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Volume 99, Issue 2

September 5, 2017

West Haven, Conn.

THE

CHARGER BULLETIN

The student news source of the University of New Haven.

SLIDING INTO SILICON VALLEY

Student app “SlideDrive” getting noticed by investors

GO INSIDE WESTFEST CHARGERS START ON TOP

31-20 victory in first game, pg. 17

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University, Community Aim to Unite at WestFest 2017

Bulletin Briefs O

BY CHAZZ MAIR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

News

Irish Scholar working at University pg. 6

Opinion A message from USGA President Nicolette pg. 8

A&E Green Day perform in Hartford pg. 14

Sports

Charger Football wins first game pg. 17

Student Life Inside the mind of a psychic pg. 21

bulk of the businesses present at the event, having been added to the commission’s roster after studying abroad

n September 2, the

West Haven community and

with Professor Haynes.

Booths representing local

the University of New Haven

businesses and organiza-

came together for the third

tions from the city and the

annual WestFest. Kicked off

University were set up across

by residents and students

the West Haven Green. New

throwing packets of powdered Haven Tea was about twenty feet from the Marine Biolpaint at each other to the sound of their own laughter,

ogy club and visitors for the

the two communities looked

events could visit each table

at what the other had to offer.

to learn about them. The

Connor Vargo, chair of the

Society of Women Engineers

University’s Mayor’s Advisory

brought virtual reality kits to

Commission, said that the

entertain attendees and the

event was an idea put forth

West Haven Library put its

by Mayor Edward O’Brien

educational and recreational

and the University of New

programs on display. Music

Haven’s Assistant Professor

was provided by WNHU 88.7

and Coordinator of Political

FM and radio personality

Science, Chris Haynes.

Sonja Denyse was the master

Amanda Arango/The Charger Bulletin

(Above) Sigma Chi got pied in the face for the Huntsman Cancer Institute (Below) Participants sign up for events like the pieeating contest and tug-of-war

Amanda Arango/The Charger Bulletin

“West Haven was West Hav- of ceremonies.

The event wasn’t just a walk en and the University was the University,” Mayor O’Brien

through the various organiza-

said at the event.

tions of the school and town;

The Mayor’s Advisory

entertainment was provided

Commission lets students

to keep people around. Local

work with local government

names like Ian Biggs provided

to get involved and unite the

a short break from the radio

West Haven and University

station’s playlist and the Top

communities. Jaimy Rippe

Hat Dance Academy’s young

handled the gathering of a

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Mayor Ed O’Brien of West Haven speaks to the crowd.

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University VP Eyes Third Term on City Council

BY GLENN ROHRBACKER

EDITOR IN CHIEF

U

against the mayor’s proposed

people to realize that. Still,

budget (which passed by

he knows how important it

default) because he thought

continues to be.

employees had a “bare-bones” niversity of New

Haven’s Associate Vice

President of Public Safety &

ald Quagliani is running for a

third term on the West Haven

City Council this fall.

“Public service has been in

my blood all my life,” he said

in an interview.

Quagliani was elected to the

council in 2015 after a sitting

member resigned. He then

won his seat again that fall

and is about to finish his two-

year term.

Quagliani is running on

the Democratic ticket for the

at-large seat on the council.

At-large councilmen repre-

sent and are elected by the

whole city. He sees this role as

“bridging together multidis-

trict issues.”

Having a position at the

University allows Quagliani to

better address issues between

the school and the rest of the

city, he says. He also says that

he abstains when there is Uni-

versity business on the coun-

cil’s agenda to avoid conflicts

of interest.

“I think I bring a perspective

of the University community

contract and there were new

to the citizens of this com-

positions created that would

munity is public safety and

have been nice, but what he

quality of life,” he said.

says are not necessary.

Administrative Services Ron-

The mayor appears on the

Being a former police

back of Quagliani’s campaign

officer and chief in West

flyer, a situation of which he

Haven, Quagliani points out

recognizes the irony. But he

that another of his priorities

says the mayor knows that his

is public safety. One of his

Democratic colleagues aren’t

goals that he says has come

going to be “yes-men.”

a long way is matching the

Photo via Friends of Ron Quagliani

“What I know is important

Quagliani will be running

Quagliani will run to represent all of West Haven perception and reality of West in the Democratic primary on on the Democratic ticket. Haven’s safety. Crime has Sept. 12, the winner of which to the council,” he said.

A mission the councilman

complex called “The Haven.”

The councilman believes

plans to continue pursuing

that The Haven will be “a

is to mend the gap between

destination.” He said that the

students and residents in

project will increase the tax

West Haven. He recognizes

base for the city due to the

the common differences in

added businesses and will

lifestyle between the two

provide tax relief for resi-

groups, but hopes that there

dents.

can be mutual respect and

Once those projects are

been steadily decreasing since will move on to the general 2011, and Quagliani wants

WestFest Brings the Community Together Continued from pg. 3 dancers showed the community a routine that took clas-

understanding on both sides.

done, Quagliani says the next

sical tunes and mixed them

One of Quagliani’s priori-

step would be to revitalize the

with modern hits.

ties is economic development

downtown area. He thinks

throughout the city. He was

the area should get a similar

the start of the University’s

recently involved in the vote

treatment as Allingtown and

fall semester, is seen as a

to approve the construction

the Haven.

welcome to students who are

site for the next phase of the

“We need a developer to

Allingtown development

take a chance on the [down-

across from the newly opened

town] center,” he said.

Atwood. He is also a sup-

Quagliani stressed the

porter of the plan to renovate

importance of balancing the

a large part of West Haven

city’s budget, which has run a

near the coast for a new outlet deficit for decades. He voted

election in November.

The event itself, placed at

new to the West Haven area.

Taking place at the end of the school’s “Welcome Week” is many Freshmen’s first introduction to what’s available to them once they step off of

school grounds.

“Great beaches, great food and great people,” Vargo said about the West Haven area, while Rippe was quick to praise the diversity of the community and how willing the city is to reach out to refugees. Shared among everyone was a unifying identity and goal of having fun.

“Out of all of the events the city puts on, WestFest is the most fun.” Sonja Denyse said.

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Head of ROTC Dies at 52

BY GLENN ROHRBACKER

EDITOR IN CHIEF

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University to recruit students and with the athletic department to help them set up partnerships with the Connecticut National Guard, U.S.

ajor (Ret) Glenn

Army, and ROTC. He raised

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Student Start-Up Aims for Silicon Valley cessful product.

BY GLENN ROHRBACKER

EDITOR IN CHIEF

S

“If we could implement this

cause risk is lower, there are

software with the privacy

less obligations, and it’s easier

options that people want, but

to work on the business.”

that the internet isn’t giving ome students head to

young students,” he said, “be-

Although no chief financial

them, we could take over this

officer has been named, the

market,” he said.

executives share the duties

A. Colby, Sr., who headed the

and managed more than

Army ROTC program at the

$2.75 million in scholarship

University of New Haven,

and financial aid money each

but one group University

died on Aug. 24 at the age of

year, which contributed to the

of New Haven students are

52 after a battle with cancer.

education and civilian careers

was to be fully funded in three thing in-house. According

Colby was a strong advo-

of students.

meeting with venture capital-

weeks, and they achieved that

to Pitruzzello, the company

ists and investors instead.

goal in 10 days this summer.

doesn’t outsource their opera-

Their next goal is to be fully

tions, which allows them to

funded by January 2018.

save money.

cate for the program, which

Colby is survived by his

provides training and scholar- wife, Ailyn and son, Glen Jr. Friends and family were able ships to students interested

the café in between classes,

In nine months, Nathan Pitruzzello, a University

He said that SoluTech’s goal

and purposefully do every-

in entering the military as an

to post comments on Colby’s

senior, has reached a level of

officer after graduation.

obituary, with one saying:

investments and prospects

preliminary investment, and

up does a lot of reading, and

from investors that most

while they signed an agree-

Mia Sumra, chief operating

start-ups don’t see for two or

ment not to disclose the

officer carries around her

three years.

amount, Pitruzzello said the

“How to be a CFO” book with

investment sets them up for

her. Before managing his

Instrumental in training

“Dear Ailyn, Glenn and fam-

other ROTC recruiters around ily, Deepest heartfelt sympathe country, Colby headed

They recently received a

The team behind the start-

the Nathan Hale Battalion of

thies are sent your way with

ROTC, which was based both

the loss of Glenn. He truly is a

at UCONN and the University

special man and we are all so

officer of SoluTech, was sit-

financial stability. The com-

start-up, Pitruzzello started

of New Haven. He also grew

blessed to have him as a part

ting in class one day trying to

of our lives. I still recall the

pany is the first fully-funded

developing his skills by orga-

that battalion to be the second largest in the Northeast

first time I met Glenn at lodge

share files between devices.

app out of New Haven via a

nizing online gaming com-

(second only to Penn State)

and we connected immedi-

He found that services such

crowdfunding method (Kick-

munities and leading them on

and to having more than 250

ately and shared our military

as Dropbox, iCloud, AirDrop,

starter). The staff of SoluTech

certain tasks, which he said

cadets enrolled.

experiences. From the picnics

or plain email were restrictive

is based in New Haven, and

was eye-opening experience.

in the size and type of files

about 90 percent of staffers

SlideDrive is currently the

that could be shared. Slide

are University students.

Colby helped the University of and the lobster, to working New Haven establish in 2008 with Glenn in the kitchen and what is now a popular and

our degree team at Lodge to

flourishing ROTC program.

having the honor of escorting

Pitruzzello, chief executive

Drive, the first project from

SoluTech, solved that probHe also extended the program Glenn to the East while sitting lem by allowing large files to Southern Connecticut State with Glenn Jr and he placing to transfer between devices, University, Eastern Connecti- the top hat on his dad. I took

Pitruzzello says that con-

first round of testing and will soon be available to the

trary to what some may think, public. The team says that investors actually prefer col-

it will rival other competi-

lege students to more experi-

tors, while they are looking

cut State University, Central

the picture of that. Heaven

while protecting the data with enced businesspeople because at services such as AirDrop

Connecticut State University,

has certainly gained a bright

security features not found in

of their eagerness to work and and Dropbox to see what they

and Yale University.

star and all of us who know

other programs.

their relative lack of commit-

can do better. SlideDrive will

ments.

also be inter-device capable,

Over the years, Colby

and love Glenn still have

worked closely with the ad-

him with us and he is only a

missions department at the

thought away.”

Pitruzzello said he knew right away that he had a suc-

“They prefer to mentor

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Students Get University Hosts Irish Investments for Fulbright Scholar to Research Cyber Forensics App Start-Up

BY GLENN ROHRBACKER

EDITOR IN CHIEF

T

he University of New

two have collaborated for ap-

which could sometimes take

proximately a year and Lillis

years to complete.

says he expects their partner-

“The amount of digital

ship to continue when he

evidence is only getting big-

returns home.

ger,” he said. He added that

“Hosting a Fulbright scholar sometimes it could take so

Haven is hosting Dr. David

as motivated and talented as

long to develop evidence that

Lillis, an Irish Fulbright

Dr. Lillis is a great opportu-

cases are dropped due to the

Scholar studying two differ-

nity for the University, our

expiration of the statute of

ent elements of cyber security

students, and our ever-grow-

limitations.

and forensics.

ing worldwide network of

Lillis is an assistant profes-

Lillis is also looking into

researchers,” said Breitinger.

machine learning and arti-

sor at University College in

Lillis said he enjoys being

ficial intelligence and how

Dublin, Ireland, where he

here with his team because he

those technological advance-

teaches software engineering.

is able to make connections

ments relate to forensics.

He also spends four months

and get to know the people he

out of the year teaching in

works with, saying, “I think

gram is run by the U.S. De-

China for a dual program be-

being here will help us both.”

partment of State, specifically

tween his university and one

Cyber security is one of the

the Council for International

in China.

The Fulbright Scholar Pro-

most prevalent issues in the

Exchange of Scholars. It is

Lillis is relatively new to the

United States, and Lillis says

an international exchange

cyber forensics field, but says

that it isn’t as high-profile in

program that gives research

that it fascinates him and he

Ireland as it is here. But he

grants for scholars to com-

believes in different ways to

sees many similarities in his

plete short-term, non-com-

learn more about the field.

research, specifically how law

mercial projects and research

enforcement uses forensics

in the U.S.

“I felt there was a contribution I could make,” he said about working on this re-

and data.

Lillis said he wanted to visit

One project Lillis is working

the University of New Haven

on is the approximate match-

because “they’re ahead of the

ing of forensic evidence. This

curve in terms of anticipating

is a highly manual process,

where the field needs to go.

Frank Breitinger, who is the

but Lillis’s project aims to ad-

They’ve taken a leadership

co-director of the University’s

vance the method of finding

role in the cyber forensics

and sorting through evidence,

community.”

search project.

Lillis has been working with U. New Haven professor

cyber forensics group. The

Photo via SoluTech

SlideDrive comparison to other file sharing services Continued from pg. 6 like AirDrop, but will not be restricted to Apple or Android devices.

“Everything works at just the slide of a finger,” said Joey Nicklas, a junior at the University and the chief creative officer for the company.

The functions of the code that goes into it and the sliding gesture referred to in its namesake are currently patent pending.

The next step, according to the three executives, is to perfect their product. They recently met with the city of New Haven economic development team to discuss grant

options. They plan to begin in the New Haven area, but are open to offers from Silicon Valley investors.

Pitruzzello is optimistic and passionate about his product and company. He says that one of their goals is to provide “privacy in a public world.”

With decreasing options for large-file converting and movement and increasing risks to cyber security and reliance on personal technology, Pitruzello thinks that Slide Drive is the perfect solution.

“With SlideDrive, you can make your phone your flash drive,” he said, “and you never forget your phone.”