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Third floor of Axinn Library to undergo renovations

By Danny Nikander ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Plans to renovate the third floor of The Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library in an effort to increase academic support are currently underway.

According to Jean Peden Christodoulou, the assistant vice president of Student Affairs, the new space will aim to foster a better connection between students and the library resources by creating a central location for students to go for help with schoolwork.

“I see it as the intellectual hub for the University and there’s no better place for that than the

library,” Christodoulou said. “Any student can start there [on the third floor]. If the service they are looking for is not offered there, the staff will be able to connect them to it.”

Currently the third floor contains mostly books which will be moved to other floors in the library. The plans for the layout are still in discussion; however, Christodoulou said the design and layout of the floor will incorporate a combination of offices for the Center for Academic Excellence as well as spaces for individual and group tutoring.

“I think the great thing about it is that the campus is coming together to improve aca-

demic support for students,” Christodoulou said.

Some Hofstra students also seem to be in favor of the renovations.

“I would say it’s very beneficial,” Nikki Lilly, a junior psychology major, said. “We need more spaces to go and study. I feel like other spaces don’t always get utilized as much as they should. If the third floor had an easy layout to sit and focus, I would use it.”

Aisha Kitcher, a first-year graduate and pre-med student, feels she will not utilize this new space because being a graduate student rarely calls for this type of service. Nonetheless, she believes it will be beneficial

Panel analyzes the race to the presidency

By Laurel O’Keefe

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

The race for the presidency, from candidates to outcome predictions, was analyzed in a panel that included Hofstra Senior Presidential Fellows Howard Dean and Edward J. Rollins, Glenn Thrush – chief political correspondent for Politico – and Lawrence Levy – executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies – on Thursday, March 10.

Sponsored by the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency and the National Center for Suburban Studies, the event discussed the future of policy making and the potential change of governance this election year. The same panel last convened for a discussion of the 2014 midterm elections, before the Republican Party won control of the Senate.

“I’ve been doing this political journalism for 40 years and I’ve never seen anything like this,”

Levy said of this year’s election.

“Every experience I’ve had, every way of analyzing things just seems completely insubstantial.

I don’t even trust my instincts anymore.”

Levy went on to ask candidates to elaborate and explain what he called the Trump and Sanders phenomenon, referring to the perturbation both candidates have managed to create.

“My sense today is that [the Republican nomination] has narrowed down to Trump and Cruz, the establishment and money,” Rollins, a Republican strategist that has served in the administrations of four former U.S. presidents, said.

Rollins also went on to say that the presidential race has turned into a reality show, claiming that the definition of what it takes to be a great leader has changed.

To appear like you are telling it like it is, Rollins said, “don’t be a governor, don’t be a senator, be a reality TV show [persona].”

Keeping this newly developing

strategy in mind, Rollins spoke on the campaigns of the leading candidates in his party, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. “Cruz has a better campaign and he’s good at winning the closed primaries, meaning the Republicansonly vote, and Trump has no campaign. Trump is basically a big personality. He’s got some nice young guys that basically do what he wants them to do. He has no real campaign, but I do think he’s definitely on the radar,” Rollins said.

Thrush, who has spent a lot of time on the road this year – particularly in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina – explained his understanding of the mentality of the citizens that are voting for Trump.

“Donald Trump’s voters are not people that are looking for power or even a result. They are looking to express some of their

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to undergraduate classes and departments.

“It would be nice to have a central location at the library,” Kitcher said. “I think anything that would make it easier to access help is a positive change.”

The plans to renovate the third floor were revealed in an email sent out to the student body.

In addition, there was an open forum held on March 9 for faculty, staff and students to learn more about the renovations and to ask questions. Despite this, some students feel they were not properly informed of these changes.

“I had no idea this was happening,” Danielle Jones, a first-year graduate and organizational psy-

chology student said. “I feel like you have to look for this information to understand.”

Kitcher agreed with Jones and added that if students are not aware of these changes, then the new spaces might not be utilized.

Laura Bellini, a junior political science and journalism major, said, “I think it’s a hand-in-hand effort. I wasn’t seeking out this information, but more communication would have been better.”

While there is no date set for when the renovations will begin, Christodoulou said the goal is to complete the project within the next academic year.

St. Baldrick’s Day 2016

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Hofstra raises $30,000 for St. Baldrick’s Day

By Kelly Martin SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Hofstra University’s eighth annual St. Baldrick’s Day charity event raised over $30,000 for childhood cancer research in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center on Wednesday, March 9.

At the event, hosted by the Hofstra roller hockey team, participants raised money through silent auctions, pledges and monetary donations. The main draw however, was the dozens of people who shaved their heads in an effort to raise money and help promote the St. Baldrick’s Foundation’s cause.

St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a charity that was founded in 2000, has raised over $270 million for childhood cancer research and is the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants.

Ryan McCallen, a freshman on the roller hockey team who shaved his head for the cause, has been involved with the charity since he was in elementary school. “You just want to do anything you can to give back … it’s nice to do,” he said.

As a long time supporter, he is comfortable with the idea of shaving his head by now. “It’s always fun … whether I’ve got hair or whether I don’t have hair, it doesn’t matter,” McCallen said.

According to Traci Shirk, the public relations and media manager for the nonprofit organization, the goal of the event is to “not only raise money for research of cures and better treatment so children with cancer can lead long, healthy lives, but also to show people standing in solidarity with kids who lose their hair during cancer treatment.”

Money is awarded to researchers and doctors through a grant process that does not discriminate about the type of cancer the research is funding. The grants are given out in two cycles, in the fall and summer, to various institutions across the country.

They have been instrumental in the process of researching cures and finding more effective ways to help children battle their illnesses.

The extensive amount of planning that goes into the event is made easier by the Hofstra community’s eagerness to participate.

“It kind of does itself now, as far as having everyone show up and participate,” Cole Sodaro, coordinator and president of the roller hockey team, said.

Colin Sullivan, the director of communications for Student Affairs, has worked on the event for five years and says that the bulk of the promotion and planning starts after the holiday season, but everyone has been

working on the fundraiser since the previous November.

After another successful year, the tradition of St. Baldrick’s Day at Hofstra will likely continue for many years to come. The passion from people working to pull the project off has proven infectious and the Hofstra community has shown its dedication to the cause.

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By Courtney Joyner STAFF WRITER

The cost of college can be a burden for many, and when you’re a rookie in your industry and just trying to gain experience it can be tough to make a decent wage. However, for those enrolled in a New York State graduate school program for music education, a new organization may remedy those difficulties.

Education Through Music (ETM), an inner-city music program, has introduced a new incentive to encourage music teachers to pursue graduatelevel study in music education.

According to Executive Director Katherine Damkohler, the opportunity also “[Encourages teachers] to enhance their knowledge and skills,” as well as increase “their successful long-term employment at an ETM partner school.”

The program offers an annual stipend of $5,000 for tuition reimbursement to give students

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New program aims to better music education the opportunity to build upon their credentials while taking on a curtailed financial responsibility. “[The program] provides professional development to all ETM music teachers throughout the school year and provides intensive professional development for two weeks during the summer,” Damkohler said.

She said ETM is dedicated to “attracting and retaining the very best teachers [as it] is core to our mission of providing high-quality music education at our partner schools.”

The program is responsible for reaching nearly 27,000 students in inner-city New York schools, as well as 10,000 students in Los Angeles.

Cindy Bell, an associate professor of music at Hofstra, explained how the program advances beneficiaries. “First, they provide the school with the appropriate equipment and instruments. That is essential to making a music room alive and

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inviting,” she said. “But second, there is ongoing professional development for the new hires, both individually and in several group meetings a month.”

Hofstra students can benefit from this program and some currently do, as Bell explained.

“Currently, two 2015 graduates work for ETM, and professor Peter Boonshaft teaches professional development workshops for them,” she said.

Khristine Raymond, an applied music and music teaching graduate student at Lehman College, has worked for ETM for two years now. “Every time I come home from grad school, my head is full of ideas.

I start thinking about how I can take all the information and somehow incorporate that in my classroom,” she said. “My students are achieving higher levels of success because I have more resources in my toolbox to help those students.”

Damkohler discussed how the program helps develop

learning in all areas. “Education Through Music has a grade-level curriculum that sets benchmarks of achievement for every grade in music skills. Music teachers use these skills to build creative and engaging classroom activities that support learning and tie into other academic subjects,” she said.

Damkohler said the main goal of ETM is to ensure that every child, including those with special needs, has music education as a part of a well-rounded learning experience.

In order to do so, Damkohler explains they have set in place a strategic plan to be in 100 schools in the next few years.

“This school year, we currently partner with 48 schools in New York City,” she said.

However teachers are needed to reach this goal. Damkohler says that with teacher shortages and declining enrollment in teaching preparation programs, investing in teachers’ futures is more important than ever.

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Students gain insight on the future of technology

By Katie Krahulik STAFF WRITER

The all-day event titled Big Ideas 2016 gave students the opportunity to look inside the brains of a few of today’s innovative thinkers in the world of technology on Wednesday, March 9.

Several speakers came to Hofstra’s campus to speak with students and faculty about some of the influences technology is having on our society. The topics ranged from the future of higher education, virtual reality, digitallyfabricated musical instruments and underrepresented groups in computer science.

After the lectures, a panel of students spoke about the different elements and issues involved with education and technology as we see it today.

Bryan Alexander, a senior researcher and writer for The New Media Consortium, gave a presentation that addressed how technology has affected education in the past, how it continues to affect education today and how it will mold the quality and dynamic of education

in the future.

Alexander spoke about the different trends affecting higher education including demographics, economy, population, globalization, technology itself and social media.

“If you don’t read science fiction, then you’re not prepared for the 21st century,” he said.

Alexander’s interest in the future of higher education was sparked by his experiences as a professor. “I was struck by how many huge changes were starting to move through higher ed as a whole, especially due to technology,” he said.

Deanna Malloy, a graduate student studying business analytics, enjoyed Alexander’s presentation and agreed with many of his points. “I do information technology, which means I work with faculty who are really slow with technology,” she said. “So I just want to see faculty embrace technology in the way that we’re trying to push them.”

Dr. Judith Tabron, director of faculty and computing services, works in information technology and helped organize

Wednesday’s event.

“Our faculty are deeply interested in our students’ education, but also their future lives. We are educating people, not just workers. We know students have a lot of competing pressures on them these days and live in a very different world from what it was just 20 years ago,” Tabron said. “As an instructor myself and as a director, I am constantly engaged in discussions about our students’ futures with our very active and interested faculty.”

Jackson Snellings, a professor in the RTVF department and an instructional designer for Faculty Computing Services, delivered a lecture about virtual reality. He discussed virtual reality’s quick assimilation into society and the benefits of having access to these types of programs, as well as the potential ramifications which virtual reality might entail.

“It’s engaging and can allow a student to experience things that are not possible, such as seeing how the inside of a star works, how a tumor spreads from the inside and perhaps even what it was like to sit in the audience of

Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in the 1600s,” Snellings said.

After the presentation, Snellings allowed members of the audience to try on a virtual reality headset to understand the type of experience he mentioned.

Volunteers were eager and impressed as they took turns wearing the modern technology.

“When I was a kid I loved to escape through video games and movies,” Snellings said. “When I found out that there was a device that could let you escape to a virtual world as well as do and be whatever you wanted, I was hooked. Unfortunately, the technology in the 1990s was just not adequate and it fizzled. That all changed with the smartphone revolution. The screens on modern phones are better than most people’s flat screen HDTVs and they are cheap. The price of a headset has gone from $150,000 in 1990 to $800 today.

That $800 headset is infinitely more capable than the originals.”

He also expressed concern about the future of virtual reality.

“I am nervous that it will flop again, that the hype is just hot air and that people won’t create

interesting content for virtual reality,” he said.

Christopher Morrongiello, a skilled lutenist and adjunct assistant professor of music, presented the topic of fabricating musical instruments through digital means. During his small speech, he displayed and passed around some of the instruments that were created digitally.

Afterwards, senior psychology and sociology major Lizbeth Ramirez shared her reaction to the event.

“Technology like the 3D printer is going to make it possible to replicate medieval or historical instruments,” she said. “This would make it easier for individuals to afford these instruments. It would also be great because it would help students get involved and it would give more people a better understanding of the history behind these instruments.”

Morrongiello concluded his presentation by serenading his audience with some historical melodies, mirroring a Renaissance tune.

Panelists discuss candidates campaign strategy Continued from a1 frustrations, anxiety and rage.

These are ballots that are being cast on an emotional basis,” Thrush said.

He then wondered if citizens would demand that their president be informed. He expressed his unwillingness to believe that Trump is informed, citing what Thrush called a “depressing” interview with Anderson Cooper where Trump couldn’t provide the names of the military vices that the candidate claims he is going to get.

“When you have a president who doesn’t know anything about how to run the country, that doesn’t make them more independent or more likely to make good decisions. It makes them more dependent on staff,” Thrush said. “The people Trump brings in are those who will be running the country. I think Donald Trump being singularly uninformed will make him a singularly staff-

dependent president.”

As for the other party’s “phenomenon,” Dean, a selfproclaimed Democrat and vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton, shared his thoughts.

“There’s anger and there’s also idealism on our side as young people cluster around Bernie Sanders, which is a phenomenon obviously for a long time now. Bernie’s basically given the same speech for 40 years and now it’s a huge issue with equality and everything else. Young people are idealistic and I think that’s why he’s got resonance,” he said.

Thrush commented on Sanders’ ability to keep control over his speeches and debates.

“Bernie Sanders is the slickest, most disciplined, most messagecentric candidate running in either party in this election. He’s more disciplined than Barack Obama,”

Thrush said.

The panel also discussed the influence of swing-vote suburban communities in the outcome of the election. Dean highlighted his candidate of choice, saying that Clinton has the ears of smaller

emphasizing the weakness of her campaign strategy. “Hillary does actually have a coherent narrative which is that she believes her experience entitles her to be president of the United States, which is a perfectly rational narrative; but the problem is it didn’t sell in 2008 and it’s not going to sell in 2016,” he said. “The party isn’t looking for that. What people need to understand about politics is a lot of the movement comes from negative narratives. Hillary’s negative narrative for Sanders is nonexistent.”

Panelists later moved on to discuss the flaws in Republican candidate Marco Rubio’s campaign.

“Rubio is electorally a man without a country,” Thrush said.

“He does well in some of the suburbs. Rubio did not have the

“Donald Trumps voters are not people that are looking for power or even a result.” communities, especially middleclass women.

“I think what Hillary does have a compelling narrative about is particularly issues around children’s education, the stuff she’s spent her whole life on.

I think that narrative is more compelling to women voters than men voters,” Dean said.

Thrush also shared his views,

path to the presidency.”

He went on to say that his campaign was predicated on the assumption that the Trump campaign would fail on its own and that because of this false assumption and Trump’s success, Rubio was never given a chance to succeed.

Amanda Benizzi, a sophomore public relations major who recently had the opportunity to hear Rubio in the primary debate in New Hampshire, took special interest in the panel.

“I think it’s good that panels like this are open to everyone so that it gets more students involved in politics,” Benizzi said. “It was nice to hear all the different opinions, especially from Glenn Thrush who I hadn’t heard before and looked forward to. It was cool to listen to the panelists’ insight on the candidates and political strategies.”

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Historian lectures on archaeological site Mes Aynak

By Marie Haaland STAFF WRITER

In conjunction with the Archaeological Institute of America/Long Island Society (AIA/LIS) Lecture Series, Dr. Stefan Heidemann, professor of Islamic studies at the Universität Hamburg in Germany, gave a lecture at Hofstra on Sunday, March 13, about Mes Aynak, an archaeological site in Afghanistan located in an area of Taliban control.

Mes Aynak, located in the Logar region of Afghanistan, is an ancient Buddhist site. There is currently an archaeological excavation underway to remove important artifacts with the hopes of restoring and preserving them.

The site is also home to the largest surface deposit of copper on earth.

Heidemann has visited the site twice after being invited by the Ministry of Mines, a branch of the Indian government that is responsible for the survey and exploration of coal and minerals and for administering miningrelated legislation.

The historian’s focus is on ancient coins and he spent time in Afghanistan analyzing coins found in different locations, including Mes Aynak. Coins, when pulled from sites, are corroded and mineralized.

Heidemann and his team do triage, sorting and prioritizing of the coins, reducing the extra material on the surface, documenting and registering the coins and finally creating a catalog before they go to a museum. Many of the artifacts go to the National Museum of Afghanistan.

Mes Aynak was first explored in 1963, but was rediscovered

by American geologists in 2001.

There is a lack of written text from the time that people lived at this location, thus much of the history of the time period and of Mes Aynak itself, is unknown.

The coins and other artifacts provide history about the region.

“Very careful observation of

the coins’ changing types can establish a chronology for the political history; who were the rulers? Some of the rulers we know only from the coins and put into numerical sequence, we know who ruled,” Heidemann

people join the Taliban not because they believe in the cause, but because they need to feed their families. Recruiting people from the local villages for the archeological site provides them with jobs and potentially gives them reason to not join organizations like the Taliban.

“I like the fact that [Heidemann] did bring up the population that needs work. I mean, if they can be employed they won’t shoot you, which is positive,” Peggy Gaulin, another member of AIA, said.

The future of the site is currently unknown. Due to the large amount of copper located at Mes Aynak, China wants to set up a mine and harvest the mineral. Afghanistan’s government feels like this will provide jobs for people, and China has promised to help industrialize the area, which could be beneficial to minimizing the need for locals to join extremist organizations.

“I don’t understand how anybody in their right mind could look at that site and say that there was an industrial application there...” said. “We wouldn’t know about them if they didn’t produce any coins, because no text is telling about them.”

“Well, it’s all very interesting,” Naomi Taub, a member of AIA, said. “Coins are not exactly my thing, but I understand that they need the coins to do the dating.”

In connection to the Taliban, four of the terrorists in the 9/11 attacks were reportedly trained near the archeological site.

Heidemann explained some

After looking at pictures of the site and the work being done there, Gaulin said, “I don’t understand how anybody in their right mind could look at that site and say that there was an industrial application there, with workers and transportation and marketing ... it looks so barren and inhospitable, that I don’t see the future of industrialization right there.”

Heidemann hopes the government realizes that having an archaeological site may be just as beneficial as a mining operation.

“The best future would be if the mining operation will be postponed and the authorities in Afghanistan realize that for the future of the Logar region, it is much better to have a touristic site,” he said. “An archaeological site, a carefully developed archaeological site, can be a source of revenue for the state, for the local people, for an indefinite future. They can show what Afghanistan has achieved.”

‘Herstory’ Month launched with panel discussion

By Emily Hassett STAFF WRITER

To launch the celebration of Women’s History Month, the Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion division of the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement (OSLE) hosted “Women’s ‘Herstory’ Month,” where two panelists, including a Hofstra student, discussed reproductive health, women’s rights and justice.

The two panelists were Zoee Davidson – a bilingual sexuality educator and employee at Planned Parenthood of Nassau County – and Carla Bradley, a senior women’s studies and sociology double major and a Planned Parenthood of Nassau County intern.

Both women have dedicated their time to their work as feminists and advocators for reproductive health and justice.

Davidson and Bradley say they

stand with Planned Parenthood and want to educate people who may not understand the services that the organization provides. That includes challenging those who associate Planned Parenthood as primarily an abortion clinic.

Bradley, founder of Student Advocates for Safe Sex (SASS) discussed this on a national and campus-wide level.

“Well, there are many misconceptions about Planned Parenthood, as we all know. First off that we proudly provide abortion services, that is not the only thing we provide. We are a life-saving health center that billions of people depend on. As far as on our campus, there is still a stigma about talking about sexuality openly,” she said.

Abortion services constitute a mere three percent of all services provided by the non-profit organization, falling behind STI/STD testing and contraception, mam-

Davidson discussed the mission of Planned Parenthood. “It’s basically to provide age appropriate, culturally sensitive, competent care services, education, you name it,” Davidson said.

“Anything that involves reproductive health, and more over reproductive justice, it’s our mission to really make sure that those things are accessible to everyone.”

Both Davidson and Bradley urged the audience to remain informed and included in the conversation about reproductive justice. Currently, both women are lobbying for paid family leave, considering that the United States is the only developed nation that does not offer it.

As part of their advocacy for

“As far as on our campus, there is still a stigma about talking about sexuality openly.”

mograms and other important health screenings and services.

The panelists stressed the educational opportunity for the audience, particularly Hofstra students, to inform them about reproductive health, rights and justice, as well as Planned Parenthood of Nassau County, which is right down the street from the University.

reproductive justice, the women feel that families should never be in the position of choosing between taking care of a child or losing their jobs. They encourage activism among young people to make a difference when it comes to all of these aspects that surround reproduction.

Students who attended the event were impressed with the activism of these women who work hard everyday to make sure that women’s rights are not in jeopardy.

Tess Griffin, a sophomore women’s studies major, reflected on why it is so important to be having this discussion.

“I think for people who are unaware,” Griffin said, “it was very important for them to learn that although women’s rights are already being taken away and access to women’s health services is becoming limited, that race and class extremely affects those things as well.”

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Appropriations Report

SGA WEEKLY WRAP-UP

Meeting

Requested

Allocated

Percent Allocated

Computer Science Society

$1,486.44

$1,486.44

100%

Hofstra Powerlifting Club

$2,135.00

$2,135.00

100%

Campus Feminist Collective

$1,125.00

$1,125.00

100%

Hofstra Running Club

$2,876.00

$2,876.00

100%

Totals

$7,622.44

$7,622.44

100%

• In a vote of 2-15-1 the Actuarial Science Club was denied SGA recognition. SGA President Alyson Guarino addressed the Senate saying, “I just want to challenge you all to reconsider what SGA recognition means to you.

Because that club didn’t ask for money.”

• There will be a meeting with student services committee on March 9 to discuss better ways to promote The New York Times online subscriptions and what day a new contract needs to be made.

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Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Gabriella Ciuffetelli On March 4, a fire alarm was activated in Vander Poel Hall.

During a search of the building, a vaporizer was found in one of the rooms. It was discovered that the vaporizer activated the fire alarm. The two residents of the room were issued a referral to the Office of Community Standards.

On March 4, PS received a report that a student became verbally abusive as they were checking into Bill of Rights Hall to visit a resident of the building.

They were issued a referral to the Office of Community Standards for verbal abuse and failure to comply.

On March 5, a commuter student reported that he left his jacket, which contained his vehicle keys, unattended for two hours in Hammer Lab. When he returned his jacket was missing.

A search was conducted and proved unsuccessful. An investigation is being conducted.

On March 7 at 4:25 a.m., PS received a report that there was a loud altercation in a room of Constitution Hall. PS responded to the location and found the resident with another student in

the room. When questioned, the students admitted they got into an argument while playing cards that led to pushing and shoving. There were no injuries. Both students received referrals to the Office of Community Standards.

discovered drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana residue on top of a desk.

PS confiscated the items and the resident of the room was issued a referral to the Office of Community Standards.

On March 7, a campus dining staff member reported to PS that someone removed merchandise from the refrigerator in Breslin Hall between 3:30 p.m. on March 4 and 7 a.m. on March 7. An investigation is being conducted.

On March 7, a pair of nunchucks and a wooden practice sword was discovered in a room in Estabrook hall. PS confiscated the items and issued the resident a referral to the Office of Community Standards.

On March 7, a Hofstra student reported that she left her wallet unattended on a counter in the women’s locker room in the Psychical Education Building while she went to the bathroom.

When she returned, the wallet was missing. Police assistance was declined.

On March 9, a Hofstra administrator reported that between 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., a wallet containing two credit cards and $30 cash was stolen from an unlocked desk drawer in his office in the Physical Education Building. Shortly after he reported the theft to his bank, he was informed that the cards were illegally used to purchase items in the Hofstra bookstore. An investigation is being conducted.

On March 7, an RD discovered a sword hanging from a wall in Estabrook Hall while conducting a health and safety inspection. PS responded and confiscated the sword.

On March 7, an RD was conducting a health and safety inspection in Enterprise Hall and

On March 9, PS received a report that there were students playing soccer in the Enterprise Hall parking lot. The soccer balls were hitting the vehicles that were parked at the location. PS

responded and the students were told to leave. Approximately 10 minutes after, PS observed one of the individuals playing soccer in the same location. When they asked him to stop he verbally abused the PS officer. The student was issued a referral to the Office of Community Standards for verbal abuse and failure to comply.

On March 9, PS received a report that there were five individuals smoking marijuana on the side of Utrecht House. PS responded and found the five students sitting on a bench. There was a strong odor of marijuana in the area where they were sitting and there were several half smoked marijuana cigarettes in front of them. The students were issued referrals to the Office of Community Standards.

On March 10, PS responded to a vehicle that was illegally parked in the fire zone in front of the Netherlands. The individual refused to present identification and verbally abused the PS officer. They were later identified as a student. The student was issued a referral to the Office of Community Standards.

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On March 10, PS received a report that there was an odor of marijuana coming from a room in Norwich House. PS responded and found that there was a strong odor of marijuana coming from the room, and there was also a nonstudent guest inside. When questioned, the resident and guest both admitted to smoking marijuana in the room. The resident was issued a referral to the Office of Community Standards and the nonstudent was banned from campus.

On March 11 at 2:05 a.m., a fire alarm was activated in Stuyvesant Hall. PS responded and found that one of the residents’ vaporizers activated the alarm. The item was confiscated and both students who reside in the room were issued referrals to the Office of Community Standards.

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Overheard@Hofstra Compiled by The Hofstra Chronicle staff In New Academic Building: Guy 1: We live in Donald Trump Land.

Guy 2: It’s like a theme park.

Guy 1: Yeah, it’s called America.

In Cafe on the Quad: Guy: If I have a job, I’m looking to sign a lease in a cute little s***hole in June.

In the Student Center: Guy: Some dudes just walked over to the new ice cream thing in the Student Center and one said, “Making gains here bro” at the other one about the ice cream.

In Bits ‘n’ Bytes: Girl: He said he wants to destroy me but also treat me like a princess. I told him he can destroy my castle ... Is that weird?

In the Student Center: Girl 1: My mom is voting for Donald Trump.

Girl 2: What?!? How could she?

In Enterprise Hall: Girl: Oh no! I forgot to Instagram!

In Nassau/Suffolk Hall: Girl: Everytime I go to the dentist, my dentist says I can be a tooth model. Like not to brag or anything...

In the Axinn Library: Girl: My family’s having a bonnet competition for Easter and I can’t wait to decorate mine.

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Letters from the Pacific: A ride along the Mekong River

By Kaeli Van Cott STAFF WRITER

Before going to China, I had preconceived notions about what it would be like based on what I’ve read about or seen in movies. I knew ahead of time that social media is blocked by the government’s firewall and that the government controls media as a whole. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but my experience in China was definitely not what I had predicted.

First off, let me clarify that each part of China is different, just like each state within the United States. The people and norms within each place in China vary.

Shanghai, for example, is very business-oriented, and people mainly keep to themselves in order to maintain productivity, much like the busy mentality that can be found in New York.

Beijing, on the other hand, was a lot less like the welcoming Olympic Village I thought it might

be, and more like a hostile New York on steroids.

It was a culture shock to try to ask for help in Beijing after coming from smiley, friendly Japan. People seldom spoke English and were not as willing to help with directions. Many adults in particular would get easily frustrated trying to communicate with me because of the language barrier. Younger people, however, spoke English really well and were excited to talk with me to practice their English skills.

When taking a train in Beijing, my friend and I met a high school student named Sunshine who showed us her English homework and her geography textbook. In her book, there were world maps that showed Asia on the far left and North America on the right, basically flipping the map that Americans have used to study for centuries. It’s kind of funny how something like the map we use is molded to fit an American point of view.

Kaeli Van Cott/The Chronicle Trying to get around in Beijing was a stressful experience because we were there right in the middle of the Lunar New Year, so tons of people were using public transportation. Over the course of a few days, I dealt with overbooked trains, last minute

flights and questionable hostels.

Although communication was difficult and most signs were exclusively in Chinese characters, there always seemed to be a person or a Google search that saved me. My experience in Beijing was far from ideal, but

it taught me about myself as a traveler. I quickly learned that no matter how much you plan ahead of time, things are always subject to change, and that even the worst experiences can be lessons.

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between satire and humor. We do some satire, but a lot of what we do is more creative writing,” Levinsky said.

Every writer usually comes up with their own ideas for articles. “I think part of what we wanted to say was if you have a voice of your own, why don’t we showcase it?” Johnson said, a junior creative writing and TV major. “And they all came back with things that were funny but different.”

There are limits to what the members of Nonsense write.

Both editors said there are lines they wouldn’t cross for a joke.

“We’re not trying to censor anyone, but we have to think about what we write,” Levinsky said, a junior theater arts major.

“We usually try to stay behind the line. If there’s a problem we’ll bring it up with the person who wrote it and everything is fine.”

“We don’t want to write anything that is racist or sexist or transphobic,” Johnson said.

“We’re putting out better stuff.”

After a few years of not being able to afford to print a magazine, the club was able to expand on their online content and spread their nonsense around campus.

“It went a lot better than we thought it was going to,” Johnson said.

They were able to attract attention before the issue came out by building up their online content on nonsensehumor. lol. “Sharing stuff online is really what got people paying attention,” Levinsky said.

“It was easier to get more people to realize we’re a presence on campus.”

The issue was Hofstra-themed, which both editors thought was relatable to a lot of students.

Those have the most grams of fat, highest amount of calories and most milligrams of sodium.

Do: Choose the whole wheat skinny bagel or the skinny plain bagel. For low fat intake, choose the cinnamon raisin (not to be confused with cinnamon crisp), onion dill, plain, whole wheat or the everything bagel. For low sodium intake, choose the sesame seed bagel or the plain bagel.

On Breakfast sandwiches Don’t: Choose the sausage, egg and cheese on an asiago bagel. This breakfast sandwich contains 810 calories, 46 grams of fat and 1,340 milligrams of sodium. That is the equivalent of a dozen donuts.

Do: A healthy and filling choice would be the egg whites, cheese and avocado skinny

bagel sandwich. With only 310 calories, this swap saves you 500 calories, 30 grams of fat and over 600 grams of sodium. If you’re feeling a little risky, ask your ABP attendant to add some sriracha to kick it up a notch.

On Breakfast Desserts (Because is it really a meal if there isn’t a sweet ending?)

Don’t: Get the pecan roll, almond croissant, brownies or pound cake – these have high caloric intakes and are even higher in fat.

Do: Get the triple berry muffin, cookies (oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip or white chocolate macadamia) or the double chocolate cupcake. These swaps will save you over 500 calories, 40 grams of fat and roughly 20 grams of sugar.

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Club Spotlight: Nonsense Humor Magazine

ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

Attention aspiring comedians: There is a club on campus looking for your jokes.

Nonsense Humor Magazine aims to stand out from the crowd and make readers laugh.

“A lot of the time our goal is to be a voice at this school that isn’t here,” Co-Editor-in-Chief Zach Johnson said. “I think I joined because it was very different than anything else that I came into contact with here.”

Last spring, there were only about eight people on the Nonsense staff, but in the fall, a rush of new members allowed for the first print publication in a few years. “We usually like to start by scaring people as much as possible, and if they’re not scared off than they must have a pretty good sense of humor,” Heather Levinsky said, the other co-editor-in-chief.

Nonsense writes a mix of satire and, of course, nonsense.

“There’s a pretty big distinction

Healthy food hacks on campus

By Pooja Jaisinghani STAFF WRITER

On a college campus at times it might seem nearly impossible to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Let’s focus on breakfast. Your first meal in the morning is a good indicator of how the rest of your day will go. You should choose something that is going to fill you up for a long day of classes and give you the energy to stay awake and focused.

Here are some nutritious food options to swap while you use your meal plan at Hofstra. Keep these dos and don’ts in mind when ordering breakfast at Au Bon Pain: On Breakfast Bagels Don’t: Get the jalapeño double cheddar bagel, asiago cheese bagel or cinnamon crisp bagel.

“People were coming up to us and saying ‘I really like your stuff online’ and took one and walked away, and we were all really in shock. It was crazy,” Johnson said.

Nonsense has a lot planned for the future, with at least two more print issues planned for the year and constant online content.

They’re also taking a trip to Princeton to the National Humor Magazine Conference in April, and have some video content in the works for YouTube.

“We have a lot of stuff coming,” Levinsky said.

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Man on the Unispan

If you could spend the day in any movie universe, what movie would you pick and what would you do there?

By Brianna Ciniglio STAFF WRITER

“‘Harry Potter’ and be the best witch in the entire world and be best friends with Hermione.”

Melanie Rainone, Senior

“‘The Lego Movie’ and I would build stuff.”

Mark Thompson, Junior

“‘Star Wars’ and go through space.”

Jordan Dalmedo, Sophomore

“The Marvel movie universe and try to get me some superpowers.”

Jacob Rosenberg, Sophomore

“Tatooine [from ‘Star Wars’] and hang out with Anakin Skywalker.”

Meredith O’Connor, Junior

“Marvel and hopefully have superpowers and not be one of those random citizens.”

David Folcarelli, Senior

Photos by Sarah Kocher

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The Humans of Hofstra

By Jordan Laird STAFF WRITER

Emilie Beck, Sophomore “I’m doing this program called the Peace Fellowship through the Hofstra Center for Civic Engagement and The Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. I’m actually right now reading an article ... called ‘War is Dysfunctional.’ I’m just really excited to learn how to be engaged in the Hofstra community and make it a more peaceful environment, more accepting and sort of transform the locality and hope that that bubbles out to the rest of Long Island and then the rest of America and then the rest of the world.

So I got really into mindfulness and mediation. And I study at this Buddhist temple by my house. So me finding an inner peace allowed me to look outward and critically analyze what’s going on. I try to educate myself as best as I can on all of these issues.

My biggest struggle right now is probably managing my time. Because a full class load is a lot and I have this fellowship and I try to really dedicate myself to things. For example, I really want to learn Spanish but it takes so much time and it’s a daily thing. And I want to learn how to play the ukulele but that also takes time. And I want to read for pleasure but that takes time. So it’s just really difficult to try to manage school relationships and personal relationships. But meditation helps.”

Alia Turner, Senior “I’ve been studying Chinese since I was 12 years old and I love it so much. Asia is such an amazing culture and I feel like I always want to delve further. And since I speak Chinese I wanted to focus on that so I did a study abroad in China and fell in love. So then my friend moved off to Japan so I started learning about that. And now my other friend is moving to Korea.

Originally I was going to go into business. But I did my first study abroad in China and fell in love so I did another one in Italy. Now I want to work with a study abroad program and work on creating more programs in China, Korea and Japan because there’s not as many as there should be. And even the programs that exist, most of those are focused on business. I would like the programs to expand to liberal arts students.

When I wanted to study abroad in China and do liberal arts for my Asian studies major, Hofstra didn’t have a program so I had to find a whole other program that did.

Asian cultures are just the complete opposite to us here in the West, everything is completely turned around: with their food, their culture and their manners. Asian history is really amazing: their superstitions and how they were some of the first societies of the world, how they created writing and fireworks and all sorts of innovations.

Salvatore Macchia, Freshman “I’m excited for spring break right now. School’s been rough: a lot of work, I’m in honors college, I’m a mechanical engineering major and on top of that I’m in the radio class so it’s a lot of work. I’m really excited to just relax, watch TV and hang out with friends. I like ‘House of Cards.’ The new season just came out.

My biggest struggle is trying to balance life out with having personal time and schoolwork. Time management all the way. It sounds kind of cheesy, but don’t wait until the last minute to get something done.

I would really like to open my own business some day.

I don’t really know what I would like to do businesswise, preferably something with engineering. I kind of don’t want to work for someone. I don’t like being given orders. I want to be my own boss.

And then if I make a lot of money, I want to open up a car restoration shop for old cars. I like a lot of old cars, the classic cars. Actually when I was young I had a 1970 Buick Skylark, which is similar to the Chevy Chevelle, and that was really cool. But it got ruined in Hurricane Sandy. My uncle and my dad taught me about cars. I come from a working family. They grew up with cars, racing cars on the street and working with cars.”

I preach this to everyone I know: Study abroad is the best experience you could ever have. You don’t even have to go for your major. Just go for the experience.”

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Rosenberg Gallery features Steve Keister

a more obscure look as well as a basic color palette, the complete opposite to his newest work.

In an article featured in The New York Times, his previous work, “USOs: 1978-1981,” is described as “neatly made with tight joints and sharp edges, the basic wooden structures evoke early 20th-century play with purely abstract forms that you see in Cubism and Russian Suprematism.”

In this gallery titled “Recent Work,” the audience gets a feel of ancient Mayan, Aztec and Guatemalan artwork. His pieces capture the history found in each of the cultures.

One image features a Toltec warrior, a culture of Mesoamerican warriors that were found in Mexico and later on in Aztec cultures.

This image of the warrior feaPhoto courtesy of Steve Keister The piece “Quetzal I” from Steve Keister’s gallery tures a large headdress and stone face that can be seen in the tradiGlazed ceramic, acrylic and wood are

By Brianna Holcomb tional Aztec statues. Keister adds used to create each of the pieces found on color and life to these ceramic pieces, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDIOTR the gallery walls. Each piece extends from making them look almost cartoonish in Steve Keister is an artist of many the wall and is made of a mixture of bright design. talents. He has made dinnerware, sculpcolors that catch your attention. Unlike a Another image called “Quetzal I” is a tures and a series of pieces called “Glyph lot of Keister’s previous works, these are bird that can be found in Baja Verpaz, Series.” not abstract in nature at all.

Guatemala.

This bird possess a dazzling Keister’s recent work can be found in His previous ceramic series featured array of colors, primarily featuring a red the Rosenberg Gallery here at Hofstra.

chest and a green body with yellow highlights. This bird’s features are striking, and interestingly, Keister does not focus on the already bright colors of the bird.

His piece features softer colors – such as sky blues and a duller red – rather than the vibrant colors found on the bird.

Besides the piece “Quetzal I,” there is a bright color palette used across all of the pieces, giving them an almost childish feel.

They become more of a current and playful piece, rather than traditional, ancient pieces of work.

With all of the different cultures found in this gallery, Keister’s designs show the similarities between them. Walking into the gallery, it is very hard to place a distinct cultural background to the pieces. The only indication that the viewer receives as to which piece belongs to which culture, are their names.

Each piece is titled by what they represent from that culture, “Toltec Warrior,” “Quetzal I” and “Mayan Lord,” are just a few of the titles of these pieces.

This gallery is a great look at the connection between multiple cultures that have a lot more in common than many may assume.

Keister’s gallery will be on display until April 8 in the Rosenberg Gallery in Calkins Hall.

Video Game Review: ‘The Division’

Photo courtesy of Playstation.com

By Rob Dolen STAFF WRITER

“The Division” wants to be the “Destiny” killer of MMO shooters.

Despite the flaws that detract from the game’s perceived ideas, players will keep coming back to it simply for the fun factor.

“The Division” is a third person, massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) taking place in a New York City in crisis.

The premise is that a variant of

the smallpox virus is transmitted via printed money during Black Friday, creating a pandemic that forcibly quarantines New York City. Several sleeper cells of the titular government organization are activated and sent in to contain the area, keep the peace and ultimately rebuild civilization.

The player takes on the role of an incognito agent entering an unfamiliar New York City ravaged by disease.

Each agent begins with char-

acter creation (in-game appearance) and from there is immediately let loose in the city with standard firearms and equipment.

Each agent sets up a base of operations in the James A. Farley Post Office, which becomes a hub for player progression.

The player works towards upgrading home base to strengthen the operation, upgrade skills and gain ability perks, purchase or craft weapons and equipment and meet up with other agents (other players).

“The Division” has a leveling system that doesn’t constrain the player to a certain character build or skillset but instead rewards players for exploring new play styles, such as being a medic or a tech expert.

Weapons and equipment function like any other RPG, where several different weapon and armor types improve certain stats according to a player’s skills.

The gameplay sends the player into the open world of Manhattan, where each agent takes on tasks to gain supplies for their base, investigate contaminated areas, rescue important base personnel and acquire stronger equipment.

Rioters and looters are sporadic throughout the quarantined zones and are always hostile. Initially, the enemies of “The Division” are gang members based in the quarantined city.

As the player proceeds through the introduction, agents soon enter the “Dark Zone,” a playerversus-player region where agents of “The Division” can either work together or betray each other in order to gain valuable resources and equipment.

The player and other agents are automatically friendly, so it’s up to the player to be heroic or deceitful towards their peers.

One thing that can throw people off is how “The Division” strives for realism, but its gameplay mechanics don’t match that desire. As difficulty rises, players

and non-player enemies become bullet sponges, absorbing tons of punishment with little damage to themselves. The third person perspective also makes it harder to gauge recoil from guns, and aiming down the sight can feel uncomfortable.

Also there is no dedicated crouch function, but a cover system that, while not ideal, serves its purpose. As an RPG these mechanics work, but with an MMO grounded in reality, it’s distracting and somewhat frustrating at first.

“The Division” has problems realistically justifying its MMO mechanics, but with some suspension of disbelief, it becomes an altogether excitingly fleshed out experience that will capture the player’s attention.

Cover: Opening reception of “Through the Woods”

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Q&A with ‘SWMRS’ guitarist Max Becker From Oakland, California, to New York City, the underground alternative rock scene is being swept away by the band SWMRS (pronounced “swimmers”).

The band, made up of brothers Cole Becker (lead vocals) and Max Becker (lead guitar), Seb Mueller (bass) and Joey Armstrong (drums), changed their name from Emily’s Army, as well as their sound back in 2014.

In Feb. they released their third album, “Drive North,” the first album under the name SWMRS. They are currently headlining a national tour.

I had the opportunity to have a phone interview with Max Becker a few days before the band’s March 3 New York City show. Becker gave insight about the band and what he would do if he wasn’t pursuing music.

Hofstra Chronicle: Can you compare the new album to the last two that were released under the name Emily’s Army?

Max: Yeah, the last two we were young kids and it was more pop. This one is just SWMRS. We spent a lot of time trying to find our identity and I think this album reflects us more. For example, some of the song on this album Cole wrote in the first four weeks of college while dealing with the stress of adults and teachers.

HC: So on the “Drive North” album, you

reference disliking Los Angeles a lot. How come? Most people I’ve talked to actually love L.A. Max: I actually love L.A. Everyone kept calling us SoCal rockers and we’re not.

We’re from the Bay Area and it’s mostly a pride thing. A lot of bands think they have to move to L.A., but I think you should just be proud of where you’re from and embrace that. Try to make it in your hometown first.

HC: Well, you’ve made it in your hometown and are spreading rapidly. What goals do you have for the band?

Max: Sell out a show in St. Louis. I know that sounds like a weird answer, but the first time we played a show there we played to three people. I think it’d be cool to sell out a show there. Then eventually one day play stadiums.

HC: You guys have a song called “Miley” where you idolize Miley Cyrus as a punk rock queen. What was the message behind this track?

Max: Punk to us is trying to be inclusive.

Miley has gone from Disney to weirdo but she embraced everyone as she did it. If I had a daughter, I’d want her to look up to Miley more than someone like Taylor Swift because you only ever see Taylor hanging out with other famous people, whereas you see Miley being herself and not afraid to include everyone. I know it sounds weird

but, yeah.

HC: You guys have included the band The Frights as your opening act on the tour. What’s it like touring with them?”

Max: It’s awesome! They’re basically our twins. We have the same producer and had a record released on the same day.

Their personalities just match us.

HC: What about being in a band and touring with your brother? Is there ever any sibling rivalry or clashing?

Max: You’d think so, but I’m the one with the ego. It’s more Cole dealing with me.

He’s calm and I’m more emotional. I clash more with Joey sometimes. We’ve known each other since we were four and sometimes we butt heads.

HC: You’re all around the same age and year in school. How do you all manage school with making music and touring?

Max: Well, we really aren’t in school anymore. We are all still enrolled but college is definitely on hold indefinitely. When we were in school we would mostly play on weekends and in the summer though.

HC: If you weren’t in a band what do you think you’d be doing?

Max: I’m kind of into being a jack of all trades kind of guy. I’m actually surprised I stuck with music this long. But if I weren’t playing music I would be interested in a working for a non-profit. I want to impact the world and the environment and make

a change.

HC: Do you have any advice for others who are trying to make a change and get their own music heard?

Max: Yeah definitely. Come out with no more than five songs at a time, talk to promoters and have shows and practice your ass off and become good live.

HC: One final question for you: If you could describe your band and tour in three words what would they be?

Max: Loud, fun and explosive.

The live show was definitely all three of those things. The band was able to play the entirety of the “Drive North” album and the audience went wild. There was moshing, crowd surfing and audience members jumping up on stage trying to dance with the band. Even some of the employees were crowd surfing and interacting with the audience.

The band members in both SWMRS and The Frights crowd surfed during the opening and headlining acts.

SWMRS is playing at the The Grid music festival in New York City on May 5. Make sure you get a chance to go see them; their music needs to be experienced live.

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FORM Gallery: ‘Into the Woods’ looks at beauty in nature

By Brianna Holcomb ARTS AND ENERTAINMENT EDITOR

Besides the insane amount of puppies and food we see on Instagram, we see photographs of people travelling. Insane pictures of the sands of Dubai or the Great Wall can be found on the popular page each day.

Photographer Emily Rosa steps away from those small Instagram squares to show us these same insane views that are found in our own backyards.

“Into the Woods” is a series of photographs that capture the beauty of nature in various states within the tristate area.

Images of snowy woods in Yaphank, New York, or the water of a dam in Paterson, New Jersey, showcase the beauty that can be found within the United States.

“Nature and photography are two of the few things that make me feel free,” Rosa said. “The vast area and fresh air make me feel calm and unrestricted. Nature is a huge part of my life and taking photos of beautiful landscapes is my favorite thing to do.”

Rosa uses her love of nature and photography to express what makes these landscapes so beautiful.

Each picture leaves a calming effect on the viewer. A moment outside of the hustle and bustle of everyday life is captured in these serene photographs. Often times the beauty of this country is forgotten under the amounts of fog and city life that we are so used to being surrounded by.

The white of the snow in the Yaphank photo makes the damp bark of the trees look much darker than normal. The contrast of colors in this photo makes the teepee of trees stand out.

This teepee resembles a larger scale version of the ones, I’m sure, everyone made at one point in pre-K. The loose piling of sticks pays homage to those that ruled the land prior to those that came here to build on it.

Each photograph not only showcases the attraction found in each place but the vast diversity of this beauty. The snow found in upstate New York has a different feel than that of the back woods in Pennsylvania. The different angles Rosa

used to capture each landscape brings out the diversity in each.

A photo taken looking up at the dam found in New Jersey makes the structure look larger and looming over the photographer, whereas the picture of the small stream is straight-on, causing the viewer to feel as though they are inside the frame.

Rosa’s photographs do a great job of capturing the magnificence of nature in places that do not get to shine as much as the widely sought exotic ones.

“Into the Woods” will be displayed in Calkins Hall until March 19.

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Netflix Original: ‘Fuller House’

Movie Review: ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’

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By Amanda Valentovic FEATURES EDITOR

When Netflix announced that “Full House” would be back on our screens a couple of decades after it ended, the world rejoiced – or at least, fans of the show did. After tracking which cast members would return for the reboot with bated breath, the Tanners are back for some new adventures, but the show is pretty much the same as it was in the ‘90s.

The premise of “Fuller House” should sound familiar. DJ Tanner (Candace Cameron Bure) now has three young sons, and after her husband died she moved back home to take care of her family.

Her sister Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) and famously annoying best friend Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) decide to live in the familiar San Francisco house with her to lighten the load.

The kids are now adults, but the original adults also make appearances; dad Danny (Bob Saget), goofy Joey (Dave Coulier), Aunt Becky (Lori Loughlin) and everyone’s favorite Uncle Jesse (John Stamos), are all at least in a few of the 13 episodes.

The first few thoughts I had when I started watching were, “Is having three kids and then losing your spouse genetic?” “Does John Stamos age?” and “In 21 years, no one thought to rearrange the furniture in this house?”

There is no shortage of references to “Full House” and its cast members, especially the absent Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, who shared the role of youngest sister Michelle.

Danny says, “Michelle sends her love, but she’s busy running her fashion empire in New York,” followed by the cast looking right into the camera as if to say “I know, we don’t get why they didn’t want to be

here either!”

The show is almost exactly the same as it was the first time, except now there are three boys getting into trouble, DJ is the one giving the life lessons, Stephanie is the cool aunt and Kimmy is the “fun one” to hang out with. Oh, and she also has a daughter who moves into the house with her – because sure, why not?

It’s so cheesy it’s almost hard to watch.

The kids, Jackson (Michael Campion), Max (Elias Harger), Tommy (Dashiell and Fox Messitt, even though they’re babies and don’t do anything) and Ramona (Soni Nicole Bringas), are sometimes annoying and there were a few speeches that I actually had secondhand embarrassment about. The storylines are boring and nothing is new or interesting.

There are bright spots though. Middle child Max had lines that made me laugh, like when he rattles off a list of “bad words” he knows and Donald Trump’s name is one of them.

Sweetin is probably the strongest actor out of everyone, reinforcing my opinion that Stephanie was the best character then and still is now. Her delivery of some sarcastic comments (“Not that I’m counting, but that was our fourth hug in a minute.”) made the show better.

“Fuller House” isn’t that great – but did we expect it to be? This show was made for the people who watched “Full House” on live TV in the early ‘90s, not a new audience.

It was trying to hit the nostalgia button and it succeeded. It’s not good, but it probably brought back good memories for a big group of viewers. And you know what? There’s nothing wrong with that.

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By Muhammad Muzammal ASSISTANT ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

After a few failed outings on the big screen – “Sisters,” “Baby Mama,” “Admission,” – Tina Fey gets a meaty, substantial role as American journalist Kim Barker in the entertaining dark comedy, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa.

Based on Barker’s 2011 memoir, “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” – which is military lingo for “WTF” – takes some liberties with its source material, dropping the “r” in Barker’s name and reimagining the print journalist as a TV producer.

Fey plays Baker, the mid-life character that is tired of living an unexciting life. The highest point of Baker’s day is probably exercising on the bicycle in her New York office and a boyfriend who occasionally visits her (once a month is pushing it).

When Baker is selected to be a war correspondent in Afghanistan and Iraq, she doesn’t react with fear as much as unbridled excitement. Baker ends up spending years in the Middle East meeting comical figures such as a sex-crazed frenemy Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie), the noble Fahim (Christopher Abbott), the scary commandant Sadiq (Alfred Molina) and the Scottish soon-tobe love interest Iain (Martin Freeman).

Despite this cast of characters, the film’s focus remains on Baker and her life-changing journey, showing her go into deeply conservative and threatening areas of the Afghan region. A dichotomy is seen between the patriarchal, radical atmosphere of the Middle East and the clear-cut feminist message of the film.

Considering Hollywood’s terrible record with gender inequality, “WTF” is a nice surprise and has enough wit and humor

to make it a worthwhile ride. However, it has its problems, some of which are serious and disappointing.

The Hollywood myopic whitewashing continues as Anglo actors are cast as key Afghani characters. There is a copious amount of fine Middle Eastern actors that could’ve been given an opportunity, but alas, Hollywood sticks to moderately known actor Molina and newcomer Abbott to play arguably the most important non-American roles.

For all the excitement and humor in this film, there is a level of narrative boredom. Challenging concepts are not fully realized; instead humor is thrown in the way. Similar to “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” the film “Zero Dark Thirty” is also about a woman climbing her way up the ladder and finally gaining a sense of life affirmation overseas. “Zero Dark Thirty” went deeper with this theme and tried to explore the difficulty of a woman who is under appreciated in her homeland and objectified overseas.

Humor is the dirty little cousin of drama; despite the pathos of “Zero Dark Thirty,” the same type of challenging story can exist in a comedy. But you won’t find it in “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.”

For all of Ficarra’s and Requa’s well intentioned direction and “30 Rock” scribe Robert Carlock’s fresh wit, one can’t help but feel underwhelmed by the film and its suppression of great ideas for entertainment’s sake.

Fey’s finely tuned performance is unfortunately surrounded by a film which, while marketed as a progressive feminist film, is actually safer than it appears to be.

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Current attendance policies are unfair

By Erica Broasnan

SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

In high school, I followed a policy where nine or more unexcused absences resulted in a suspension or expulsion, depending upon the individual situation.

While I was envious of my friends in schools with more lenient policies, I knew that once I got to college, I would have to adjust to an entirely different scenario.

What I didn’t know at the time was that most colleges don’t even have attendance policies.

When I learned this, I began making decisions about whether or not it would be okay to miss a class here or there. Occasionally I would be asked to pick up a shift at work and I would miss class. Sometimes traffic would be so heavy I would either be 40 minutes late or would not make it at all. Other times I would be sick enough to want to stay in bed, but

not go to a doctor to get a note, like I was forced to do in high school.

During my second semester of college however, I was shocked when I was handed a syllabus with the words “Attendance Policy” written in bold letters.

Under it I was told that I would be docked a letter grade if I had more than two unexcused absences.

As somebody who takes their GPA very seriously, this policy frightened me because I knew that sometimes there may be unforeseeable circumstances that would force me to miss class.

While I knew not to make a habit of missing class, I felt that being allowed only two absences for a class that met three times a week

for roughly four months was a bit unreasonable.

Immediately, I checked if Hofstra had an attendance policy I wasn’t aware of. Instead, what I found was that Hofstra allows for each of the individual departments to set the policy for class attendance. However,

some professors that take advantage of this freedom.

Throughout the semester, you simply do not know what will arise, and for professors to demand that students make it to every class or risk being dropped a letter grade – regardless of their academic performance – is absurd.

I’m not advocating that students should be awarded an A if they’ve only show up for the first and last day of class, but to have such harsh consequences for not showing up twice, especially when most students are balancing classes, part-time jobs and internships, is too much.

To solve this problem, individual instructors should not be allowed to determine attendance

“When instructors are threatening students with dropped grades in order for them to come to class, it puts an unnecessary amount of stress on students...” when you look at each department, the majority, if not all, say that individual instructors are to determine an attendance policy for their courses.

While I’m not arguing that this is necessarily a terrible idea in and of itself, I do think there are

policies, and instead departments, or Hofstra University as a whole, should come up with a uniform attendance policy that will ensure students will attend the majority of classes, while also allowing some leeway for personal days.

When instructors are threatening students with dropped grades in order for them to come to class, it puts an unnecessary amount of stress on students who already juggle a multitude of responsibilities.

Students still need to be held accountable for their attendance.

While I believe skipping every single class is unreasonable and lazy, I also feel that instructors coming up with their own arbitrary attendance policies is irrational.

Hofstra should either nix attendance policies all together or create campus-wide guidelines.

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Attendance policies hold students accountable

By Gabriella Ciuffetelli EDITORIAL EDITOR

I wish I could say that I can empathize with my fellow students who gripe about attendance policies, but the truth of the matter is that I can’t.

I honestly never understood why people feel that being asked, or, heaven forbid, required, to come to class is somehow irrational. Considering the fact that sitting in a chair for two hours is apparently beyond the scope of reason for some, I can only imagine how these people feel when they’re asked to actually do work.

For someone to complain that it is unfair for their participation or overall grades to suffer because they make the conscious decision to not come to class is an inconceivable notion. In fact, there have been numerous documented studies that show that class participation positively affects students’ learning experiences.

Students who show up to class and actually participate do much better than their peers in the same class who use textbooks alone, according to a study done by the University of Western Ontario’s Harry G. Murray and Megan Lang.

Furthermore, the same study shows that students who don’t participate and are instead simply physically present for the class still do better than the students who only use textbooks.

Not only that, but an absence affects more than just the missing person. Your presence, believe it or not, contributes to the overall learning experience for everyone in the room.

This is especially true in small, discussion-based classes. When two out of nine kids don’t show

up on any given day, is the class really going to have the best, most diverse discussion possible? I think not.

In fact, this holds true even in bigger classes. The average class size at Hofstra is 25 students. When there is no attendance policy in place, how many of those seats will actually be

This, to me, is actually a valid concern.

While I think the idea of losing a letter grade for a single unexcused absence is a bit unfair, we must acknowledge that policies like these are in place not for the fun of it, but because time and time again students have proven that they will not go to class unless there is an incentive for them to do so. Apparently, learning new things isn’t enough.

As a teacher myself, I also recognize the burden that is put on professors when students class. Even having just one absent student can mess up lesson plans, which are usually planned in advance. Not only is missing unfair to your peers, but it is unfair to your professors.

In reality, I know of very few

“... time and time again, students have proven that they will not go to class unless there is an incentive for them to do so.” filled on any given day? With no incentive for students to attend, it most likely won’t be all 25.

On the other hand, I know that some students complain not about the fact that there are attendance policies at Hofstra, but rather that there is a lack of uniformity among those policies.

professors who do not have any wiggle room for documented or excused absences. In fact, I can’t name a single professor who doesn’t allow students to miss class for extenuating circumstances.

Look, I’m not saying that I’m a perfect student, but I do accept that part of being an adult is showing up for your obligations, especially when you get to choose which classes you will be attending and at what times.

I think the only way to hold students accountable is for there to be a campus-wide attendance policy that is both fair and firm.

However, students also need to do their part in making that a reality by proving they can handle it.

If you’re sick, get a note. If you have work, fix your schedule. Talk to your professor instead of complaining to everyone else about it.

I very much doubt that you would just skip work because you “don’t feel like going.” Why would you

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Hofstra’s food prices are too high

By Jacqueline Pollina SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

I think we can all agree that food is a basic necessity. Why is it, then, that when I look at Hofstra’s exorbitant food prices I am forced to reconsider that idea? Like many other Hofstra students, I am attending college entirely on loans. I love the food at Hofstra; I really do think it’s good quality and that there’s a wide variety. There is just one issue: the prices!

A package of sushi – I’m talking the one without the fish (which is the expensive part) – is upwards of $8 for a few pieces of vegetables wrapped in rice.

It’s ridiculous. The sushi place by my house sells rolls with fish for $3.15. The prices are unjust

and limit my options. A few pieces of pineapple at the fruit bar are over $3. Salads are overpriced too – I once got a normal sized salad in the Student Center and it rang up as $10. As somebody going to school on loans, these prices surely don’t make the burden any less, but in fact just keep tacking onto it.

The problem isn’t even just the food prices, it’s the meal plans as well! A friend of mine was originally living on campus in the fall, but decided to return home a month into the semester.

She was given a refund from the

residence department, but her meal plan was not allowed to carry over to the spring semester because she wasn’t getting the same meal plan or a larger one (Why would she if she was commuting now?). Keep in

reaction to this crisis shows that he is far from prepared to be the leader of anything, let alone an entire state. Snyder’s best course of action at this point is to step down and allow Michigan to choose a new leader that has their interests at heart.

Flint, like many states that depended on factories that no longer exist to stimulate their economy, has a laundry list of problems. For starters, over 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. After declaring a financial state of emergency, the local government turned over control of their budget to the state government.

This resulted in a never-ending list of budget cuts with no real solution or plan. The state of Michigan took away the rights of the local government, which was then unable to actually help

the people who elected them.

The conclusion that is easily drawn in this situation is that the champions of states’ rights over those of the federal government have done little to make sure those states are actually using those rights to protect their citizens.

In the next few years we are likely to see many more crises like this unless we make sure that we put the health and happiness of our citizens above our own personal greed. The current leaders who see the easy way out as the best option can no longer be allowed to use the government as their own personal budgetary playground.

ing $600. That’s ridiculous.

There was no understanding on the part of the administration for her circumstances and she lost so much money for no reason.

What is the point of not allowing her to keep her money? Now she must buy food with money her parents give her despite the fact that $600 has all but vanished.

This situation has led me to believe that the food business at Hofstra is primarily a money-making business with little consideration for us college students with barely any money.

“... The food business at Hofstra is primarily a money-making business with little consideration for us college students with barely any money” mind she had one of the highest meal plans. She bought lunch for me and my friends often in an attempt to not lose all of her money and ended up surrender-

College is a time where we invest financially in our futures.

Tuition, given that we attend a private school, is already steep.

But really, why must the food prices be three times more than that of a supermarket down the street?

Most resident students do not have cars and cannot access cheaper food or simply do not have time to keep running off campus to find better deals.

We are not a money-making business. We should be able to access food – healthy food especially – at normal, marketappropriate prices. I speak for many when I call for lower food prices at Hofstra to lessen the financial burden for us all.

Water crisis reflects broken system

By Jesse Saunders PHOTO EDITOR

It is easy to fight the government at every turn, to insist on state’s rights and work to limit the power of the central government. What’s hard is putting these practices into play.

Flint is just one of the many cities in this country that are currently experiencing issues with the purity of its water. It’s naïve to pretend these problems couldn’t be prevented. This is a clear failure of both the local and state government to ensure the health and happiness of its citizens.

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is the type of leader no one in this country can afford to humor. This crisis came out of a state attempt to save money, an example of cutting corners at the cost of human health. Beyond that, his

Jesse Saunders is the President of the Democrats of Hofstra University.

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SPORTS

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Softball completes series sweep against St. John’s

By Rob Pelaez STAFF WRITER

The Hofstra Pride softball team entered Sunday at 9-8 overall and started on the right foot against St. John’s University (finishing the Red Storm sweep, winning 8-0 in six innings) at Bill Edwards Stadium in game one of a doubleheader in the Hofstra Invitational.

In the morning showdown with St. John’s, junior Jessica Peslak pitched all six innings Hofstra needed to win and picked up her seventh win of the year in the process.

Peslak threw a solid outing, only giving up three hits, two walks and striking out one.

The Pride’s offense erupted in the second inning, when Kim Smith, Brielle Pietrafesa and Nikki Michalowski all sent tworun home runs over the fence, making it a 6-0 game. Hofstra’s

eight runs were scored on just nine hits and Coach Larissa Anderson certainly took notice of her team’s turnaround day.

She also showed praise to the new second baseman Megan Patierno on her defense.

“It was great,” Anderson said.

“It’s been great to see because she hasn’t gotten a lot of playing time yet this year.

“She’s probably one of the most valuable players on the team because she can be so versatile playing multiple positions on the field.”

The sophomore from Montville, New Jersey, also had a solid day at the plate, going 1-3 with a RBI single in the third. However, it wasn’t just a great game from Patierno as Michalowski also had a solid outing on either side of the plate.

Michalowski’s bomb to left field in the second inning was her

second home run of the year and brought her batting average up to .304.

The Red Storm offense was dwarfed by the Pride’s solid pitching thanks to Peslak, going a combined 3-20 on the day, a mere .150 average.

Smith also had a nice outing, bringing her season average up to a stellar .328.

Sophomore Brittany Allocca continued her hot streak, increasing her average to .340 on the season, a vast improvement over the .224 she hit all 56 games she played last year.

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Cam Keough/The Chronicle Kim Smith launched two homers in Sunday’s sweep of St. John’s and UConn.

Softball caps off home series with comeback win

By Rob Pelaez STAFF WRITER

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Jessica Peslak goes through the windup during Sunday’s Hofstra Invitational.

After the Pride pushed the Red Storm away, they were set on the bigger task Sunday afternoon, which was beating the University of Connecticut.

Hofstra lost its previous matchup to UConn on Saturday by six runs but the Pride showed its resilience and came from behind on multiple occasions during the game, ultimately winning 10-8 at home.

Instead of going with freshman Madison Grimm to start against the Huskies like in Saturday’s matchup, Coach Anderson went with Peslak to start this outing as well in the same day.

Peslak threw a little over three innings, due to her 140 cumulative pitch count for the whole day, giving up four runs on five hits.

Grimm, despite giving up four runs in just over two innings of work, got her fourth win of the year.

Courtney Scarpato picked up her third save on the season, shutting down the Huskies in the

bottom half of the seventh.

The game stayed scoreless until the fourth, when Hofstra shortstop Michaela Transue hit a two-run bomb to right center, giving the Pride a 2-0 lead.

After an onslaught of runs in the bottom of the fourth

by UConn that made it a 5-2 Huskies lead, senior outfielder Caryn Bailey tied it up again in the fifth with a three-run double to the center field fence.

After more back-and-forth play from the two teams, Hofstra broke the game up again in the top of the seventh, scoring four runs.

Nikki Michalowski contributed in large part to the rally with a three-run double of her own.

On the day overall, Michalowski dominated both teams, going a combined 3-6 with five RBI and one home run.

When asked about how Hofstra would rebound after dealing with the dominant Huskies pitching staff yesterday, Coach Anderson said, “They started off by getting into the batter’s box and trying to be as late as they possibly could.

“It’s much easier to make

adjustments when you’re later, when you can use the entire field to your advantage.”

While the Huskies batted .360 in the game, the Hofstra offense learned from the Huskies’ effective pitching on Saturday.

The Pride stayed calm, cool and collected in the box, hitting .454 on the day (15-33).

The strategy paid off in the Pride’s favor as they got back to three games over .500 on the season, the last time was at this mark was back on Feb. 19 to go 5-2.

The Pride concluded the Hofstra Invitational with the win over UConn, going 3-1 at home on the weekend.

The Pride will head back out on the road for a while with an 11-game road trip. Hofstra’s next matchup is against Fordham University this Wednesday, March 16, at 3 p.m.

The Rams are currently 11-13, but 4-0 at home as of March 13.

The Pride will return to Bill Edwards Stadium on April 2, to take on UNCW.

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OPINION: Mid-major schools snubbed by NCAA

By Anders Jorstad STAFF WRITER

College campuses all over the country celebrated joyously on Sunday afternoon as they learned the fates of their basketball teams. As always, there were many surprises abound. Who would have thought Oregon was going to get a number one seed? Why the heck is Temple in the field?

Meanwhile, Hofstra Pride basketball players and fans sat in stunned silence as they learned that their team wasn’t even selected.

Perhaps “stunned” isn’t the correct word here. Hofstra has been snubbed in the past on numerous occasions. In 2006, fellow CAA school George Mason shocked the country by going on an unlikely Final Four run as a No. 11 seed in the tournament.

That season, the Hofstra Pride defeated the Patriots in both meetings, including a semifinal matchup in the CAA tournament.

The Pride sported a 15-3 conference record and a 27-7 overall mark that year, but only had an NIT bid to show for it.

In 2011, the Pride was the No. 3 seed in the CAA tournament. No. 4 seed Virginia Commonwealth fell in the CAA title game, but was selected as an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. Then head coach Shaka Smart became a

household name as the Rams soared into the Final Four as a No. 11 seed.

Perhaps Hofstra’s snub this season shouldn’t come as a surprise. That doesn’t mean it was the correct decision.

This season in college basketball was one of unusual parity. The four number one seeds in the NCAA tournament, Kansas, North Carolina, Oregon and Virginia, have more regular season losses combined than any number one seed line has ever had in the history of the tournament.

Despite the level of parity, the NCAA tournament committee opted to select many schools from the traditional power five conferences (Pac-12, ACC, SEC, Big Ten and Big 12). Out of the 68 selected squads, 31 teams came from those five conferences. Of the others, 26 were automatically selected from mid-major conferences for having won their conference tournaments. Of the 11 remaining, nine were selected from what I call the “pseudomajors.” That includes the Atlantic 10, American Athletic and Big East conferences, which frequently send multiple teams to the NCAA tournament. Using this math, there were only two at-large bids given to mid-major conference teams.

Those two schools are

Photo Courtesy of news.hofstra.edu Official logo of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Hofstra got left out of the field of 68.

Gonzaga and Wichita State.

This is the sixth straight March Madness appearance for Wichita State and the 18th consecutive for Gonzaga. In other words, the committee didn’t get creative with its selections in the slightest.

The tournament committee didn’t just snub Hofstra. Other schools that were left with the NIT as a consolation prize were St. Mary’s, St. Bonaventure, San Diego State, Valparaiso, Monmouth and BYU. So what is it that makes

Photo Courtesy of news.hofstra.edu Official athletic logo of Hofstra University. Hofstra men’s basketball hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 2001.

Hofstra more deserving than some of the schools that got in?

Let’s take the low-hanging fruit in the form of the Temple Owls as an example. The Owls had an excellent season sporting a 21-11 record and capturing the regular season title in the American with a 14-4 conference record. They had wins against ranked teams such as Connecticut, Southern Methodist and Cincinnati. The problem is they just weren’t all that consistent.

The Owls went just 8-10 against RPI top-150 teams and even lost to East Carolina, a school that went 12-20 over the season. Basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy thinks Temple was the 86th best team in the nation.

That’s worse than the Pride’s ranking of 81.

However, the committee has displayed in the past that it doesn’t like advanced metrics very much. In fact, the committee has been repeatedly criticized for its overuse of a metric known as RPI. Temple ranked 61st in the nation in that category. Hofstra was better than that too, sitting at 57th.

Equate all of this and you’d think Temple was the last team the committee selected. As a matter of fact, they weren’t.

While Michigan (56 KenPom/58 RPI), Vanderbilt (27/60), Wichita State (12/51) and Tulsa (58/61) all have to duke it out for a shot to even play in the tournament,

Temple gets an easy bye as a No. 10 seed.

Looking strictly at RPI, Hofstra fared better than three of those four teams as well. If the tournament committee loves RPI so much, why did they pick those four teams instead of one that had a better rating in the metric?

The NIT didn’t do Hofstra any favors either. The Pride is situated as a No. 5 seed against George Washington. Despite being good enough to play in the NCAA tournament, Hofstra won’t even get a chance to play a home game in the secondary tournament. Should the Pride defeat George Washington, they’ll play a road game against media-darling Monmouth.

Maybe things would have been easier for the Pride if they had bested UNCW in the CAA title game. In reality, it shouldn’t have to come to that. Before the title game was played, both squads were deserving of bids to the tournament. That didn’t suddenly change when Hofstra lost in an overtime thriller.

Go ahead and enjoy March Madness. I certainly will. It’s just a shame that the committee proved once again to be nothing more than a tool of the power five conferences that want to get their brand on national television.

Enjoy the fun and enjoy the upsets.

Just don’t try to tell me Vanderbilt is a Cinderella.

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SPORTS

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Stellar defensive effort leads No. 14 Pride past Ohio State

By Kevin Carroll SPORTS EDITOR

In a showdown between two top-20 teams, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team put on a tremendous defensive display, holding a very potent Ohio State offense to just five goals en route to an 8-5 victory over the Buckeyes on Saturday afternoon.

Fans came out in droves to see the marquee matchup between the 14th-ranked Pride and the 20th-ranked Buckeyes and the two teams did not disappoint, playing 60 minutes of physical, highly competitive

lacrosse.

“I thought defensively, we really stood up,” said Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney after the win.

The Pride defense, anchored

by Finn Sullivan, shut down the Buckeyes for most of the game, holding them to just two goals in the first three quarters. Goalie Jack Concannon continued his hot season, turning shot after shot away and compiling 14 saves on the afternoon.

On the offensive end, goals were also hard to come by for the Pride. The Buckeye defense keyed in on senior attacker Sam

Victoria Mickens/The Chronicle Hofstra’s Korey Hendrickson looks to beat his defender in Saturday’s victory.

Llinares and transfer Josh Byrne, the two leading scorers for the Pride this season, limiting their productivity in the early going.

In their place, Brian von Bargen had one of the best games in a Hofstra uniform, scoring a career-high three goals to lead the Pride. Korey Hendrickson added two goals and an assist, and Byrne was able to shake his defenders long enough to notch two goals, as well. Trevor Kupecky rounded out the scoring for the Pride with a goal, his fourth of the season.

The game really broke open in the fourth quarter, with six goals being scored between the two teams. By comparison, only seven total goals were scored in the first three quarters.

Hofstra was able to ice the game in the final quarter with goals from von Bargen, Byrne and Kupecky giving the Pride a four-goal lead, its largest of the game.

Austin Shanks answered with a goal to cut the Pride’s lead to 8-5, but Hofstra was able to take possession and run out the clock on the Buckeyes’ comeback aspirations.

Hofstra opened the scoring in the first quarter with a goal from von Bargen, but the Buckeyes quickly tied it back up, courtesy of a Jack Jasinski shot that beat Concannon.

The two teams remained gridlocked for the rest of the quarter, as neither squad could find holes in the defense large enough to

Victoria Mickens/The Chronicle Josh Byrne had two goals v. OSU, including an impressive underhanded flick.

fire a shot on goal.

After Ohio State’s first goal, the Pride defense would hold them to just one goal over the next 42 minutes of play, smoking out every Buckeye attack on goal.

The lone goal in that span of time came from Ryan Hunter in the final two minutes of the second quarter. Hunter’s goal made it a 3-2 game heading into half.

Hofstra held the Buckeyes off the scoreboard entirely in the third quarter and added goals from von Bargen and Hendrickson to stretch the lead to 5-2 heading into the fourth. The lead would prove to be insurmountable for the Buckeyes.

“Every little thing meant something to our guys,” said Tierney.

“Two seconds to go and Jack Concannon is diving out-ofbounds to preserve a possession. That’s a great sign of being locked in.”

“Coming into today, we knew what we had to do and we left it all out there,” said Concannon.

The Pride improves to 4-1 on the young season, while the Buckeyes fall to 5-2.

Hofstra will return to action on Tuesday, March 15, traveling to Suffolk County to take on Long Island rival Stony Brook.

The Seawolves are 3-1 on the season and possess the seventh-ranked scoring offense in the country. “[Stony Brook has] got some Canadian flair … they’ve got a couple of guys that could sling it a little bit,” said Tierney. “We’ve just got to be locked in.”

Hughes, Hudson rolling into NCAA Championship

By John Napolitano STAFF WRITER

Earlier this month, the Hofstra Pride wrestling team confirmed the continuation of the 20-year tradition of sending two or more wrestlers to the NCAA Division I tournament.

Junior Michael Hughes and graduate student Jamel Hudson were one of six EIWA shooters in their respective weight classes to qualify for the big dance on Thursday, March 17, at Madison Square Garden.

Hughes and Hudson have both had a standout year for

the Pride. Hughes will make his NCAA Tournament debut after a career-best 39-8 record this year, good for fifth all-time on Hofstra wrestling’s single-season victory list.

This will be Hudson’s second year under the bright lights. He went 1-1 with a medical default at the NCAA Tournament. The Bay Shore native finished the 201516 season with a 20-8 record.

The 285-pound Hughes is slated to kick off his inaugural NCAA Tournament appearance with a rematch from the EIWA Championship semifinals. He will face the eighth-seed and the

grappler who went on to win the EIWA Championship, Lehigh’s Max Wessell (24-4). Wessell bested Hughes 7-3 back on March 6.

In the 141-pound bracket, Hudson will take on the fourthseed Rutgers’ Anthony Ashnault (29-3). The two competitors met in a dual at Rutgers during the 2014-15 season, which saw Ashnault pick up a 10-7 victory over Hudson.

The NCAA Championships begin on March 17 and continue to March 19 at Madison Square Garden.

Victoria Mickens/The Chronicle Head coach Dennis Papadatos instructs his wrestlers during a meet this season.

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March 15, 2016 • A 17

Hofstra falls to Longwood on walk-off double

By Elliot Rubin STAFF WRITER

Hofstra’s offense came alive on Sunday, although they couldn’t hold their leads as they got swept by the Longwood Lancers following a 6-5 loss in a backand-forth affair.

The Pride started off the scoring in the first inning when David Leiderman scored on a wild pitch.

In the bottom half of the inning, Longwood designated hitter Alex Lewis reached on an error, allowing Sammy Miller to score, tying the game at one. In the fourth inning, the Lancers returned the favor as Vito Friscia scored on an error for Hofstra, giving the Pride a brief 2-1 lead.

After Colton Konvicka knocked in a run on a RBI single and Brandon Harvell was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the fourth, Longwood had a momentary 3-2 lead.

Two innings later, Hofstra’s Nick Bottari hit a RBI single, driving in Mat Annunziata, and

tying the game for the Pride at 3-3.

In the bottom half of the inning, however, Carlos Garrido drove in Connar Bastaich with a single to left center, giving Longwood a 4-3 lead.

In the final frame, Bottari and Teddy Cillis hit back-to-back home runs, turning the Pride’s 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 lead.

Unfortunately for Hofstra, the Lancers still had three more outs to play with, and they took advantage. In the bottom of the ninth, Lewis hit a walk-off two-run double, scoring Michael Osinski and C.J. Roth, winning the game for Longwood.

Offensively, the Pride recorded 10 hits with Friscia, Bottari and Steven Foster leading the way with multi-hit games. Foster also recorded his first steal of the season. As a team, Hofstra struck out seven times, walked three times and left seven runners stranded.

For the Lancers, Bastaich, Konvicka, Osinski and Drew Kitson each had multi-hit games,

and each of the starting position players had at least one hit. The team struck out seven times and left eight men on base.

Hofstra starter Bowie Matteson went the first five and two-thirds innings, allowing nine hits, four runs (three earned), three strikeouts and two hit batsmen.

John Rooney came on for the final five outs, allowing four hits, two runs – both earned – and four strikeouts. Rooney (1-1) suffered his first loss of the season.

Longwood starter Luke Simpson went the first eight innings, allowing four runs – three earned – two walks, seven strikeouts and one wild pitch.

Sean Pico (1-0) got the win for the Lancers. Pico pitched the final inning, allowing two hits, and a run in his first win of the season.

The baseball team returns to action March 15, taking on Fairleigh Dickinson at 3 p.m. The Pride then makes its home debut on March 16, taking on Fordham at 3 p.m. at University Field.

Mike Rudin/The Chronicle Bowie Matteson got the start for the Pride on the mound against Longwood.

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No. 3 Pride shocked by No. 6 NU in CAA quarters

By Joe Fay STAFF WRITER

The Hofstra women’s basketball team fell to the Northeastern Huskies on Thursday night in the CAA quarterfinal round, 65-54.

A late comeback effort was not enough to overcome the deficit, which swelled to 28 early in the third quarter.

Hofstra came into this game as the clear favorites. The Pride was the third-seed facing a sixthseeded Northeastern team that Hofstra defeated twice during the course of the regular season.

Right from the tipoff, it was clear this game would not go as expected. Northeastern was a hot team coming into the tournament, posing a challenge that Hofstra was not prepared for.

Hofstra looked out-of-sync and sloppy, missing shots and throwing the ball away too often.

Halfway through the first quarter, Northeastern already held a double-digit advantage of 12-2.

The Pride remained scoreless for five straight minutes and had five turnovers during that stretch.

Hofstra Coach Krista KilburnSteveskey described the team’s start as “not what was intended [and] uncharacteristic.”

However, signs of life began

to show near the end of the first quarter, with Hofstra hitting all three of its final shots in the period. Yet with Northeastern hitting five of their seven threepointers in the quarter, Hofstra’s deficit had grown to 27-9.

Early foul trouble also plagued the Pride. Anjie White picked up her third personal foul just one minute into the second quarter.

At that point Hofstra already had 10 team fouls while Northeastern had only one.

The troubles continued through the second quarter for the Pride.

Hofstra shot a mere 28 percent in the first half from the field with 13 turnovers, five of which came from Krystal Luciano.

Luciano, who is one of the Pride’s most reliable players, struggled in the first half. She managed just five points, chucking up deep three-pointers in desperation as Hofstra watched the game slip away.

The Pride continued to commit turnovers, giving away precious possessions while Northeastern shot 59 percent from the field to take a commanding 42-18 lead into the half.

Hofstra, down but not yet out, began the second half hoping to flip the script. After getting just

one of their six shots to fall in the start of the third quarter, the Pride only began to make their run as the third quarter waned.

Anjie White began the burst with two layups.

Then, solid work at the free throw line by Aleana Leon and Darius Faulk gave Hofstra a much-needed spark. This 7-0 run cut the Huskies’ lead to 54-35 heading into the fourth quarter.

Faulk continued her mastery at the line, hitting nine of 10 free throws in the game. Ashunae Durant, who notched a doubledouble in the loss, also had a hand in the comeback efforts, hitting both free throws and layups to trim away at the lead.

A Durant layup with 3:39 remaining pulled Hofstra within 11 points, keeping the Pride’s hope of a miracle alive. The teams then began a back and forth exchange that stalled the comeback, until Durant hit a three-pointer with 43 seconds left in regulation.

The shot cut the lead to nine, 63-54, but it was too little too late. Northeastern went to the free throw line, and sealed the game with the help of Hofstra’s 19th turnover.

Durant tallied 17 points for the

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Ashunae Durant (2) led the Pride with 17 points and 10 boards on Thursday.

Pride to go with her 10 rebounds, while Faulk had 13 points.

Despite these two bright spots in the box score, Hofstra shot just 28 percent from the floor and 11 percent from the three-point line.

The 65-54 victory over the Pride was not the outcome most people expected. Northeastern pulled off the upset and punched a ticket to its first CAA semifinal game. Hofstra, on the other hand, headed home, contemplating what went wrong for a team who was expected to make a run at the championship.

Coach Kilburn-Steveskey said the team “just ran out of time,”

and she was proud of the “crew that [she] stuck with who cut it to 10.”

Durant stepped up and led the comeback effort, showing her strength as a leader of this team in years to come. She said that this was a game that the team will “learn from … and come back stronger next year,” giving Hofstra fans hope for the future.

Hofstra will get to return back to the Mack, though, as they will get to host Harvard in the opening round of the WNIT on Thursday.

Johns Hopkins’ Dene’ DiMartino had three goals, an assist, six draw controls and four ground balls. Additionally, Jays’ sophomore midfielder Shannon Fitzgerald scored 20 seconds after Finney, erupting for a dominant four-goal performance on the afternoon.

The Blue Jays’ balanced scoring attack is a point of emphasis that Hofstra has lacked this season. Other than Scott, no other member of the Pride has more than six goals.

Scott has now scored at least one goal in all five of the Pride’s games this season, while Tiana Parrella is in the middle of a three-game point scoring streak.

Hofstra still has not won a game this year due to rough starts. They were down 12-0 at halftime against No. 1 Maryland and 11-1 against the Blue Jays.

The Pride has also had fewer opportunities to score. Johns Hopkins held a 30-14 shot advantage, putting more pressure on goalies Maddie Fields and Alexis Greene.

Despite that, Greene had six saves and three ground balls.

The Pride held a 6-5 advantage, due in part to senior defender Shelby Milne and junior defender Audrey Byrd. They each tallied a pair of caused turnovers.

The last time Hofstra even came close to losing its first five games was in 2005 when the Pride lost its first four. That team snapped that streak by beating sixth-ranked Boston University 11-8.

Hofstra will continue its search of a win when the team travels to Connecticut on Saturday to face Quinnipiac at 3 p.m.

Women’s lacrosse falls to 0-5 at Johns Hopkins

By Steven Wolff STAFF WRITER

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Lindsay Scott (17) and Lexi Lenahgan are two of the team’s top scorers this year.

The Hofstra women’s lacrosse team still remains winless, falling in Baltimore to the No. 19 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays with a final score of 17-3.

This loss came after No. 1 ranked Maryland beat them last weekend 20-5.

In the defeat, senior midfielder Becky Conto had a pair of goals after graduate attacker Lindsay Scott opened the scoring on the day. Scott, the leading scorer for the Pride this season, recorded her 18th goal.

However, after Scott scored the opening goal, Johns Hopkins sophomore attacker CeCe Finney responded with two unassisted goals. That gave the Blue Jays the lead, and they would not look back.

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OPINION: Women’s basketball comes up short

By Joe Barone STAFF WRITER

It was not supposed to end like this. With so many expectations, Hofstra should have been playing more basketball games in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, this past weekend. Instead, the team sits at home contemplating what could have been.

By now, we all know the script.

After defeating the Northeastern Huskies twice in the regular season by a combined score of 146-114, the Pride was shockingly upset in the opening game of the CAA tournament, where they finished 65-54. It ended its season, temporarily, as they got a bid to the WNIT. That, of course, is not what this team wanted. Their goal was to reach the CAA Championship and earn the right to play in the NCAA Tournament. Instead, they will have to settle with these results and focus on a challenging WNIT schedule ahead.

The women’s basketball team opened up this season preaching chemistry, fight and resiliency.

Head coach Krista KilburnSteveskey implemented a game plan that perfectly suited these ladies’ potentials. For most of

the season, chemistry, fight and resiliency were not an issue.

We watched how it took a full effort each game and together we marveled about the endless possibilities this team could accomplish when playing as a cohesive group.

That was not the case on Thursday evening as the ladies were noticeably off their game.

Careless passes sailed over each other’s heads. Easy layups and jump shots were surprisingly missed. The Pride was playing a game that did not represent what it was, and when the team found itself trailing big, Hofstra was forced out of its comfort zone.

It was odd. At the team breakfast these ladies were chomping at the bit, getting ready to defeat the Huskies again.

I noticed a certain swagger to this team. They were loose and energetic. They cracked jokes with the media and their teammates. And they certainly knew they were better than the Huskies. This team had it in them to have a long postseason run.

But between that breakfast and the pregame shoot-around at 6 p.m., something went wrong.

We just do not know what.

From tip-off, there was an unfamiliar feeling in the building.

Sure, Darius Faulk tied the game at two in the opening three minutes. But that came after several missed buckets from Krystal Luciano, Jakelle King-Gilchrist and Anjie White. It was also surrounded by headscratching turnovers and costly fouls that ultimately plagued the team the entire night.

Everyone in attendance saw it.

“We got outhustled and outexecuted,” said Coach KilburnSteveskey. “We didn’t have good leadership and didn’t have that leadership when it was going down. Everyone has to help when the ship has a little bit of a hole in it.”

The coach was right.

It looked as if, when Northeastern took Hofstra out of the game early, some of the ladies could not keep their emotions in check. In the postseason, that cannot happen.

Leads come and go in a blink of an eye. Northeastern snagged a 10-0 run in the first quarter as quickly as Hofstra could have had it back.

It was uncharacteristic. There was no punch back until Ashunae Durant thought enough was enough and went off in the final half of action. Granted, this team took a 28-point deficit and

Cam KeoughThe Chronicle Hofstra head coach Krista-Kilburn Steveskey will take her team to the WNIT.

sliced it to a 10-point game, their confidence took a major blow to the chest when Northeastern converted shot after shot adding to their lead.

It is a shame. This team could have had something special.

Instead, they “will have to learn from this and come back stronger

next season,” as Durant said after the debacle.

Make no mistake, this team has a bright future ahead. But the future could have been now.

NIT Preview: Hofstra battles George Washington

By Alex Mitchell STAFF WRITER

Alex Mitchell/The Chronicle Hofstra came up short in the CAA championship game, losing to UNCW 80-73.

Selection Sunday has come and gone, and Hofstra men’s basketball won’t be headed to the Big Dance this year.

However, by virtue of winning the regular season conference title, the Pride received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT).

Hofstra was given the fifth seed and will take on the fourth-seeded George Washington Colonials from the Atlantic 10 conference in the first round.

George Washington is going to be Hofstra’s toughest task of the year so far. The Colonials are a team that’s beaten Virginia, a number one seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament, as well as the Big East champions, Seton Hall.

GW is 23-10 on the year as well.

This is a game Hofstra can win, though. Unlike in the CAA

Tournament, fatigue shouldn’t factor into this matchup. That’s a big edge for Hofstra. Consistent scoring is going to be the difference-maker; one scoring drought from either squad will most likely put the game out of reach.

GW forward Tyler Cavanaugh is going to try and keep Hofstra’s defense in check all game. The Wake Forest transfer averages 16.4 points per game; he’s a major factor in why the Colonials mainly drive to the net for points.

This is a type of attack that Hofstra’s defense can handle well.

With Rokas Gustys averaging 13 boards per game, the Pride has a very strong inside defense.

Gustys is going to battle with GW forward Kevin Larsen all game; he averages 8.5 rebounds per game.

Hofstra’s offense needs to shoot and move the ball well.

A well-rested combo of Juan’ya

Green and Ameen Tanksley are lethal beyond the arc. Having Gustys as a vacuum on the offensive glass is an added bonus.

Brian Bernardi came alive in the CAA tournament, shooting 50 percent from deep against Drexel.

If he keeps that pace then GW won’t be able to catch up.

Some added finesse points from Desure Buie and Denton Koon would secure another NIT game for Hofstra as well.

The Pride will take on George Washington in the nation’s capital this Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Back Cover: Senior Darius Faulk collected 13 points in the CAA quarterfinals against the No. 6 seed Northeastern.

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EARLY EXIT Women’s basketball upset by Northeastern, falling out of CAA quarterfinals Cam Keough/The Chronicle