The Hofstra Chronicle: Dec 2, 2010 Issue

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Hempstead, NY Vol.76 | Issue 12

The Hofstra

Chronicle

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December 2, 2010

Keeping the Hofstra Community informed since 1935

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Sean M. Gates/The Chronicle

By Constantine Caviris SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Last year’s decision to termi­ nate the football program was controversial, but the athletic programs, as well as the academ­ ics, at Hofstra University seem to !"#$%&'(#)'"*# At the time, it was a very unpop­ ular move made by President Stuart Rabinowitz and Hofstra’s +%,-$#%.#/-012""1*# “In the moment, did we get some very unpleasant e­mail, especially from former football players? And were we called a bunch of names and stuff like that? Yes, and that wasn’t pleas­ ,'2*#+02#3,1#&2#24"#-&(42#24&'(#2%# do for the university? Absolutely,” 1,&$#5-*#6"-7,'#8*#+"-9&'"-:# provost and senior vice president

for academic affairs at Hofstra ;'&<"-1&2=* After the decision, Rabinowitz released a statement that said that The University will “reinvest those resources into new aca­ demic programs and need­based 1>4%9,-14&?1*@#A4&9"#1%7"#%.#24"# money is being used for scholar­ ships, it will take time for all of it to be reallocated; football players who chose to stay at Hofstra are having their scholarships honored !=#24"#1>4%%9*# BA"#12&99#4,<"#,#10!12,'2&,9# number of those students [football players] that are working their way through the university,” said +"-9&'"-*##B81#24,2#7%'"=#!">%7"1# available, we’re using it for other 1>4%9,-14&?1*#C""$D!,1"$#,'$# 7"-&2#1>4%9,-14&?1*@# Hofstra began increasing its

emphasis on academics by creat­ &'(#24"#6%'%-1#E%99"("#&'#FGGH*# Since then, Hofstra’s rankings climbed up to a “tier 1” school, number 139 overall, according to ;*I*#C"31#,'$#A%-9$#J"?%-2*#K2#&1# ,91%#7%-"#$&.)>092#2%#!"#,$7&22"$# 2%#6%.12-,*#L<"-#24"#?,12#$">,$":# the required GPAs and SAT scores of incoming students have -&1"'* “Since President Rabinowitz 4,1#!""'#&'#%.)>"#3"M<"#-,&1"$# the SATs for our students by more than a hundred points,” Berliner 1,&$*#B/4"#,<"-,("#I8/#34"'# [Rabinowitz began] was 1060, it’s HHNF#24&1#=",-*#A4"'#4"#O!"(,'P# the GPA, the average GPA, was F*Q#.%-#24"#120$"'21#>%7&'(#&'*# K21#R*S#.%-#24"#120$"'21#>%7&'(#&'# '%3*@ Although there is an extra

emphasis on academics, prospec­ tive students are still interested in /4"#;'&<"-1&2=M1#1?%-21#?-%(-,71*# “They always ask about athlet­ ics,” said Janine McElroy, assis­ 2,'2#$",'#%.#,$7&11&%'#,2#6%.12-,*# “They always want to know what division we are and they always want to know if we have club and &'2-,70-,9#1?%-21*@# A4&9"#6%.12-,#;'&<"-1&2=#>%'2&'­ ues its quest for higher academic standards, its athletic programs 3&99#'%2#!"#9".2#!"4&'$*#T,'=#%.# the programs are thriving, such as the Men’s Lacrosse team and the A%7"'M1#I%>>"-#2",7*# “Athletics is an integral part of the growth of any university and Hofstra especially,” said Stephen 8*#U%->4%<:#,11%>&,2"#$&-">2%-# of athletics for communication ,2#6%.12-,*#B/4"#?%?09,-&2=#24,2#

athletics bring to a university goes hand in hand with whatever you’re $%&'(#,2#/4"#;'&<"-1&2=*@ Hofstra continues to strive for 4&(4"-#,>,$"7&>#12,'$,-$1*#/4"# school has also continued its rich tradition in athletics despite the termination of the football ?-%(-,7*#81#24"#1>4%%9#(-%31:# academics and athletics will go together in order to maintain the ?-%7&'"'>"#%.#6%.12-,#;'&<"-1&2=*# BA4,2#3"M-"#2-=&'(#2%#)'$#&1# 24"#!"12#%.#!%24#3%-9$1*#A"M-"# continuing our push on academic standards and we’ve made the adjustments in athletics,” said +"-9&'"-*#B+02#,99#%.#&2:#&'#2"-71#%.# the students that [athletics] attract, their GPAs, the other students that are interested, I think works for The University at this point in our "V&12"'>"*@

!"#$%&'#()*&%+,"'#-%&'*+.&&%"(*/+/-%0#+*+/1%"-/&* By Jessica Lewis CWAI#W5K/LJ

Sean M. Gates/The Chronicle

The calendar for the 2012­2013 school year is currently in ques­ 2&%'*#I20$"'21#,'$#.,>092=#3"-"# given the opportunity to participate in a survey regarding the current school calendar, and any changes 24"=#3%09$#9&X"#2%#1""#7,$"*# BA"#Y012#)'&14"$#>%'$0>2&'(#,# survey for both students and facul­ ty about the calendar, we got over

2,000 responses and the surveys are completed but they are being analyzed by institutional research there was a lot of comments as well as data so it is currently being analyzed by the institutional research,” said Dean of Students, Z"2"-#[&!7,'*#BL'>"#24"#,',9=­ sis is completed it is going to be shared with the calendar com­ mittee who is then going to make 1%7"#-">%77"'$,2&%'1*#/4"#23%# big issues looked at are holiday

1>4"$09"1:#,'$#1?-&'(#!-",X*@ One of the proposals for the new calendar would be not clos­ ing The University for religious 4%9&$,=1*#BK2#&1#-"1?">2&'(#,99# %!1"-<,'>"1#!=#4%'%-&'(#'%'"*# If you start honoring some, and not others you start to alien­ ,2"#?"%?9":@#[&!7,'#1,&$*#B81# The University has gotten more diverse with time it is important we take in account students from vari­ %01#-"9&(&%'1#,'$#>0920-"1*@


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