The Hofstra Chronicle October 29, 2019

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Women’s soccer favorites for CAA three-peat

By Mike Senatore

its season sitting atop the CAA standings. The 2019 iteration of the Pride has been one of the On Friday, Nov. 1, the Colomost successful in the 14-year nial Athletic Association (CAA) tenure of head coach Simon will kick off the conference’s Riddiough, boasting an imwomen’s soccer championship pressive record of 13-3-2 with tournament that will conclude just one regular season game with the CAA remaining. championship The team has game on Satnot a lost a urday, Nov. 9. home game The slate all year, goof matches for ing 6-0-1 at Friday will Hofstra Socinclude the cer Stadium, No. 4- and and has put No. 5-seeded together an teams in the unbeaten conference conference going head-torecord of head as well as 7-0-2. the No. 3 and Entering No. 6 seeds. the tournaThe matches Photo Courtesy of CAA SPORTS ment, the will be held The women’s soccer team earned their second regular season championPride will at the home ship in three years. look to claim fields of the Elon and No. 6 James Madison their third CAA championship No. 1- and No. 2-seeded teams, University. in as many years and their respectively. The semifinals The Hofstra Pride has secured will then take place on Nov. 3 Continued A19 their spot in the tournament, between the winners of those as the team has spent much of matches and the No.1- and No. STAFF W R I T E R

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Tournament seeding was locked in following the conclusion of regular season play on Sunday, Oct. 27. The seeds are as follows: No. 1 Hofstra. No. 2 Delaware, No. 3 UNC-Wilmington, No. 4 Northeastern, No. 5

From Hofstra to Harvard Law

Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Johnson “Legally Blonde” is criminally good; starring aspiring lawyer Elle Woods as she pursues winning her ex-boyfriend back and navigating Harvard Law.

By Micaela Erickson STA FF WRITER

The Department of Drama & Dance opened their production of “Legally Blonde” on Friday, Oct. 25. The musical adaptation of the beloved 2001 film of the same name had a successful Broadway run back in 2007.

Nearly 13 years after the show’s debut, it’s Hofstra’s turn to take on the massive production.

“Legally Blonde” follows Elle Woods, a University of California Los Angeles sorority girl who risks it all for love as she follows her ex-boyfriend, Warner, to Harvard Law School in hopes of winning him back.

With help from new friends, Elle recognizes her own potential and smashes the expectations of others.

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InterACT educates about intersex

By Zoe Shipenberg SPECIA L TO TH E C H R O N IC LE

InterACT board member Axel Keating lead the Intersex Awareness Day Workshop in Breslin Hall on Thursday, Oct. 24, where they taught students basic information about intersex variations and intersex traits.

InterACT, Advocates for Intersex Youth, is a nonprofit organization founded to protect the rights of intersex kids.

“We focus on legal and policy advocacy, media consulting and a youth program to help develop intersex leaders and advocates for the next generation,” Keating said. “We make sure that people are able to have the choice of what happens to their body.”

There are many misconceptions about intersex variations and a lack of understanding of the problems that intersex people face. Keating and interACT define intersex as “an umbrella term that refers to people born with one or more of a range of variations in sex characteristics that fall outside of traditional conceptions of male or female bodies.”

Intersex people struggle with many problems: nonconsensual genital surgeries after birth, which lead to several surgeries throughout their life, mental problems such as depression and discrimination through misgendering, medical care, housing practices and lack of representation.

The intersex movement advocates for ending nonconsensual genital surgeries, better education within schools and the medical field and spreading awareness.

While some intersex characteristics are discovered at birth,

“other people may not discover they have intersex traits until puberty or later in life,” Keating said.

Intersex people may have variations in their genitals, chromosomes or internal organs.

Although it is important to be mindful and respectful of intersex people’s stories, nobody is an expert. “There is no such thing as an ‘expert’ when it comes to LGBTQ+ identities because you can only be an expert in your own story, not in the stories of others,” said Amanda Del Gaudio, assistant director of LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Awareness within the Office of Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion.

In terms of intersex people being part of the LGBTQ+ community, Keating stated there are multiple arguments on either side as to why it may or may not be helpful. “For me, as someone who is trans[gender] and intersex, being able to share those resources between my two communities is really helpful,” Keating said. “But when you lump intersex people into a larger community, intersex issues can get erased and people might claim that they’re intersex inclusive but don’t have any intersex staff, intersex resources or any work dedicated to the intersex movement.”

Ellie Spurlock, a sophomore political science major, said that intersex people being part of the LGBTQ+ community is an individual’s choice. “While many intersex people don’t identify within this cohort, it’s important to acknowledge that some do, and both responses are equally valid and should be completely self-determined.”

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NY State Senator #DayInThePride trends No. 9 on Twitter in NY encourages activism

By Greg DeLapi and Rob Traverso S P E CI AL TO T HE CHR O N ICLE / AS S I S TANT NE WS ED ITO R

Hofstra University hosted its fifth annual Day in the Pride event on Wednesday, Oct. 23, during which members of the Hofstra community took to social media to share a glimpse into their daily lives..

“Whether you’re grabbing a cup of coffee at Bits ’n’ Bytes between classes or soaking up local culture during a study abroad semester in Rome,” the University encouraged “students, staff, faculty, administrators and alumni to participate and share moments of their day on social media using #DayInThePride.”

Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms

were encouraged to post as well.

“The first five students studying abroad to show us what you’re up to today will win a piece of Hofstra swag,” read a second image posted by the University on Twitter. Other posts promised Hofstra merch to the first participant to post a “Boomerang” on Instagram and a photo at an internship.

“I think it’s a great way to show off school spirit as well as supporting the athletics here,” said Will Kennedy, a freshman business management major and member of the Hofstra baseball team.

“I think it’s an interesting way to be involved with those in the community, to show Hofstra pride, just embracing what’s going on on campus and just to show others what we have here

“I think it’s an interesting way to be involved ... just embracing what’s going on on campus ...” were plastered all day Wednesday with posts from members of the Hofstra community showing their school pride.

At one point during the day, #DayInThePride was trending at No. 9 on Twitter in New York, according to a screenshot posted on Twitter by Karla Schuster, assistant vice president for University Relations.

Earlier in the day, the Hofstra University Twitter handle, @HofstraU, tweeted: “Trending at # 20 and it’s not even 8am!

Let’s do this, Hofstra Pride! Can we make it to # 1?! #DayInThePride.”

The University handle retweeted numerous #DayInThePride posts throughout the day, and also offered giveaways on Twitter.

“The first person to post a selfie studying in the library using #DayInThePride will win a free coffee on us,” read one post on social media.

Students studying abroad

at Hofstra,” said Pearce Smith, a freshman computer science major.

“It’s, like, a day in the life of someone at Hofstra, like what you normally do,” said Smith.

“Going around, running to classes, hanging out with friends, going to the game room, studying for midterms, just regular college stuff and being with the Hofstra spirit.”

Freshman Aidan Larkin agreed. “I think it’s important because when people look at colleges, they all have social media, and maybe they’ll look for something like this, and they’ll be interested in Hofstra, and if they’re interested, maybe they will want to come here.”

For further information about the 2019 Day in the Pride as well as recaps of past years beginning in 2014, visit Hofstra.edu/DayInThePride.

By Ahjane Forbes

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New York State Sen. Jessica “You see New York as such Ramos spoke at “Lives in Public a liberal place,” said sophoPolicy and Public Service,” an more criminology major Sofie event that took place as part of Ramirez. “From the outside Hofstra’s Day of Dialogue on looking in, you would think that Wednesday, Oct. 23. Hosted by the [Reproductive Health Act] the Peter S. Kalikow School would be here.” of Government Public Policy Ramos is currently in the and International Affairs, the event informed faculty members process of implementing laws in the State Senate Committee, and students about the journey such as legalizing electric bikes to becoming an advocate for and scooters to reduce police inimportant injustices within terface among migrant delivery their community, and explained workers, as well as the Farmers what every citizen should have Bill that would access to: help provide food, clothes, employment, housing, days off and higher edulabor unions to cation and farmers. guaranteed “To see her healthcare. actually movRamos, ing people a Hofstra and making an alumna, impact makes began her Ahjane Forbes / The Hofstra Chronicle me very proud speech by ... It’s a great discussing Day of Dialogue panel features New example for how she is York State Sen. Jessica Ramos. other students running for who [are] considering a presoffice in an “unconventional” ence in public life, politics and way, with no endorsements and community organizing,” said as a single parent.

Mario Murillo, vice dean of stuWhile a student at Hofstra, dents in the Lawrence Herbert Ramos was an active member School of Communication. of Students Against Injustice.

Ramos has made an impact During her involvement with the on many students who feel they organization, the group presented a 57-page portfolio about can be like her. “[I like] to see people who Coca-Cola’s human rights violalook like me in an elevated tions in Columbia, El Salvador position,” said Lilliana De Los and India to Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz. The research Santos, a sophomore linguistics and early childhood education showed that water within these major. countries was being polluted, Ramos’ constant professionalaffecting thousands of farmism and respect for her oppoers. Ramos’ activism may have nents is something that stood been mostly seen on Hofstra’s out to many students. campus, but as a daughter of “I love how she said you Columbian immigrants, she should love your [competitor] had been training for her role in because if you want to be in this politics long before she started field, you have to show love,” college. said Razia Shushanta, a sophoRamos always wanted to more mechanical engineering make a change within her major. community, so as a senator she At the end of the discussion, helped to pass voter reform on many women asked Ramos for the Reproductive Health Act, advice on how to overcome which ensures the reproductive obstacles in the future. She rights of women in New York said, “Just because it’s difficult state even if Roe v. Wade is doesn’t mean it’s impossible.” revoked. It allows abortions to STA FF WRITER

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Documentary and panel address LI’s wrongfully convicted

By Shayna Sengstock & Gisselle Monge SPEC IA L TO T H E C H R O N I CL E

Hofstra University is commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to North America with a series of programs. These events, titled “The Legacy: 1619-2019,” began on Tuesday, Sept. 17, and will end on Thursday, Dec. 5.

On Sunday, Oct. 22, in the Guthart Cultural Center Theater of the Axinn Library, Hofstra held an event titled, “Living on Long Island While Black: The Suburban Search for Justice,” hosted by Martine Hackett, professor of health profession, and Nicole Franklin, professor of radio, television and film.

The event featured the screening of Yance Ford’s Oscar-nominated documentary, “Strong Island,” followed by a discussion panel featuring Keith Bush, a man accused of the murder and attempted sexual abuse of Sherese Watson in 1975.

“I think for college students in particular, it is important for them to understand people’s stories because that allows them to see these larger issues, that feel so far away, and makes them real,” Hackett said, referring to the event.

An article from Newsday titled “DA’s report: Keith Bush

was wrongfully convicted of 1975 murder,” stated that, “[Keith] Bush was wrongfully convicted during a 1976 trial because of several dubious pieces of evidence, including faulty forensic evidence, witnesses who felt intimidated by police and a false signed confession that [Keith] Bush says he had beaten out of him by homicide detectives.”

The “Strong Island” documentary and the panel discussion touched on the pressing topic of racism in the United States. The documentary tells the story of William Ford Jr., a black man living in Central Islip, New York, who was murdered by Mark P. Reilly, a white, 19-yearold car mechanic.

At the panel discussion, Bush spoke about educating the public on institutionalized racism within the prison system. “They just think from what they see on the news that somebody is arrested for something, they did it and that’s it,” Bush said. “Education is very important, and you have to bring that awareness to the forefront.”

Bush also spoke about holding the officers who falsely incarcerated and abused him accountable for their actions. “When these two detectives, the key detectives, in my case – who are still alive – do what they did,

and yet the issue of accountability don’t become a discussion,” Bush said. “But if they found some DNA from somebody 25 years ago, that person would be facing life imprisonment for a murder crime.”

Those who attended the event included students, professors and relatives of Bush. The attendees engaged in a question and answer discussion after the panel. Many participants expressed their gratitude toward Bush and were moved by his words.

“I think it’s very interesting how he raised two very good points. One of them is determination and how that contributed to the transformation of his character,” said Emily Rivera, a junior public relations major.

“He also [brought] up the sense of community, which is tied into that.”

Throughout his journey to justice, Bush has had the constant support of his family, who has stood by his side during this battle since the beginning. “We continue to support my brotherin-law; we have always believed in his innocence. And God is good. He has brought him home to us,” said Rhonda Bush, sister-in-law of Keith Bush. “We will continue to support him and continue to see to it that we spend these wonderful times together as a family.”

Photo courtesy of Hofstra University

The Cultural Center’s “The Legacy” project organized a series of programs that run through Thursday, Dec. 5, which analyze the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to North America.

Shining light on intersex struggles Continued from A1 This workshop not only paved the way for students and the general public to be better educated about intersex people, but it also spread awareness in schools. “Never in biology class, both in high school and college, have I ever been taught about intersex people,” said sophomore journalism major Athena Dawson. “Students should be taught in depth about intersex people and the struggles that they deal with throughout their lives in order to be better allies and advocates.”

The workshop encouraged people to avoid using the outdated and derogatory term “hermaphrodite” when speaking to or about intersex people, and to avoid labeling an intersex person as having “disorders of sex development.”

Keating emphasized that it is important to ask intersex people for their preferred pronouns, as well as make sure they are comfortable with talking about their bodies, medical experiences or stories in general before asking personal questions.

Panel advocates for undocumented immigrants on Long Island

By Katie Fenton

SPEC IAL TO T H E C H R O N I CL E

The issue of immigration is causing a great deal of of controversy in American politics today, and the Hofstra community decided to address the topic head-on during the 17th annual Day of Dialogue on Wednesday, Oct. 23.

The panel discussion, titled “Not Just a Crisis at the Border: Critical Immigrants’ Rights Issues on Long Island,” was hosted by student fellows of the Center for Civic Engagement with the goal of drawing attention to the obstacles faced by immigrants beyond the MexicoU.S. border.

Organized by Andrea Libresco, professor of teaching,

learning and technology, the panel featured Susan Gottehrer, executive director of the Nassau chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union; Patrick Young, downstate advocacy director of the New York Immigration Coalition; Keiko CervantesOspina, co-founder and attorney-in-charge of the Community Legal Advocates of New York and Cheryl Keshner, coordinator of the Long Island Language Advocates Coalition.

Josie Dituri, a graduate assistant for the Center for Civic Engagement who is pursuing her master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology, said that she helped to organize the event because it tackles “relevant” issues. “These things are

happening at our doorsteps and with our neighbors,” she said.

“It’s not something we can just ignore.”

The panelists started the discussion by focusing on the injustices against immigrant communities in Nassau and Suffolk counties, which showed the true proximity of this discrimination.

Keshner highlighted the ongoing problem of discrimination based on language. In many cases, not speaking English can put people not only at a disadvantage but in danger, which she emphasized using the example of Deisy Garcia. In 2014, Garcia filed a police report against her husband for threatening her life.

Her statement, which was in

Spanish, was not reviewed because the police did not translate it. Months later, Garcia and her two daughters were murdered by her husband.

“Programs like these raise awareness and begin to educate us, which is the first step in civic engagement,” Libresco said.

“For example, I suspect not many of us know that an overwhelming number of calls to the police do not get addressed just because the caller’s native language is not English, which has led to real tragedies that could certainly have been avoided with different policies in place.

Once people know about these harmful, discriminatory practices, they can act as allies and advocates for change.”

Gottehrer and CervantesOspina both explained the legal facets of undocumented immigrants’ concerns at length, discussing topics like the chain of custody, DACA and the recent Francis decision, which ruled that New York state and local officers cannot legally detain people for civil immigration violations alone.

Many students attended out of an interest in the legal aspect of the discussion.

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Day of Dialogue discusses immigration Continued from A4 more than they do,” said Stella Rose-Wyatt, a freshman psychology major.

The event was moderately attended until a class of students from Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School in the Bronx joined the audience. The young students were particularly vocal during the question and answer session, asking exactly how to apply the panelists’ advice to real-life situations. “The practical questions posed by students and the practical answers given by the passionate and knowledgeable panelists gave the discussion an

immediacy and importance that was palpable,” Libresco said.

The panelists’ answers showed that being more aware of their rights can calm many of undocumented immigrants’ anxieties.

“Their advice about [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raids surprised me, but in a good way,” Dituri said. “Their advice gives a lot more power back to the people.”

While the panel brought attention to the barriers and to the unfair treatment of immigrants, they also discussed various examples of the progress being made.

Young concluded the discus-

sion on a particularly optimistic note by speaking about the future of New York’s Green Light Bill, which will give undocumented immigrants the right to a driver’s license.

“The leaders in this – even though we all pushed for it – were the immigrant communities themselves. Undocumented immigrants came out, they stood up, they were very brave,” Young said. “It’s not just the victory of the undocumented or the immigrant communities, but also those immigrants who were brave enough to take a stand for their entire community.”

Writing Center returns to original home

By Shayna Sengstock

The Writing Center is a place where students can connect with one another and hone writing and thinking skills.

After visiting the Writing Center, many students say they see improvement in their work.

“Although I don’t always take full advantage of the Writing Center, in the times that I have, I really found that the tutors there have helped shape me into a much more efficient writer,” said Matthew Mayer, a sopho-

sophomore political science and public policy double major.

SPEC IAL TO T H E C H R O NI CL E “The staff is wonderfully kind If you plan on stopping by and helpful and the work they Hofstra University’s Writdo is vitally important to almost ing Center in Mason Hall, be every assignment I receive.” prepared for its new look. The “The Writing Center renovaWriting Center was temporarily tions include a larger common relocated to the third floor of the tutoring space and two private Axinn Library as construction tutoring spaces. In addition to began on Friday, Sept. 13. It was new PCs, we also will have completed on Saturday, Oct. 19. two Wi-Fi enabled screens, so “It is small, but we are makstudents and tutors can project ing do,” said Michael Heiss, work from their own devices a faculty tutor in the into larger formats. The renWriting Center and ovated space will include adjunct assistant profesflexible tables and seating, sor of writing studies and whiteboard walls and two rhetoric, referring to the moveable whiteboards,” relocation to the Axinn said Andrea R. Efthymiou, Library. “But it is really director of the Writing nice that the Center for Center and assistant profesAcademic Excellence has sor of writing studies and given us the opportunity rhetoric. to have a dedicated space “The new renovations so that we are not sharare targeted toward helping ing with a lot of other Hofstra students feel compeople.” fortable in tutoring environMany students who ments, and [the renovations visited the Writing Shayna Sengstock / The Hofstra Chronicle will] offer more space so Center while it was Students utilize the new Writing Center, which has relocated back to its original home in Mason Hall. tutors and students will under construction did be able to connect better,” not mind the relocation.

Efthymiou said. “All of “I [loved] the third-floor more film studies and producthese modifications allow for inatmosphere. It was like I was tion major. According to some creased accessibility and overall surrounded by students with the students, the Writing Center is comfort for students and tutors. goal to better themselves and it essential to any writing asOur renovations are intended to was definitely a friendly envisignment. “The Writing Center offer flexible learning environronment,” said Emma McKean, is definitely the best place to ments in line with best practices first-year pre-PA major. “The get your paper to go the extra in writing center pedagogy.” tutoring definitely helped me a mile,” said Michael Roller, a lot and was very resourceful.”

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Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Elizabeth Turley

Robert Kinnaird / The Hofstra Chronicle

On Oct. 15 at 2 p.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that someone had damaged personal property in her room.

On Oct. 16 at 9:30 p.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that their car was damaged when a tree fell on it during a storm.

On Oct. 20 at 1:30 a.m., a female Hofstra student reported to PS that she was followed home from an offcampus party, which alarmed her. The individual who followed the student was not identified. NCPD was notified of this incident.

On Oct. 21 at 2:15 p.m., PS responded to a loud verbal dispute between two roommates. The matter was referred to the RD for resolution.

On Oct. 16 at 3:30 p.m., PS responded to a verbal dispute occurring in a room in Colonial Square. The matter was referred to Residence Life for review.

On Oct. 21 at 4:10 p.m., PS responded to a verbal dispute between two nonstudents who were visiting campus. The matter was referred to NCPD.

On Oct. 17 at 5:20 p.m., PS responded to a verbal dispute involving several students in the Netherlands complex. The matter was referred to Residence Life for review.

On Oct. 21 at 6:02 p.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that property had been taken from the student’s unlocked car while it was parked in the Fitness Center lot.

On Oct. 18 at 8:15 p.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that they had left a bag containing personal property somewhere on campus and were unable to locate it.

On Oct. 24 at 4 p.m., a Hofstra student reported that a coat they left outside of a classroom in the Physical Education Building was taken by an unidentified person.

On Oct. 18 at 11:20 p.m., three students were issued referrals to OCS for excessive noise in a residence hall.

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IMNOTARAPPER: It’s all in the name

explained that though Eminem bothered me about that was that a lot of what music is, is the is not a black man, she aspires [I had] been complaining to [the things that we don’t know about to emulate what he has done teacher] this whole time and people. If you have someone Art is a place of communion with his music. [they] literally [did] nothing,” that’s always happy and smiling between every culture. The freeShe said, “If he dropped Curtis said. “But now that it’s and they come out with, like, dom that comes from sharing some of the songs he released time to put a grade to everything this depressing song, it’s just your truth through expression in 2000 today, he might get arthat’s happened, and you wanna like, ‘OK, clearly there’s anothand the opportunity for conrested. Like, he has that type of give me an F?” er layer to you.’ And that might nection that such vulnerability music. Music to get under your She went on to explain, spark friendships.” breeds is invaluable to humanskin. And I think it’s intentional, “What I would write about in “[There are] a lot of things ity. For junior criminology and because rap is supposed to be my music about that situation that I wish I would have or religion student Anya Curtis, her your consciousness, what you’re is basically not being heard as would not have said to certain medium is music. feeling. You don’t have to agree an African American, because I people. And I think that all The young artist, whose stage with what I’m saying. You don’t think people just look past evcomes out in my music. For name is IMNOTARAPPER, have to like me. But with all that erything that most of us have to me, it’s comforting to know I claims the same truth being said, I’m not say, either because they are not can speak my mind on this set found in her name for going to hold back to experiencing it, or they don’t platform and not be judged. It’s her work. While in the spare your feelings. think they are doing something just like a space where I can be Student Center with I don’t really think I’m a rapper, And I think that’s to upset you.” myself.” fellow Hofstra student what hip-hop is.”

Curtis is not the only artist Organizations like the Black and artist Lamuse, she I just spit facts.

If her music career of color on this campus. In fact, Student Union hold an annual came up with the name were to take off, Curshe is one in a rapidly-growing Unity Showcase to give the as a tribute to her craft. tis said she would use community. “I think there’s a Hofstra community that oppor“I don’t really think her platform to raise lot of really talented people on tunity, along with Curtis’ home I’m a rapper, I just spit facts.

She said, “My main purpose attention for the same social this campus, and I think we’re organization, the National AssoAnd I was like, wait, ‘IMNOwith music is just to help people unrest as legends before her, all very hidden,” she said. “And ciation for the Advancement of TARAPPER,’” Curtis said. understand that there are other like the trials of being black in now, it just seems like everyone Colored People, in which she is Instead of a rapper, she’s a poet people with the same problems America. is being pulled out of their corthe historian. determined to share her story, that they have. Like relationship She explained this with a ners, and I think Taste of Sounds For Curtis and the black artexperiences, trials and pain in problems, identity problems, story about her fourth grade [a Hofstra student-organized and ists she has found a home with, hopes that anyone who listens things like that.” She continued, teacher and a boy who bullied -run artist showcase] especially she explained, “[Music] gives us will take comfort in shared “I get off the stage and people her. Curtis said, “Long story is great because it’s people you a voice essentially. Even apart experiences. are like, ‘Wow.’ This guy came short, the last week of class, the see on a daily basis,” she said. from being in all these clubs, Curtis describes music as up to me crying, and was like, teacher left the class unattendAccording to Curtis, the I think more people recognize being the very thing that brings ‘You just made me think about ed. Me and the boy get into an minority of black students have you for your talent more than people together and offers them my ex.’ And I was like, ‘What argument, and, like, I threw him built a “musical community,” anything else.” These students a common ground built by a is going on?!’ Like, this is not into a bookcase because he kept saying, “We’re bonded even if are all connected by their paswave of compassion. One of the what I thought was going to talking about my mom, and I we don’t know each other.” sion for art, and desire to see greatest human experiences we happen.” just left the classroom.

Curtis believes music can and be seen. can all relate to is love. More As an African American “I ended up getting an F be the remedy for any sort of specifically, heartbreak, which woman, hip-hop has been in conduct, and the thing that divide. She explained, “I think has been Curtis’ greatest inspira- predominant in her life, as it is tion lately. The young artist said, in the culture. Curtis explained, “Most of my songs are about “Hip-hop has really been revohow I got my heart stepped on lutionary. Like, old school hipmultiple times.” hop, old school rap, a lot of it Curtis went on to describe has been about police brutality, her latest single, “A,” by saying, growing up in underprivileged “People will say ‘This is so areas and retaliation. That’s violent, this that and the third,’ essentially what rap is.” and, like, it’s not to be taken She went on to say, “I think [literally], it’s more so from the fact still remains, rap is what an emotional standpoint.” She blacks have used to get outside explained that music is the “safe of our comfort zone. I think space” in which she can be canit’s a way to communicate our did about her emotions. emotions in the most acceptable “Like, you meet that one way possible.” person who you just think is Curtis said her artistic idol is like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m going Eminem. “I always liked him. to love you forever.’ And then But once I actually started to splat, everything just goes to understand hip-hop and rap, and crap,” Curtis said. The feeling using metaphors and things like of heartbreak, whether romantic, that, I just really started to cling fraternal, paternal or manifested to him. Because for me he’s from a perceived failure is a one of the very few artists that Photo Courtesy of Anya Curtis theme in her music that almost knows how to manipulate words Anya Curtis is a senior criminology and religion major whose new single, “A,” can be streamed anyone can relate to. on Spotify and Apple Music. in such a creative way.” Curtis ASSISTA N T F E AT U R E S EDI TOR

Recently Curtis performed at Coast To Coast Live, an artist showcase in Brooklyn, and described how the experience moved her. She said, “It was emotional for me, because of the connection I have with [“A”].

It’s very personal. And considering that my sound is very different than many rappers that are out now, I didn’t know what type of reaction I was going to get.” To her surprise, she was able to accomplish exactly what she hoped for.

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Humans of Hofstra

By Leah DeHaemer & Audra Nemirow S TA F F W R I T E R / AS S I S TANT F E AT URE S E DI TOR

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[I got] my first plant at a free event, because I’m a sucker for free things. That’s how I started; my sister and I both – it was a library event in my hometown of Chicopee, Massachusetts – they had a free event and we went. This was, like, two, three years ago. So, we brought those home and it was toward the end of summer. I was very concerned, because I’d never taken care of a plant. So I looked up how to take care of a plant, succulents in particular, and I did a lot of research. My sister, on the other hand, did not care, so it was me and two plants, and I named them both. They survived the winter, and they survived until [the] next year. I didn’t get more plants until recently. My senior year I went through a very dark time, and I remember researching [that] when you take care of other things, you take care of yourself better, so, plants, animals ... usually that would help. I bought a shit ton of plants – retail therapy – and none of them have died yet and now I have a big garden. I came to college without any of them and then I realized, ‘Huh, they have these planting events, let me grab as much [as I can]’. And when my mom came down [to the city for] an event, I was like, ‘Mom, can you please bring down my garden?’ So now I’ve just amassed a large collection of them.

I love them. I learned about propagating in the succulent community, there’s a particular term for it, [I think] ‘proplifting.’ It’s when you take the fallen leaves of plants, and usually it’s courtesy to ask the shopkeepers, ‘Hey, can we take these fallen plants?’ because you’re not supposed to pluck them off. So you take them and when you take them home you let them sit for a bit, you let it callous over and you water it every other day or so, and after a week or two you’ll see little roots start to grow and a whole new succulent will grow. That’s how I started, by proplifting. That’s how you get free plants, wink wink. I have been doing that because my plants, when [they were] left [alone] for a long period of time, started wilting and started growing kind of ugly, so I cut them all. It looks like I decapitated them, but it’s okay, they’re fine. They grow roots, and now I’m starting to grow a really big garden. So if you ever want some therapy – plant therapy – come by my room, I guess.

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I’m a neuroscience major, and it worked out that I’m graduating early. Basically, I took some AP classes in high school and I got some credits for Hofstra through there, and then I finished out my major with all of those requirements early enough that I am able to graduate a semester early. I considered adding a minor, and at that point, I was going to be staying for the full four years, but I decided against that. I decided to just graduate with my major and get a head start on finding a job. It’s definitely bittersweet; it’s a mix of emotions. I’m excited, and I’m happy at what I’ve accomplished in terms of graduating early. And I’m excited to be home, spend more time with my family, start doing something in the field that I want to be doing. But I’m also going to be sad because I feel like I’ve created such a community here, and I’m going to miss all of the friends that I’ve made, all the clubs that I’m in ...

It’s just going to be different. It’s a good change, so I’m excited ... The thing I’ll miss most is all the people I’ve met here. Like I said, I feel like I’ve just created a community here.

And it’s so weird because in my freshman year, I came here and I didn’t know anybody. All of a sudden, a few years later, I have this whole group of friends, almost like a family. I’m definitely going to miss them ... My end goal is to be a high school biology teacher, so I will be looking for different substitute teaching positions, just anything that’s going to get my foot in the door at a school, and I’ll go from there ... For the past few semesters, I’ve been a tutor through Hofstra’s undergraduate tutorial program, and that is basically what got me into teaching in the first place. I was able to tutor kids and help them to understand things better, and it just made me realize how much I love doing that, and how I could actually turn that into a career. So through that experience, Hofstra’s given me the experience of teaching.

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Overheard @ Hofstra In Au Bon Pain:

AS S I S TANT FEATUR ES ED I O R

“If I am sober while seeing ‘Cats,’ I’m not seeing ‘Cats.’”

At Starbucks: “Bro, that’s so unfair, I’ve totally had more concussions than you have.”

In the Student Center: “As a birthday girl. My birthday’s on Halloween.”

– Manmeet Nijjer, senior

“I look like a greasy mole rat.”

In C.V. Starr: “I caught my roommate trying to switch out my Concerta for sugar pills and I don’t think I can recover from this.”

In LHSC: “Guys, breaking news, I might get some sleep tonight!”

In Breslin:

“I [am going to dress] up as the devil.”

– Vanessa Wilette, freshman

“I don’t have beef with the cold, the cold has beef with me.”

In the Newshub: “Bruh, you have a Hofstra map?

“Yeah, for that one class.”

“You know you can just look it up on Google Maps ...”

“I don’t know. I guess I’ll do the Joker.”

– Jakub Nawara, freshman

“Shut up.”

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October 29, 2019 •A9 features The Wizarding World of Hofstra University

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By Alanna Bolan d S TA F F W R ITER

J.K. Rowling’s multibillion-dollar book and movie franchise, “Harry Potter,” has inspired multiple attractions at Universal Studios theme park, and more recently, a Broadway show. But students longing for a more immersive, accessible “wizarding world” experience may find it right here at Hofstra.

Quidditch, the once-fictional sport invented in the universe of Harry Potter, has been recognized as a club sport at Hofstra since 2010. The team’s official name is the Flying Dutchmen.

Rather than riding on flying broomsticks, real-life quidditch players run while holding a pole between their legs that resembles the weight of a broomstick.

There are three goals set up at each end of a quidditch field, and there are four balls involved in the game – a quaffle, which is a volleyball, and three bludgers, which are partially deflated dodgeballs.

There are five positions in quidditch: chaser, beater, keeper, seeker and snitch. Chasers aim to get quaffles through the goals, beaters throw bludgers at the opposing team in order to distract them, keepers are goalies and seekers try to capture the opposing team’s snitch. Getting

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a quaffle through a goal scores a team 10 points, and hitting someone with a bludger temporarily takes them out of the game.

The Flying Dutchmen’s executive board consists of President Monzerrath Mendoza, a junior sociology major; Vice President Jonathan Fidis, a senior history and criminology major; Treasurer Liam Roeth, a sophomore computer science major; Secretary/Public Relations Chair Lizbeth Peralta, an English and fine arts major; and Field Coach Andrew Alter, a senior political science major.

The team usually holds e-board elections in December, but they recently held one on Monday, Oct. 14. At the time, two positions were left unfilled after the club’s former president and secretary/public relations chair stepped down. The current e-board may be temporary, since the team will hold elections again in December.

According to Mendoza, transitioning to a new e-board mid-semester may seem like a big adjustment, but so far it has gone smoothly.

“Now I have a complete e-board – everybody knows what they are supposed to be doing and [are] doing the very best [they] can,” Mendoza said.

Quidditch is played by hun-

dreds of college teams around the world, and if a team meets certain qualifications, it can be recognized by United States Quidditch (USQ), the quidditch national governing body. USQ runs regional and national competitions, in which only officially recognized teams are eligible to compete.

According to the USQ website, teams that seek official recognition need at least seven members per team, with each member paying a $60 fee.

“We’re not official, unfortunately, even though we paid the fee,” Peralta said.

“We have enough people, but we don’t have enough interest in tournaments. Technically, we would be official if we put everyone’s names in the roster, but we’re not going to place people in that position if they don’t want to be in the tournaments.”

Peralta also said team membership “has slowly been going downhill” over the past few years.

“When quidditch first started out, Harry Potter was all the rage and people thought it seemed really cool – but now the hype is dying down. In the past, there were also a lot more athletic people who wanted to join. A lot of people in other sports wanted to do this because it was both nerdy and sporty –

now, for some reason, people get this misconception that quidditch is not athletic and [they] are wrong.”

Peralta added that even if the team did have enough members to participate in a tournament, they may not be able to physically get there.

“Tournaments are mostly out of state – for example, the regionals [were] in Rhode Island this year – and [there are] problems with transportation since not a lot of us have cars.”

Mendoza said the team “can play in unofficial tournaments,” but they “cannot compete in regionals” or play against “any officially recognized teams.”

So far, the team has not played any games this semester – official or unofficial – and they have not yet planned any for the future.

Despite their recent setbacks, Mendoza is optimistic about the future of the team.

“I grew up in a community that was very close, and when I got to Hofstra it was like there was nobody that could relate to me,” Mendoza said. “[Quidditch] gave me people that I really do love and it kind of gave me a home. It’s given me so much that I would feel horrible not doing everything in my power to bring it back up to what it used to be – or at least

up to something that I can pass on to the next generation.”

Alter, the field coach, echoed this sentiment of friendship.

“I’ve made some good friends over the years,” Alter said.

“Doing it for four years, [I’ve met] a lot of people who I otherwise would not have met. Friendship is probably the biggest thing I’ve gained from this sport.”

Fidis said he was originally drawn to the sport because he was a fan of Harry Potter and was “looking for a way to work out that was not going to the gym.”

“I came because I was interested in the game, but then I stayed because the people were awesome,” he said.

The Flying Dutchmen hold three practices a week: Wednesdays from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., Fridays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Sundays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Their Wednesday and Friday practices are on the Intramural Fields and their Sunday practices are on the field next to the fitness center.

Students do not have to complete a tryout to join the team, and can join at any point during the school year. Those interested in contacting the team can email huqflyingdutchmen@ gmail.com.

@GabGrabsGrub: Italian Crostata (Fruit tart) Instructions:

C OP Y C HIEF

1. Cut softened butter into pieces, measuring approximately 1 tablespoon in size.

2. Place into a large mixing bowl.

3. Add sugar and mix with a fork to create a soft paste.

4. Gradually add flour and use your hands to amalgamate and create crumbled dough.

5. Add egg and a generous pinch of salt.

6. Continue mixing with hands until a soft, cohesive dough forms.

7. Divide dough into two pieces – one approximately 2/3 of the dough and the remaining 1/3 set aside. The smaller piece will be used for the lattice top.

Ingredients:

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1/2 cup of sugar 1 cup of butter, softened 2 1/2 cups of AP flour 1 egg Pinch of salt 1 medium-sized jar of your favorite fruit preserves

8. Press the larger piece of dough into the bottom of a standard glass pie pan. Divide the dough evenly along the bottom and create an edge along the sides of the pie pan.

9. Refrigerate for about 10 minutes.

10. Lightly dust the preparation surface with flour and roll out the remaining dough into a flat, thin round. Using a knife or pastry cutter, divide the dough into 1/2-inch strips that will be used to form a lattice top.

11. Remove the pan containing the pie crust from the refrigerator and spoon in the fruit preserves. Spread evenly along the bottom of the pan. Place the dough strips on top of the fruit preserves to form a lattice design.

12. Bake at 400 degrees F for approximately 25-30 minutes or until the bottom crust turns golden in color.

13. Allow to cool before serving.

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Department of Drama and Dance

Presents: “Private Lives” and “Legally Blonde”

Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Johnson The cast of “Legally Blonde” performs the emsemble number “What You Want.”

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Angeline Meller plays Brooke Windham, the fitness trainer facing a criminal charge, in “Legally Blonde.”

Photo Courtesy of Carol Rosegg The cast of “Private Lives,” a three-act play directed by Christopher Dippel.

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Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Johnson The girls of Delta Nu strike a pose.

Don’t miss “Fefu and her Friends”

by María Irene Fornés from Nov. 8-17 starring Kat Quinones and directed by Tatiana Pandiani.

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Drummond and Rudegeair share a kiss on stage.

Camryn Graves plays Elle Woods in the Department of Drama and Dance’s production of “Legally Blonde.”

Sybil Chase, played by Alyssa Palmigiano, shares the stage with Victor Prynne, played by Raymond Soeun for a scene in “Private Lives.”

Teddy Drummond plays Elyot Chase and Anna Rudegeair plays Amanda Prynne in “Private Lives.”

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Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Johnson Graves performs “Omigod You Guys” with the Delta Nus to open “Legally Blonde.”

Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Johnson Nicolette O’Keefe plays Paulette, Elle’s best friend and hairdresser in “Legally Blonde.”

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‘Omigod You Guys,’ ‘Legally Blonde’ is a hit! mild-mannered Emmett Forrest. Lepore showcased his impressive vocal range during “Chip on My Shoulder,” a song where Emmett and Elle’s relationship begins to blossom.

Lepore and Graves worked incredibly well together, and it was clear that they enjoy performCourtesy of Alexandra Johnson ing alongside each Hofstra’s production of “Legally Blonde” will perother. form again on Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m., Sam Kaufman and and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Nicolette O’Keefe Continued from A1 were other standout performCamryn Graves shines as bub- ers. Kaufman portrayed the bly protagonist Elle Woods. With intimidating Professor Callahan, commanding the stage with a powerful vocals and fantastic cold presence, urging his studance abilities, Graves carried dents to meet his high standards. the show with grace and kept the audience on the edge of their O’Keefe played the hilarious Paulette. She had great comedic seats. timing and thoroughly captured Michael Lepore portrayed

the essence of a middle-aged Boston woman.

The talented cast gave strong performances as they sang, danced and acted their way through the show, especially during the songs “So Much Better,” “Gay or European” and “Legally Blonde Remix.”

The first act’s finale, “So Much Better,” was truly Graves’ time to shine. During this song, Elle has just discovered that she’s been accepted into a coveted internship. This is a pivotal moment in the show as she begins to realize her capabilities, and Graves’ outstanding voice and acting abilities made the song – quite literally – so much better.

“Gay or European” and “Legally Blonde Remix” were fantastic moments for the entire cast. These songs showcased the cast’s chemistry and elicited great reactions from the audi-

ence. “Gay or European” gave the cast a chance to have fun with one and other as they tried to decipher the sexuality of Nikos, played by David Rivas.

“Legally Blonde Remix” was a huge number at the end of the second act, as Elle realizes that she needs to stand her ground.

The song showcased the entire cast and featured powerhouse vocalist Nicole Cullen as Vivienne.

Directed by Jennifer Hart, “Legally Blonde” is not to be missed. The show runs in the John Cranford Adams Playhouse until Sunday, Nov. 3. Stop by to see a phenomenal show put on by an incredible cast, crew and creative team.

Quick Hits

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Disney has announced that they will be making a “Hocus Pocus” sequel for their streaming platform, Disney+.

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Cover: Legally Blonde

Since its release on Friday, Oct. 4, “Joker” has become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.

Paul Rudd and Paul Rudd excel in ‘Living with Yourself’

By Eleni Kothesakis ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

On Friday, Oct. 18, Netflix released “Living with Yourself,” a show starring Paul Rudd and ... Paul Rudd. Rudd plays Miles Elliot, an unmotivated burnout who is desperate for a way to improve his life. His relationship with his wife, Kate, is crumbling and his career is stagnant. After a coworker suggests a highly exclusive spa that could turn his life around, Miles sees this as a possibility to become a better husband and employee. Located in a sketchy strip mall is the Top Happy Spa, where a small sum of $50,000 could provide the treatment Miles needs to achieve his goals. Despite not knowing what the treatment will be or why any spa would need that much money, Miles puts his trust in the establishment.

After being put under anesthetics, Miles wakes up in the Top Happy Spa feeling exponentially better. However, this “Miles” is not the same person shown earlier in the episode.

This is not just because of an attitude shift, but because the real Miles is buried in the middle of a forest. This life-changing

spa treatment is in fact a cloning experiment where a “better” version of the person is created, while the “lesser” version is killed and buried.

Original Miles meets the new Miles, an almost exact clone who retains all of the same memories as the original Miles.

From then on, trouble ensues.

The two constantly switch places, which mostly results in the new Miles going to, and excelling at, Miles’ job and being the perfect husband to a woman he actually isn’t married to. “Living with Yourself” is a mix between “Black Mirror” and “The Parent Trap.” It is disturbing enough to keep you in suspense, but funny enough to make you come back for more.

What makes “Living with Yourself” such a success is the incredible acting done by Paul Rudd. He is able to differentiate between original Miles and new Miles in order to show their similarities and highlight their differences. It is an interesting sensation as a viewer to simultaneously root for and against the main character. Though the subject matter of the show is serious and dark, interjections of Rudd’s humor ensure that the storyline

is not as cookie-cutter as one might expect. While at times it can be somewhat confusing to tell Paul Rudd apart from himself, there is no other actor that could have pulled it off – except for Lindsay Lohan, of course.

Despite there only being eight short episodes, it is not hard to become invested in the lives and relationships of Miles, his clone and Kate as they try to navigate the existence of two duplicate main characters. Netflix has yet to announce if there will be a second season of “Living with Yourself,” but whatever direc-

tion they decide to go in will surely be an interesting one. The first season ended in an ambiguous way that makes it seem as if there may be a happy ending, but knowing Netflix, that is unlikely this early on in the series.

Paul Rudd and Paul Rudd are an unlikely duo viewers didn’t know they needed, but after one season, the show leaves people eager for more. Netflix’s “Living with Yourself” radiates suspense and hilarity, and it doesn’t hurt that it has just enough Rudd to go around.

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The first part of the final season of Netflix’s “BoJack Horseman” was released on Friday, Oct. 25.

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On Monday, Oct. 21, Disney released the final trailer for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” set to premiere this Christmas.

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Courtesy of CNN “Living with Yourself” has been rated 86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Adult Swim’s hit series, “Rick and Morty,” is set to return Sunday, Nov. 10, with five episodes.

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In ‘Little Monsters,’ campy fun meets heartwarming horror England), who is forced to move back in with his elder sister and her son after a nasty breakup with a longtime girlfriend. He struggles to cope with the healthy, stable lives that his older sister and her son, Felix, live – until he happens to fall head over heels for Felix’s attractive kindergarten teacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o).

Due to a military mishap, Dave, Miss Courtesy of Los Angeles Times Caroline and all of the members of Since its release, “Little Monsters” has achieved an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Felix’s class end up stranded in the

By Sumayyah Uddin taries on what it means to truly middle of a petting zoo during STAFF WRITER be human, some more recent a zombie outbreak along with films have been skewing towards jaded children’s television star A staple of horror, both old and exploring the comedic side of Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad). The new school, has been the preszombies – such as Hulu’s new adults must desperately keep up ence of the zombie flick. While horror film, “Little Monsters.” the guise of a game for the chilthey come in all shapes and sizes, “Little Monsters” follows a dren while searching for a way to including very serious commenfailed musician, Dave (Alexander escape.

The strongest player in this movie is definitely Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o. Nyong’o has handled some heavy roles since her breakthrough role in “12 Years a Slave,” and her handling of the horror genre is no exception. She maneuvers through the role of Miss Caroline with grace, truly making the audience experience her attempts to shield her kids from the horrors of zombies through games and quick-thinking. Nyong’o shows skill in her ability to transform into a character, rather than just being an actor playing a character. She blends perfectly into Miss Caroline and provides a backstory that elevates her to far more than a pretty schoolteacher.

While “Little Monsters” is intended to be a campy, stereotypical take on zombies and how they are portrayed in media, director Abe Forsythe plants something heartwarming inside this film – a commentary on how just as people can transform into monsters, they can also transform into people capable of redemption, love, compassion

and affection. Dave struggles to form connections with children and other people due to parental abandonment at a very young age. When he suddenly has to step up to the plate, his failures nearly cost others their lives multiple times before he slowly begins to change. It is a bit more heavy-handed than needed – he undergoes an entire character arc from washed-up slob to a loyal love interest in a little over an hour – but for a horror-comedy, perhaps leaning on the heavyhanded approach helps in the midst of the non-stop drama and action.

For the avid horror fan who is familiar with other horror comedies, like “Shaun of the Dead,” this film may be predictable and stereotypical. However, it serves its purpose as a fun film with a happy ending and is a good way to spend an hour or two on a busy Halloween weekend. “Little Monsters” premiered on Hulu on Friday, Oct. 11, and is available for access through any Hulu streaming account.

Frank Ocean’s ‘DHL’ fails to achieve uniqueness

By Daniel Gordon SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Frank Ocean has once again made a mark on the music world.

But is it for the better? Having released a total of two studiomade albums, one mixtape and 18 singles, the singer went on a two-year hiatus during which he was neither seen nor heard about on social media.

On Saturday, Oct. 19, the singer surprised his fans on his radio show, “blonded RADIO,” by releasing his latest single, “DHL,” along with two other songs that are not available on streaming platforms. But what does this mean for Ocean’s career? Should we expect an album in the near future?

In 2012, Frank Ocean released a statement on Tumblr discussing his sexuality. Written a year prior, Ocean talked about a past male lover he had when he was 19. This was him coming out to the world, but he did not

label himself as gay or bisextrack “DHL” is available on all years, “DHL” is unlike any of ual. After releasing his second streaming platforms and “Dear his previous work. studio album, “Blond,” in 2016, April” is only available as a Frank Ocean gives us a speculations about Ocean’s relaxed and chill sexuality started to arise. vibe with the release The song “Good Guy” of “DHL.” Talking made his fans question his about the simple sexual orientation. Ocean things in his life, sings about being set up Ocean raps about the on a blind date and it not rideshare app Uber, working out as he expected.

Starbucks, famous Within the song, Ocean motorcycle company says, “Here’s to the gay Kawasaki, wearing bar you took me to.” That puffer jackets during four-second lyric sparked a Paris Fashion Week question: “Is Frank Ocean and the packages he bisexual or gay?” receives, hence the Ocean dropped three name “DHL.” songs, “DHL,” “Dear Ocean, infamous April” and “Cayendo,” for putting out music without any warning on that has been creCourtesy of Complex his Beats 1 radio show. ated years before Since the start of his career, Frank Ocean has won two They were also played at the release, teases Grammys, a Webby Award, a UK Music Award and a the opening of his series of Soul Train Music Award. that this may have exclusive, queer-friendly been the case for this club nights, PrEP+. vinyl on his website, Blonded. project, too: “New files sittin’ on As it was the first solo music co, while “Cayendo” is not my drive / Nothin’ new, yeah,” he released in over two years, available at all. As Ocean’s first he says. He raps about shipOcean’s fans went crazy. The streamable music in over two ping company DHL, but what

is the importance of a shipping company within his new song?

Maybe he just likes receiving packages?

Listening to Ocean’s latest song was confusing. The famous Frank Ocean, known for his unique music style, is turning into every other musician out there. Aside from the music, the lyrics do have a deeper meaning, but the song just doesn’t feel like Ocean. With the random release of “DHL,” uniqueness was expected and not delivered.

Though this song might not slap, by working with awardwinning artists like Kanye West, Paul McCartney and Pharrell Williams throughout his career, Frank Ocean has definitely made his mark in the world of music.

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By Lebe Adelman SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Selena Gomez began her acting and singing career working for The Walt Disney Company, more specifically, its television network, Disney Channel. As a child star working for Disney, Gomez was required to maintain a pure and clean image, so as to not tarnish the company’s longstanding family-friendly reputation. Gomez was not able to break from her Disney persona until she released her first solo album, “Stars Dance,” in 2013.

The album was a huge hit for Gomez, as was her 2015 followup album, “Revival.” In addition to broadening her music career, Gomez also pursued acting opportunities that were more challenging than her early Disney roles.

Gomez continued to grow as an artist, not only appearing in films but also producing and directing them. For example, Gomez is the executive producer of two popular yet controversial Netflix productions. One is the television adaptation of Jay Asher’s “13 Reasons Why,” a graphic drama about teen

suicide and depression. The other, achieve amazing success.

Gomez dropped her single “Lose a mini-series titled “Living UnAfter many years of waiting, You To Love Me,” which has documented,” already ranked tells the story No. 1 on Spotify of undocuand No. 2 globmented immially. This song is grants living rumored to have in America. been inspired by Gomez her ex-boyfriend has also been Justin Bieber very open and the heartabout the toll ache caused by that fame his engagement has taken on to Hailey Baldher mental win, now Hailey and physiBieber. Justin cal health.

Bieber began Despite her dating Hailey struggle Bieber just two with lupus, months after a serious he and Gomez autoimmune separated. Some disorder, Goof the lyrics mez has been from this song nominated include: “I gave for a number my all and they Courtesy of E! News of awards all know it / Gomez has won over 90 awards in her career, including 11 Kids’ Choice throughout You turned me Awards – the most awarded to an individual. her career. down and now Whether it’s showing / you’re a fan of Gomez or not, Gomez’s fans were thrilled when In two months you replaced us / there is no denying that she has the star began releasing new Like it was easy / Made me think risen above personal challenges to songs. On Wednesday, Oct. 23, I deserved it / In the thick of heal-

ing, yeah.”

One hour after the song premiered, Hailey Bieber posted a screenshot of Summer Walker’s song, “I’ll Kill You.” This was thought to be a retaliation toward Gomez for her inflammatory lyrics. Gomez responded with a live video on Instagram.

“I am grateful for the response that the song is getting,” Gomez said. “I’m so grateful. However, I do not stand for women tearing women down. And I will never, ever be by that. So, please be kind to everyone. It doesn’t matter what the situation is. If you’re my fans, don’t be rude to anybody, please. Don’t go off and say things that you just feel in the moment. And just please, from me, know that that’s not my heart.

My heart is only to release things that I feel that are me and that I’m proud of. And that’s all that I’ll say.”

Selena Gomez fans have enjoyed watching her transition from a child star to a young adult, and she continues to excite with a new single at the top of the charts and an album soon to follow.

‘RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race’ to premiere in 2020

By Casey Clark STAFF WRITER

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, VH1 announced that they would be releasing a spinoff series to “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” The original series formerly aired on Logo in 2009 before moving to VH1 at the start of its ninth season.

The new series, titled “RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race,” is set to air on VH1 and will feature former contestants.

Alyssa Edwards, Nina West, Vanessa “Vanjie” Mateo, Trixie Mattel, Asia O’Hara, Bob The Drag Queen, Kim Chi, Monet X Change, Monique Heart and Trinity The Tuck have been confirmed as participants in the series.

RuPaul shared information about the upcoming show during a panel hosted by Whitney Cummings at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit. The celebrity cast has not been publicly revealed, but during the panel, Cummings revealed that she went to a secret taping of the show to support her friend.

The show will involve three

celebrity guests, each of whom will undergo full drag transformations with the help of former Drag Race contestants. The contestants will be fighting for the crown and the title of “America’s Next Celebrity Drag Superstar,” in addition to prize money, which will be donated to a charity of their choice.

The spinoff will be produced

by World of Wonder Productions, with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang and RuPaul serving as executive producers. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is responsible for the success of many well-known drag queens in the entertainment industry today, who have since made headlines.

Edwards, a season five queen known for her signature ‘tongue pop,’ created her own Netflix series in 2018, entitled “Dancing Queen.” The show takes viewers through Edwards’ life as the owner of Beyond Belief Dance Company in her hometown of Mesquite, Texas. Mattel starred alongside Edwards in season seven and

was known for her Barbieinspired makeup and comedy.

Mattel recently launched her own cosmetics company called Trixie Cosmetics, which consists mostly of glitter and lipstick.

Mattel wanted to create cosmetics that came in cute packaging, were easy to apply and were affordable. In addition to cosmetics, Mattel recently announced that she will be embarking on her 2020 tour around the U.S. called “Trixie Mattel: Grown Up.” Mattel and Edwards are just two examples of queens who used the exposure they gained from appearing on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” to build a name for themselves and stand out in the industry.

At the panel, RuPaul also discussed his upcoming Netflix show, “AJ and the Queen,” which was inspired by his days as a go-go dancer in New York. The show is based on a drag queen who travels around the world alongside an 11-year-old stowaway named AJ. “RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race” is set to premiere in 2020 and RuPaul is already thinking of new

spinoff ideas. During the panel with Cummings, RuPaul said, “We’ve done it again,” joking that his team is already dreaming up new spinoffs. “We have a

laboratory figuring out other ways – ‘Drag Race Junior,’ perhaps?

Or how about ‘Jailbreak Drag Race?’”

Courtesy of Vanity Fair “RuPaul’s Drag Race” already has two other spinoffs, “RuPaul’s Drag U” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.”

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Work It Out: You are worth more than your productivity

By Elliot Colloton

With midterm season in full swing, one thing is extremely clear: College students are way overworked. Axinn Library is packed at all hours with students studying, writing essays, drinking one too many cups of coffee and generally in despair. The same can be found in any Resident Safety Representative (RSR) booth, behind the help desk in Hammer Lab, at student aide desks in offices across campus and anywhere else where students at work have spare time. Jokes about how little time you have for sleeping, eating and relaxing between classes, work, studying and homework might be standard exam-season humor, but this shouldn’t be the norm.

Labor activists fought bitterly

for the eight-hour workday during the first quarter of the 19th century until it was finally codified under the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1937.

The Eight-Hour Movement, as it came to be known, was one of the largest labor rights movements in American history.

It gave us the modern standard 40-hour work week, overtime pay and the motto, “Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for what we will.”

Everyone knows that eight hours of sleep is what you’re supposed to be aiming for every night, and the eight-hour workday has been established for over 80 years. But what about “eight hours for what we will?” Having that much leisure time to do with what you will sounds too good to be true,

especially because we’re stuck in the middle of a culture that glorifies working until you drop.

This culture is even more present on a college campus like Hofstra’s, where the line for the Starbucks is almost always five minutes long, people walk around handing out free Red Bull and someone is always doing homework during an RSR shift. It’s so extreme that not working is a source of stress for a lot of people, myself included. If I have 10 minutes to sit down and watch Netflix, I spend pretty much nine and a half of them wondering if I’ve forgotten about some assignment I haven’t done yet.

The bottom line is that this isn’t healthy. Having to work all the time, even cutting back on sleep because of it, is a oneway ticket to burnout. That’s

why the eight-hour model was originally proposed: Having a healthy balance of work, sleep and leisure time is essential to staying healthy, both physically and mentally. It’s not a shortcoming on students’ parts, though, that we can’t find the time to relax.

We shouldn’t feel like we’re doing something wrong for not working constantly, or as though not being able to take on a job as a student is some sort of personal failing. College is already a ton of work, and it’s unfair to expect (or require through astronomical tuition costs) that students work at or near full-time while studying.

Having to write an essay while working until 4 a.m., then having to go to class at 9:30 a.m. isn’t just a bad shift – it’s a labor rights issue. So

is not being able to schedule a doctor’s appointment because your schedule is so full, or never having time to hang out with friends. Labor rights don’t begin and end when you clock in and out of work. They reach every aspect of life, especially when you’re expected to be working all the time. So, call off that shift you’re thinking about missing, have some friends over and relax. You deserve it.

preexisting class divides.

Affluent families send their children to resource-rich private and charter schools, which increases these schools’ incomes and allows for reallocations toward better academic resources.

Meanwhile, many teachers at public schools in the city also flock to private schools, enticed by their larger payrolls, leading to resource depletion at public schools and fueling a vicious and inescapable cycle for students.

I can firmly attest to the fact that the teachers striking against this system are doing so solely out of love for the students they teach and out of an unwavering belief in the potential of their city.

Chicago has produced some of the brightest minds the world has seen, and empowering students to achieve is crucial.

Nevertheless, several people – in particular, suburban individuals for whom certain educational prerogatives have

always been within arm’s reach – dismiss the protests as a nuisance.

The overlap between locations of the worstperforming schools and the most poverty-stricken neighborhoods is no coincidence. Years of segregationist zoning and housing laws have led to blatantly unequal streams of funding to various schools throughout the city. The South Side in particular is home to some of the worst schools not just in Chicago, but in the entire country.

Further budget cuts in these schools have done away with foreign language programs, extracurricular clubs and activities and more. The dearth of curricula in these fields has put students at an inherent disadvantage when applying to universities.

This dynamic fosters yet another deplorable doublestandard, which primarily affects black students.

Even worse, a number of elementary schools throughout Chicago do not facilitate afterschool or childcare programs, which has made it tough for single mothers and fathers to juggle the responsibilities of work and parenthood. These services have been considered to be unimportant by the municipal government for years.

In comparison, such services are offered at wealthier schools, which cater largely to white students. The discrepancy is hauntingly reminiscent of a pre-integration society, an era often considered to be a distant memory.

Poverty and racism, however, are far from gone in Chicago.

Approximately 20% of citizens live below the poverty line, the vast majority of whom reside in underfunded, low-income South Side precincts. Many Chicagoans were hopeful following the mayoral election of Lori Lightfoot, a gay woman of color who promised to make

drastic changes to this unfair dynamic. More than six months after Lightfoot’s swearing-in ceremony, however, nothing has been done.

Though I was fortunate enough to have attended a school equipped with the resources I needed to thrive, it is upsetting to know that decades of racism and economic exploitation have barred fellow Chicago students from success. Though midterms demand I stay at Hofstra and study, much of my mind is with the thousands of protesters back home in my city, fighting for the right to teach and to learn.

Work It Out is a labor rights column written by Elliot Colloton, a sophomore sociology major. This column aims to examine the life and rights of student workers on Hofstra’s campus.

Why I support my teachers back home in their strike

By Visvajit Sriramrajan

Over the past week, Chicagoans have been protesting avidly for improvements to the public schooling system. The citywide strikes are fueled by economic and racial inequality, issues that have plagued Chicago schools for decades.

As someone who grew up in the Chicago area, this issue hits home for me. A closer look at the slogans and chants of the strikes reveals a lack of scholastic resources that many in private schools or wellfunded public schools in the United States tend to take for granted. From unruly studentteacher ratios and inadequate teacher salaries to the lack of mental health counselors and tutors, the Chicago Public Schools district has long made it difficult for students from minority or impoverished backgrounds to learn and succeed.

This perpetuates a cycle of destitution and emboldens

Visvajit Sriramrajan is a student from the Chicago area double-majoring in journalism and linguistics. You can follow him on Twitter @vsvjt

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An impeachment is not a lynching

By Letisha Dass

Last week, President Donald Trump tweeted his frustration toward the ongoing impeachment inquiry by describing the entire ordeal as a “lynching.”

He judged the impeachment process as such after claiming that he was not given “due process or fairness or any legal rights.”

Lynching is the killing of an individual by a mob as a “form of vigilante retribution used to enforce popular justice,” according to the Equal Justice Initiative. An impeachment is a legislative process that “proceeds from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust,” as stated in Federalist No. 65.

In the United States, any person who is charged of a crime is seen as innocent until proven guilty. This presumption of innocence is a principle that is currently keeping President

Trump in office while the inquiry is ongoing. It is the job of the House to follow up on any criminal accusation and to find substantial evidence implicating President Trump. He had allegedly overstepped his role as executive when he attempted to manipulate the upcoming 2020 election by pressuring the Ukrainian government, according to CNN. Impeachment is not a violent attack based on racist bias. It is democracy.

To compare this inquisition to lynching is more than a misguided statement. It is disrespectful to American history. It disregards the somber time in the United States when African Americans were not given the chance to prove their innocence. They were not given the chance to be seen as innocent until proven guilty.

Furthermore, those that were found guilty were not given the proper chance to face repercus-

sions in a just system free of cruel and unusual punishment.

They were not seen as equals who were allowed to have their execution stayed or their prison time reduced for good behavior, for their radical white peers took it upon themselves to enact their own justice.

For example, in “Lynching in America,” a black woman named Laura Nelson and her son were kidnapped from a jail in Okemah, Oklahoma, in 1911.

Nelson was raped and hanged while her son was thrown over a bridge into the North Canadian River.

Nelson and her son were waiting to stand trial when these events occurred. They were waiting to face the same judicial system that every other American who was not African American was able to, but they were not given a chance by their peers.

Sometimes the mob came even when no crime was

committed. An accusation of sexual assault against a black man from a white woman was enough to cause a mob and a lynching of an African American in the community.

For example, “Lynching in America” tells the story of a black man named George Smith who was dragged through the streets and hanged after being falsely accused of an assault.

He had an alibi and most of the reports of the alleged crime were false, but the white people of the community did not care about his innocence. They only saw their version of justice.

So, when President Trump compares his impeachment inquiry to a lynching, he is trivializing the pain and suffering of African Americans.

As a white male who holds the highest-ranking office in this country, President Trump should have taken a step back and reexamined the historical and emotional context of the

word, but since he didn’t, it is our responsibility to do so.

We, as Americans, have to remember to always acknowledge our history. Although we may not all have the same skin color or ethnic history, we are all members of a country that has defiled the rights of African Americans and we must always carry those grievances with us in order to prevent such travesties from happening again.

Letisha Dass is a junior journalism major with a minor in philosophy and political science.

Of course Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t care about honesty in ads, he’s a billionaire

By Robert Kinnaird Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, came before the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Oct. 23, to be questioned about a variety of scandals the tech giant has faced, including the spread of misinformation through political ads. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confronted the tech giant for his “complete lack of fact-checking on political advertisements,” to which Zuckerberg responded with a half-answer, saying that he believes “lying is bad,” but making no promises to change the company’s policies.

This policy has been a major talking point since the Trump re-election campaign ran an ad on Facebook claiming blatantly false things about Democratic candidate Joe Biden. This was made even more of a talking point when Elizabeth Warren ran a

purposely false advertisement on the platform that read, “Breaking news: Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook just endorsed Donald Trump for re-election. You’re probably shocked, and you might be thinking, ‘how could this possibly be true?’ Well it’s not.

(Sorry.) But what Zuckerberg *has* done is given Donald Trump free rein to lie on his platform – and then to pay Facebook gobs of money to push out their lies to American voters.”

Warren and other progressive Democrats believe that tech giants like Facebook “have too much power – too much power over our economy, our society and our democracy,” as said in a post on Medium, and that a breakup of these companies is the solution. She also criticized the companies for “bulldozing competition” and selling users’ private information.

Zuckerberg, on the other hand, has said that “breaking up these companies ... is not actually going to solve the issues. And, you know, it doesn’t make election interference less likely. It makes it more likely because now the companies can’t coordinate and work together.”

Facebook was not the only company to do nothing about dishonest ads. Twitter, YouTube and Fox also refused to pull the dishonest advertisement.

Zuckerberg and other tech CEOs have been put into an awkward situation by this. These companies have long held a thin veil of centrism, but with increasing polarization, that mask is slipping and their right-wing bias is coming out.

Zuckerberg has not been shy with his conservative leaning. Recently he has been meeting with conservative

leaders and pundits in closed, off-the-record meetings.

This has come after Warren suggested a new wave of trust busting, including the breakup of Zuckerberg’s billion-dollar company.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had a similar controversy in response to calls to ban white nationalists on Twitter in the wake of increasing domestic terrorism. The request to ban white nationalists in the way the company banned ISIS accounts was met with hesitancy, with Dorsey admitting that it would also result in the banning of many right-wing politicians.

Big tech would rather facilitate terrorism and misinformation than risk alienating the Republican politicians that stand between them and the progressive movement, breaking their chokehold on the media industry.

As right-wing politicians spread blatant lies and white nationalist language, the left calls for reform that could destroy these tech companies.

Tech CEOs will have to decide between honesty or continued wealth and white nationalist rhetoric, and so far, Dorsey and Zuckerberg are siding with the right.

Robert Kinnaird is a junior double-major in journalism and global studies, and the Multimedia Editor for The Hofstra Chronicle.

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Northeast Syria withdrawal is a grave mistake

By Greg DeLapi

The United States has decided to give the green light for a Turkish invasion of northeast Syria, fully retreating the 1,000 soldiers deployed in that region.

This decision, apparently under the direct orders of the president, is a grave strategic blunder, one that will have significant ramifications for both our national defense and our standing around the world.

For our allies in Syrian Kurdistan, this is a decision that weakens our mutual trust that the United States has prided itself on since the end of World War II. For our geopolitical interests in the Middle East, President Trump has resorted to appeasement and retreat, which, as history has shown, can be detrimental to a nation’s interests.

This decision is an example of what the president and his allies in the White House claim to be “America First.” Yet, it is actually not “America First,” but rather “America Stupid.” One cannot trust Russia to prevent terrorism and stand by our allies in Syria. Instead of the United States and our longtime Kurdish allies working together to defeat terrorism and preserve sovereign autonomy, great powers of the

region are now dueling for control. This is what happens when the United States retreats.

Because the president is apparently very determined to fulfill a “campaign promise” to get the United States out of “endless wars,” there have been unintended consequences. Our Kurdish allies are now turning to our enemies, the Assad government and Russia, to fight the Turkish invasion. The Turks are committing war crimes against innocent civilians in the name of appeasing Erdogan’s nationalist base, and Iran and other bad actors continue to gain a foothold in the Middle East.

Most heinously for Western interests, ISIS and other radical terrorist organizations are conducting prison breaks, thereby endangering our commitment to eliminate terrorism and the threats it poses to civilization. The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that over 300,000 civilians have been displaced by the Turkish invasion into northeast Syria, and another refugee crisis similar to what we witnessed earlier this decade could have unintended consequences for Western countries in terms of security vetting, assimilation and nativism.

Since news of the Turkish military operation and the president’s subsequent decision has made headway, we have seen the Democrats, from the Joe Bidens to the Tulsi Gabbards of the world, do a 180-degree pivot from doves to hawks, belittling the lack of American leadership. For the party that just one decade ago pushed for the withdrawal of the 150,000 American GIs stationed in Iraq, the fact that the present leadership craves to keep the 1,000 American GIs in northern Syria reeks of resistance to President Trump. If Barack Obama were to withdraw 1,000 troops from the region, the Democrats would be singing his praises. To put it plainly, the Democratic Party’s opposition to this misguided and woeful policy decision is political and insincere.

As for the Republicans, they should know that it is OK to disagree with the president of your own party. I would hope to believe that those who seek Republicans In Name Only, or “RINO hunters,” who convict Republicans over lack of allegiance to President Trump are a very small minority in the Republican Party. Yet, it seems like Republicans in Congress cannot exert a scintilla

of independence from the White House. You can support Republican principles while fighting for strong national security and sane foreign policy.

Any congressional response must go beyond a symbolic resolution condemning the decision, there must be punitive sanctions on both the Turkish government and economy, as well as a joint resolution directing the White House to reverse the withdrawal.

We are ominously losing our standing and trust in the world.

No symbolic resolution can be enough to condemn this atrocity. Unfortunately, it may be too late to mitigate the damage from a very costly decision. As the Assad government has entered the region, Russia and Iran seek to create a buffer zone and we cannot engage in a military conflict with Turkey, who is a “NATO ally.” The White House must recognize that a grave and irreversible mistake was made, thereby greatly slimming the chances of peace and stability in the Middle East.

Greg DeLapi is a sophomore from Babylon, New York, and is a political science major.

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Pride Performer of the Week:

LAURA

MASCIULLO 53 KILLS 8 BLOCKS 5 ACES

VS ELON, WILLIAM & MARY, TOWSON

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Vowinkel’s hat trick propels Pride over Delaware

By Anthony Genualdo SPEC IAL TO T H E C H R O NI CL E

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The Hofstra men’s soccer team defeated the University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens in convincing fashion on Saturday, Oct. 26, with a score of 5-0. The Pride won their second straight game, moving to 7-6-1 on the season and 4-2-1 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. Delaware suffered their fifth loss in a row and dropped to 2-8-3 overall and 1-4-2 in CAA play.

Hofstra kicked off to start the first half, but Delaware saw an early chance in the opening seconds. After they failed to get a shot on goal, Hofstra quickly regained possession of the ball

and started to keep control. They generated plenty of chances in the first 15 minutes, keeping the ball on the offensive side of the pitch.

A foul from Delaware’s Alvin Halley set Hofstra up with a free kick in the 17th minute. Storm Strongin sent the free kick into the box where it was batted around until Frederik Rieper found the back of the net for his fourth goal of the season to put the Pride up 1-0.

“I think Rieper was our best player today,” said Hofstra head coach Richard Nuttall. “I thought he won a lot of headers and he came through and was commanding.”

Delaware tried to even things up, but a shot from Mark Battle was not enough as the momentum shifted back to Hofstra. Oscar Ramsay set Strongin up with a breakaway opportunity and Strongin would fire a rocket near post for his third goal of the season to put

the Pride ahead 2-0 in the 22nd minute.

Hofstra kept putting pressure on the Delaware defense for the rest of the half but could not capitalize. Delaware almost made an own goal to give Hofstra a 3-0 lead, but the score would stay 2-0 as the first half came to an end.

Halftime saw members of the 1985 Hofstra men’s soccer team being honored for Alumni Night at the stadium. The team, coached by Tom Lang, went 11-6 and won the East Coast Conference championship after defeating Delaware 1-0 in eight overtimes.

Matthew Vowinkel put on a clinic in the second half, blowing the game wide open for the Pride. A corner kick from Strongin sent the ball into the penalty box before eventually being knocked in by Vowinkel to make it 3-0 in the 47th minute.

Two more shots from Ramsay

and Etienne Botty would put more pressure on Delaware goalkeeper Renan Thomazo, until Vowinkel found the back of the net again in the 57th minute to make it 4-0 Pride.

Another corner kick in the 65th minute from the Pride’s Adam Savill gave Vowinkel the hat trick and his ninth goal of

the season to extend the lead to the eventual final score of 5-0.

Delaware would finish the game with zero shots on goal and four shots overall. Hofstra finished with 14 shots on goal and 18 shots overall.

“I think we worked hard,” Nuttall said. “[I’m] just pleased with our work ethic.”

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Matthew Vowinkel had a hat trick in Saturday’s 5-0 win over Delaware.

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Women’s soccer clinches No. 1 seed in CAA with win

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The Hofstra women’s soccer team clinched the regular season Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championship on Sunday, Oct. 27, with a 2-1 victory over the College of William & Mary Tribe at Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly Field. The Pride concluded the regular season with an unbeaten streak of 13 straight matches.

The Pride got the scoring started in the 21st minute.

Skylar Kuzmich booted the ball upfield, where it found Lucy Porter who then sent a seam pass to Sabrina Bryan. Bryan dribbled all the way into the box, cut back to the middle and sent a knuckler off of her right foot that fooled Tribe keeper

Katelyn Briguglio and found the back of the net.

The lead held for 18 minutes before a defensive error caused an own goal. The Tribe came in on a two-on-one break and tried a cross to Charlotte Hyland.

Hofstra’s Anja Suttner slid to break up the pass, but she accidentally knocked the ball in her own goal as Kuzmich was moving the other way to prepare for a shot off the cross.

The match was tied heading into halftime, but it didn’t take long for Hofstra to take the lead in the second. Less than four minutes in, Lucy Porter found an outlet pass out of the defensive end and sent a seam pass right to the foot of Miri Taylor. Taylor took a few steps to the top of the box, cut back toward the middle to evade a defender and rifled a left-foot shot to the bottom right corner, out of the reach of a diving Briguglio. It was Porter’s second assist of the match and seventh on the year.

That’s all the scoring the Pride

would need, as the defense was locked down the rest of the way.

The Tribe managed just one shot on goal, which Kuzmich stopped. Bryan’s goal was her seventh of the season, good for No. 3 on the team in goals. She also extended her point streak to eight matches.

Taylor finished the regular season second on the team in goals with a career-high of nine, and a goal in each of the final four matches. Porter reached 35 points on the season, tying Carlene Wawrzonek’s 1994 season record for fourth-most in Pride history. She needs two more to catch the third place holder, Sam Scolarici, who had 37 in 2014.

The Pride won the CAA regular-season title for the second time in the past three seasons and the fourth time under head coach Simon Riddiough. The team also went undefeated in conference play for the second time in three seasons and the third time during Riddiough’s tenure.

The Pride begin their conquest for their third straight CAA tournament title on Sunday, Nov. 3, when they host the winner of the match between

Tigers.

That quickly changed as the Pride got on the board early in the second quarter. Capitalizing on a penalty corner play, sophomore Djuna Slort fired one into the goal, notching her fifth of the season.

The second quarter success did not stop there for the Pride.

Hofstra outshot Towson 8-0 in the quarter and had seven penalty corners. The Pride also did not allow Towson to cross the midfield line at all before the half was over.

“The rain was really coming down, and from the start we were trying to stay as disciplined and as structured as possible,” Veinotte said. “They are some very solid defenders; Frankie O’Brien came up with some very great tackles for us under the center. It was a very well-disciplined game from that point on and that’s what kept us ahead.”

The Pride looked to keep the momentum going after halftime, but play was halted at the 11:19 mark of the third quarter due to the continuous heavy rain and

lightning in the area. It was a 38-minute delay.

The delay seemed to give the Tigers new life, as they began driving into the Hofstra zone as the game got back underway.

But with 2:33 left to play in the quarter, freshman Sydney LeGuillow tallied her second goal of the year, tipping in a pass from Warfel for the 2-0 lead.

“During the delay, we had every girl in a towel to keep them warm. The girls were definitely hungry to get back out there, and they handled the weather delay very well,” Veinotte said.

“They were focused. I could tell they were eager to get back out, and they were ready to handle the circumstances.”

In the fourth quarter, Towson struggled to capitalize on some good scoring opportunities.

With 10 minutes left, Georgiana put a damper on the Tigers’ hopes of a comeback with her first goal of the year.

“For Georgiana to get a goal on senior day was really the cherry on top of the cake. I love it,” Veinotte said.

Good ball movement helped

the Pride to run out the clock and secure the 3-0 victory.

Freshman goalie Merlijn van der Vegt needed to make only one

the No. 4 seeded Northeastern University and the No. 5 seeded Elon University in the CAA tournament semifinals.

Adam Flash / The Hofstra Chronicle Lucy Porter assisted on both goals for Hofstra in her 90 minutes of action.

Field hockey picks up first CAA win of season

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On Sunday, Oct. 27, the Hofstra Pride field hockey team defeated Towson University 3-0 on senior day at Hofstra Field Hockey Stadium.

“It feels great to get the win.

The girls have been so positive, working every single day pushing this program forward. It’s emotional. I’m happy we have come together as a team, and it’s a great day to celebrate our seniors, Dominique Luxardo, Alyssa Kohler, Madison Warfel, Valerie Vogels and Madison Georgiana,” said Hofstra head coach Courtney Veinotte.

The game started off with a heavy downpour of rain, making playing conditions a factor for both teams. The first quarter ended in a sloppy turnover battle between the Pride and the

save the entire game, racking up her second shutout of the season.

Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Atheltics Senior Madison Warfel scored in her final home game with the Pride.

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Volleyball falls to Towson despite hot start

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The Hofstra volleyball team lost a tough Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) match against Towson University on Sunday, Oct. 27, falling in four sets. Despite a hot start that resulted in a 25-21 first set win for the Pride, they lost the next three 25-23, 25-17, 25-21.

The loss drops their record to 14-9 overall and 7-4 in CAA play. Towson improves to 20-2 overall and remains undefeated in conference play at 10-0.

The Pride came out roaring in set one and jumped to an early 10-3 lead. Later in the set, Ana Martinovic gave Hofstra their largest lead with her second kill to put them up 17-7. Towson fought back, however, and went on a 12-4 scoring run to narrow their deficit to only two points.

With the score at 24-21 in favor

of Hofstra, Laura Masciullo delivered the finishing blow to Towson that put the Pride up 1-0 in the match.

Towson came back strong in the second set and evened up the match with a tight 25-23 victory. The Tigers led the entire way and used a pair of 6-1 runs to pull ahead. After Masciullo tied the score at 10, Towson broke free and took a 16-11 lead. Masciullo brought the Pride back to within one point again, but her set-high eight kills were not enough. Annie Ertz delivered the set-clinching kill and crushed any hope of a comeback for Hofstra. Towson was led by Camryn Allen with four service aces, as well as Lydia Wiers and Silvia Grassini with four kills each to even the match at one.

Towson carried their momentum over to the third set and cruised to a 25-17 win. The Tigers did not trail once again despite Hofstra keeping it close early on. Towson used a 9-2 tear to go up 16-9 and put the set out of reach. An attack error

by Athina Dimitriadis gave the Tigers their largest lead of the

night at 22-13. The Pride could not recover and dropped their second straight set.

The final set was a hard fought battle that featured 10 ties and four lead changes.

Towson prevailed in the end, 25-21, to win the match over the Pride. Hofstra trailed early, but went on a 4-0 run to go up 7-6.

The score went back and forth until Hofstra took a 17-14 lead that forced Tigers head coach Don Metil to call a timeout.

Towson came out of the break on fire and went on an 11-4 tear to take the match.

“There were some good things and we were definitely better than the last time we played them,” said Hofstra head coach Emily Mansur. “Now we have to just keep working hard.”

Strong efforts from Masciullo, who had 23 kills; Luisa Sydlik, with 31 assists; and Juliana Vaz’s 22 digs were not enough to power the Pride past the top team in the CAA. Towson was led by Wiers with 13 kills and Marrisa Wonders, who had 49 assists. Grassini, Olivia Finckel and Emily

Jarome each tallied 11 kills for the Tigers as well.

“I think both teams respect each other. It’s always going to be a good match and it was just a tough day in this gym,” Mansur said. “We’re going to keep working to make things better.”

The Pride will start a three-

match road trip on Saturday, Nov. 2, when they take on Northeastern University at 4 p.m.

“We have to get better on the road,” Mansur said. “We have to really start to improve ourselves and really focus on what we have to do to get to the championship.”

Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Juliana Vaz recorded 22 digs in the loss.

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Wrestling looks to reset after adversity-filled 2018 season

By Christopher Detwiler SPORTS E D I TO R

Camaraderie. Teamwork.

Tight-knit. These are the words that Hofstra wrestling head coach Dennis Papadatos used to describe the 2019-2020 group that he believes has already jelled together as one unit.

“We have one big clique,” Papadatos said. “It only took about a week and it seems like everyone has been together forever. It has been very enjoyable to this point.”

After last year’s campaign went sour, as Papadatos described it, the returning starters and newcomers look to get healthy and stay healthy throughout the season. To do that, Papadatos is taking a different approach to training.

Every Friday, Papadatos and the rest of the coaching staff come into the wrestling room, but only meet with four wrestlers at a time so that they each get more individualized critiques on their technique.

This is new this year and Papadatos says the wrestlers enjoy the more individualized attention.

He also gives his team days off during the week so the wrestlers can stay fresh and recover properly. When they’re in the room they work hard, he said, so they can earn those days off and recover.

That’s how the team is preparing for the Princeton Open, which kicks off this year’s schedule on Sunday, Nov. 3. The schedule is loaded with home events and tough competition throughout the year.

“We’re excited about our schedule,” Papadatos said.

In particular, he added, they are excited for the Army Invitational on Thursday, Nov. 17, which includes competition from the University of Michigan and four-time reigning national champions Penn State, two very successful Big 10 programs.

Papadatos also listed North

Carolina State University and Long Island University as the two premier home matches this season.

But Papadatos is not looking too far ahead on the schedule.

“My whole theme on the year is ... taking it week by week,” he said. “We are trying to be as close to optimal peak performance every single week.”

The team has been officially practicing for their season opener at Princeton University for a few weeks, and Papadatos has been very impressed with what he’s seen on the mat so far.

“I’ve seen an overall good mindset,” he said. “It’s a pretty tight-knit group and I wouldn’t normally say that. The whole team gets along, the whole team likes each other, the whole team pushes each other. I’ve seen a lot of camaraderie and teamwork and effort.”

That mentality is crucial in any team sport, but wrestling in particular is as much a mental sport as it is physical.

The storyline of last season was the barrage of injuries and setbacks the team faced.

Vinny Vespa, Sage Heller and Dylan Ryder were all significant wrestlers who missed time due to injury last year.

Vespa could not even practice at all last year due to an undisclosed injury, but Papadatos has been amazed with how he has recovered. “[Vespa] looks as focused as he’s ever looked,” Papadatos said. “I was very concerned on the nature of his injury ... on how he would recover ... as if maybe he would never be able to recover, and he might look as good as he’s ever looked.”

Sage Heller also missed most of last season, so he and Vespa both received medical redshirt years and did not lose any NCAA eligibility. “[Sage Heller] looked great all summer,” Papadatos said.

“He was cleared in April and he

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looks really good right now.”

Ryder, who was injured at the end of the season, had surgery this offseason and will be back and healthy at the Princeton Open to build off a very successful freshman year.

The newcomers on this team have fit in incredibly well, Papadatos said, and he has high expectations for many of them. Some newcomers will be taking a redshirt year, but some wrestlers like freshman Reece Heller (yes, another Heller) and transfer junior Charles Small could crack the opening-day lineup.

Reece Heller will likely step in at 157 pounds and Small will fill in at 184, as sophomore Trey Rogers is bumping up to the 197-pound weight class, Papadatos said.

Small comes to Hofstra with championship experience as he earned the National Junior College Athletic Association Championship this past year

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while he was at Northwest Kansas Technical College.

Papadatos said this experience has helped Small become a leader in the wrestling room.

Although the team may not select official captains this season, Papadatos pointed out that along with Small, Sage Heller, Ryder, Rogers and senior Jacob Martin have all filled the role as captains in the room.

In particular, Papadatos added, Sage Heller has taken the reigns. “[Sage Heller] has been the verbal leader. Guys are listening to him,” Papadatos said. “If you asked the team to pick one captain, I think [Sage Heller] would be unanimously picked right now.”

Although Papadatos is taking the season week by week, it is important to recognize the challenges that lie ahead at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) tournament, which will be held at Lehigh University this year.

“Every team just seems to get better every year,” Papadatos said.

“As you get better, [other teams] get better. It’s like, ‘Man, is anyone not going to get better? This is annoying,’” he added with a laugh.

Lehigh, Cornell University and Princeton usually take up the top spots in the EIWA, which is consistently a premier conference in the nation. But Papadatos just sees the rankings and predictions as a distraction.

“In the past, I’ve looked at all that,” he said. “[This year], I really haven’t paid attention to it. I’m really focusing in on us and our guys and what we can do to be the best that we can.”

Overall, Papadatos is impressed with the attitude and mentality of this new-look Hofstra wrestling team. He said the team is focused more on their short-term goals right now, but there is a one long-term goal that he wants to accomplish this year: “I want everyone to feel satisfied when the year is over.

I just want the season to be over and all the coaches and guys feel like they gave it all they had.”

Papadatos feels confident that with the 10 guys he’ll be sending out on the mat throughout the season, that goal, and others that will undoubtedly come up as the year progresses, are attainable for this Hofstra wrestling squad.

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Women’s soccer looks to translate success to CAA tournament CONTINUED FROM A1 fifth under the helm of Riddiough. This feat would be a landmark achievement for the Pride and cement the squad’s status as a CAA dynasty. The team, comprised of many players who can already list CAA championships on their resumes, hopes to use their experience with tournament success to their advantage this year.

however. The CAA has a number of teams that prove to be tough outs in championship play, including the stout defensive teams of UNCW and Delaware; as well as a team in Elon that produces the secondmost scoring in the conference, with just one fewer goal scored

CAA]. I like [Audrey Harding] for Wilmington, I thought she was effective; Delaware’s got [Riley] Dixon, she’s effective; [Northeastern University] has [Chelsea] Domond; [James Madison University]’s got [Haley] Crawford. There’s plenty of teams who have one

and second-most game-winning goals with four behind Porter’s five; Sabrina Bryan, who’s tied for second in the conference in assists made with nine; and Lucy Shepherd, right behind Bryan with eight assists for fourth-best in the CAA. The importance of the home-

of positive information on the team,” Riddiough said. “I think the offensive output this year has been tweaked a little bit from last year, and I’ve got to give credit to [Lucey] for that, and [Yam]’s been putting in lots of work with our goalkeepers and has gotten them sharper.

I think it’s always good to have different opinions and different ideas, especially when you’ve been doing this job for as long as I have.

You always need to bounce ideas off of each other and this staff’s done a great job of that, and I’m excited moving forward.”

With the season nearing conclusion and the prospects of a three-peat and NCAA tournament berth on the horizon, the Pride must battle through fatigue and injury to maintain the momentum they’ve built through a successful regular season.

“It’s typical this time of year – we’re tired,” Riddiough said. “We’ve got some injuries.

The players have worked hard.

The weather’s changed. That puts a little bit of melancholy on the players’ attitudes, but they’re grinding. That’s how you can explain it – everybody’s grinding right now and they’re enjoying the grind. They’re a great group of players, and I think we just need to keep putting our foot down on the gas and make sure we get to the CAA finals and hopefully get to the NCAA [tournament].”

“They’re a great group of players, and I think we just need to keep putting our foot down on the gas and make sure we get to the CAA finals and hopefully ... the NCAA [tournament].”

“I think [championship experience] is very important,” Riddiough said.

“It’s been proven over the years. I think the mindset and mentality of a team going into playoffs is a huge advantage if you’ve been there and experienced it before, so I think it will help us down the stretch. We’re at home so hopefully we can take care of business.”

Past success is no guarantee for a championship this season,

than the Pride this season prior to the teams’ final regular season matches. “[The College of] William & Mary has Sarah Segan, who’s been one of the most dominant, if not the most dominant forward [in the CAA] over the last four years,” Riddiough said. “She’s a handful. There’s a plethora of good players [in the

or two players who we have to game-plan for. I think we’re fortunate that we’ve got three or four, so that gives us a slight advantage.”

Those game-changing players for Hofstra include Lucy Porter, who leads the CAA in goals this season with 14; Miri Taylor, who’s accumulated the secondmost points in the conference

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field advantage that comes with securing the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the CAA is not lost on Riddiough. “[Earning the first or second seed] is extremely important for us,” Riddiough said. “Last year, we had to go up to Boston on a Friday and play Delaware. Then, playing Northeastern, they had a week’s rest and we had to play them after two days.

Then we had to drive down to Harrisonburg, which is always a tough trip. If we can get the one or two seed, it eliminates quite a lot of that. It just makes your path to the NCAA [tournament] a lot easier and a lot less stressful on the team.”

Going into the 2019 season, two additions were made to the team’s coaching staff: Gerry Lucey, a former volunteer assistant, returned to the team as the associate head coach and Kelsey Yam took the responsibilities of assistant coach. Riddiough points to the contributions of the two newcomers as big factors in the Pride’s play this season. “[Yam and Lucey] are both new to the staff, and I think they’ve both imparted a lot

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Heading to the Top Men’s soccer continues to climb the CAA standings after a 5-0 win over Delaware.

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