seniors and juniors, so we felt it was extremely important to fill up that gap,” Head Coach Andrew Rondeau said. “Rarely do you see teams that are mainly rookies take radical leaps. That’s why that veteran presence is important.”

Now that the team has acquired that balance, the trick is to find a way to mesh everyone together. Team bonding is important and the Setters have been able to do that with events such as the Fan Fest that was held on Aug. 24.

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“We were really able to experience the culture during our down-time which I think was a great experience for everyone to really get to know each other,” explained Wynn.

Kooner agreed, stating that the team “got very close with one another,” becoming a family rather quickly.

Playing in Hawaii also provided the team with the opportunity to play a couple more pre-season

Not only did the team spend the day with fans and members of local youth groups, but they also completed the ice bucket challenge, and you know what they say, a team that soaks together stay together.

“Coach Rondeau has done a great job of really having the guys put themselves out there to each other, whether it’s in a team meeting or practice, the players are really trying to get to know each other,” QB coach/Offensive coordinator Chad Walker said.

Coach Walker would later detail how even at lunch everyone tries to get to know each other more and the coaches can see the chemistry within the team grow every day. However, the players aren’t trying too hard to blend together; to them it’s just normal.

“I think the best way is to just compete,” junior and defensive lineman Tyler Owens said.

“When [players] compete with guys, you build a bond with them; this preseason we’ve just been competing with everything we do.”

Through the results of the past seasons, a heavy stench of “0 wins” in the last three years can still be felt, but Rondeau and the staff have already started to change things.

“Coach Rondeau has implemented a philosophy here where what we’re working on right now is just getting better and celebrating small victories,” Defensive coordinator/LB coach Corey Hegames, seeing as the NCAA allows for some exhibition games to be played.

The team took on Hawaii Pacific University and Chaminade University, giving the Setters a live-action look at teams similar to the competition in the NE-10.

Despite being in warm weather with sunny skies and beautiful beaches, the team stayed focused throughout the trip, already in pre-season mode.

“Although it was a different place, we still had the same mindset, which was to win games,” said Wynn. “We were still in preseason so we practiced and worked just as hard and just as

Photo provided by Pace Athletics therman said. “Our goal every single day is not worrying about anything else outside of what we can control and all we want to do is focus on what we can control and get better at those things.”

In order to accomplish this, Rondeau looks to confidence and humility, two qualities he believes are necessary in order to foster this culture. Both qualities help players strike a balance, allowing them to be assured of themselves while also leaving room recognizing when improvement is needed.

“As a coach you need to know how much ownership you can give your players,” said Coach Rondeau, who also believes it’s important for players to be selfless. “You don’t want them to be many hours as we would have at Pace, but being in Hawaii made it better.”

Now that the season has already begun, the team has already been hit with some challenges, most notably sophomore Delaney Williams being sidelined with a torn ACL. The team has remained optimistic though, with Coach Wynn stating it’s just an opportunity others to step up their game.

That chance to step up will continue on Wed. Sept. 17, when the Setters take on American International for their first home game at 4 p.m. on Pace field.

cocky, but you don’t want them to not have confidence. It’s finding a balance between the two.”

While the team will look to celebrate small victories, some players are eager to show the other teams just what they’re made of.

“For the team, I hope that we’re able to earn some type of respect from other teams in the conference and make a stand and shock the conference,” senior and RB Blair Wynn said. “We’re the underdog.”

Thus far, the Setters haven’t accomplished that mission, starting off the season at 0-2 after matchups against Alderson Broddus on Sept. 6, and Merrimack College on Sept. 13.

Still, Rondeau understands

that with a new staff and about 30 new players it is all a process that includes the good, the bad, and the ugly.

According to Rondeau the good and bad become a “reference point or watermark for development.”

“We made a lot of good football plays but we are not a playing good football yet,” Rondeau said.

“Our consistency is the difference. But with those elements we take away we can show our players what they are capable of and where the inconsistencies are.”

The next home game for the Setters will be Sept. 20 as they take on Southern Connecticut State at Ann M. Dorner Field, with kickoff at 12 p.m.

This Week in Athletics Women’s Soccer vs. American International Sept. 17, Briarcliff Field, 4:00 PM Football vs. Southern Connecticut State University Sept. 20, Ossining Field, 12:00 PM Women’s Volleyball vs. Holy Family Sept. 20, Pleasantville Gym, 12:00 PM Women’s Soccer vs. Merrimack Sept, 20, Briarcliff Field, 3:30 PM

Photo provided by Pace Athletics \The Pace Women’s soccer team takes a morning run on the beach in Hawaii during pre-season training