The Hofstra Chronicle: March 31, 2011 Issue

Hempstead, NY Vol.76 | Issue 22

The Hofstra

Ch e Chronicle C el e b r at i n

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March 31, 2011

g 75 Ye a r s a t H o fstra

1935

Keeping the Hofstra Community informed since 1935

100 STUDENTS WERE ASKED:

September 23, 1935, the first day of classes at Hofstra, tuition for the entire year was $375.

1957

-University Archives

50000

4% No

40000

30000

April 3, 1957 University tuition was $25 per semester hour, an increase of $3 from the precvious semester.

“DO YOU THINK HOFSTRA’S TUTION IS TOO HIGH?”

TUITION COST COMPARED TO COMPETING UNIVERSITIES

20000

$

$

$

$

$

96% Yes

Hofstra Adelphi FORDHAM Fordham Northeastern Boston Univ.

HOFSTRA ADELPHI NORTHEASTERN B.U.

FINANCIAL AID STATISTICS

1974

-NY Times

January 1974 Hofstra raises tuition from $70 per credit hour to $78.

61.2%

Students who recieved need-based financial aid.

1975

-NY Times

November 15, 1975 Hofstra announces a $1.4 million deficit. University President Robert L. Payton notifies 111 of Hofstra’s 600 administrative employees that they are being dismissed.

1997

-NY Times

52.8%

Average percent of need met.

Students who applied for need-based financial aid.

Need-based scholarship or grant given.

Students whose need was fully met.

“AFTER GRADUATION HOW MUCH DEBT WILL YOU HAVE?”

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Student-loan volume more than doubled in the past ten years, from $44.6 billion to $94.5 billion annually.

Student loans now make up the majority of all tuition aid.

30 20 -

1997 Tuition, fees, room and board at Hofstra amount to $18,752 a year, about $5,000 less than Hofstra’s three leading competitors: NYU, BU and Syracuse

-U.S. News and World Report

51.8%

19.3%

” ”

At Hofstra University, 61.2 percent of full-time undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid and the average need-based scholarship or grant award is $11,000.

Need based selfhelp aid.

100 STUDENTS WERE ASKED:

-Anya Kamenetz “DIY U”

10 NONE

$0-$10,000

$10,001$25,000

$25,001$50,000

$50,001$100,000

$100,000 +

TUITION PERCENT INCREASE VS. INFLATION

-NY Times

2011

56%

75.7%

75 YEARS OF HOFSTRA TUITION

1997-2011

March 31, 2011 University tuition is $15,375 per semester, totaling $30,750 for the year.

With the addition of fees, average meal plan and average room and board the grand total is $43,216 for the year.

-Hofstra University Web Site

1974-1997

1957-1974

By Lisa DiCarlucci ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

In the past 75 years, the tuition at Hofstra University has grown steadily in cost. In 1935 the cost of going to college included little more than the actual price per credit but research shows that it is difficult for private universities to compete today without extras.

Provost Herman Berliner is quoted in Anya Kamenetz book, DIY U saying, “The students are looking for all those extras, a very personal education, and a small student faculty ratio...They’re looking for a fully textured experience.

The expectations have gone up tremendously, and we’re doing everything we can to meet those expecations.”

And while this may seem like something new to our generation, articles from Newsday’s archive indicate that student’s were looking for these “extras” even in 1989. A quick look around campus at the new Recreation Center, rennovated residence halls and dining facilities indicate that Hofstra is making an effort to provide us with those “extras” but they do not come without a significant cost.

The research shown on the left indicates that while Hofstra’s cost is significant, it is standard and even quite lower than competing schools.

Data was collected from the Hofstra University Archives, New York Times, Newsday, US News and World Report and DIY U.

TUITON PERCENT INCREASE INFLATION PERCENT INCREASE

1935-1957

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The Pride Network hosted Gaydar: Guess the Straight Person. Four panelists were questioned by audience members trying to identify the straight male from a group of four men.

Pride Network hosts Gaydar as lesson on stereotyping

By Danielle Ruiz STAFF WRITER

On Wednesday, March 30th, The Pride Network along with their co-sponsor, MISPO, hosted their annual “Gaydar: Guess the Straight Person” event. The Pride Network has been putting on the Gaydar event for the past three years with the intention of breaking down stereotypes.

Gaydar events in the past have all had themes, ranging from a lesbian panel to Wednesday night’s Latino theme. Senior A.J.

Duncan, an active board member of The Pride Network, explained that a person’s sexual orientation is not always apparent.

The event started off in style with Lady Gaga and techno blaring through the speakers before the panelists took the stage. Four panelists were brought on stage and the audience was given the opportunity to vote on whom they believed was straight based off of appearance alone.

The panelists were all dressed very differently from one another,

giving the audience little help in determining who was gay and who was straight. Each panelist started off with a clean slate as the audience was divided in their opinions on the most “straight-looking” panelist.

After tallies were collected, the floor was opened to the audience as students lined up to ask questions and decide for themselves who was the one straight panelist among the three gay ones.

The audience was free to ask any question as long as it did not

address the sexuality of any panelist members. The panelists were also given the choice to reject questions they found too forward.

The questions from the audience varied from topics such as favorite movies and music artists to favorite dance move. The event took a fun turn as panelists were asked to wink, as well as demonstrate their “bump and grind” skills with a courageous audience member. One humorous student in the audience went as far as to ask the panelists to do their best

Beyonce “Single Ladies” dance interpretation. Many audience members had fun methods of coming to their own conclusions on who was the straight panelist.

When the straight panelist was announced, loud applause was heard from audience members who had guessed correctly.

Wednesday night was a good lesson for the Hofstra community. With the help of The Pride Network, students learned to not judge a book by its cover, or sexual orientation.

President encourages SGA to get its act together

By Ben Suazo ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

President Jimmy Wells gave a bold challenge to SGA on Tuesday. He suggested to senators that they sit down in the Student Center, if only for an hour, and tune in to what students really think is right and wrong with The University.

Wells’ report was a response to two recent disappointments from SGA: the cancellation of Hofstra’s “Teach Me How to Dougie” program after sufficient student interest was not generated, followed by the refusal of several senators to support an atrium table, even though their assigned office hours

would still have been counted.

Although Wells himself could not attend Tuesday’s meeting to read the report, Associate Director and Advisor Robyn Kaplan (OSLA) conveyed the president’s words and reactions well enough to move members of the senate to express their approval.

“Sometimes we like to call attention to the negativity,” said Jordan Baer, head of the Elections Commission. “[Instead] say good job to each other, say thank you!”

Kaplan passed out index cards after she finished reading the president’s words, and asked senators to anonymously address why they joined SGA, what they

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like, what they would like to change and how they believe students perceive their organization.

“For those of you that are frustrated, my response is, ‘good,’” Kaplan told senators. Kaplan said senators had already approached her, expressing their displeasure with SGA, but did not specify what they wanted to change. “It’s not gonna change in one day, it’s not gonna change in one semester, but you have to start to try and support each other.”

Another controversy at Tuesday’s meeting revolved around Rent-A-Spot, a guaranteed parking program created this year through the Hofstra

Established 1935

Entrepreneurship Department with funds from Capital One. Spirit Chairwoman Victoria Vullo introduced a resolution, and also requested SGA’s support. Her plan is to see if the reserved spots— 10 near Breslin and 13

by C.V. Starr— can be reduced to three in each lot. Vullo cited last week’s article in The Chronicle— in which students complained about Rent-A-Spot— as evidence of student support for her resolution. When asked, she said she had not yet spoken directly to the program’s managers.

Senator and commuter Alice Rodrigues said she could usually find a place to park in Breslin, but

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now those spaces have disappeared, and finding alternative parking has caused her to be late to class. “I’ve never seen more than three cars in the spots and it’s just a waste of space,” Rodrigues said in support of Vullo’s resolution.

Some senators opposed the resolution, believing Vullo should have spoken directly with students and Rent-A-Spot’s management before requesting SGA’s support. “If I were the person who programmed Rent-A-Spot, I would want someone to consult me,” said Victoria Rametta. work on some way to remedy the problem.”

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Alcohol awareness informs students of the dangers of drinking

By Cody Heintz ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER

On Wednesday, March 30, Anita Ellis and the Office of Off-Campus Living and Commuting Student Services (OCS) held “Alcohol: Pleasure or Poison?” to educate students on the dangers of underage drinking and drunk driving.

This event was co-sponsored by the Hofstra University Dance Team, Delta Chi, Alpha Phi, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Sigma Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Alpha Sigma. Also discussed were New York state host laws and the consequences of drug possession. Officers from the Village of Hempstead Police Department were present, and representatives from the Nassau County Departments of Criminal Justice and of Drug Counseling.

Anita Ellis, besides being the executive director of OCS, is also

a Hofstra Alumni and member of Alpha Theta Beta. She has been personally affected by the negative impacts of alcohol and drinking, as five former classmates of hers and even a former Alpha Theta Beta sister have died due to alcohol abuse. Helping Anita put the event together was a fellow sister of Alpha Theta Beta, Anne DelGrosso, a substance abuse therapist who said that “young people do not understand the consequences of their actions and think they are invisible.”

Ashleigh Rowan, president of Phi Sigma Sigma said that she and her sorority sponsored the event because alcohol awareness “is a good thing to support and alcohol is really prevalent among college kids.”

Anita began the event with a short film showing some of the horrors and consequences that come with drinking and driving,

such as being arrested or getting into a crash. After the film, Anita went on to introduce Officer Rodgers, who went on to discuss the responsibilities that off-campus students assume when they are throwing a party. He initially went over the basics that it is against the law to serve or consume alcohol if you are under the age of 21.

He also pointed out that if a host serves a minor alcohol, there can be both civil and criminal charges to face. But the main point of his speech was for students living off-campus to be mindful and respectful of their neighbors when they have parties. He pointed out that students should respect their neighbors’ rights to a “peaceful and comfortable atmosphere.”

Afterwards he said that his goal for attending the event was “to appeal to the students that live off campus [because] we want them to understand that, when they

have parties that include alcohol and they get rowdy, it affects the full-time residents of the community.”

After Officer Rodgers, Gerald, who is Director of Criminal Justice Programming for Nassau County, talked about his personal life and about himself and his 13 siblings.

All 14 would end up in substance abuse treatment by age 20, and seven have died because of heroin addiction and alcoholism.

Gerald, who has been sober for 25 years, discussed a three-prong approach between the administration, the fraternities/sororities and the community at-large that will help reduce the effect of alcohol on the community and on the student body. He also discussed how genetics and environmental factors could lead to a person abusing drugs.

After Gerald, Officer Rodgers talked again about the conse-

quences of marijuana possession.

He discussed the various punishments for marijuana possession depending on amount and location, since having marijuana in public will lead to a worse punishment than just having it on person.

He concluded with saying that the ‘sale’ of marijuana consists of not just selling marijuana but also includes giving someone weed or just passing around a joint.

After the event, junior Political Science major Alex Zelinski said that the event reminded him of how “there are other people in the neighborhoods and you have to be mindful of that.” Anita Ellis said that she created this event “to bring the shock value about what could happen when you drink and drive and what happens when you put a foreign substance in you body.”

Nonsense’s oral history with The Chronicle

By Marc Butcavage NONSENSE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

In the history of publicationrelated camaraderie here at Hofstra, none is as long and storied as the relationship between The Chronicle and Nonsense Humor Magazine. Though both very different at their core, both publications have a long history of sharing members, resources and kegs. In fact, if it were not for an ideological breakdown between members of The Chronicle, we would not have Nonsense, and the entire campus would be much sadder for it.

The year was 1983, and tensions were high between the typical left-leaning journalists and their somewhat less numbered conservative counterparts in the office. What started as some heated arguments turned into a complete secession of the right-wing members, who left to start their own publication, the New Voice. Like any DIY publication, the New Voice was a small conservative-minded newsletter that also published once a week. April Fool’s Day of that year brought something typical from many college publications, a parody issue. It is not uncommon

to see an organization parody itself, but for the New Voice, some of its members took it a few steps too far. The parody, appropriately titled the No Voice, parodied the New Voices’ propensity to include surveys in every issue (sound familiar?), and featured a poll simply titled “The Hofstra C--k Survey.” This included a bar graph in which the bars were simply silhouetted penises depicting an array of fake data, presumable about male genitalia. This is where a few of the Republican members took offense. In yet another interpublication meltdown, the members who were responsible for the questionable fake survey broke off yet again, and while they did not know it at the time, they would make Hofstra history.

The following school year, the now former members of the New Voice decided to continue the tradition of printing a college-wide humor magazine. Rob Roday, a fifth year senior, went to the Student Government Association to try to round up some kind of budget. He was awarded $300, but not before SGA budget director Robert Wilschek said, “What is all this nonsense?” Thus, the

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Football T-shirts offend University alumni

By Ryan Broderick EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Françoise Van Keuren, pictured above, models one of Phi Delta Theta’s “Hofstra Football Undefeated Since 2009” T-shirts. Due to complaints from former Hofstra alumni the fraternity decided to

stop selling the shirts. “They actually chose to stop on their own,” Dean of Students Peter Libman said of the Fraternity’s decision to stop selling. “Maybe with time people will find the humor in it,” Libman said of the football program’s recent cancellation. All of Phi Delta Theta’s proceeds went towards Relay For Life.

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Howard Dean optimistic in speech at University

By Haleigh Zueger SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

“It is easy to be pessimistic about the state of the union, particularly if you are a younger person” said former Gov. Howard Dean in the opening remarks of the annual Arnold A. Saltzman lecture on the State of the Union. Dean was on campus on Wednesday, March 30 to address students and members of the Hofstra community at the Helene Fortunoff Theater.

The former Democratic presidential candidate focused his State of the Union discussion on domestic policy issues, citing the increasing wealth disparity in the United States, the corporatization of major media outlets and recent failures in the U.S. Judicial System as reasons that Americans should be concerned.

“Capitalism needs to be readjusted,” said Dean, noting that in the past twenty years, there has been no increase in real spending power for the bottom 80 percent of income earners in the United States. According to Dean, this lack of wealth distribution will lead to an eventual capitalist demise, and that “real capitalism fails if benefits of capitalism accrue to smaller and smaller amounts of people.”

Dean also pointed to recent court cases that have been

decided on “political, not judicial grounds” as causes for concern.

Suggesting a right-wing consorted effort to undermine the court system, Dean cited the recent decisions in Bush v. Gore and Citizens United v. Federal Election as embarrassments, adding that it is a “terrible blow to a country where you can’t respect the court.”

Additionally, Dean warned that Americans should be concerned about the evolving media outlets that threaten to debase the news. “Today we are expected to know what we want to know, not what we should know,” said Dean, referencing major news networks’ tendencies to broadcast or print stories that often lack real journalistic substance. “If it bleeds it leads,” stated Dean, “because news is now about generating a profit; it appeals to what we want, not what we need to flourish.”

Despite his initial concerns about the economic and social state of America, Dean concluded his speech with an optimistic outlook of its future. “Help is on the way,” assured Dean, referencing the younger generations of Americans that he hopes will guide the United States to a sustainable future. “We will overcome this” said Dean, noting that the core decency of who Americans are as human beings is not changing. “We already have high principles, the key is resistance.”

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(LtoR) Senior Christian Heimall, men’s basketball coach Mo Cassara, and juniors Matt Napolitano and Steve Panzarella following the event held in the Student Center.

University joins to fight children’s cancer

By Christian Heimall STAFF WRITER

For the third consecutive year, the Hofstra Roller Hockey team put on their annual St. Baldrick’s Day at Hofstra’s Student Center on Wednesday. The event consisted of dozens of people shaving their heads in solidarity for children’s cancer who lose

their hair during treatment. Participants included Hofstra students, local residents, and even Dean of Students Peter Libman. Hofstra men’s basketball head coach Mo Cassara was also on hand to help raise money for cancer research. The Roller Hockey team’s goal for this year is to raise at least $10,000 for the cause. For more information or to make a donation you can visit www.StBaldricks.org.

Hofstra Parent Council Congratulates Hofstra University

Our Students’ Home Away From Home On Her 75th Anniversary!

Hofstra parents, join us in supporting this great university, our Pride. Email us at parents@hofstra.edu to become engaged.

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Howard Dean spoke to students at The University on Wednesday about social inequality and America’s future.

Karen Bantegui P’12, Beverly Benz-Treuille P‘14, William Flipse B.S. ’75, P’11 and Beverly Flipse P‘11, David Franklin P’11, Teresa Greis P’12, Terry Kleid P’12, Linda Loverde P’11, Vera Majerski P’14, Linda Mangano P’14, Ellen Miller P’12, Wendy and Phil Schuetz P’11, Eleanor Stentiford P’14, Joann Thompson P’11, Joan Weibman P’13, Venetia Williams P’12, Christine Wulf P’11

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A kind of confusing oral history of Nonsense magazine Continued from a3 name of the magazine was born.

That Thanksgiving weekend, Nonsense was laid out in the bathroom of the second floor of the student center and ironically titled “The Best of Nonsense.”

To further understand the relationship between The Chronicle and Nonsense, I sat down with the oldest Nonsense alum and amateur historian Billy Florio who is the most well-versed in the history of both clubs.

The Chronicle: Now what about The Chronicle and Nonsense sharing members, is that a relatively new thing, or has there been a history of that?

Florio: It’s fluctuated. There have been times in the past when the two clubs were completely separate, and there has been the opposite. When I came to Hofstra (Fall of ‘02), most of the members of Nonsense were editors in The Chronicle, and that trend continued through most of my time at Hofstra...It hasn’t always been friendly between the two

clubs. About the early ‘90s/late ‘80s (whenever Nonsense printed a really offensive article about Christians), they got slammed in The Chronicle by the editors.

I don’t believe there were any members of the staff crossing over then.

The Chronicle: Was The Chronicle ever a key player in the several times Nonsense has almost been shut down, or was that mostly administrative?

Florio: Usually it was Hillel.

Outside of the Christian incident, I don’t think The Chronicle has ever rallied against Nonsense.

All the incidents I can think of come from a different group being offended and going to the administration. I remember around the time I left, there was a group trying to defame Nonsense in The Chronicle. They were mostly film kids from TNL, and they kept on writing Letters to the Editor in The Chronicle talking about how awful we are...Art Tebbel, Jon Hanford and Nick Psillas wrote an editorial in The Chronicle defending Nonsense. The reason we got an editorial was because of the

crossovers with staff at the time.

And back when we were mocking TNL in the magazine, their writers were mocking us in The Chronicle in the cartoon section [with one called] “Late Entry”, [which] was written by a TNL writer. I later parodied that in nonsense as “Rear Entry.” That was 2003-ish.

The Chronicle: So really most of The Chronicle based contention came from outside contributors?

Florio: From what I remember, The Chronicle was used as a mouthpiece for the dissatisfied.

Yeah, there were people on the staff who didn’t like us, of course, but they didn’t write scathing reviews of us. Even the people who did hate us on The Chronicle at least respected us enough to not voice their hatred, or were friends with us.

The Chronicle: Is there anything else worth noting about the two clubs in relation to each other?

Florio: When we did the Nonicle back in 2004, it caused a few problems between the clubs,

or with a few specific members.

Gena Bailey was [Nonsense’s] production manager and [a member of] The Chronicle as well, and the editor of The Chronicle at the time did not like us. [They] accused Gena of stealing the layout templates of The Chronicle to do the Nonicle, which wasn’t true. Gena recreated them for us. This problem eventually led to Gena quitting The Chronicle.

Other than that, we often used the computers in The Chronicle for layout and typing.

Through bad times and good, Nonsense will always have The

Chronicle, or at least the hotheaded members of The Chronicle’s past, to thank for its current existence. Even though co-existence between the two publications has not always been entirely friendly, it would be hard to say that hatred between the two would ever last.

For now, we have the two working nearly side by side to create two very different kinds of literature for the campus to read and digest.

One creates factual, hard-hitting news that can at any time alter the direction and ideals of the campus, and the other one is The Chronicle.

Public Safety Briefs Through The Ages Compiled By Ben Suazo

On Feb. 8, 1990, Two Pizza Hut employees were arrested and banned from campus after allegedly stealing parts from cars on campus while making a delivery.

On Oct. 25, 1990, An unidentified person [had] been making harassing phone calls to two female students. On three different occasions, the caller breathed heavily.

On Nov. 29, 1990, A former student was banned from campus after allegedly entering a female’s room in Freedom Hall and stealing a bathrobe. The male was reportedly nude.

On Feb. 14, 1991, A University student was issued an appearance summons Feb. 11 after ascertaining 34 parking tickets and accumulating fines exceeding $400.

On March 14, 1991, Two students were issued appearance summons for allegedly jumping on cars outside of Hofstra USA on March 10 at about 2:15 a.m.

On Oct. 3, 1991, Two male students were issued appearance summonses after allegedly harassing a third male student by attempting to shave off the student’s sideburns in the Freshman Center on Sept. 27.

On Oct. 21, 1991, A female

University student was allegedly harassed on the dance floor by a male University student in Hofstra USA Nov. 13.

On Oct. 24, 1991, A University student reported his jacket stolen from an administrative office on Oct. 21. The student left his leather jacket in the office and upon returning, found the jacket’s contents and an old jacket in its place.

Oct. 31, 1991, Five students were issued appearance summons on Oct. 24, after allegedly kicking vehicles parked between Constitution and Alliance Halls apparently attempting to set off car alarms.

On Nov. 19, 1991, A University student was issued an appearance summons Nov. 13, for allegedly damaging a ceiling tile in Nassau Hall by accidentally throwing a cowboy boot through it.

On Dec. 5, 1991, Nonstudent Beatrice Ruic, 24, was banned from campus after allegedly harassing a student’s mother in a car chase from the EuropeanAmerican Bank Plaza to the North campus on Dec. 2.

On Feb. 18, 1993, Jeffrey

Hayes, 17, of New Milford, NJ, was banned from campus after he was accused by a University student, his girlfriend, of slapping her and throwing her down a flight of stairs Feb. 16.

On March 4, 1999, Three University

students received appearance summonses on Feb. 27 for engaging in a shaving cream battle in Gronigan House.

On April 15, 1999, A student reported on April 9 that someone claiming to be a friend of hers called her and after a twohour conversation she realized the caller was not her friend. She reported that she released private information to the caller, whom she claims she doesn’t know.

On May 6, 1999, A student reported she tripped getting off a bus.

On Oct. 28, 1999, A student reported that upon answering the door he was punched in the

nose by an unidentified person who then fled on Oct. 24.

That same day, Four students were issued appearance summons after they called Public Safety and yelled obscenities from Liberty Hall on Oct. 24.

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Letter from the Editor: Chronicle reunions bring together alumni to recall times they don’t want to remember

By Ryan Broderick EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

If you’ve noticed the bloated, full color Chronicle sitting open in front of you right now it’s because we’ve decided to be a bit decadent in celebrating our 75th anniversary.

We decided that this issue wouldn’t be one full of typos and factual errors, with dynamic color images and interesting content.

We vowed that every spread would pop and pull in readers because it’s our birthday, damn it, and we’ll design if we want to.

Now that being said, we’re still a college paper made by underpaid, overworked, journalists-intraining so if you notice anything untidy in this week’s 32 page

issue forgive us.

But with 75 years of Chronicle writers behind us it’s hard not to feel a little dreamy about the legacy that implies. There isn’t a lot of legacy at Hofstra, at least the non-self-deprecating kind.

But if you haven’t heard, we’re the oldest organization campus.

Surprising, right?

As we met with the Hofstra Alumni House to organize our looming reunion, we started to get a very vague idea of the type of history the Chronicle’s been through.

Unlike an organization like WRHU, we don’t have a very strong alumni organization, which is to say, we don’t have one.

Editor-In-Chief’s pass down a

make-shift oral history the same way children talk about a haunted swingset on the playground. You never get the full picture.

But to celebrate the milestone, all year we started going through our archives, or the ones we have.

We discovered many are missing.

We were told the archives stopped being bounded when the guy who did them died.

Let’s ignore the irony of a newspaper, called The Chronicle, not being able to even chronicle its own past.

In sitting with the few interest-

ing alums from the last couple decades, something else appeared, almost better than a tightly written, well-recited history.

The Chronicle, it seems, is and has always been a patchwork mythology of introverted writers, screaming fights over commas, warring editorial egos, and the overwhelming melancholy of the disappointment only student journalists could understand.

The months counted down to April and slowly alumni would pop in to the office to see what the

There isn’t a lot of legacy at Hofstra, at least the nonself-deprecating kind.

old girl looked like. They’d come in looking for a familiar landmark, they’d comment on the new computers, joke out where they used to hide their alcohol. Not that we have hiding places, of course.

But that’s just kind of the mood about it. That attitude for authority you get when you’re put in charge of watching what authority does.

In the college realm it makes you act a bit childish, but there’s a funny, bitter unity to it.

It’s also something the Alumni House had a tough time combatting when they started trying to pull support for our reunion. How do you get people who’s jobs were to know the worst parts of Hofstra to want to come back?

Good question.

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School of Communication’s ‘Week Without the Web’ is unrealistic experiment

By Michael Margavitch COLUMNIST

“It’s a great tool,” said sophomore Brock Sumner.

“It is my life, and I freak out whenever I don’t have access to it,” said another sophomore, Karen Gong.

These students are referring to the Internet. When Hofstra’s School of Communication goes without the Internet this April 4-8 during Week Without the Web, students like Sumner and Gong will be solely tested. Week Without the Web, or WWW, highlights how dependent young people are on this technology.

The Internet holds definite advantages. What once took a good amount of time with encyclopedias now takes much less time with search engines.

The Internet is also available for any users at the touch of a fingertip at all times, unlike libraries, which are only open at specified hours.

“There are a lot of distractions like Facebook and YouTube that can distract from work,” said Sumner.

Gong even went so far as to say the Internet is detrimental to her studies. “I would have to say that the Internet is not the best research tool, because

even though it’s supposed to be helping me, it is more of a distraction than anything.”

Gong remembered life before frequent Internet use as difficult.

She described a project in seventh grade in which she had to read a map’s latitude and longitude without using the Internet. “I couldn’t read the map for the life of me. I didn’t get it.”

However, Gong said she would be prepared to do assignments if the Internet was to ever go down. “I guess my only option would be to go to the library. If the library was closed and I had a short time to complete the assignment, I would use an encyclopedia.”

Students agreed that they would have a hard time transitioning from a world with the Internet to a world lacking it.

“The Internet has been around for over 15 years now, and people have become so used to it,” said Sumner.

“I think everybody would have a hard time,” concurred

sophomore Erica Schwaninger.

“The transition to no Internet would be harder than my parents’ transition from no Internet to Internet, because I grew up on it. It would be more difficult to have something taken away from you than having a new type of technology added.”

Schwaninger will have to test out how hard this transition is in the Week Without the Web, as she is a School of Communication major. “I think I can get through the week,” she said. “I could not live without the Internet for the rest of my life. I think the week will be difficult enough.”

For technology that rose to prominence a little over 15 years ago, people are already very dependent on the Internet. Even though users acknowledge many faults, the sheer speed and instant gratification that comes with Internet will have people glued to their computer screens for years to come.

For technology that rose to prominence a little over 15 years ago, people are already very dependent on the Internet.

Harsher punishment needed to help end teenage sexting trend

By Julia Hahn COLUMNIST

The new term “sexting” has a negative connotation, largely due to numerous amounts of sensational stories in the media. The typical story of a person sending their significant other a nude picture, which then circulates around their school and beyond, does not help the term win a positive reputation.

In my hometown, there were several scandals surrounding this same topic. Some instances even cause the person involved to drop out of school, move away, or in the most upsetting cases, commit suicide.

Lacey, WA is the site of the most recent sexting scandal. An eighth grade girl sent nude pictures to her boyfriend. When they split up he

There isn’t a gainful reason for sexting, so there should be a reason in place to prevent the act.

sent the pictures to another girl.

Eventually thousands of middle school students had seen the picture. The local police accused the ex-boyfriend and both of the girls of disseminating child pornography, although the charge was lessened to harassment in a plea deal.

This case has shown just how hard it is for school administrators, parents, and police to stop kids from sending horribly inappropriate pictures of themselves to others in the digital age. Could harsh punishment be the answer?

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Man On The Unispan What is the oldest club on campus?

Alex

Freshman

“HFC.”

Laura

Freshman

“I don’t know clubs.”

Anthony Freshman

“The Chronicle.”

Hannah

Freshman

“I don’t know any.”

Julia

Freshman

“Danceworks.”

Tim

Grad Student

“I’m a grad student.”

Kirsten

Freshman

“Dance Club.”

Alex

Freshman

“Soccer Club.”

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Dining services put forth good effort in selection options

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By Matthew Romano COLUMNIST

In the past three years that I have been at Hofstra, I think we can all agree that the food has come a very long way. Recently, Hofstra has completely renovated many of its dining services.

It now offers many diverse and relatively new eateries, with many of them being brand names that include Au Bon Pain, California Pizza Kitchen, Red Mango, and Subway.

But let us take a second and remember the infamous Maui Taco and Hofstra Deli. Although there are those who miss it, the consensus is that Maui Taco definitely had to go. California Pizza Kitchen offers much more tasteful and terrific hangover food—and without that awful stomach ache.

The Hofstra Deli was more of a repeat of Dutch’s mediocre sandwiches than of real quality, so it really cannot compare with Au Bon Pain and Subway’s deliciousness.

Hofstra has definitely made a point to diversify its food. One terrific addition to the Student Center is Fernando’s Fish Market, which has shrimp, tuna, and salmon for us seafood fans.

Then there is the new restaurant Tapas, which features Mediterranean finger foods. The cute and trendy atmosphere, which features coloring tables and Spanish guitar music, is enough to go back.

However, there are cons of having so many new dining facilities on campus. One obvious annoyance is that with brand names come bigger prices.

Although one can argue that with quality comes hefty prices, it is becoming increasingly common to see students running out of money on their meal plans far before the semester is over.

Even the Student Center is a continuous problem when it comes to prices and it is most apparent if one looks at the prices of small items. For example, Lackmann charges $4.25 for a container of strawberries when you can buy two 16 oz. packages for $5 at Stop & Shop. Or how about any

whole fruit (such as an apple) for $1.15 when it costs only $1.30 per pound at the market? The price differences can become quite ridiculous for anyone that does their own food shopping.

Another debatable issue is if the costs of new expensive dining services on campus are worth the possible decrease in student financial aid. Hofstra has had a long history of purchasing costly senselessness, such as pointless sculptures and plants. So are the new facilities worth it? In this

There is real quality in Hofstra’s foods and it is what sets our dining services apart from other schools.

case, I think they are.

Many students would argue for a one-swipe card system, than paying for everything individually. A one-swipe system basically means that you swipe your card to enter and you can eat as much as your heart desires for a fixed price. Many schools have adopted this system, as it is more affordable for both students and the school.

But students need to realize that some of these prices are only expensive because they are so convenient for us. Almost every one of my visiting friends has complimented on Hofstra’s unique and tasteful dining system. There is real quality in Hofstra’s foods and it is what sets our dining services apart from other schools.

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Students in fear of high post-grad unemployment rate

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By Andrea Ordonez COLUMNIST

After signing up for classes a couple of weeks ago, my friends and I complained about the reality check that comes with each class registration. Every time we sign up for classes, it is a sign of one semester closer to graduation and the real world.

It did not help that shortly after signing up for classes, I happened to fall upon an opinion piece by Matthew C. Klein, a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, in The New York Times, about the trouble recent college graduates have in finding jobs.

While U.S. government leaders insist on playing a part in Middle Eastern affairs like in Egypt and Libya, unemployment remains significantly high in America.

Klein noted that while 25 percent of Egypt’s population under the age of 25 is unemployed, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that 21 percent of America’s 16-24 year olds have no jobs either.

Although the U.S. percentage does not seem that high, Klein mentions that the statistics are

void of how many college students have turned to getting graduate degrees in order to delay entrance into the job market.

Why are Obama and Clinton putting exorbitant efforts and funds into helping countries across oceans with their uprisings and protests instead of the young people who helped place them into office?

I applaud the youth in the relevant Middle Eastern countries for taking a stand against government corruption.

Imagine if college students across the country held protests of the same gravity over their inability to find jobs. Many times, American students have taken to protesting for humanitarian causes that were happening in other parts of the world.

Students all around the country, including those at Hofstra, took a prominent stand against the Vietnam War. But do

they take massive protests about wars in Iraq or Afghanistan? Those causes seem more detached from the problems on the domestic front: the lack of employment.

I would not say that it is government corruption that has caused the national surge of unemployment, but a distortion of national priorities. One should also note that corruption is a major cause of current unemployment in New York.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has tried countering that corruption by mentioning in several of his budget addresses that such government dishonesty must end. He has also extensively tried to get his budget proposal approved by the April 1 deadline so that it can be implemented that much faster.

Still, much debate remains

over the intended cuts towards state spending on education and Medicaid. Only time can tell how, if those cuts are put in place, they will affect this generation as it begins trying to survive in the real world.

As a college sophomore, the real world sometimes seems like

it is miles away. At the rate that several of my classmates and I are going, accumulating more debt in graduate school looks better than being jobless in the real world.

The issue of this generation’s unemployment should become a major priority for government leaders. This generation will soon be the ones with the influence to shape the world, and should therefore be given some sort of solid ground.

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Corporations avoid paying taxes at penalty of citizens

By Katherine Yaremko COLUMNIST

It does not take much to feel angered by the hypocrisy demonstrated by enormous, excessively greedy corporations.

It is even worse when the U.S. government encourages the continuation of such hypocrisy through its actions.

Such is the case today with General Motors, which has been successful in avoiding payment of any taxes throughout the last year.

While such financial hoopjumping can be infuriating to those who do pay substantial amounts in taxes, what is truly mind-boggling is Obama’s institution of the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

He has chosen Jeff Immelt to chair the council, even though Immelt is also General Motor’s CEO. The hypocrisy of GM has emerged following the discovery

that the company failed to pay anything in taxes last year, even though it took away a profit of $14.2 billion, according to ABC News. In addition, it earned itself a tax benefit totaling $3.2 billion.

GM claims that it is paying fewer taxes as a result of the amount of economic damage it sustained during the recession.

Such a claim, however, sounds entirely false to most citizens.

Many powerful companies fight hard to receive sort of tax deduction, and not because they experience difficulty producing the money.

According to The New York Times, GM actually pays less in taxes than other companies at the same multinational level. It may be relatively easy to simply continue to express cynicism toward such institutions and regard their behavior as expected from wealthy businesses.

However widespread or

Many powerful, companies fight hard to receive sort of tax deduction, and not because they experience difficulty producing the money.

common a problem is, we should be cautious of allowing our reflection on it to end with mere cynicism and complaining.

Obama’s selection of Immelt, after speeches in which the President proclaimed he would try to prevent corporations from abusing the tax system, runs completely contrary to the administration’s stated goals.

As long as private corporations are allowed to continue to flirt with the government, we will continue to witness the same hypocrisy between the agendas that officials publicly claim they want, and the ones they actually use.

I think the real question is, how does one set about changing a corrupt system that is held in place so ferociously by individuals with incredible amounts of power and influence?

As the administration is complicit it cannot be left to it to determine how to solve the issue.

But what is perhaps most outrageous is that companies will battle to avoid paying no taxes whatsoever, even wholeheartedly accepting benefits, all at the expense of the millions of lives that could be benefited if corporate greed ever diminished.

End sexting through harsh penalties Continued From A8 Some government officials think turning sexting into a felony case would work well. This could be the only way to really give kids a wake-up call. Kids have heard horror stories about people who got caught sexting, but the message just doesn’t seem to be getting through. Teenagers are still carelessly pressing “send” on their cell phones without even thinking about the consequences.

This is another classic case of “It will never happen to me!”

The odds are, if you go to high school or middle school,

the person you are sexting will eventually send the picture to someone else, and the domino effect will happen.

Even if you don’t think the chances are that high, why would you even risk something like that? It could reach thousands of people and the experience would most likely stick with you for a very long time. Do you want to be known as that girl? I doubt it.

If police in these cases were allowed to place much harsher laws on the people involved, kids would think twice. Harsher laws in place would force teens to think about the likelihood of the nude picture leaking, and the

legal consequences after it did leak. It would bring the risk factor for sexting to a new level. There isn’t a gainful reason for sexting, so there should be a reason in place to prevent the act.

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U.S. foreign policy must be initiated and finished

By Michael Margavitch COLUMNIST

On St. Patrick’s Day this year, while Americans were enjoying their copious amounts of alcohol, Bahrain was thrown into chaos.

Troops arrested six opposition leaders, who sought reform.

However, instead of putting an end to the chaos, the opposition promises to fight more furiously the more they are challenged by the government.

The government feels that the opposition party is a danger to the country as they “called for the downfall of the regime.” The United States, who usually has a strong voice when it comes to the recent trend of uprisings in the Middle East, is staying relatively timid in this particular instance.

While Obama is disturbed by the conflict within Bahrain, his objections were seen as too quiet and not forceful. He urged the protestors and government to work together and create some changes rather than fully backing the opposition groups, as he had done in the other riotous incidents. This is because Bahrain is the ally, one that America cannot afford to lose.

This is Obama’s way of not ruffling too many feathers. He does not want to cut ties with King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa, because the Khalifa royal family has always had good relations with Washington.

Should Obama have gotten involved at all? No, he should not have. America has enough problems to worry about on its own. It is impossible to solve all domestic problems while trying to be the hero for everybody else.

Most of the time, the people of the other countries do not appreciate our efforts. If the opposition groups want their country to change, then they need to finish what they have started. It sounds horrible, but one man cannot take on all of this responsibility.

With that being said, if Obama wants to interject in regard to some uprisings, he cannot pick and choose which ones to back.

He either needs to back the opposition to the government in every instance or stay out of the affairs of the country.

It is all for the sake of consistency. It looks bad on Obama’s part to back the protesters of Egypt, asking for Mubarak’s resignation while he lets Khalifa off easy because he is a friend.

His message to Khalifa is what a kindergarten teacher would say to two kids who are having trouble cooperating on a group project. Hey, come on guys. Work together.

Please, Mr. Obama. You are in too deep now by backing all of the other opposition groups, so you need to make the choice to be consistent and help Bahrain.

If the opposition groups want their country to change, then they need to finish what they have started.

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KEEPING HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Entertained SINCE 1935

The Shape of Punk to Come

By Bryan Menegus STAFF WRITER

In the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, under the noisy shadow of the elevated ‘M’ train, Party Xpo yawns out of its single darktinted door, letting in several more 20-somethings in dark sweatshirts.

It shares a block with Enrique’s Unisex Salon, which advertises ‘$20 Brazilian extensions & human hair’.

Big Boy Deli, caddy-corner, bears a handwritten sign above their glass case of cold cuts, cheeses and condiments: sandwiches cannot be paid for with food stamps.

Inside, long tables position themselves near the narrow entrance-people hawking homemade baked goods and rare 7” vinyl records. The merchandise goes largely unmolested. The handwritten message above these is ‘NO B.Y.O.B’, taped to the side of a stolen Spanish cigarette ad, the kind that graces the walls of subway stops: Winston. Lo tiene todo. A sunburned cowboy stares wistfully towards a sunset, inhaling smoke with deep satisfaction.

The occasion is the second annual Generic Insight Radio Fest: a two-day long affair of 35 up-andcoming bands loosely associated with the punk scene. Generic Insight began as an alternative web-based radio show and blossomed into a full-fledged showcase, hosting such acts as Algernon Cadwallader and None More Black last year. This year, Iron Chic took Friday’s top slot, and Saturday was headlined by Grey Area.

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“The world’s a better place since I chose music. I like the physical aspect of it, the volume and the intensity of it. It’s loud and hard.

I like all that because inside me I feel like screaming.”

–Henry Rollins, singer of Black Flag.

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Generic Insight Festival CONTINUED FROM B1 Generic Insight is a chance for young groups to split a bill with more established acts, like the aforementioned headliners. T-shirts, pins, demo CDs and records are sold for the betterment of committed and starving bands’ future tours. But mostly, Generic Insight exists to impress two-hundred or so blasé Brooklynites over a collected eighteen hours.

The second floor where the smaller bands play is shellacked in an academic sort of graffiti- not the product of vandalism or tagging so much as an intentionally gritty art installation.

Checkerboard patterns along the first floor walls made from squares of old carpet recede into similarly rugged couches and lay-z-boys.

Five-foot-nothing with a “Live Once” tattoo behind her right arm, Barrie Cohn, Generic Insight founder and festival organizer, scrambles to keep things on schedule. The barrier between the audience and artist is easily broken with enough enthusiasm from either party. Suddenly, microphone stands are toppled, a careening fan sends PAs crashing down, a guitar string pops in contact with fists. Dark bodies writhe joyfully against the wood or linoleum flooring and disembodied arms zero-in to pull them back into the fray and feedback.

This is the spirit of floor shows, their collective giddy energy and sense of community. At Generic Insight, it was a spirit that only made fleeting appearances: toes were tapped, heads nodded along, and in the luckiest cases the band had a few friends in the crowd who knew the words.

Usually the artists simply fed off their own energy. Ben Kruger, singer of Like Wolves, gives out a guttural shriek and falls into the crowd, bouncing against human molecules before landing face first on the rotting floorboards, microphone still in hand. Earlier he’d explained that the song was about women’s reproductive rights.

Two hours in, the lead singer of the band Mayflower thanks the crowd for any financial sacrifices they had made.

As day one of Generic Insight wound down, each successive act began to sound suspiciously similar, a trend which continued

into the second day’s twelve-hour scramble. The structure, the vocal cadence, the sing-a-long choruses: there was a well-worn formula to playing this breed of ‘punk’. The only factor which separated bands like Censors from Spraynard, or Stereo State from Timeshares was whether or not people knew the words.

How long have you paid your dues? Have your members been in any bigger projects? Do you have a split 7” with anyone who matters?

This was the audience’s checklist of questions to tick through before making the leap from ‘observer’ to ‘participant’, or god forbid, ‘fan’. A genre with a rich history of non-conformity was

recognition.

If the two-or-three-hundred individuals who paid to enter Party Xpo that day represent the state of punk to come, they’re cookiecutter kids-- sanctimonious, ignorant of their own past and excited by nothing.

The performers who did stand out were those who were debatably or tangentially punk. Groups like Oak & Bone, Slingshot Dakota, Restorations, We Were Skeletons and Snowing displayed extraordinary passion and originality. Their ethic was indelibly punk, but their concern was not in being recognized as such. The weird kids came out of the woodwork. They showed their support audibly.

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Scotty Gillard of Mayflower played Generic Insight Festival being redefined as a popularity contest, a playground where the entitled can play at chic poverty while maintaining their natural, comfortable judgmentalism.

Even the few cover songs-culled from truly influential punk bands-- were met with confusion or boredom. Highlites’ renditions of “Never Talking to You Again”

by Hüsker Dü and Black Flag’s “Nervous Breakdown” both fell flat. Even Mayflower’s version of “Rock ‘n Roll Highschool” by The Ramones seemed to inspire no

After the last act of day two, the warehouse’s high ceilings swallowed a round of polite, nostalgic applause. Some of the older fans sang along, eyes visibly scanning the ceiling as they struggled to mentally substitute the gaps in sound left by absent band members. Each nodding head said, irrevocably, “I know what this ought to sound like,” the same problematic statement that seemed to extend to every band on the roster.

Craft Beer Festival Courtesy of Jeff Herman

The festival had many exotic beers

By Jeff Herman

SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Water, Malt, Yeast and Hops.

Together, these fab four ingredients create beer; the 6000 year-old fermented beverage. However, the college world usually sees beer in a different light: a cheap, buy by the bulk, watered down way to get a buzz.

Names like Budweiser, Coors and Natural Ice (a.k.a. Natty Ice) are household names when it comes to beer.

But they were nowhere to be found at the Spring Craft Beer Expo at Nassau Coliseum.

Craft Beer is a growing business in the United States.

According to the Brewers Association, the craft beer industry was up 11 percent by volume and 12 percent by dollars in, compared to growth of 7.2 percent by volume and 10.3 percent by dollars in 2009.

“I think the big commercial beers get the feeling craft beer is sweeping the nation, and a few hundred small breweries have popped up in the past year,” said Rick Sobotka, the owner, founder and brew master of Great South Bay Brewery of Bayshore, Ny. At the Craft Beer Expo at Nassau Coliseum, provided you are over 21 and paid 45 dollars for your ticket, you’re given a 4 ounce hard plastic glass, and free range to sample over 100 beers on the expo floor. Here’s a fair sampling of the beers showcased: Linenkugel Sunset Wheat Jacob Linenkugel Brewing Company: Chippewa Falls, WI This Hefeweizen (German for unfiltered wheat beer) has a cloudy, opaque appearance with a pearl white, fluffy head and a yellow-orange color. The cloudy appearance is usual for wheat

beers, along with using coriander to give the beer a crispy spice aroma. When tasting the Sunset Wheat, the spice is moderate with a nice orange zest. At 4.8 percent alcohol by volume, its light taste with orange hints is a nice introduction for the casual beer drinker.

Innis and Gunn Original Oak Aged Beer Innis and Gunn Brewing Company: Edinburgh, Scotland The allure of this Scottish ale is that instead of going to the bottle after brewing, they age the beer in whiskey oak barrels. The result is this beer picks up all the flavors and colors of the barrel: a golden honey color with woody aroma. This beer is like whiskey on the rocks, but instead of the harsh alcoholic bite of 40-50 percent by volume, it tips in at a smooth 6.6 percent.

Blue Point Toasted Lager Blue Point Brewing Company: Patchogue, NY This amber-colored lager is a staple of restaurants on Long Island. If you are familiar with Yeungling Traditional Lager or Sam Adams Boston Lager, Blue Point is similar in taste. It’s easy drinking with a complex hoppy spice to it, but not too bitter. Its 5.5 percent alcohol by volume is slightly higher than Boston Lager and Yeungling. Because it’s a local product, it’s cheaper than other craft brews. The next time you head out to eat or drink on Long Island, give it a try.

People, especially college students, should know that beer is much more than being cheaper by the dozen. With craft beer, it’s more about quality than quantity, and variation instead of inebriation. As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Yes, THAT Benjamin Franklin.

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‘Spelling Bee’ strongest Masquerade show in years

By Maggie Doherty STAFF WRITER

The Masquerade Musical Theater Company may have found its new star director.

Making his directorial debut this past weekend with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Ryan Zatcoff proved that he can work wonders with two essential ingredients: a little bit of politically incorrect humor, and a wickedly talented cast.

In what is easily the best Masquerade show I’ve seen in my years at Hofstra, Zatcoff teams up with musical director and Hofstra graduate, Mark Sanderlin, to produce a winning formula of strong voices and zany characters. A show within a show, Spelling Bee centers on a group of misfit adolescents competing for the title of Putnam County Spelling Bee Champion.

After an upbeat introduction song and some one-sided romantic advances by the moderator and judge, Rona Lisa Peretti and Vice Principal Douglas Panch (Katie Hoffman and Colgan McNeil), the Bee is underway.

Also participating in the Bee are four audience members who get to try their hand at spelling under the direction of the actors, just to spice things up (as if the show needed it).

Mitch Mahoney (Derek Bado), the resident ex-convict, is serving his community service time as the reject comforter, handing out juice-boxes and hugs, and delivering some too-hood-for-this attitude. He also graces us later on with his Christina-esque riffing skills. I’m hooked.

Picture every stereotype imaginable in a group of spelling bee competitors, and you have the cast. We have Olive Ostrovsky played sweetly by Alexis Di Gregorio, the smalland-meek dark horse for the win with mommy and daddy issues.

We have Macy Park (Brittany Fuerstenberg), the slutty-schoolgirl overachiever who “Speaks Six Languages” but just may crack under too much pressure.

We have Chip Tolentino (James Monahan), the sharp-tongued boy scout nerd who sings like a rock-star. (His solo was entitled “My Unfortunate Erection,” by the

way, the subject of which got him eliminated from the bee far too soon). We also have the metalmouthed pigtailed lisper Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre (Jamie Cook). She’s adorable, but you would think a girl with two overbearing dads would send her out of the house better dressed.

Ryan Smith’s Tom Cruise, I mean Leaf Coneybear, is just hysterically bizarre. We’re talking a cape, a serious lack of social awareness, and some sort of alien trance he enters before spelling his words. He fits right in. Smith’s seemingly effortless transition from Leaf to one of Logainne’s fathers is hilarious, and he and Bado make the fathers from Dead Poets Society look tame.

All the spellers did exquisitely, but the show belongs to James McGowan and his portrayal of William Barfee (pronounced “BarFAY”). He’s like a junior Woody Allen with bigger hair, more food allergies and one functioning nostril. His signature move is spelling out his word with his foot, which of course gets its own song (“Magic Foot”). The tech-

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The play featured a range of stereotypical spelling bee contestants nique is flawless, and he promptly responds with “I know” after hearing that he is correct. He wins, literally and figuratively.

What makes Spelling Bee so consistently funny are the improvisational bits. Nothing looks staged or rehearsed, it all flows as if it’s a true, live spelling bee.

Zatcoff’s unwillingness to keep the show PG yields perfect

results. Even when the Bee gets sensitive and Olive sings an imaginary confrontational duet with her parents, humor still reins.

Completely self-deprecating and in no way overindulgent, as student-run shows sometimes are, Spelling Bee understates the talent of its cast, making it shine all the more.

Britney Spears produces danceable pop album

By Matt Scotto FEATURES EDITOR

The whole idea of a “Britney comeback” has been buzzing around since 2007. After shaving her head and hitting cars with umbrellas, the queen of pop released one of her best albums, Blackout. The album was full of hard-hitting beats and incredible production values, all while Britney was hitting rock bottom. A year later, after a supposed turnaround and being placed under a conservatorship, Circus was

released in 2008. Although tame compared to Blackout, Circus showcased a healthy, and once again reinvented, Spears, with a massively successful tour to follow. Everyone thought Circus was her comeback, until now.

After going through a two-year recording process, Femme Fatale was finally released on Tuesday, and it’s the Britney Spears comeback we’ve all been waiting for.

Filled to the brim with whirring synths, dub step breakdowns, and sexual innuendos, Femme Fatale is a dance-pop masterpiece only reserved for a pop star with a 13-year career.

The album opens with second single, “Till the World Ends,” a Ke$ha-penned club anthem packing a soaring chorus reminiscent of “Zombie Nation.” Never has a Britney album been this club ready, and the party continues with “Hold it Against Me,” the album’s lead single that debuted at #1 on Billboard charts across the world.

The rest of Femme Fatale, fortunately, contains no fillers and keeps up the party momentum throughout.

“Inside Out” is a slow jam about breakup sex, but refers back to Britney’s expansive catalog of hits for lyrical inspiration (“Hit me one more time/it’s so amazing”).

“I Wanna Go” is another single-worthy dance anthem with an infectious chorus and an even more infectious background whistle, while “How I Roll” snaps, pops, and hums its way into your head in the best way possible. This Robyn-tinged track may be the strangest track Britney has ever done, and it works out perfectly.

Will.i.am even makes an

appearance on “Big Fat Bass,” a repetitive club banger that may take a few listens to warm up to.

Kick drums and galloping horses both make an appearance here, as does a heavyhanded bass line. “Trouble,” “Gasoline,” and “Trip to Your Heart” help round out the latter part of the album.

Both “Trouble” and “Gasoline” give Femme Fatale the edgy pop it needs to make it Britneycertifiable, and “Trip to Your Heart” brightens things up a bit as a dreamy dance track. “Criminal,” the album’s closing track (if you were stupid and didn’t get the deluxe edition), might possibly be one of the best songs on the album. Mysterious flute interludes

She certainly packs the professionalism and creative process needed to make a fantastic dance album

and espionage smoke up the track about falling in love with a bad boy (“Mama, I’m in love with a criminal/and this type of love isn’t rational, it’s physical”).

Femme Fatale does not deal with subject matter such as being yourself, and Britney certainly does not need to make an entrance hiding in an egg to get attention. She hasn’t drastically changed her image in a handful of years, and Femme Fatale is the proof that there’s no need to.

It’s an incredibly produced album that matures leaps and bounds over the reckless teenager that was Blackout, and takes more musical risks than the decidedly safe Circus. Britney may not have the vocal prowess of her growing list of competitors, and she never said she did, but she certainly packs the professionalism and creative process needed to make a fantastic dance album. If 2009’s Circus tour wasn’t proof enough, Britney’s tour this summer is sure to be one hell of a show.

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“The Hofstra Chronicle: Then and Now” Plaza Rooms, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus

Moderator Bill Bleyer ‘74 Panelists: Pat Calabria ’73 Colby Itkowitz ‘05 Dina Santorelli ’90, ’09 Shawna Van Ness ’01

Moderator David Gordon ‘10 Panelists: Andrew Ball ’92 Ryan Broderick ’11 Sam Rubenfeld ’09 Marty Skrocki ‘71

5:30-7:30 p.m.

75th Anniversary Reunion Cocktail Reception Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus

75 years of pride in the success of our students experience of our faculty achievements of our alumni

Hofstra University’s purpose continues.

For more information about our yearlong celebration, and about Hofstra’s remarkable history, please visit hofstra.edu/75

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Bill Bleyer ’74

panelist Biographies

Bill Bleyer is a Newsday staff writer who covers maritime issues, parks and history. He was part of the team that was honored with a Pulitzer Prize for spot news coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1997. Previously, he was a reporter and then assistant metro editor with Gannett at The Courier-News in Bridgewater, New Jersey, after serving as editor of the Oyster Bay Guardian. He has been an adjunct professor of communications at Hofstra.

He served for three years as president of the Press Club of Long Island chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), and was a member of the national SPJ board as Region 1 director for four years. He is currently Region 1 treasurer.

Colby Itkowitz ’05 Immediately after graduation, she moved to London where she parlayed three internships with Newsday into a foreign correspondent stint covering the bombings of the London subway for the newspaper. She then worked for the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, where she was a lead reporter on the mass murder at an Amish schoolhouse, and for Congressional Quarterly, where she covered the 2008 elections and did a three-week fellowship in Germany reporting on high-speed rail. She is currently the Washington, D.C., correspondent for the Allentown Morning Call and covers national politics and policy.

Andy Ball ’92 Andy Ball is senior managing editor of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, publishers of the Twilight Saga, Gossip Girl, and Maximum Ride series. He previously worked as the senior managing editor of the Penguin Young Adult imprint Razorbill, overseeing its launch, and has also worked for the packager Alloy Entertainment (Pretty Little Liars, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and Marvel Entertainment. He was editor in chief of The Chronicle in 1990-91, a period that included the transition from traditional typographic equipment and paste-up to desktop publishing.

David Gordon ’10 As a journalist, David’s work has been seen online (Theatermania, NYTheatre, Patch) and in print (Metro: Long Island, The Hofstra Chronicle, The Queens Courier, The Queens Gazette, Newsday, The New York Times). As a theater practitioner, David has served as a dramaturg (“Annie,” “Angels in America,”), director (“The Receptionist”), writer (“Goldie!”) and actor (“Annie,” “The Sound of Music,” “Guys and Dolls,” “The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf.”)

Born and raised in Queens, he is currently a first-year Master’s student in theater history and criticism at Brooklyn College.

Happy Birthday Chronic From the staff of 2010-2011

cle,

HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER presents

The Reality and the Promise

April 7, 8 and 9, 2011 In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Hofstra University this conference will examine what the world was like in 1935 when Hofstra opened its doors to its first incoming class.

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS:

• Race Relations in 1935 • The Cutting Edge of Science in 1935 • Literature of the Depression • Hofstra and Long Island • Film: Holy Hollywood!

• The Women of the New Deal

• Modes of Fashion • American Writers Between Wars • Antifascism, Fascism, and Democracy in the 1930s

• On Comedy and Comics • Sports Idols of the Game

NOT TO MISS: NBA star KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR presents a 3 p.m. conference address at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse on Friday, April 8 about the Harlem Rens, an all-black professional basketball team of the 1930s. Tickets for the evening banquet featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are $50. Register online at hofstra.edu/1935kareem.

Conference events, with the exception of meals, are free to members of the Hofstra community upon presentation of a current HofstraCard.

To register for these or other conference events visit hofstra.edu/1935 or call 516-463-5669 for more information.

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panelist Biographies

Martin Skrocki ’71

After graduating from Hofstra University in 1971, Martin Skrocki worked at a Manhattan-based literary agency. He returned to Hofstra a year later to pursue graduate studies in English, and earned a master’s degree with distinction in 1973. Soon afterwards, he joined the public affairs staff of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Long Island. He retired from the academy as public information director in September 2010, after 37 years of federal service.

As a Hofstra freshman, Mr. Skrocki joined The Chronicle staff to write for the Arts Desk. He subsequently served as The Chronicle’s arts editor, managing editor, and editor-inchief during the 1970-71 academic year. He continued to work on The Chronicle as a graduate student, contributing feature stories and photography.

Samuel Rubenfeld ’09

Dina Santorelli ’90, ’09 Co-author of Good Girls Don’t Get Fat (Harlequin, 2010), Dina Santorelli is an accomplished writer and editor who, in her 13-year freelance career, has written for publications such as Newsday, First For Women, and Decorating Spaces. She has interviewed dozens of high-profile individuals, including James Gandolfini, Tim McGraw, Angela Bassett, Mario Lopez, Gary Sinise, Kevin Bacon and Adam Carolla. Her first novel, Baby Grand, is represented

by The Stonesong Press in New York.

Ryan Broderick ‘11 (Current Editor-In-Chief) Ryan currently interns for Vice Magazine as an editorial assistant. His professional work experience so far has been mainly online, contributing for websites like tv.gawker.com, theawl.com andbaeblemusic.com. He started at The Chronicle as a freshman, drawing editorial cartoons and writing music reviews. During his four years, Ryan has acted as entertainment editor, news editor, editor-at-large, finally graduating as editor-In-chief.

Ryan also has acted as head writer for Nonsense Humor Magazine and webmaster for Longislandreport.org, a student-powered news site run through the Hofstra journalism program. When he’s not being a journalist, Ryan writes and performs in the comedy troupe Student Loans For Beer Money. He and his partner, Marc Butcavage, opened for Jimmy Fallon, performing at Hofstra’s 75th Anniversary celebration.

Samuel Rubenfeld writes for “Corruption Currents,” a Wall Street Journal blog about international corruption, bribery, money laundering and sanctions. During his time at Hofstra, he completed five internships, including a four-month stint for renowned muckraker Wayne Barrett at The Village Voice. Other internships included serving as a copy editor at Dow Jones Newswires and working alongside trailblazer Helen Thomas at the Hearst Newspapers’ Washington, D.C., bureau. He also spent six semesters working for The Chronicle and wrote more than 100 stories during that time. Starting as an entertainment writer in his first semester, he worked his way up the ladder to serve as senior news editor during the fall 2008 semester when the University hosted the third and final U.S. presidential debate. Blogging his way through the New Hampshire primaries and covering both national conventions for the student paper, his efforts in covering the 2008 election earned him an appearance on The Martha Stewart Show”

Shawna VanNess ’01 Shawna VanNess is Newsday’s deputy features editor and an adjunct professor of journalism at Hofstra University. She served as The Chronicle’s editor-in-chief 19992000, when the paper made national news for running a controversial advertisement. The issue ignited a passionate debate of First Amendment rights on and off campus ― dialogue that continues to serve as a potent testament to the freedoms, ideals and powers of the press.

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Culture Shock: South Africa

New York City becomes reality for small town native

By Silvia Stanciu STAFF WRITER

Meet Hofstra junior Andrew Stephen Lumby, native to a small town outside of Capetown, South Africa, who is double majoring in English and Journalism.

One can only imagine the culture shock that came with moving from a charming, liberal African town by the sea to the suburbs of Maryland. Despite relocating, Andrew does not forgo his love for his native town. “We were by the sea, and yet we had mountains as well, so my area was definitely a tourist attraction,” Lumby adds. He seems to love the beauty of his native environment, which is common to most people who are abroad. There’s no nicer land than one’s homeland. However, Andrew has kept an open mind about moving, and tries to make the best of the American experience.

Andrew initially moved to the Maryland suburbs for high school, and later on considered Hofstra for his college experience. Hofstra made the cut, and Andrew is happy to be new to this collegiate community.

Moving to New York was no easy feat; Lumby admits that “there are so many

people in New York City.” The entire city of Capetown and its suburbs include under 3 million people, while New York’s demographics are represented by over 8 million people. The numbers don’t lie; New York City is certainly more imposing.

Furthermore, Lumby claims that New York is “grimier” and more impersonal than his hometown. “South Africans are so welcoming,” he states. New York’s general vibe is competitive and cutthroat.

The Capetown native was definitely affected by the move; being nearly 8,000 miles from home is baffling to almost anyone. “I used to get homesick a lot, and I really missed my friends and my favorite foods.”

However, Andrew found ways to battle homesickness by bringing over snacks from home he loves to loves and joining Hofstra’s cricket club. “Cricket’s huge in South Africa,” he claims.

In retrospect, Andrew remembers Cape Town as “quainter” and “more charming” than New York City. “I could only picture the New York I saw in movies, and I did not think it would be as dirty.” Evidently, a city as large as NYC can seem “impersonal” and “daunting,” but Andrew did not let his first impression dictate the-

“I could only picture the New York I saw in movies”

Photo Courtesy of Andrew Stephen Lumby Andrew enjoys the New York city social life.

outcome of his experience. In addition, Andrew finds the city confusing and hard to navigate. However, Andrew loves the multifarious forms of entertainment that the city offers, so he is willing to get lost

on occasion. “I wouldn’t trust myself, by myself, in the city,” he jokes, thus sharing many immigrants’ perceptions about New York’s safety, or lack thereof.

Undergoing such a drastic move has its positive and negative aspects. According to Andrew, one of the great things about moving to New York is snowboarding.

“It’s not something I got to do in South Africa, obviously, and I love it.” On a more serious note, Andrew appreciates the quality of the education he has received in America, as well as the greater opportunities available to him in the publishing industry. When asked about the negative aspects, Andrew joked that “the drinking age is certainly different.” In addition, Andrew claimed that the language needed adjusting to. Back home he spoke English and Afrikaans, a West Germanic dialect primarily spoken by South Africans. “I had to get used to American slang. I miss Afrikaans, it was our own slang and no one speaks it here.” But, Andrew admits that American slang found its way into his vocabulary, despite the fact that his native accent is unadulterated. “I speak like a Brit,” he laughs, but he is very proud to correct those who assume that he is British. Naturally, his nationalism soars in a country as diverse as America because he keeps his identity alive–an admirable coping mechanism for all immigrants.

Overheard @ Hofstra

BEST OF...

Compiled by The Chronicle Staff In Enterprise Hall: Girl: Oh, I love that smell! It smells like my grandma’s garden.

Guy: Huh? I smell marijuana.

Girl: Oh...

In the Student Center: Guy: If I ever married someone who was a vegetarian, I would shove meat down her throat.

In class: Professor: These judges were appointed

by John Adams.

International Student: Was he like a judge or something?

Professor: No. He was the second president of the United States.

Guy: Who the hell let you in the country?

In Hammer Lab: Girl: If you were a vegetarian, would you eat animal crackers?

Inside Au Bon Pain: Girl 1: Hofstra is so boring.

Girl 2: Tell me about it. The last crazy thing to happen was that girl who cried rape.

On the Unispan: Guy: That’s the most hispanic way to murder someone--make them food and poison it.

In Dempster Hall: Girl 1: I’ve been doing so good with my diet!

Girl 2: Good for you!

Girl 1: Yeah, I haven’t been drinking liquids... Only water!

In class: Professor: I’ll hit you so hard your parents will die.

In Salem House: Guy 1: So I hooked up with Michelle last night.

Guy 2: Oh! You mean Michelle [last name]! I hooked up with her last year.

Guy 1: So she’s like the village bicycle?

Guy2: If the village was a vibrating seat, yeah.

Overhear something funny?

Send it to us! chroniclefeatures@ gmail.com

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Q&A with Stuart Rabinowitz: Perks of being president

By Danielle Ruiz STAFF WRITER

Hofstra Chronicle: As president, is your job to shed the best light that you can on Hofstra?

President Rabinowitz: Yes, that’s one of the jobs, but it’s not just that. The president shouldn’t just be sort of a spin master. That’s not the only job of the president. Actually as I get older, I have discovered that you can’t spin what’s not there anyway, so the real job of the president is–and the more important job of the president is–to make The University better as an educational institution. So my goal is not so much just to shed good light on Hofstra, but to do what I can to build up the infrastructure and make it a better educational experience, and attract more creative people here, and connect more with the community and try to inspire our students to be good citizens and all that, and then to go out and let the world know that’s what we are doing.

That’s the shedding good light. It is also part of my job to raise a lot of money.

No university–no private university–can afford just to rely on tuition because the expenses are so enormous that you just can’t charge enough tuition to cover everything you want to do. So you have to go out and raise significant amounts of funding that in turn will allow the school to grow, and to develop with resources you wouldn’t otherwise have. So even the public schools now--it used to be that public schools, the presidents of public colleges they didn’t think fundraising was a big deal because they got tax payer dollars. Well, now those tax payer dollars are shrinking. We just completed recently a hundred million dollar fundraising campaign and we exceeded it–we raised a hundred and ten million dollars–and those went for scholarship endowments and new programs like the Kalikow Presidential Center. They went to pay for the debate that we had. They paid for the physical fitness expansion and so on and so forth.

HC: Does fundraising take up a lot of your time?

PR: I would estimate that I spend about 40%-50% of my time on fundraising.

Fundraising isn’t just asking somebody– eventually you do that–but it’s going out to the right groups and the right individuals who have resources and might have some reason to be connected to us. You have to be very patient in fundraising. It is very time consuming, but it is such a joy to see resources come in, because it’s how you can fund your vision for what The University should be.

Marc Butcavage/ The Chronicle President Rabinowitz hopes to open a school of engineering and improve engineering labs in the future.

HC: Raising all of that money sounds like a big accomplishment.

Would you say that’s one of your proudest accomplishments, or is there something else that you have done as president that you are extremely proud of?

PR: If I’m proud of raising money it’s because we put the money to [substantial] uses, and I didn’t raise the money alone. We have trustees; they have been great--very generous contributors. There are a lot of things we have done that I am proud of because I think they added value to the educational experience. I’m really proud of the creation of the med school because that will transform the sciences at Hofstra in the years to come. I’m really proud of the Center of Civic Engagement, the Kalikow Center and presidency, and landing the debate at Hofstra because I think that inspires our students to be active citizens, which I think democracy requires if it’s going to work well. I’m proud of the Honors College. I have to say, I’m proud of a lot of things we’ve accomplished.

HC: Is trying to keep the smallschool feel while expanding one of the biggest challenges you face?

PR: I mean the school grew tremendously before I became president. So when I talk about expanding, I’m really not talking about expanding the student body; I’m talking about expanding the

areas of expertise and schools. I’m talking about a school of medicine. I’m talking about a school of engineering down the road. I’m happy with the size of the student body; we need a certain size to support the infrastructure here, which was developed long ago.

HC: You mentioned an engineering school. Are there any changes you are trying to make?

PR: Well that’s one of them. You know we have an engineering program, and we’ve had an engineering program for many, many years, and they’re great.

Faculty is great, students are great, it’s accredited by ABET which is the engineering accreditation. I do not think it has lived up to its full potential and I also think that it is something that needs to be enhanced in light of where the economy is going especially in this region in the 21st century. It’s going to continue to be very much innovation based and technology and science. I’m planning on going to the board very soon and recommend that it be a school. We also have to do something about their labs, which are really out of date.

HC: Are there any tricky situations or people you have to deal with?

PR: Every day. Just think, you’re a donor who’s been very supportive of The University and you want a favor that is inconsistent with our rules, so you can’t have it. That’s tricky. You’re a student who

has a really legitimate economic need.

Good student comes in, father lost his job, mother lost her job, and to scrounge for the resources to help this person sometimes–not have the resources to help this person. I love the job and tricky situations come with it. Your philosophy has to be, I will do my best to do what is best for Hofstra University.

HC: On a lighter note, what are some of the perks of being president?

PR: Well, when you drive onto campus, there is somebody with a uniform saluting you. When you think about it, no one ever saluted me before--in my whole life--until I became president. There are a lot of perks; sometimes they start off as perks, but they wind up wearing on you. I don’t want to exaggerate how well known I am, but in the beginning when you go into a restaurant, my wife and I always try to have–just the two of us–a Saturday night, always, or if there is an event later, a quiet dinner out between the two of us.

So you walk into a restaurant and “Oh, Mr. president!” The owner comes rushing over, they give you the best table, they won’t let you order your own wine. In the beginning I got a kick out of it, now we sort of run away. A more important perk is that people sort of seek your opinion to some degree or another on important matters, like the economic development issues on Long Island. You get great seats at athletic games and it’s all the perks of being in charge.

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Apple Bacon Cheddar Pie

By Samantha Lim STAFF WRITER

Sure, your parents told you not to play with your food, but that rule only applies at the dinner table. There are no rules in the kitchen, and being creative pays off.

If your favorite pastimes include watching the Food Network, then you should know of the recent fad among chefs–mixing sweet and savory foods. This can be tricky, but using the right ingredients and proportions can yield spectacular results.

Here is a mix-and-match recipe that upon introduction, might raise some eyebrows, but when conventional apple

ABC Pie

pie meets bacon and cheddar, you get a mouth-watering twist. I started referring to it as ABC pie after noticing the coincidental initials. This recipe is a tad more challenging than previous Dorm Room Dishes, but if you follow the instructions, you will find it as easy as reciting the alphabet!

Preheat your oven to 400°F. Remove the pie crusts from your freezer and unroll them. If they are stiff, do not smooth them out using force because it might cause them to break into pieces. Defrost the pie crusts in the microwave, or lightly rub your hands over the surface of the dough. When the dough is supple, place one of the crusts in a pan, leaving the edges hang over the rim.

There is no need to trim the ends since you will need them later.

Momentarily set aside the other pie crust.

Some pie connoisseurs swear by green Granny Smith apples for the best apple pie, but I like red Delicious

Ingredients: (Makes one 9-inch pie) 10 long strips of bacon 5-6 medium apples ¼ cup dark brown sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp nutmeg ¼ tsp cloves 2 tbsp and 1 tsp cornstarch ½ cup maple syrup 2 ready-to-bake 9” pie crusts 1 9” pie pan ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese

Samantha Lim/The Chronicle This eye-catching ABC Pie may raise some eyebrows, but it sure rouses an appetite!

apples. Peel, core and slice the apples.

In a large bowl, toss them with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and cornstarch.

Lightly cook eight of the bacon strips strips so that they are floppy, but the remaining should be crispy. Once cool, the crispy strips should be crumbled and sprinkled over the pie base. Scoop the apple mixture into the crust, covering the bacon bits. Pour streams of maple syrup over the contents of your pie.

The next step takes patience and practice. If this is your first attempt at making a lattice-top pie, I highly suggest look-

ing up a Youtube demonstration. Use a sharp knife to cut the other unbaked crust into 9-inch long strips. Arrange the strips and and eight pieces of bacon to form a crisscross pattern. Fold the excess edges of the bottom crust over the top. Tuck the ends of the lattice-top under the fold, and use a fork to press down along the rim.

Baking time totals an hour. Pierce with a knife to check if the apples are soft and cooked. When the bacon on top is crisp and the crust is golden brown, the pie is done. Sprinkle some shredded cheddar cheese on top and dig in!

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Despite Rams solving world crises, Jay Bilas still hates VCU

By Matt Napolitano Now that we have reached the end of March, it is time for many of us to enter our mourning period.

Let’s face it, this is most paper that been shredded since the Madoff scandal. To the person who picked Butler, Kentucky, UConn and VCU in their final four, I give you a world of credit, and kindly say, congratulations to you…anyway, losing track.

I must say many a Hofstra fan can take solace in the fact that a CAA rival has made its way into the Final Four. Virginia Commonwealth and its head coach, Shaka Smart, have stunned college basketball, working their way through the likes of Purdue and Kansas to get to the national semifinals.

Now, think back to when this bracket was being filled out. If you recall, the Rams surprised all analysts by making it into one of the play-in games for the no. 11 seed in the Southwest Region, taking on USC. After the bracket was set, the firestorm began. Many analysts saw VCU being in the bracket as crazy as allowing Justin Bieber to perform at Ozzfest. One of those bracketologists in particular really stepped up against the CAA squad. That was ESPN’s Jay Bilas.

Despite VCU’s surprising performance, Bilas refuses to back down from his words.

Even the actions of their players and coaching staff off the court, actions that are solving the world’s troubles one step at a time, still won’t change Bilas’

mind.

“He still doesn’t think they belong in the bracket”, said a rep for ESPN, “Yeah, they beat Kansas and Georgetown, but in Jay’s opinion, they took a spot that could have had a valuable team like Missouri State.”

Since its win in the “first round” over USC, Shaka Smart has not limited his team to just the hardwood. He has had them working round the clock to not only benefit The University, but also benefit mankind.

Recently, VCU players Jamie Skeen and Joey Rodriguez were brought to a forum in Washington, D.C. to discuss possible methods of solving the national deficit.

This was an issue that took several seersucker-suited gentlemen and pant suited congresswomen years to fix. J-Rod and Skeen

fixed it in 15 minutes.

“I had no idea it was that simple,” said one Republican senator. “I actually ran and gave Nancy Pelosi a hug, that’s how mesmerizing it was to solve the American economy”.

If that’s not impressive, head coach Shaka Smart has been sent by President Obama to be a liaison for ongoing NATO-Libya talks. “We feel it is in the best interest to send the man who did the impossible in helping send a mid-major to the Final Four to cure the impossibility that is Gaddafi,” said one White House rep. At last check, Gaddafi is running Mikan drills with NATO troops in preparation for a pick-up game.

Despite all of this, Jay Bilas is sticking with his guns, while Shaka’s trying to lay Libya’s

down. This is the statement we were issued earlier today from Bilas’ attorneys: “Jay Bilas currently remains in hiding. He is very outraged that people are considering him like a birther of the NCAA bracket. Just because a team is helping the world and making it to the Final Four, beating Markieff Morris, one of the best players in the country, doesn’t mean they deserve to be in the bracket. The Rams have wronged Mr. Bilas, even though it’s obvious VCU has proven their talents on the court and are on their way to Houston.”

Citing a losing battle, Bilas’ attorney has resigned, his wife is staying at her mother’s, and his dog is sneaking to the neighbors’ house for daily feeding.

Student Symposium featuring

Kareem abdul-Jabbar april 8, 2011, 3 p.m.

Adams Playhouse

After the symposium, Mr. Abdul-Jabbar will be available for photos and a book signing.

Admission if Free on a first-come, first-served basis.

Online registration is required at hofstra.edu/1935Kareem dOCumeNTarY VieWiNG: On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Basketball Team You Never Heard Of, Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m., Student Center Theater, Mack Student Center, North Campus.

Free popcorn available.

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Back-to-back midweek victories extend win streak to ten games

By Tyler McCord STAFF WRITER

Sean M. Gates/The Chronicle

Junior pitcher Erin Wade got the win against Iona and improved her record to 7-3 on the season.

Hofstra extended its 10 game winning streak with a series sweep of Drexel over the weekend and wins over Iona on Tuesday and Rutgers University yesterday at the Hofstra Softball Stadium.

Hofstra (19-8, 5-0 CAA) is 13-1 in its last 14 games after the 10-4 victory while Rutgers fell to 10-19 on the season.

Sophomore Olivia Galati, who earned 26 wins a season ago, improved to 12-5 on the season, which accounts for 63 percent of Hofstra’s wins.

The former 2010 Colonial Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year struck out 14, but walked a season-high four batters.

Galati also gave up two homeruns—a second inning blast that landed at least 15 feet past the fence and a fifth inning line drive over left field. “[Galati] has great command of her pitches. She knows where they’re going and she can spot all of her pitches to the area that it has to be thrown to,” head coach Bill Edwards said. “We’re able to set up hitters, get a hitter looking one way, and Olivia is able to hit a spot to where the hitter is not looking.”

Although it was a “un-Galati” like performance according to Edwards, her teammates helped

her out at the plate.

Junior second baseman Jess Hirschbuhl had two hits and four RBIs and aside from throwing out a base runner attempting to steal second base in the third inning, senior catcher Laura Valentino had one hit—a bases-loaded clearing double that put the Pride up 10-3.

Sophomore left fielder D.J. Slugh had two hits in the game, giving her six hits in the past four games.

After five innings the Pride led Rutgers by one run, but a sixth inning meltdown by the Scarlet Knights allowed Hofstra to gain a comfortable lead.

A series of singles, bloop hits, walks and Valentino’s double allowed Hofstra to bring six runs home.

The seventh inning was a little shaky for the Pride with two bobbled plays at second base and a few walks from Galati.

Edwards called for junior Erin Wade to finish out the game.

With two outs and the bases loaded, Wade got Kaci Madden to ground to third base where senior Krista Thorn bobbled the ball, scooped it up with her glove, and dove on the base just in time for the third out. “[Galati] struggled all day long it was so un-Galati like,” said Edwards. “She really struggled.

I was going to pull her a little earlier, but I wanted her to feel a

little adversity. Sometimes when you’re pitching so well you forget what it’s like to struggle, and I wanted her to struggle a little bit.”

Just a day earlier, the Pride’s offense came alive in its game against Iona (6-9).

“I thought we played well,” said Edwards. “We got some timely hits which are important anytime you can get as many runs as we got, we started to break out the bats a little bit, and we got some really good swings…”

Sophomore outfielder Rachael Senatore had three hits and two RBIs in the leadoff position for Hofstra, but it was Wade who stole the show on the mound, pitching five shutout innings, giving up a mere two hits to improve her record to 7-3. “[Wade pitched ] very, very well,” said Edwards. “She wasn’t at her best because of the cold weather. It’s very tough to throw in these conditions.”

Along with Senatore, five other Hofstra batters recorded at least one hit in the effort. Both sophomore outfielder D.J. Slugh and Hirschbuhl had two hits for the Pride.

With Wade’s performance, Hofstra’s offense was able to dominate the Gaels, winning by a score of 8-0 in five innings.

Hofstra beat Drexel 3-1 and 6-3 in a Saturday double header and dominated Dragons by a score of 12-0 on Sunday.

Hofstra Athletics Calendar Home

Away

THU 3/31

FRI 4/1

Men’s

SAT 4/2

SUN 4/3

@ Towson

TUE 4/5

WED 4/6

Vs. M anhattan

7:00 P.M.

12:00 P.M.

Lacrosse

MON 4/4

Women’s Lacrosse Vs. Delaware

Softball

Baseball

Vs. Delaware

12:00 P.M. 12:00 P.M. @ W& M 7:00 P.M.

@ W& M 4:00 P.M.

@ W& M 1:00 P.M.

Vs. M arist @ Fordha m

4:00 P.M.

6:00 P.M.

@ NYIT 3:00 P.M.

Vs. Albany

3:00 P.M.

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Men’s lacrosse pulls even in CAA after win over Drexel

By Max Sass

Drexel hit the scoreboard first when senior attacker Scott Perri beat Hofstra’s junior goalie Last season, the men’s Andrew Gvozden low from seven lacrosse team could not figure out yards out. how to tame the Dragons, sufferThe Pride looked poised to tie ing a demoralizing loss resulting the game four minutes later when in an early 0-2 hole in Colonial senior attacker Jay Athletic Association Card split two Drexel play.

Hofstra defenders and fired “It was a long on goal, but Drexel ride home from Drexeljunior goalie Mark Philadelphia for Manos got to the ball us last year,” head with his left foot, holding on to the coach Seth Tierney said. shut out for the Dragons.

Tierney’s crew faced the same Senior attacker Stephen Bentz threat when the Dragons came did tie the game less than two to Hempstead Saturday looking minutes after Card’s shot, when to once again drop the Pride to he deflected a pass into the net.

0-2 in the CAA after the Pride had Hofstra then sandwiched a lost its CAA opener to Delaware.

Drexel goal with two goals of Hofstra would not let that its own fired from over 10 yards happen though, posting an 11-6 out. First Card slipped a rocket win and evening its record in right under the crossbar just five conference. seconds after the Pride won the “The orangutan is off our back,” faceoff and then sophomore Tierney said. “Certainly we’d like midfielder Aaron Jones found his another shot at Delaware, but second goal of the season when you have to earn that next shot at he beat Manos from almost 12 Delaware.” yards to make the score 3-2.

Sophomore midfielder Ian Hofstra ended the first quarter Braddish’s move to the first-string on a run when senior midfielder midfield, replacing the injured Steven DeNapoli scored in transiSteve Serling, continued to be tion, followed by senior attacker a success, scoring a goal and Jamie Lincoln 1:13 later to give assisting on two others. the Pride a 5-2 lead at the first “Steve Serling is great, he was break. one of our best players,” Braddish It took over four minutes for said. “I am just trying to make up anybody to get on the board in for a little bit, but I’m not trying to the second quarter, but it was do too much, because we have a Hofstra who capitalized on a lot of great players on the field.”

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The sophomore recorded one goal and two assists to spark the Pride.

Zero|Deven Thomas #46 Thomas went 2-11 on faceoff’s in the Dragons’ loss on Saturday.

Drexel failed clear when Card scored on a breakaway.

Braddish continued the 6-0 Hofstra run with an impressive individual effort to dodge two defenders, maintain the ball through the middle of Drexel’s defense and score.

Drexel junior midfielder Kyle Bergman ended the run when he beat Gvozden, but Hofstra fired back as Braddish’s long diagonal pass set up freshman midfielder Torin Varn, who beat the net minder from the doorstep to give Hofstra an 8-3 lead heading into halftime.

For the third straight quarter, Hofstra scored first, as Lincoln hit the twine.

Drexel matched 2:30 later as Perri scored on the extra man offense, with Card penalized.

Drexel sophomore attacker Robert Church, who scored seven goals in last season’s matchup, tallied the Dragons’ fifth of the game on a high shot.

Drexel cut the deficit to four with 4:16 left to play when it capitalized on a pair of failed clears by the Pride. Just 13 second later, the Pride once again extended its lead to five as Varn picked up a ground ball right outside the crease and stuffed it home to end the scoring on the day.

This time it was Drexel’s turn to take a long ride home.

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Senior Jay Card scores on a breakaway goal in the second half of Hofstra’s win over Drexel.

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With 4:30 remaining in the first quarter, senior attack Jay Card to tie the game at one, sparking a 6-0 Hofstra scoring run.

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The number of shots Hofstra took. The Pride out shot the Dragons 3915 for the game.

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Pitcher Burg is an ace in the classroom too

By Joseph Sudberg SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Quantum Physics and nanotechnology are not the usual subjects studied by Division I athletes. Division I athletes are not usually nominated by their school for the Goldwater Scholarship, which is given to the countries top science, math and engineering students.

Hofstra pitcher Joe Burg fits that bill.

The 5’10”, 186-pound sophomore from Lindenhurst, Illinois has a bright future beyond baseball. After coast-to-coast recruitment, Burg said, “it has worked out for the best.”

Burg went to baseball powerhouse Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein, Illinois. He was called up to the varsity team at the end of his freshman year, “which was basically unheard of at the program I played in”, he said, and his baseball career started to take shape.

But in his sophomore year of high school, Burg tore his ACL and missed the remainder of the year, as well as his junior year.

“That was a big set back,” said Burg, “Notre Dame dropped me after that, Northwestern dropped me. Some big time schools pretty much dropped me after that.”

But playing at the professional level was not on his mind during the recruitment process. “The schools that recruiting me were where I wanted to go based off academics.”

Uncommitted through his junior year, Burg visited Stanford where he received his best advice on deciding where to attend college.

Stanford’s assistant coach Dean Stotz told him he needed to find a school that fit “financially, academically, and athletically.”

Burg had offers from impressive academic schools, such as: Stanford, Harvard, Illinois, and MIT. But Hofstra was the perfect fit.

“Hofstra was the best, if you take the sum of those three categories” said Burg.

Burg pitches with the, “This can be my last time on the mound” mentality. One reason for this

way of thought was his ACL tear during high school, the other, his life-changing Katrina relief effort.

“I’ll never forget that for the rest of my life,” said Burg, “It was a life-changing experience…I’ve never in my life seen anything like it. Everything everyone owned was thrown on their front yard.

Everything was destroyed.”

When relating this experience to baseball, Burg’s mentality took form. “You never know it could be your last time ever stepping on the mound. I play like it’s my last time every time I’m on the mound, I give 100 percent.”

“Katrina started that thought process, my injury solidified it.”

Graduate school is on the horizon for Burg, as he doesn’t plan to be in the MLB draft. He wants to study condensed matter physics, focusing on nanotechnology and applications in electronics or energy.

“It’s nice that I’ve had the academic success, it’s really opening a lot of doors for me, for graduate school” said Burg.

He is one of Hofstra’s two nominees for the Goldwater Scholarship, which is given out to one sophomore and one junior for his or her work in science, math and engineering.

“It’s a great honor, the professors here have been excellent.

They have given me so many opportunities. I’ve done independent studies with professors, I’m in research with a professor right now and I believe I’ll be a competitive applicant to be able to go to an MIT, Stanford or Cornell…or even Illinois.”

Of course, Burg hasn’t completely shut out the idea of playing baseball after college.

“Baseball wise, I’ll see where it takes me. I’m just a sophomore, I have a lot to show if I’m going to be playing baseball at the next level, I got a lot of work to do baseball wise.”

Whatever happens, it’s certain Joe Burg is prepared for success, and will leave his imprint either on the field, or off of it.

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Sophomore Joe Burg delivers a pitch against Rider at Hofstra’s University field. Burg has excelled on the mound and in the classroom while at Hofstra.

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Baseball takes first series of season against Towson

By Alex Hyman STAFF WRITER

The weather was cold, but the Hofstra Pride baseball team was heating up, winning two out of three games this past weekend against Colonial Athletic Association opponent Towson.

The two wins marked the Pride’s first winning streak and first series victory of the year.

“It’s awesome,” said head coach Patrick Anderson. “We earned it and we did a great job” The pitching for the Pride has been off and on this year but it came to play against Towson.

The series opener saw the Pride’s most successful starting pitcher this season, sophomore David D’Errico, take the rubber.

He pitched six and one third innings, giving up eight hits and two earned runs in a no decision.

After sophomore Joe Burg finished the seventh inning, senior Jeff Guthridge pitched phenomenal for the final four innings, surrendering just one hit and striking out five in his four innings of work.

Offensively, the Pride got on the board early when junior outfielder Danny Poma was able to get a run home with a sacrifice fly to center field, giving the Pride a 1-0 lead.

Trailing by one in the fifth, junior outfielder T.J. Thomas stepped to the plate with one out and laced a triple to left-center field, then scoring on a throwing error.

The Pride took the lead in the sixth inning when junior infielder Dylan Nasiatka and junior Jared Hammer each knocked in a run.

The Tigers tied the game in the top of the seventh and the score remained 4-4 until the bottom of the 11th inning.

With one out, junior Joe Perez singled and after a groundout by sophomore first baseman Jared Hammer, Thomas lined a double down the left field line putting the winning run on third base.

An intentional walk loaded the bases for freshman catcher Matt Reistetter who worked the count and lined a 2-1 pitch through the hole between first and second, giving the Pride a 5-4 victory.

“I just wanted to hit the ball hard somewhere,” Reistetter said.

“I knew I was going to get a hit.”

The win marked the third straight series in which the Pride

won the first game of the series.

The second game of the series was all about the pitching as well.

The only runs of the game from either side occurred in the second inning when Towson plated one and a Thomas bases loaded double to left gave the Pride a 3-1 lead heading into the third.

That was all the offense the Pride needed as five Hofstra relief pitchers combined to give up seven hits while walking only three.

Senior Sean Monaghan threw the first two innings with redshirt freshman Brett Schreiber throwing the third and fourth innings, picking up his first win of the season.

Sophomore Cody Normand and freshman Everett Keller went the next three; giving up just one hit each.

Freshman Bryan Verbitsky dominated the last two innings getting his first save of the year.

“They pounded the strike zone and were very aggressive,” said Anderson of the bullpen’s performance.

The Tigers turned the tables in the final game of the series with Towson senior starter Charlie Cononie pitching a complete game two-hit shutout. The Pride’s Nasiatka and Poma had backto-back singles in the first for the only two hits of the game.

Senior Rob Kumbatovic picked up the loss, throwing four innings giving up five hits and three runs, striking out six.

The Pride’s record stands at 4-5 in conference play.

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Freshman pitcher Bryan Verbitsky fields a ground ball bunted down the first base line against Towson.

Another comeback falls short for Pride

By Christian Heimall STAFF WRITER

For the second time this season the Hofstra baseball team failed to complete a furious comeback against a MAAC opponent, falling to Marist 12-11 on Wednesday at University Field. The Red Foxes scored 8 runs in the top of the third inning to take a 9-1 lead and were able to hold off the Pride late for the victory.

Freshman Kevin McCarthy made his first collegiate start in a homecoming of sorts.

The Kellenberg High graduate pitched four innings giving up five runs, three earned, on just seven hits. He was lifted in the fifth and watched as his offense was able to keep the game intact.

Hofstra starter Stephan Kungl made his first start of the year as well. He was replaced in the third inning after giving up eight runs but only one earned. In that third inning, an error from freshman shortstop Logan Davis allowed Marist to put up five extra runs and seemingly put the

game out of reach.

The Pride battled back in the middle frames however, pushing four runs across in the bottom of the fourth and two more in the fifth to close the gap to 9-7.

Reliever Brett Schreiber gave up three more runs as Marist pushed their advantage to 12-7 in the sixth inning.

Junior transfer Joe Perez blasted his team leading third homerun in the bottom of the seventh and watched his teammates scratch across three more in the eighth to make it a

12-11 game going to ninth.

Senior reliever Jeff Guthridge kept Marist scoreless in the top half leaving the door open for Hofstra.

With a runner on third and two outs, freshman infielder Logan Davis grounded out to second to end the game giving Hofstra its second straight loss.

Reliever Brett Houseal was awarded the win for Marist while Kungl was saddled with his third loss this year. Hofstra falls to 4-15 on the season.

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McKinnon’s last second goal lifts Pride over Irish

By Max Sass

but Hofstra soon matched on a free-position goal from senior attacker Stephanie Rice.

Every pair of eyes in Shuart Hofstra took the lead at 2-1, Stadium was focused on Hofstra when freshman attacker Jenn freshman attacker Lindsay Ward converted after a pass from McKinnon.

McKinnon.

The Pride’s women’s lacrosse The Irish fired right back less team had just rallied back from than two minutes later when a 9-6 deficit to tie the game and senior midfielder Kailene Abt McKinnon earned a free-position beat Hofstra junior goalie Jackie with just seconds on the clock.

Pandolf.

In the biggest moment of her It took 8:51 for another goal, young career, McKinnon conbut it was Hofstra that scored, verted. With 7.8 seconds left she as Rice found her second of the scored to give Hofstra a 10-9 win game and fifteenth of the season. over a Notre Dame.

The back-and-forth play con“I heard tinued as Notre Maryann [Miller] Dame scored to whisper to me, Hofstra tie the game 3-3, ‘Lindsay, I trust and Hofstra folyou’ and that Notre Damelowed with a goal was the final from McKinnon to push to say, go back ahead. go all out, you have nothing Keeping with the flow of the to lose,” McKinnon said of her game, Notre Dame tied the game game-winner. at 4-4 with seven minutes to play In the moment, McKinnon may in the half. have underestimated Miller’s The Irish took the lead just tone of voice. “I heard the, ‘We 32 seconds later on a goal from trust you Lindsay’ as well from senior midfielder Shaylyn Blaney. the sideline,” Hofstra head coach Abt scored her second goal of Abby Morgan said. the game for Notre Dame after The Irish had the Pride’s the Irish beat Hofstra downfield number prior to Sunday, having on a clear to score in transition. won the previous three matchups Hofstra brought the score to by a total of four goals.

6-5 when Rice passed to senior “This one feels very, very midfielder Jennalee Trombley, good.” Morgan said. “It’s a win who was cutting down the middle that is not just for this team, but and then beat ND goalie Ellie for the alumni that were here Hilling. today because this is a game Hofstra tied on the game on and a team that we have fallen to freshman attacker Jill Maier’s three years in a row.” twenty-first goal of the season, Notre Dame struck first, scoring but Notre Dame took the lead off a feed from behind the cage, SPORTS EDITOR

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again when it caught Pandolf out of position to go up 7-6.

The Irish opened a three-goal lead on Blaney’s second and third goals of the game.

Hofstra ended its scoring drought of over 18 minutes when Maier converted a free-position shot to bring the score to 9-7.

Rice took a pass from Trombley and turned past a defender on her back to score for the Pride.

The goal was Rice’s third of the game and brought the deficit to just one with 4:30 to play.

The Pride tied the game with 2:48 to play, when, after a long methodical possession, McKinnon fed Maier, who punched it in.

With 53 seconds to play in the game, Pandolf made a save on a shot by Blaney that kept the game tied.

“I played Shaylyn Blaney through high school,” Pandolf said. “She honestly destroyed my high school team, so it felt really good that I stopped her.”

The Pride took the ball to its offensive end and earned McKinnon’s free-position.

And with all the eyes on her, McKinnon did not blink in the face of the pressure and moved Hofstra to 4-5 on the season.

Back Cover: Freshman attacker Lindsay McKinnon celebrates her game winning goal against Notre Dame.

Photo by Sean M. Gates

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Top: Freshman attacker Lindsay McKinnon (24) celebrates with sophomore attacker Jill Maier after the game-tying goal. Below: McKinnon scores a goal in the first half against Notre Dame.

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Last-Second Lindsay McKinnon scores game-winning goal with 7.8 seconds remaining against Notre Dame