The Hofstra Chronicle February 13, 2018

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Hofstra mourns the late Professor Harold J. Finkelstein

By Katie Krahulik NEW S E D I TO R

Hofstra mourned the loss of dearly beloved faculty member Professor Harold J. Finkelstein, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, a former

professor in the Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Department of Accounting, Taxation and Legal Studies in Business. Born on June 22, 1940, Finkelstein died at 77 years of age. A funeral was held in his honor on Thursday, Feb. 8.

Finkelstein was an expert in taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) matters. After graduating from Brooklyn Law School, he worked as a Revenue Agent, Estate & Gift Tax Attorney, Appeals Officer and, until his retirement, Lead Appeals Team Manager/Associate Chief of the Long Island Appeals Of-

fice for 29 years. He worked for the IRS for more than 40 years and taught classes at Hofstra in the evenings for much of his time there.

Professor Finkelstein is survived by his three children, Marc, Lori and Joyce, and his six grandchildren who he always spoke of with great admiration, according to his close friends and colleagues.

Known for his dedication to his classes and craft, Professor Finkelstein maintained valuable relationships among students and staff alike. His legacy at Hofstra, according to many, was his

loyalty and devotion to students.

Finkelstein had a tendency to follow up with his students, getting lunches, reaching out and even attending their graduations.

Not only did Professor Finkelstein become Alexandra Krupa’s, a graduate student in the taxation MBA program, favorite professor, but also someone she looked up to.

“He made me realize how important it is to reflect on my accomplishments and to learn how to challenge my weaknesses,” Krupa said. Krupa reflected on Finkelstein’s role in her success.

“His enthusiasm for teaching

is what drew students into the program and exhilarated them to achieve the highest degree of intellectual and personal development through a stimulating and comprehensive program,” she said.

Marc Finkelstein, son of the late professor, attended the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra, and shared a stage with his father on his graduation day. It was a moment he’ll never forget.

clusion have with students from this community.”

The 14th floor of Constitution Hall will house this new living community, with 14 spots available for interested students.

Additional spaces will also be available on the sixth floor of Nassau Hall. “Our office does get inquiries from incoming first year students interested in gender inclusive housing options, so a limited number of spaces will be set aside for freshmen students as well,” Ramsay said.

Thayne Watson, a sophomore drama performance major, believes that this new housing option benefits the Hofstra community. “We do need gender-neutral options on campus, because that is something I struggle with only being able to afford a triple. I can’t afford the security of a single that maybe other non-gender binary people could afford,” Watson said.

However, Watson believes that the school could still do more. “I don’t think it was the best way that it could have been executed,” Watson said. “I’m thankful for the steps but I don’t think that it is enough yet.”

Adelphi University in Garden City offers a similar option for gender-neutral housing, but it

is only open to students in their second year or above. According to Adelphi’s housing policy, “first-year students may apply for an exception and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.”

Prior to the formation of this new housing option, Hofstra worked with students on a case by case basis to meet accommodations, which was an expensive and timely process. If a student wanted to live in a single for optimal comfort, the student would have to pay higher housing costs. Ramsay explained that having space for this new LLC in different buildings will help provide different prices and room configuration options. Students interested in gender-neutral housing can choose to live in a quad, double or single.

“The housing will have a gender inclusive bathroom and sharps containers for any student undergoing hormone therapy.

The resident assistants will either identify with the LGBTQ+ community or have a strong ally-ship with this community,” Ramsay said.

Chermele Christy, the associate director of Residence Life, feels that the addition of this housing option will help make Hofstra a more inclusive

environment. “Our mission is to show our commitment to and support of this community in all aspects of student life. We hope that in addition to satisfying a practical need among our student body, this new option sends a strong message that Hofstra is a welcoming place for all students,” Christy said.

Interested students can request this option during themed-living room selection on Friday, March 9. This living option is avail-

able to students on a first-come, first-serve basis through the room selection process.

Christy emphasized the important impact that this community can have on Hofstra. “We want all students to feel comfortable in their living environment regardless of gender identity or expression. Our goal is to create a residential community that is vibrant with the potential for great growth in the future beyond a few floors on our campus.”

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Gender neutral housing to be offered this fall

By Taylor Clarke and D’Asha Davis

ASSISTA N T N E WS E D I TO R/ S TAF F W R ITER

A new Living/ Learning Community (LLC) will be available beginning next fall which will allow students to reside in the same room regardless of gender identity, sex or sexual orientation. The new inclusive environment is an effort to increase levels of comfort and inclusion at Hofstra.

“It’s very important to allow trans and gender non-conforming students to live in a space where they will feel safe and comfortable, especially for first-year students as they move to a new environment,” said Danny Stafford, a senior theater production major. “I would have loved to have had the option for genderneutral housing. It would have made the coming out process a lot easier than it was my first year,” Novia Ramsay, the director of operations for the Office of Residence Life, said, “This option was a recommendation from Hofstra’s LGBTQ+ task force.

In addition, this issue came up during monthly meetings that the Office of Residence Life and Intercultural Engagement and In-

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Commuter lounge revived with a modern look

By Danny Nikander NEW S E D I TO R

A revamped commuter lounge, providing a more welcoming and convenient environment for students who travel to and from campus was introduced by the Office of Commuting Student Services and Community Outreach this semester. The office has additionally outlined a schedule of events throughout the semester for commuters to attend that will make their experience at Hofstra as immersive as that of those who live on campus.

“This renovation is part of a campus-wide effort to introduce furniture into public spaces that currently do not host any, and upgrade existing locations.

Some buildings and areas that have been part of this initiative already are Breslin and Berliner Hall. With plans for more as the spring semester continues,” saidDom Lavin, director of Campus Operations.

The lounge, located in the Student Center, was refurnished with a new set of couches, chairs and tables designed to improve the productivity of students, while providing a comfortable feel for recreational use between classes. Furthermore, the lounge holds couches equipped with

power outlets and USB accessibility.

This makes for a more convenient environment in one concentrated area for commuter students to get work done throughout the

Student Services and Community Outreach is hosting a multitude of commuter-oriented events throughout the semester, including laid-back events such as The Commuter Dance Pizza Party,

“With the new design of the commuter lounge, to me it brings positivity and is more welcoming.” day.

“This project was a collaboration between Commuting Student Services and Community Outreach, Student Government, the Commuter Student Association and Hofstra’s facilities team,” Anita Ellis, director of Commuting Student Services and Community Outreach, said. “This space being centrally located is utilized between classes and in the evening by both commuter and residential students. Providing a clean and comfortable space to hang out was important for us and we are so glad students are enjoying the space.”

The Office of Commuting

Karaoke Fridays and Commuter Appreciation Day. Aside from these fun-filled events, the office will also host more informative events like a discussion about bullying, a session on spring break safety tips and a table in the atrium that will promote safe driving.

Madison Wright, a junior public relations major, is a commuter at Hofstra. Wright is heavily involved on campus and has taken on positions in organizations such as WRHU and Alpha Theta Beta sorority. Her status as a commuter is often pressing to the flexibility of her involvement.

The renovation of the commuter lounge and efforts of the Office

of Commuting Student Services and Community Outreach have helped abate the stress of her busy schedule.

“With the new design of the commuter lounge, to me it brings positivity and is more welcoming,” Wright said. “It’s easier to get work done in there, all while socializing with other commuters.”

Commuters also have the chance to join Hofstra’s Commuter Student Association (CSA). The club acts as a liaison between commuter students and the university. They serve as an advocate for services and opportunities for commuter students and are responsible for facilitating many of the commuter events. The club holds weekly meetings during common hour in Brower Hall, room 202.

“We work with all students to best support their experience at Hofstra,” Sofia Pertuz, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, said. “We continually look for opportunities to enhance facilities, resources and offerings based on what our students want and need.”

The grand opening of the new commuter lounge will take place on Feb. 21 at 12:00 p.m.

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Student wins second L.I. Regional Scripps Spelling Bee

By Jordan Laird and Jason Siegel STAFF W R I T E R / S P E C I A L TO T HE C HR ON I C L E

Eighth-grade Ryan Himmelsbach won his second Long Island Regional Scripps Spelling Bee Sunday afternoon in Monroe Lecture Hall with the word “Teleost. T-E-L-E-O-S-T. Teleost,” which is a classification of fish.

The 13-year-old from Setauket will now go on to represent Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School and the rest of Long Island at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. But according to Himmelsbach, he didn’t know the final word; he hadn’t studied it.

“I study a bunch of lists of words, but also I pick up on a lot of patterns and roots that help spell the words which is why I got the winning word right.”

Himmelsbach said. “I didn’t know it, but then there were some that I just knew right away.

So I tend to study them either by origin or by categorizing them in things that are similar and that really helps a lot.”

The regional competition began last Sunday, Feb. 4, when 129 students from Nassau and

Suffolk counties were given a written exam. Only 41 students out of the original 129 passed on to the next round, including Himmelsbach and his younger sister, Ava. During the second round, a panel of judges gave students words to spell aloud on stage and contestants were eliminated when they misspelled a word.

The competition continued for 10 rounds and a little over two hours until just one speller remained.

Jeffrey Morosoff, professor of Journalism, Media Studies and Public Relations, read the words aloud and answered questions about their definitions and languages of origin.

He commended the contestants for their ability to deter the pressures of parents, peers and college professors all watching as they attempted to spell the words correctly.

“They’re all tremendous spellers, but it’s clear as you get into the seventh or eighth round who are the strongest and who usually don’t get things wrong,” Morosoff said. “By the time you get to those last rounds, it gets very competitive; you’re down to just a handful of students. And

Photo Courtesy of Philip Hinds/ University Relations Pictured (from left) are: Professor Yvonne Teems, Lisa Dresner, second runner-up Sara Ashraf, winner Ryan Himmelsbach, first runner-up Zekey Huang, Professor Jeff Morosoff and Ethna Lay.

then, when it gets down to two, then tension really mounts and you feel it – you feel the tension.

And the students – I feel tense for them.”

Indeed, Himmelsbach faced some well-prepared competition, including first runner-up Zekey Huang from Mount Sinai Middle School and second runner-up Sarah Ashraf from Hicksville Middle School. Huang and

Ashraf both utilized “Spell It!,” the Scripps National Spelling Bee study website created in conjunction with Merriam-Webster, when preparing for the bee.

“I kept looking over the list, then I highlighted the words I got wrong, then I wrote all those words down, then I kept writing them down and then just reviewed the rules of each language,” Ashraf said.

“[The students are] quite impressive, it just knocks me out how bright they are and I hope they all come to Hofstra,” Morosoff said.

Himmelsbach will now go on to the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee, which will begin on Tuesday, May 29.

Students commemorate business professor Continued from A1

“He was the only father who was able to go up to the podium as I received my diploma. That was a special moment.” Marc Finkelstein described his father as a brilliant man who loved teaching.

“He didn’t mind coming home late from Hofstra twice a week because he had such a passion for teaching. He cared deeply about his students and he wanted to see them succeed in their careers,” Marc Finkelstein said.

After Harold Finkelstein’s wife Marcia passed away last May, Finkelstein’s children find comfort in knowing that their parents are together now.

“He was a diligent, hardworking man who was a dedicated father, husband, grandfather, coworker, colleague and dear friend to many,” Joyce Komson, Harold

Finkelstein’s daughter, said.

Basile said, noting how hard it needed from students who are “He had superb work ethic. is to sum up 26 years in a couple studying tax.”

His former colleagues spoke of paragraphs. “His students knew Professor Neil D. Katz, profeshim with the utmost respect, also they were with somebody who sor of Accounting, Taxation and noting that he was such a humble was the real deal. The energy Legal Studies in Business, was a individual.” he had to be able to go on about close friend and confidant to FinDr. Anthony kelstein. The two first Basile, professor met when Katz was an of Accounting, undergraduate student “Professor Finkelstein was one of at Hofstra, enrolled Taxation and Legal Studies Finkelstein’s class. those professors that challenged in and longtime “His concern and love his students, but did so for just one for his students was companion of Harold Finkelevery day in reason and that was to watch us displayed stein, said when his classroom. He was he first arrived really an extraordinary succeed ... ” at Hofstra, person,” Katz said.

Finkelstein met “He will be sorely with him for missed by the departsome advice. [taxation] ... it was almost endment, by his colleagues and by “He met me in the Student less.” the students.”

Center on a Tuesday night. It Fellow IRS employees acFinkelstein taught tax courses was him as a veteran professor credited Harold Finkelstein with at the undergraduate and gradukind of showing me the ropes immense talent, knowledge and ate levels at Hofstra since 1977, and helping me out. After that, professionalism, and Basile said according to Jacqueline A. we continued to get dinner every that due to his experience, “He Burke, department chair and Tuesday night for 20 years,” knew what the outside world professor of Accounting.

“Many of his colleagues noted that despite any difficulties Professor Finkelstein encountered in his life, he was always happy when he was in the classroom at Hofstra,” Burke said.

Students agreed that his passion for teaching was exceptional. His mission was obvious to people like graduate student Heather Rullo, who is also in the taxation MBA program. “Professor Finkelstein was one of those professors that challenged his students, but did so for just one reason and that was to watch us succeed and go above and beyond our ability to do so ... He was so kind hearted, sweet and caring.”

Beginning next week, Professor Finkelstein’s classes will resume normal schedule and classes missed this week will be made up, just as Professor Finkelstein would want them to be.

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Universal swipe access revoked from resident assistants

By Andrea Bilton STAFF W R I T E R

The Office of Residence Life announced that resident assistants (RAs) would no longer be granted universal swipe access throughout all residential buildings on campus during this January’s annual winter RA training program. This marked the end of the pilot program that had been in effect, which had previously allowed RAs to swipe in to any of the residence halls in order to attend group training sessions and support each other’s programming in the various residence halls.

“We found that the swipe access was often being used to enter buildings for purposes other than what was intended when the pilot program began,” said Beth McGuire, senior assistant dean of

students and director of Resithe point that it becomes a burabuse that privilege.” dence Life. “Based on that, and den to hand in my ID every time Sophomore psychology major a recommendation from Public I enter a res hall,” said Mitch Veronica Catricala is a resident Safety, we opted to discontinue Holson, an RA in Suffolk Hall of Enterprise Hall. Although she the program.” and sophomore film production isn’t an RA, she feels that it’s When asked about the restricmajor. “I understand that giving important for RAs to have imedition, one Public Safety represencomplete access to students is a ate access to spaces for student tative claimed that “unisafety. “I don’t really versal access into dorm understand the purbuildings is always pose of taking away risky, always controveraccess from “... universal access into dorm universal sial and unnecessary in RAs. If there was most cases.” Although buildings is always risky, always ever an emergency the Office of Residence another building, controversial and unnecessary in in Life has assured that the I think every resimost cases.” policy change should dent assistant should not affect the ability have the ability to of the RAs to successlend a helping hand, fully do their jobs, it has and signing in takes sparked frustration for some staff liability, but there’s a reason we up valuable time that may not members. were hired – because the majorbe available in a dire situation.

“I personally hate the lack of ity of us can handle the responsi- I think that there is no harm in access. It’s annoying because I bility of unrestricted access. It’s allowing them access to every move around campus so often to a shame that a few RAs had to building. They were hired for a

reason and I think they should be trusted.”

Aside from the sideline criticism, the Office of Residence Life has not received any formal complaints or follow-up questions regarding the new swipe access restrictions.

“It doesn’t really bother me because I didn’t really utilize the access,” said Tyrone Harmon, a Nassau Hall RA and junior computer science and cyber security and Japanese major. “If anything, it’s a smart application of security risk and vulnerability management. I’m sure it will cause some inconvenience for some RAs who have to work frequently in different residence halls, but then again, the more you limit privileges like this, the more you reduce the chance of any kind of safety risk.”

Columbia professor speaks on archaeological findings

By Melanie Haid and Roger Orellana STAFF W R I T E R S

Emperor Hadrian has been recorded in the annals of history as being a complex, benevolent dictator. His legacy, once a masterpiece of Roman architecture and now a desolation of debris and crumbled walls, is still being studied by many archaeological associations. Two of these groups, the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and Long Island Society (LIS), sent members to Breslin Hall on Sunday, Feb. 11 to share their recent knowledge of Hadrian’s Villa in Rome.

The event featured Dr. Francesco de Angelis, professor and department chair of the Classical Studies Graduate Program at Columbia University, as the guest speaker. De Angelis spoke about Columbia University’s recent excavations and the new information found at the villa, as well as how it relates to nearby villas around 100 A.D. and beyond.

Intricate pieces of sculptures alluding to Greek mythology in conjunction with artistic patterns on the ceiling and on the floors were discovered. However, using the knowledge gathered by structural parallelisms in the villa, the

crumbled remnants can now be restored.

These villas were built by emperors in ancient Rome as a home “free from the obligations of urban life,” de Angelis said.

Rich with culture and architectural variety, Hadrian’s villa expanded to 300 acres in total. De Angelis discussed in his presentation that they took students to excavate the villa, and that new connections were made between different types of buildings in the area that may help reveal the kinds of people who specifically inhabited them as well as deconstructing the ways of life, functions and styles of the period. He found that the buildings emphasized “organization under common hierarchical principles,” which provides a different perspective on the architecture than previously concluded in excavations.

These discoveries uncover not only the lost beauty of Hadrian’s Villa, but also the value of mythology and art in the lives of Roman citizens. This further helps to clarify the image of the Roman Empire, and is therefore a huge contribution to history.

The president of AIA, James Foy, explained that the goal of AIA was to generate interest in schools and get more people

involved in AIA, partly by holda junior at Jericho High School, point to understand the villa.” ing such lectures. Foy said that attended the lecture as well, The AIA/LIS lectures are AIA offers grants to schools for curious about AIA. Bansal said, sponsored by the Hofstra Anthroarchaeological purposes, to buy “I study Latin in school, and last pology Department and Cultural books or materials, to promote year I actually studied Hadrian’s Center, and Foy said that “witharchaeology and open doors Villa. I’m really interested in out them, this could not happen.” to people who may know very classical studies, so I thought Hoping that more students like little about the subject. Foy and [learning more] would be interHoffman and Bansal will learn AIA chose de Angelis to speak esting.” more about archeology as well because they’re “always lookAlthough Hadrian’s Villa has as the importance of the history ing for somebody that will give been explored since the late behind excavations and discovera talk and try and get a feel that 1800s, de Angelis said, “The ies such as this, Foy said, “It’s a nobody has done a lecture on excavation yielded another build- learning tool to everybody here.” [yet].” ing, and provides a new vantage Isaac Hoffman, a junior with a double major in classics and Latin, was drawn to the event because “my classics professor gave me this bulletin, and I’ve actually been to Hadrian’s Villa last summer, as part of another trip, and we only really got to spend like half the day there so it was really cool to learn more about the stuff that I didn’t get to see. It’s gigantic.”

Younger students were interested in the Photo Courtesy of Creative Commons archaeology and the organization of Archaeological evidence found in Hadrian’s Villa reveals new information about anAIA. Varsha Bansal, cient Roman culture.

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Black History Month kicks off with spoken word performance

By Daniel Nguyen ASSISTA N T A & E E D I TO R

As part of an annual program celebrating Black History Month, Hofstra’s Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion (IEI) presented the Black History Month Reception featuring a spoken word performance and workshop from Oliver W. Colbert on Wednesday Feb. 7. Held during common hour in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center Multipurpose Room, the reception kicked off a month-long program of events including a movie trip to see “Black Panther” and a screening of “Baltimore Rising.”

“My colleague in Residence Life, Britany Rhoden, had seen Oliver perform at Stony Brook University, and thought he was really great and had a lot of insight that our younger students could gain from, so that’s why we reached out and brought him to Hofstra,” said Gillian Atkinson, associate director of IEI. Colbert, the keynote speaker, performed a spoken word poem before opening the floor to the audience in a poetry workshop that asked participants to share their values.

Colbert said the workshop asked people to participate in a

sdfjs;dlfjk;sldkfj;aldfjk On Feb. 3, a student reported to PS that an incident had occurred sometime between 11 p.m. on Feb. 2 and 3 a.m. on Feb. 3. The student stated that she had received several disturbing messages from a male Hofstra student, the boyfriend of her roommate. The student contacted her RD and then reported this incident to PS. Further investigation is being conducted into this matter.

On Feb. 3 at 9:25 p.m., an RA noticed the odor of marijuana emanating from a room in Suffolk Hall. PS responded and keyed into the room. The resident was present and a small glass jar and plastic bag of marijuana were visible in the room. The smoke detector was covered with a plastic bag

conscious act of “connecting to our core values,” something most people don’t often do.

Members of the audience shared values like food, family, accountability, responsibility, money, freedom, communication, education and health. After audience sharing, Colbert asked everyone to cut down their eight values to five before asking them to cut down the list further to a final list of three.

In narrowing the list of values down, audience members said they were confronted by a moment of honesty when identifying the values they respect.

Others were able to find values that easily transferred to others, such as family into love and vice versa.

Finally, in a call to action, Colbert asked the audience to analyze their values going forward before asking the room to read their list of three values and incorporate them into a short poem to be performed right after. “I liked that he incorporated the audience and got us to actually think about things that we value and care about,” said Alora Grant, a sophomore double major in rhetoric and public relations.

“Especially in this time, in this

Daniel Nguyen/ Hofstra Chronicle Hofstra community members gathered in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center to celebrate Black History Month.

country specifically, [we need to] analyze our values,” Colbert said. “We love to talk about our martyrs, but rarely do we ever analyze what were their values.

Their values were their guiding light. If Martin Luther King Jr. is someone you love, then you could nonviolent protest to his values. You could do this with anyone you consider a hero. And specifically this month, we are making black history. Especially

brothers and sisters of color here.

It’s just important to analyze your values, and let those be your guiding light throughout your entire life and journey.”

As the keynote speaker, Colbert asked the reception “how often do we evaluate our values,” and helped manifest these values into a self-fortifying act of expression.

The workshop concluded with a performance of Colbert’s spo-

ken word piece, “The Trap,” a poem showcasing his own values of social justice, activism and solidarity. “All my poems are connected to my values,” he said.

“I realized that once you really sit down and write down what you care about and really challenge yourself to choose which ones would have to go, when you get to your top three then you know those are at the core of who you are as a person.”

Public Safety Briefs Compiled by D’Asha Davis

and there were towels rolled up at the bottom of the door. The items were confiscated and the student was issued a violation for drug and fire safety.

On Feb. 3 at 11:22 p.m., PS received a report that an odor of marijuana was emanating from a room inside Enterprise Hall.

PS responded and upon entering the room found the resident inside. The room smelled strongly of marijuana and a black grinder was confiscated.

The resident admitted to smoking inside the room.

On Feb. 3 11:15 p.m., while on duty an RA noticed the odor of marijuana emanating from a room in Suffolk Hall.

PS responded and upon entering the room two students and two non-students were present.

There was a strong odor inside the room and when questioned, all four males admitted to smoking. A vapor device was confiscated and the students were issued referrals to OCS. The non-students were banned from campus.

On Feb. 4 at 11:10 p.m., an RSR assigned to Stuyvesant Hall reported to PS that two males were verbally abusing her. The males were banging on the security window. PS responded and identified the males as one Hofstra student and one guest. They were issued referrals to OCS and both students apologized to the RSR for their actions.

On Feb. 5 at 8:20 p.m., an RA in Jamestown House reported to PS that there was

a loud argument coming from a room in the building. PS responded and a male resident reported that his ex-girlfriend, also a Hofstra student, verbally abused him after he had asked her to leave. PS calmed the situation and escorted the female out of the room. She was issued a referral to OCS for verbal abuse.

On Feb. 5 at 11 p.m., a PS officer assigned to the security booth at the main entrance to the North Campus, observed a vehicle drive past the booth at a high speed. The vehicle failed to stop at two stop signs.

The PS dispatcher was notified and responded. A search of the North Campus was conducted and the vehicle was found in the Nassau/Suffolk parking lot.

The operator of the vehicle was identified as a Hofstra student and was issued a referral to OCS for reckless driving.

Key PS – Public Safety RD – Resident Director RSR – Resident Safety Representative OCS – Office of Community Standards

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Overheard In the Student Center: Everything you’ve heard is bullsh*t.

No rocket has ever left the Earth; man has never gone into space.

In LH Comm: I don’t know why y’all northerners learn how to put condoms on and not hot pocket sleeves.

In the Netherlands: Mom, this exam is going to kill me at the hands of William Shakespeare.

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In the Wellness Center:

In Roosevelt Hall:

When is the printer guy coming?

Excuse me sir, if I tip you will you buy me pods?

In Enterprise:

The printer guy died 15 years ago.

In Gittleson Hall: Did you write his name on his specimen cup? It’s beautiful handwriting!

I think I need to dye my hair, change my name and move to a new country.

On the Unispan: And then I did five tequila shots and I was almost too lit, but I thought, “This is fine. I’m fine.”

Sumayyah’s suggestions: Bullet journaling

By Sumayyah Uddin SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

I’m going to be completely honest – I have never been good at scheduling. Every time I try to plan out my year, complete with my resolutions, the skills I want to learn and the grades I want to achieve, I never followed through. Using a planner was too restrictive for me, and I always seemed to end up throwing my commitments together the night before.

Fortunately, I happened to watch a vlog that promised to fix my problems – and I was surprised when it turned out to be much more fun than I expected. If you seem to have trouble juggling to-do lists, planners and Google Calendars like I do, I would like to introduce a helpful alternative: bullet journaling.

The concept of bullet journaling is very simple. It was first introduced on the website bulletjournal.com, which shows how to transform a little black notebook into a customizable planner. You create a key with specific symbols for tasks. Then you mark dates in the book and use it as an expandable checklist.

Many studying communities utilize bullet journals as planners, creative outlets and for

plotting out their goals. A simple mation and inspiration through of the year seeing dozens of image or YouTube search for letting loose and creating your wasted calendar pages I didn’t bullet journals yields an amazing own special work of art. use – pages sacrificed to naps , amount of results, uniqueness My own bullet journal follows canceled appointments or proand individuality – so much so a specific layout. I have a symbol crastination. that at times, it becomes daunting for each class I am taking. I However, a bullet journal is for beginner planners. mostly use the journal daily, so completely customizable. You How does one go about creat- I create checklists under each are responsible for the pages that ing a bullet journal? The original column that I have created for you use. If you want to create an website does offer one possible classes. To keep things interalternative page just to doodle on design, but it is very militant, esting, I use markers, washi right in the middle of your weekminimalistic and dry. It is better tape and sticky notes to further ly pages, there are no preprinted to explore different studying decorate my pages. When I used pages preventing you from doing communities and see how they a planner, I felt bad at the end so. If you completely zoned out lay out and didn’t their do anything own from Wednesbullet day through journals.

Friday, you Everycan just pick one back up again has a with Saturday. different The sky is the way of limit. creating Interested a layout in creating a – with bullet journal colors, now? For bestamps, ginner bullet stickers journalists, and gridded or calligdotted pages raphy. allow more You can freedom than find a lined pages, lot of Sumayyah Uddin/ Hofstra Chronicle and help to informake the aesBullet journaling is a creative outlet for those with a passion for DIY.

thetic cleaner and prettier. I use a gridded Moleskine, but there are several options, from the expensive brands (such as Leuchtturm) to the cheaper alternatives (such as Muji).

Since pages in these journals can be thin, it is better to invest in smaller tipped pens (such as Pilot Hi-Tec-C 0.04 – a personal favorite) or non-bleed markers (such as Sharpie Archival Pens).

Don’t forget your colors. You can use markers, crayons or even watercolors. My personal favorites are Zebra Mildliners – highlighters that come in a variety of different colors and uses. I like to doodle around my pages and add song lyrics, quotes or to-do lists in my margins, and I have been experimenting with adding sticky notes, stickers and stamps as well. Despite my first pages being a mess, I have surprised myself with how quickly I can make pages look nice now, and how much I can get done.

Remember, if you don’t want to invest too much in this new venture, or you feel like you’ll get bored fast, make an investment in a notebook and try it out.

It won’t hurt, and you just might find a new, efficient way of meeting your deadlines.

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Man on the Unispan

What do you think of Hofstra implementing gender-neutral housing?

B y Av a Ma n d e l STAFF WR I T E R

“I’m all for it. If Hofstra implements it, they’ll just be one step ahead of the rest of the universities in the country.”

“I think it’s a great idea. It would be a nice, neutral option for [people] to be able to feel safe while discovering who they are.”

“I thought it was an option, but apparently it isn’t. I think it should definitely be available to anyone who wants it.”

– Benny Gottwald, sophomore

– Rebecca Wilson, sophomore

– Justin Miller, junior

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Springing into sorority season

By Daniel Nguyen ASSISTANT ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Last weekend and next, the Hofstra Panhellenic Council, part of the National Panhellenic Conference founded in 1902, will be recruiting new members to join the seven sororities operating on campus.

During the weekend-spanning event, new members will become steadily familiarized with the different sororities in a mutually evaluative process.

Panhellenic Council, also known colloquially as Panhell, was established at Hofstra in the ‘80s. Today, the council is involved in multiple volunteer groups on campus, which requires each member to submit

volunteer hours and dues to their respective sororities.

The event is organized by OSLE and contrasts with fall recruitment, which is more informal. Spring recruitment features multiple stages with a schedule for events, allowing instated members and potential new members time to establish connections with the seven sororities at Hofstra.

Prospective members will first judge which sororities most closely match their personalities in multiple rounds concluding in a Pref Round with help from recruitment officers – upperclass-

men who shed their Greek letters for the week to prevent sorority bias.

Julia Sollin, a senior recruitment officer with majors

responsibility to take the girls to see all seven sororities. That’s what we’ve been doing all day.”

Emily Hasset, a senior journalism major, explained “We take off our letters so the potential members can find their letters.

Basically, that’s the best way to explain it.”

Recruitments officers are designated by unique white shirts so potential new members can better identify them.

Catherine Vanech, a senior criminology major, said, “We’re unbiased and they can come to us for help on choosing who they

“We’re unbiased and they can come to us for help on choosing who they feel they best fit without feeling awkwardward.” in English and education, said, “This is Panhellenic recruitment for sororities at Hofstra. We are all recruitment counselors and we each get assigned a group of about 10 to 15 girls, and it’s our

feel they best fit without feeling awkward knowing what organization we’re in. They definitely all have their own personality; you can get a feel for all of the girls.”

Each sorority has its own traditions, including traditional chants passed down generationally.

Eventually, members of the sororities will start evaluating each applicant in turn. Aspects such as commitment, attitude, spirit and dedication will be weighed in the final process. Bid Day finally showcases potential members which sororities have invited them to join. People who go through recruitment are not obligated to join, but will have to wait a year to attempt joining a sorority again.

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Humans of Hofstra

By Allison Eichler FEATUR E S E D I TO R

It’s the week of Valentine’s Day. For some, the romantic holiday is just a nuisance and a reminder of what has been or what seemingly never will be. For others, like seniors Emily Kilheeney and James Sweeney, the day is love-filled and serves as a special occasion to revel in the comfort and company of their significant other.

Kilheeney, a triple major – yes, triple – in political science, journalism and women’s studies, and Sweeney, a journalism major, started dating last September. As their relationship approaches its five-month mark, they told me, in voices saturated with adoration, all the details of how their love came to be.

“We lived in the same [dorm building] freshman year and we kind of knew each other, but didn’t know each other that well, and I think we took some classes together sophomore year,” Sweeney said. “We had a party at my house at the end of August in 2017 and we started talking and she spilled wine all over my shirt.”

“That’s not a crucial part of the story,” Kilheeney added with an embarrassed laugh.

“It is [crucial] because the next day she messaged me and was like, ‘Hey, can I clean your shirt?’ And I was like, ‘Yes,’ and then we kept talking and that’s how it happened.”

After initially messaging him to wash his shirt, Kilheeney said their conversations continued daily, sometimes keeping them awake into the wee hours of the morning. She said it was his comedic side that had her hooked.

“We just talked a lot and I was like, ‘Wow, he’s really funny.’ I was like, ‘That’s it, I like him a lot.’ Then we just continued; we hung out in person and it was very natural and I was very comfortable and it just escalated from there.”

Sweeney agreed, adding, “Once we [started talking], it just was always very comfortable and very easy and funny and I just thought it was right.”

The duo repeatedly stressed the importance of feeling comfortable with each other – the easygoing nature of their relationship was apparent for the entirety of the time I sat with them. If you were to meet the pair for the first time today, you might think they’ve been dating for years.

“I think we feel safe with each other and I think that makes it easy to express whatever we need to express,” Sweeney said in reply to my asking what makes their relationship work. “I think we just both work toward what’s best for the relationship a lot and we are very mindful of that.”

“We talk to each other about everything,” Kilheeney answered. “We love each other a lot and we show that to each other.”

They both agreed that keeping their relationship alive stems from open communication and keeping the love present. Awareness of where they are in their relationship is also a driving factor in their happiness together. In fact, relationship awareness is their best advice.

“Just be honest with yourself. If you’re in a really good relationship, be aware of that as much as possible and don’t take it for granted.

I love actively, and if you don’t feel the potential for that, be honest with yourself about that too so you’re not just wasting your time and someone else’s time,” Sweeney said.

Kilheeney echoed his sentiment, “Be honest with yourself and check the relationship that you’re in and make sure that you’re happy. You deserve to be with someone who does love you so much and that you love to be with and that you’re so happy with.”

Emily Kilheeney and James Sweeney

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By Jacob Huller STAFF W R I T E R

“In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move,” wrote Douglas Adams.

But moving ahead a bit, in the mid-1970s a drunken, penniless Adams collapsed in a field in Innsbruck, Austria, clutching a stolen copy of “The HitchHiker’s Guide to Europe.” As he stared at the stars above, a thought occurred to him: Somebody really ought to write a “hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy.”

And 40 years, a radio series, a television adaptation, a “trilogy” of six books and a feature film later, Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” has continued to take the world by storm.

The “Hitchhiker’s” franchise originally began as radio series produced for the BBC, first airing on March 4, 1978.

In it, Arthur Dent (Simon Jones) finds out that not only

is his best friend Ford Prefect (Geoffrey McGivern) an alien “from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse,” but that planet Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a new Hyperspace Bypass.

Earth is subsequently destroyed and Ford and Arthur escape, launching the two on a marvelously absurd adventure across the cosmos, narrated by that “wholly remarkable book,” the titular “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” (voiced by Peter Jones).

The first season of the radio show, known as the “Primary Phase,” was a massive success, spawning a bestselling book adaptation in 1979 and a sequel, “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe,” in 1980. A “Secondary Phase” of the radio show was produced, followed by a television miniseries in 1981.

While three more books:

“Life, the Universe, and Everything,” “So Long, And Thanks For All the Fish” and “Mostly Harmless,” were written by Adams over the next 10 years, the Guide wouldn’t return to radio until after Adams’ untimely death in 2001.

In 2003, the “Tertiary Phase,” “Quandary Phase” and “Quintessential Phase” were created, which are basically full-cast audiobooks of the last three novels with very little changes made to the stories, unlike the “Primary” and “Secondary Phases,” which were written deliberately by Adams to be different from the books which they contained elements of.

The only notable change is the ending of the “Quintessential Phase.” In contrast to the ending of the book it was based on, which involved all the characters

being killed off on account of Adams not being in the best of moods at the time, each of them receives more or less a happy ending.

Unlike the changes that were made to the 2005 film adaptation, this change was very well received. Adams infamously regretted giving the book series such a sad ending and was planning on writing a sixth book to correct it before his death.

Enter Eoin Colfer, author of the “Artemis Fowl” series. In the late 2000s, Colfer was given permission to write said sixth book, so as to give it the proper send-off Adams wanted. This gave us “And Another Thing...,” released in 2009 for the 13th anniversary, to mixed reception.

In October 2017, it was announced that Dirk Maggs, producer of the “Tertiary,” “Quandary” and “Quintessential” phases, would be producing a sixth season of the radio series, the “Hexagonal Phase,” based on Colfer’s book as well as unreleased material written by

Adams before his death.

Like the previous phases, much of the original cast will be returning: Jones will reprise his role as Arthur, McGivern as Ford, Mark Wing-Davey as the two-headed renegade President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox and Sandra Dickinson as Trillian, reprising her role from the TV series but replacing the late Susan Sheridan of the prior radio adaptations.

Previously voiced by the late Peter Jones and William Franklyn, the Hitchhiker’s Guide (officially known as “The Book”) will now be voiced by John Lloyd.

“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase” is set to premiere on BBC Radio 4 on March 4, 2018 to coincide with the “Primary Phase’s” 40th anniversary. According to Penguin Books, the CD release will follow on April 19.

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‘cybersex’ looks beyond lavish living

shit,” “bright pink tims,” “up in this” and “gucci linen,” “cybersex” has gained over 78 million Spotify track plays in the months following its November release.

Since the release of his first studio album Courtesy of Billboard “Deadroses,” blackbear ‘cybersex’ features multiple artists such as Riff Raff, T-Pain, Machine Gun Kelly and 2 Chainz. has gained glamourous and the grandeur.

By Samantha Storms critical acclaim Released on Nov. 27, the date ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR for his lyrics, lines that reveal the of last year’s Cyber Monday, the side of lavish living that is too With the release of his fourth monstrous 14-track album boasts often hidden behind darkened studio album, “cybersex,” a total of 11 features, including doors. A whirlwind of a life blackbear continues to make his prominent artists such as Riff filled to the brim with drugs and mark on the hip-hop/R&B scene Raff, T-Pain, Machine Gun Kelly alcohol eventually consumed as a brand-obsessed lyricist with and 2 Chainz. him, causing him a near-death a taste for the expensive, the With singles such as “playboy

experience in 2016 that would alter the course of his entire career.

Blackbear has taken to the stage once again with a new fervor. His newest record offers listeners a fresh and exciting outlook on life that highlights a new sound reminiscent of the singer’s 2014 EP “The Afterglow,” a vibe slightly different from the themes associated with the artist’s previous albums.

Adopting the color pink as its motif, “cybersex” has brought new dimension to the singer’s traditional lyrical and musical style, presenting listeners with a variety of sounds ranging anywhere from a simple acoustic guitar melody to his more traditional synthesized beats.

Blackbear incorporates his love of high-end fashion and brands into his songs, making for party tracks reminiscent to the popular no-nonsense, apathetic sound of his “digital druglord” track “do re mi.” With a dedication

to Timberland, Wilhelmina and Gucci, blackbear never fails to strike a chord with his more material-minded fans.

The overwhelming amount of artists featured on the album draws in fan bases from several prominent figures in the hip-hop/ R&B music scene, emphasizes the success that blackbear has garnered since his beginning back in 2006.

With the conclusion of his “digitial druglord” world tour, fans eagerly await the announcement of blackbear’s next international concert circuit.

As he stands before the masses with Gucci shoes planted firmly before a microphone stand, blackbear is coming at the music industry with determination.

“My goal is to make the world feel something, whether it’s happy or sad or anything,” blackbear said in an interview with Noisey. “It’s all really the emotions of the world, and I feel a true troll. My goal in life is to be the ultimate troll.”

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While not nearly as bad as those, Timberlake in 2018 did manage to deliver a performance that was uncharacteristically bland.

Was it the fauxclub intimacy of his walkout? Perhaps it was the adolescent in the audience who, Courtesy of Getty Images when confronted with a global Timberlake’s new album, “Man of the Woods,” is the top selling album of 2018 so far. superstar, decided to remembered as giving a Super

By Joseph Coffey-Slattery ponder the screen of his iPhone?

Bowl performance that afflicted A RTS & EN T E RTA I N M E N T Just where did Timberlake go viewers with acute narcolepsy.

A SSISTAN T E D I TO R astray?

Sure, there have been terrible The iconic Justin Timberlake: For starters, the show was halftime shows before. There was To some, a former proponent boring. The performance relied The Rolling Stones’ somewhat of “denim on denim” who heavily on run-of-the-mill dance rugged outing in 2006, when infamously alleged that he choreography, which lacked the they wheezed out a paltry three brought “SexyBack,” and to impressive spectacle that a video songs. And who could forget the others, a past member of the like Dua Lipa’s “New Rules” unwelcome hoedown in 1994 popular mid-90s boy band ‘N showcases. Rather, Timberlake with Clint Black and the Judds, Sync. spread his resources thin – when the world felt that they had Yet to another portion of the instead of being impressive at been subjected to one overlong population, he will forever be either dancing or singing, he commercial for Cracker Barrel?

was good at neither. The singer often opted to toss the mic in a precarious juggling act, exposing his lip-syncing in an apparent attempt to emulate 2016 New Year’s Eve Mariah Carey.

A glaring issue for many about Timberlake’s performance seemed to be his tribute to the late singer Prince, with some perhaps considering “tribute” too generous a word. The use of a Prince projection, many argued, was a far cry from the late star’s views on his image post-mortem.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Shelia E., Prince’s former associate and one-time fiancé, discussed his views on holograms and other such devices past his death: “[Prince] thought it was very demonic and that’s his spiritual beliefs.”

Yet this statement does nothing to deny that a good tribute, if done tastefully, has the potential to create a truly emotional and visceral experience. Consider the

various impassioned covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” in the wake of his death – stirring, rousing performances that brought the iconic musician’s essence to the masses once again.

Timberlake did not achieve such an effect, nor did it appear to be his intention.

Still, we have to forgive Timberlake. He bears a distinction that many future artists for the Super Bowl must recognize: you are attempting something that Beyoncé has already done. Now, I am not attempting to arm the “BeyHive” by any means (they are rowdy enough as is). Rather, it bears noting that no matter who takes on the Super Bowl Halftime Show, they will have to somehow best the Queen Mother herself in order to truly count the endeavor as a win.

That is to say, I don’t feel that topping Beyoncé is impossible – just not a course of action that is likely to succeed.

The ‘intimate’ African-American experience

By Daniel Nguyen ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T ASSISTA N T E D I TO R

On Thursday, Feb. 8, the Emily Lowe Gallery held a reception for its new exhibition, featuring a presentation on the pieces and artist by Jennifer Henton, a professor of English.

“I think what I’d say is that Bearden’s work explores the African American story in ways that are both intimate and universal. His work applies to everyone, but through the specific experiences of blacks in America,” Henton said.

Walking into the new exhibition by Romare Bearden at the Hofstra University Museum, viewers take in a striking compilation of collages. Mirrored with the right-most wall of the gallery, five images are hung up in pentagonal fashion, copied and printed in different ways, including “The Train” and” The Family.” Featuring the painterly works of Bearden and the artist’s experimentation with different lithographs, each

compilation compels viewers to take a moment to consider the variances in each print.

Ultimately, the configuration, depicting African American life, creates a contradictory effect upon viewers, juxtaposing a sense of familiarity and the displacement of Bearden’s differentiated experiments. The same subjects, rendered in dissimilar fashion, catalyze a unique creative experience by asking us to pick and choose the elements we hold constant – either the subjects rendered, colors used or, among other elements, the painted abstractions accompanying each print.

In the curator’s statement, Karen Albert, the deputy director and chief curator of the museum, said, “Bearden viewed printmaking as

an outlet for experimentation and as a way to reach a larger

audience, since prints are created in multiples and allow many individuals to own the same image.”

The late artist was active in the ‘60s as part of the “Spiral Group,” an art collective focused on experimentation and social work through art.

This career was influenced in part by his background in the Harlem Renaissance during which his household served as a meeting place for various artists and authors.

Summarizing his own philosophy on social activism via art, Bearden said, “I can’t divorce myself from the inequities that are around me.”

Hofstra University Museum In the

The Storyteller Exhibition will be on display until Aug. 17.

exhibition’s catalogue, Nancy Richner, the museum director, described Bearden as “the consummate Renaissance man ... a 20th-century American artist, activist, athlete, author, soldier, scholar, museum founder, friend and mentor” whose multifaceted character reflects itself in the works displayed at the museum’s exhibition.

“I work out of a response and need to redefine the image of man in terms of the Negro experience I know best,” Bearden said. Throughout the exhibition, works such as “Mother and Child” and others from the Odysseus Suite reinterpret classical images in terms of the artist’s own personal experiences. Bearden, through the process of print and collage, claims the classics for himself, blending, in Richner’s words, elements of the “universal and personal.” The Museum of Modern Art held a retrospective of his work in 1971. Bearden passed away in 1988.

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Up close and personal with Logan Pepper

By Jenna Clark STAFF WRITER

Are you an avid television binge watcher? If so, you should check out ABC’s “American Housewife” if you have not already. I recently had the chance to interview Logan Pepper, who plays Cooper Bradford on the show. I chatted with him about his role on the show, his favorite episode, upcoming projects and more.

Hofstra Chronicle: How did you get your start in the entertainment industry?

Logan Pepper: I got my start in the entertainment industry by going to my dad’s acting classes.

He’s an acting teacher and all of my friends were actors, so I thought, “Hey, why don’t I give it a shot myself!”

HC: How did you land the role on “American Housewife”?

LP: I landed my role on “American Housewife” actually by going on an audition for a different role.

I went out for a role for a different episode and they said that they were going to call me back. So, when my time came to audition for Cooper Bradford, I gave it my

all and here I am today.

HC: How would you describe your character?

LP: Diedrich Bader [Greg Otto on the show] described my character Cooper as being relentlessly optimistic, which I do think describes it pretty perfectly.

He’s so rich that he isn’t aware that other people don’t have that amount of money. Not everybody has two Vespas and five houses.

That might come across as him being a jerk, but he is really just unaware.

HC: What is a typical day like on set?

LP: My typical day on set is I get there, I get into my hair and makeup. It is only 15 minutes away from my house, which is perfect. Then I either go to school or I rehearse the scene that I’m about to shoot. So then I start to shoot the scenes, I finish up my three hours of school and then it’s lunch. I hang out with my co-stars Meg [Donnelly], Daniel [DiMaggio] and Julia [Butters]. There’s this ping-pong area that we all like to play with the cast and crew and it’s a lot of fun. We’re always having a great time and we’re just really messing around for the whole

time that we’re there on set.

HC: How is this role different from others that you’ve played in the past?

LP: This role is a lot different than ones that I’ve actually played in the past because other roles that I’ve played were a lot darker.

I’ve been the bully – the mean big bully before – and then I’ve also been the one being victimized, so this is such a fun role to play because he’s so light-hearted and comedic which is really different, but it’s a lot of fun.

HC: What do you think makes “American Housewife” stand out from other family sitcoms?

LP: What I think makes “American Housewife” stand out amongst other sitcoms is how we have such a strong female lead in Katy Mixon. She’s so great and influential to everybody on the set.

We all look up to her, and she’s also the sweetest woman around.

Also, what I think makes the show so fun is how relatable it is and how many different things you can relate to. Just watching the show, you can see something and be like, “Wait, I thought I was the only one who did that.”

HC: Have you had a favorite will tell you that there are going to episode to film? be some really fun sets and some LP: One of my favorite epireally great scenes with me and sodes to film was in the first sea[Mixon] and Oliver and the rest of son. It was called “The Walk,” and the crew. pretty much Anna-Kat [Butters] HC: Do you have any other wanted to walk to the library and I projects you can tell us about? had a drone that could follow peoLP: I recently shot this short ple, so we used the drone to track film, “Wolves,” that’ll be going to them. I had this scene where I had festivals soon, so that’ll be really to do this monologue in front of fun to see. all the moms in this Candyland birthday set.

There was this chocolate fountain and there were lollipops everywhere and it was a sugar haven. It was pretty awesome to film.

HC: What can fans expect to see from upcoming episodes?

LP: Now, I can’t tell you what is going to happen Courtesy of Logan Pepper in upcoming “American Housewife” first premiered on Oct. 11, 2016 episodes, but I

Iskra Lawrence’s #BodyPositivity mantra

By Casey Clark STAFF WRITER

Body activist Iskra Lawrence is taking over the social media scene with her #BodyPositivity movement.

At the age of 15, Lawrence had tried to make her way into the modeling industry, and would constantly compare herself to the other girls because she didn’t look like them. Lawrence had been rejected from many agencies for not being “thin enough” and had tried every diet possible, from Beyoncé’s maple syrup and cayenne pepper diet to the Atkins diet.

Lawrence quickly realized that she was getting caught in an unhealthy cycle of counting calories and journaling every food she ate, and knew she had to do something about it. Lawrence started to implement more positive self-talk into her daily routine; instead of criticizing herself about not looking like the other girls, she would tell herself that her body was what separated her from other girls, and

that that was the reason she would make it one day.

Since agencies denied Lawrence because of her size, she decided to take matters into her own hands and worked by herself to get the jobs and publicity she needed.

Lawrence took her body positivity to Instagram, where she started posting unretouched images and videos of herself to help inspire people, racking up an impressive 4 million followers over the past couple of years. She takes exceptional care of her body, working out three times a week for around two hours, incorporating both cardio and strength training into her routine.

In an interview with SELF in relation to her inspiration behind starting her Instagram account, Lawrence said, “I saw it as a way to express myself and show that I’m more than a set of measurements.”

Lawrence is most recently known for the work she does as an “Aerie Real” model. Aerie Real is

a campaign aimed at celebrating and appreciating one’s body for what it is, without extra editing.

The photos, which are taken as part of the campaign, are not retouched and show the models embracing their bodies and flaws.

Some of the other models that have participated in the campaign include Barbie Ferreira, Ali Almeida and Ally Walsh.

In an interview conducted about body positivity with The Sun, Lawrence said, “The whole concept of Photoshop is an illusion. They’re not flaws. They’re part of your body.”

As a part of Lawrence’s #BodyPositivity movement, she recently created “EveryBODY with Iskra,” an online health and fitness application which provides access to different recipes and workout routines that can be used to improve one’s overall health. In addition to recipes and workouts, there are featured interviews, meditations and other health related videos that can be

streamed directly from the app or on a computer. “EveryBODY with Iskra” allows people to chat with each other and ask for advice

in a judgement-free zone, which Lawrence believes is important in achieving a healthy lifestyle and body image.

Courtesy of Rafael Clemente Lawrence posts inspirational photos on her Instagram account: @iskra

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By Laurel O’Keefe M ANAG I N G E D I TO R

By now you may have heard that PepsiCo is working on a product deemed “Lady Doritos.”

I know what you’re thinking: “Finally! Doritos I can fit in my lady-like mouth that I’m supposed to keep shut at all times!

And all this time I’ve been eating Doritos for men?”

The female CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, revealed in a podcast interview that after conducting market research, the company was designing snacks specifically for the way women like to consume them. According to the CEO, these Doritos would have less of a crunch, less sticky flavor dust because “[women] don’t like to crunch too loudly in public ... they don’t lick their fingers generously and they don’t like to pour the little broken pieces and the flavor into their mouth.” Oh, and don’t worry – they’ll also fit in your purse!

“Hof” Takes with Laurel O’Keefe Snack on THAT, Doritos

I’ll admit, I myself am a selfconscious eater in public. I don’t like to crunch too loud or lick the Dorito dust off my fingers.

Mostly this is because I’m not an animal. I also think that this difference in the way women and men consume Doritos is deeply rooted in gender roles, because as women, we are conditioned to believe we should always be dainty and polite. Well PepsiCo, I will stick to my Cool Ranch Man Doritos, and not just because they’d cost less.

The concept of Lady Doritos has faced a lot of backlash online, and since the company has announced they are no longer making the product.

Many were quick to point out that women would rather have equal pay than our own Doritos, and that this is not what we march for. As Ellen DeGeneres said perfectly, “Women weren’t wronged by a Dorito, they were wronged by a giant orange Cheeto.”

Some may not see the con-

nection here; PepsiCo can’t magically give all women equal pay. What is clear to me though is that Lady Doritos is a prime example of how far we’ve yet to come. In this case, PepsiCo is preying on our differences and exploiting them by using them as a selling point. Sadly, they are one of many.

BIC currently sells a “BIC For Her” pack of pens. They’re pink and purple and meant to fit a woman’s hand and they cost twice as much. Gillette, among other companies, sell different razors for men and women; often times the only difference is the color – and of course, the price.

The idea that a company still sees fit to unnecessarily separate a product by gender is insulting to both men and women.

To charge women more for it?

Disgusting. Yet we let them get away with it.

While not many people were jumping at the opportunity to buy Lady Doritos, we are con-

stantly supporting companies that separate products by gender for no other reason than to make more money. It’s no wonder PepsiCo thought Lady Doritos would be a great idea.

As someone with experience in children’s retail, it is easy to see how we allow companies to condition us to buy things in terms of gender. I could not count the number of times a parent has held up a pair of plain white socks and asked me, “Are these for boys or girls?”

This gender separation is not only damaging to children and their growth but to everyone.

Unfortunately, women get the short end of the stick. We get charged more for less. Any woman who has tried a men’s razor, or shopped for T-shirts in the men’s section can tell you so. On top of that, the amount of gender separation in retail allows for a greater disconnection between men and women, which manifests into gender roles and perpetuates the idea that men are

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superior. For example, thinking that women can’t handle a little cheese dust, or that we’re too fragile to crunch a chip.

We can no longer allow a company to believe we will stand for an unnecessary gender separation. It may not be equal pay, it may not be the right to an abortion or a female president – but until then, let companies that try to pull something like this know, you carry a chip on your shoulder.

Why you should never shop at Zara

By Robert Kinnaird SPEC IA L TO T H E C H R O NI CL E

The fashion community is plagued with scandals about stealing designs, racism and unethical labor practices.

Most recently, H&M received massive amounts of hate for putting out a picture of a sweatshirt reading “the coolest monkey in the jungle” worn by a young black model. This is the most recent and most widely known scandal amongst fast fashion brands, but it’s far from the only one.

Another brand to attract negative attention for unethical practices is Zara, a Spanish fast fashion brand. In the past they have been accused of antiSemitism, ripping off young

designers, using child and slave labor (including young Syrian refugees) and have even been sued by a woman who found a dead mouse stitched into an article of their clothing, according to British online newspaper, The Independent.

In 2007, Zara was criticized for selling a purse that featured a swastika as part of its design.

According to BBC News, a Zara spokesperson said, “Had the symbol been seen we would not have sourced that particular handbag,” Once the controversy broke, it was almost immediately removed from all Zara stores.

In 2014, they were once again accused of anti-Semitism when they put a toddler’s shirt in their

stores that featured stripes and a Star-of-David-like design that reminded many shoppers of the uniforms Jews were forced to wear in German concentration camps during World War II. It was quickly pulled from stores.

As much as Zara would like us to believe they had no intent to offend, it’s hard to. Unless the company puts so little effort into stocking its shelf as to not notice a swastika, they must have known. If they really put that little effort into their stores, what does that say about their priorities? It says that they don’t care about their costumers, fashion or ethics.

Only money.

In the wake of the blowback against H&M and their recent

mistake, we have to remember that this problem is not a new one. Whether these racist mistakes are careless and idiotic marketing flubs or malicious racism amongst the company’s higher ups is an irrelevant question. We have to hold these brands responsible for these decisions – purposeful or not.

On top of the anti-Semitic designs, Zara has recently faced accusations of a more criminal nature. Notes have been found in the pockets of their clothing in stores in Istanbul. The clothing, made in a Turkish factory, had notes slipped into the pockets that translated to “I made this item you are going to buy, but I didn’t get paid for it” and other concerning messages

from the labor force.

The workers were looking for support in their campaign to force Zara to address poor factory conditions and to make them do something about their unpaid labor. The workers were left unpaid after a third-party manufacturer, Bravo Tekstil, closed overnight without giving the laborers months of pay, according to The Independent.

Zara has yet to do anything to rectify this problem and has barely done anything to even recognize it. We as customers should do our part and avoid their stores and products until they address this problem. If we do not boycott them, they will never change their ways.

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The Kardashian konundrum

By Melanie Haid STAFF WR I T E R

For the past few months, Kardashian fans have been biting their nails with anticipation as to why Kylie Jenner has been posting a very limited number of photos all over social media for the past nine months, especially full body photos, begging the question: was the 20-yearold pregnant this whole time? This past Sunday, we finally got our long-awaited announcement, and it wasn’t who won the Super Bowl.

Now, I’ve never so much as seen as episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” but it’s hard not to keep up with the new information spilling into media outlets every week regarding whether or not she was pregnant. For one thing, she’s 20, and while she does have her own cosmetic line, everyone seems to be making her motherhood their business, as well as “what kind of image this sends out to younger viewers.”

If you’re at that point in your maturity where you can

be influenced to get pregnant because a celebrity is and it’s “cool now,” then I am confused and feel very sorry for you.

Chances are, you could not fill a swimming pool with your money from your reality TV show – probably because you don’t have one – and there’s

“Well played, Kylie: You win this one.” a lot more than taking cute Instagram selfies with a baby that goes along with being a parent. It is not a cute handbag you carry for a few months, it’s a human being. Who even knows if Jenner will make a good mother? Financial stability isn’t the only important thing when it comes to raising a decent human being. I do hope the general population doesn’t take this as a trend and run with it, but at this point, hope for humanity is fleeting.

I do give her props for being able to hide her pregnancy for

the full nine months, because that is a heavy secret to keep and not easily contained, especially with the speculation around it and her place in the celebrity limelight. But although Jenner claims on her Feb. 4 Instagram announcement that while there “was no gotcha moment, no big paid reveal” planned, she did announce the birth of her daughter (born Feb. 1) just before the Super Bowl.

Obviously, she could have announced it that Saturday, or perhaps the Monday after the Super Bowl, but then again, why would she? She kept with the traditional Kardashianstyle by drawing half of social media’s attention toward her (while the other half watched the Super Bowl) and away from poor Justin Timberlake, who just can’t seem to catch a break. But Jenner just can’t help herself; I mean, that’s what they do – they thrive on publicity.

Just when you think that you’re finally done seeing every other article and update about her pregnancy theory, you’re now bombarded with the baby name theories, which of course

have too many clues to ignore.

Maybe Jenner will give her daughter a “K” name, or name it Mariposa as one Twitter user declared confidently – stating that Travis Scott’s song “Butterfly Effect,” as well as matching butterfly tattoos, necklaces and butterflythemed nurseries would point to this conclusion.

But even with all of these theories, we have no idea, but the fact that we don’t know and can’t help but reading these theories circling the media gives her exactly what she wants: more attention, which is only adding to the Kardashian/ Jenner fame.

I frequently ask myself how (and why) I even know all of this, but I suppose, like many, I’ve fallen into the trap. Well played, Kylie: You win this one.

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The impending decline: Day Zero approaches

By Delilah Gray STAFF W R I T E R

Once again, celebrity news about reality stars giving birth or getting married eclipses an event that could have real repercussions on our everyday life. Cape Town, South Africa, one of the world’s biggest “green” cities, is approaching “Day Zero,” according to the Skimm. Day Zero is the one thing you hope to never hear happening in your city; in the simplest of terms, the city is running extremely low on water and is steadily approaching the day where they must turn off the taps and do extreme conserva-

tion to the point where most will go without water. Instead of eating Tide Pods and flipping out over celebrity news, let’s put our focus on the impending decline of resources in the world.

Ironically, when a huge event happens in the world that could affect millions, there always seems to be a story about a celebrity making the front pages of everything. Let’s face it, climate change is complex and scary.

Most of us think if we pretend it doesn’t exist, then maybe it’ll just do that. But Cape Town’s current situation proves the contrary; it’s real and its not stopping if we continue like this.

Due to the biggest reservoir,

Theewaterskloof Dam, drying out to 13.5 percent capacity, the citizens are in desperate need of a miracle, according to the Guardian. While Day Zero may be postponed now due to an amazing act of farmers donating millions of liters of water, the day is still coming in May. Soon, citizens of Cape Town will be required to use less than 13.2 gallons of water per person daily to avoid any more damage or a fine, according to the New York Post. This doesn’t just mean drinking water, this means everything they do needs to be reduced and the low rain fall will do nothing to help it all. The average Ameri-

can uses 80-100 gallons of water per day. Imagine being restricted

“Barely anyone knows what’s happening to millions of people on our planet, but I guess Kylie Jenner’s baby’s name takes precedence?” on how much you can flush your toilet and use your shower. It’s

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not a life anyone should lead.

Remember the Syrian bombings going on nearly every day? How most Americans turned their noses the other way because it “wasn’t their problem?” We’re all interconnected. Just because this problem is overseas, doesn’t mean it won’t affect us as well. This is the first step to the decline of our natural resources, and it’s coming a lot quicker than any of us expected. Barely anyone knows what’s happening to millions of people on our planet, but I guess Kylie Jenner’s baby’s name takes precedence?

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Quick Hits

The Education Department has declared that it will be rejecting complaints filed by transgender students about being banned from bathrooms.

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President Donald Trump proposed a $4.4 trillion budget to Congress, which would result in deficits totaling at least $7.1 trillion over the next decade.

The Super Bowl of sentimentality

By Angelica Beneke STAFF WR I T E R

This past Super Bowl was an incredibly strange one for me.

As someone who was raised with American football being blasted on television in the suburban Texas Gulf Coast, and her mother hollering at the television when her team made a horrendous play, I felt like I was betraying my upbringing by simply not caring who won. Even stranger, not even the Super Bowl commercials appealed to me. Well, none of them except the commercials that mentioned Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in passing.

This is why whenever natural disaster strikes, we should focus on the mental wellbeing of others as well as their physical needs.

I was sitting in Smashburger eating my tator tots when I saw a familiar image on the big screen: the intersection of Highland Sage and Sunset Glen completely underwater.

After that image, an even more

familiar image popped up: Harris County Office Deputy Rick Johnson rescuing two children from the floodwaters.

It was one of the many, many images circulating on local news after Hurricane Harvey ravaged a good chunk of Houston and much of the Texas Gulf Coast. The average New Yorker might not have cared much about it, but as a bornand-bred Houstonian, I was so overcome with emotion at that point that I very excitedly said to a guy next to me, “Oh, wow, that’s my hometown!”

That was probably the most emotion I displayed over anything Super Bowl-related this year. Thank you, Verizon, who is not my cellular provider, for making this possible.

Although my house was not physically impacted by Harvey, apart from fallen tree limbs, I finally realized the event had a major impact on my mental health. When I came back to Hofstra for the fall semester, it was raining. I was never a big fan of rain to begin with,

but after Harvey, I realized I become incredibly tense and anxious every time it rains, even if I don’t have to be outside in it.

It is easy to assess the damage from Harvey in terms of money. Hurricane Harvey caused $125 billion in damage, per the National Hurricane Center, second only to Hurricane Katrina. But the emotional impact is not so simple to measure.

However, just because it cannot be measured with numbers does not mean it does not exist. Per CBS News, research says the most common mental health issues that occur after a natural disaster like Harvey are anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This fact should be something to think about with the rise of natural disasters because of humanaccelerated global climate change.

Part of the reason why the Verizon commercial was so powerful was not just because

most of the other commercials didn’t stack up. Sure, there was the typical “they used our service in times of crisis, so there’s that” technique, but I didn’t feel disrespected by their displaying of Houstonians helping Houstonians.

The most powerful aspect of that commercial was that it acknowledged that there was more to the Harvey aftermath than just the physical damage and the cost. It recognized that there was a mental health component to it too. The sentence, “I don’t know if you remember me, but my kids remember you,” signaled to me that mental health, specifically the kids’ mental health, was being respected by honoring someone who helped them through a difficult time.

It’s so easy to focus on the physical damage when natural disasters happen. But let’s not forget about the mental damage either.

Two White House administrators resigned following allegations of abuse.

Unilever, one of the world’s biggest online advertisers, has threatened to cut ties with social media companies if they don’t do more to stop the spread of “toxic” content.

Instagram is testing a feature that will notify users when their stories are screenshotted.

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Hofstra clobbers Sacred Heart on Senior Day

By Jordan Sawyer STAFF W R I T E R

The senior day spotlight shone bright on the storied career of Michael Hughes, who pinned his opponent in 37 seconds to help the Hofstra wrestling team outmuscle Sacred Heart 45-3 on Sunday afternoon at the David S. Mack Physical Education Center.

Hofstra evened their record at 9-9 to garner yet another .500 mark while advancing to 3-3 in EIWA play. The Pride have their most wins in a season since recording 12 in 2011.

Sacred Heart forfeited at 125 and 133 to give Jacob Martin and Garrett Lambert automatic victories and a 12-0 Pride lead.

“I was mad about them. I wished our guys had matches.

We expected that our two guys would beat the two guys they had there,” said Hofstra head coach Dennis Papadatos.

A venomous Vinny Vespa opened up the meet at 141 with

an overpowering 17-2 technical fall win.

Back-to-back nail-biters at 157 and 167 plated Sacred Heart’s lone victory as Chris Mauriello squandered up a 6-3 lead to fall to Paul Klee 9-8 at the last second of the third set. Similarly, Ricky Stamm squeezed out a 9-8 win within the last 10 seconds of his match.

Hofstra took a 23-3 lead with them to the bowling alley for their last four matches as three of the four ended via pin.

Sage Heller recorded a fall at 3:34 over Chris Zaccaria to tally six more points to the Pride lead. Heller recorded his ninth pin of the season to improve to 12-10 on the season.

Nezar Haddad followed up with a pin of his own two matches later at 197. Haddad recorded his fall at 2:19. Haddad improved to 16-12 with his first fall of his junior campaign.

“I was happy with his dominance and his confidence, the

way he went after it. He’s coming together at the right time,” Papadatos said.

Hughes, the only active senior for the Pride, took the 285 mat with weekend plans in mind.

Hughes was on the mat for less than 40 seconds as he pinned opponent John Hartnett at the 37 second mark.

“It’s going to be hard to say goodbye. He’s been a testament, keeps winning the Pride Cup for us and doing all the things right.

He’s a great, great kid and we wish him the best of luck. He’ll be missed,” Papadatos said.

Hughes leads the nation in pins at 15 and remains undefeated in conference play with a 6-0 record, 29-2 overall.

The Pride finished with a 45-3 win after two forfeits and three falls.

Hofstra wraps up the regular season at home on Saturday with a 1 p.m. match against Brown University and a 6 p.m. meet with Harvard University.

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Head coach Dennis Papadatos instructs his team during Sunday’s meet.

Russo expresses optimism in youth movement

By Rob Pelaez STA FF WRITER

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Hofstra’s Teddy Cillis was named to the All-CAA preseason team.

Hofstra baseball head coach John Russo can be found in his office on an early Wednesday morning in his gray quarter-zip Pride athletics shirt, finishing up phone calls with a hearty laugh. His desk is flooded with pictures of his family – mostly his children – and behind him are roughly 20 different Hofstra baseball caps. While his office is a representation of the passionate, family-oriented and sincere person that he is, Russo knows just how vital it is to drastically improve the on-field production that has resulted in a 29-74 record over the past two seasons.

“The main thing we have to do is start winning close games,” Russo said. “To figure out how to play much better from the sixth inning to the ninth is something we have to focus on a lot more.”

For a team that has finished in the bottom half of the conference more times than not in the past five years, there is a surprising feeling of optimism with this year’s team. Russo

harped on a few freshmen he believes will make a name for themselves this season, and he has faith in the veterans to keep performing at a high level. With a team that features 10 freshmen and just five seniors, the Pride are on a youth movement, and Coach Russo embraces it to the fullest.

“Having guys like Jimmy Joyce, Austin Gauthier, a solid position player, and even a JUCO [junior college] transfer in Matt Siedem will pay off in huge dividends being behind the plate for guys like [John] Rooney and [Teddy] Cillis,” Russo said.

Russo mentioned Cillis a handful of times, almost baffled by how his improvement and above-average performance last year resulted in a shocking 0-10 record in 15 appearances for the redshirt senior. Russo also praised how his team’s pitching and hitting could easily be top in the conference if they collectively learn how to finish opponents out down the final stretch of most games.

“I think that, much like everyone else, [the players] are

frustrated with two 14/15 win seasons. I think they take the little things more importantly now and are paying closer attention to detail as well and understanding that winning and losing these close games are just a matter of one or two plays down the line,” Russo said.

Though Russo believes the main conference threats and favorites to be UNC-Wilmington and Elon University, both of whom have returning All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) players, the entire conference is going to be in the same place that Hofstra is, which is hungry to dethrone those at the top.

There are more than enough reasons to be optimistic about this year’s team for all Hofstra fans.

Not only will a crop of new players begin the process of meshing together for years to come, but they also will possess the hunger and desire to win for those upperclassmen who so badly want to be on a winning team before their collegiate tenure is up. There may just be a CAA storm threat brewing in Hempstead.

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Strong defensive effort leads Pride past Elon

By Felipe Fontes

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The Pride got back on track Thursday night when they beat Elon University 67-48 to secure their eighth win in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play.

Although the dominant 19-point margin of victory suggests otherwise, the Pride took the win in an extremely com-

Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Wright-Foreman scored 21 points, his 21st 20+ point game this season.

petitive game. It wasn’t until the 16:33 mark in the second half that the Pride finally tied at 33 after trailing the majority of the first half.

The tying shot came on a Justin Wright-Foreman threepointer, leading to a 10-point run which gave them a comfortable lead that Elon failed to truly threaten for the remainder of the game.

The reversal of scores from the first half to the second may have been in direct correlation to the field goal percentages both teams shot from the first half to the second.

While the Pride shot a mere 30 percent from the field in the first, they picked it up in the second half, nearly doubling their shot efficiency to 59 percent.

“We struggled offensively in the first half. They only had 28 points in the first half, and we had 24. We felt like we could’ve had 40 points. We just had good shots that we missed.

“We were a little too anxious.

Then we just relaxed, kept our composure and made some shots in the second half,” said

Joe Mihalich, Hofstra men’s basketball head coach.

Despite the tough first half for Hofstra, one Pride player stayed above the slump. Eli Pemberton notched in 17 points in the half, keeping the Pride within four despite the team’s shooting struggles.

For the game, Pemberton converted on 10 of his 16 shots, connecting on half of his six attempted three-pointers. He finished the game with a gamehigh 27 points, while fellow teammate Wright-Foreman added 21.

“I think that’s maybe three or four good games in a row for [Pemberton]. I just think he’s feeling really good about himself right now. He’s confident.

He’s not thinking too much, just playing the game and letting it come to him,” Mihalich said.

Another Pride player with a game high on Thursday was Rokas Gustys, once again making his presence felt on the boards with 20 rebounds.

This was Gustys’ 10th career 20 rebound game in the books, and he now stands only 84

rebounds shy of the CAA’s all time leading rebounder, David Robinson.

“It’s a staggering number, 20 rebounds. That’s like getting 40 points. And he anchors our defense. We’re so good defensively when he’s in there,” Mihalich said. “I’ll tell you what doesn’t show up on the stat sheet, is how well he played defensively.

He was always in position. He took away good players’ angles; he took away good players’ scoring opportunities. And so it wasn’t just his rebounding but his defense.”

For the Phoenix, Tyler Seibring led the way in scoring with 16 points, also grabbing eight rebounds to lead Elon in that category as well. Seibring was the only Phoenix player to reach double figures in points.

After holding Elon under 50, the Pride will attempt to keep their defense intact and score high as they travelled out to UNCW to take on the Seahawks just two days later.

Brozoski’s career night not enough in tight contest

By Brennan Erlandsen STAFF W R I T E R

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Lauren ‘Boogie’ Brozoski dropped a career-high 29 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Hofstra women’s basketball team fell to the Towson Tigers 73-72 Friday night in Maryland. “[Brozoski] had an outstanding night. So, you just wanted it for them,” said Hofstra head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey. It was the highest scoring game by a Pride player this season.

Sophomore Mikiyah Croskey missed a contested layup with under nine seconds left in the game.

Sandra Karsten jumped for the rebound and put up a last-

second shot, but a controversial missed foul call ended the game with the Pride down one.

“Karsten got fouled. But I can’t cry over spoiled milk,” Kilburn-Steveskey said.

It was all Towson in the first quarter, as the Tigers led 25-16 after ending the first on a 12-3 run.

Towson would lead by as many as 13 points in the second, but the Pride ended the first half trailing 43-36. Brozoski finished a perfect 7-7 from the field with 16 points at halftime.

After halftime, the Pride came out fast with four different scorers, starting the second half with a 10-3 run with 7:04 left in the third.

The fourth quarter was back and forth with eight lead changes. A three-pointer from Brozoski gave the Pride their first lead of the game at 57-56 with 9:33 to go.

Hofstra had a 70-65 lead with 2:26 to go in the fourth;

however, the Tigers’ Nukiya Mayo and Raine Bankston hit two free throws each to close the gap.

Mayo would eventually hit the game-winning free throws to make it 73-72.

For the Tigers, senior forward Mary Cuevas dropped 22 points and added six blocks to lead the Towson scorers.

Towson’s Mayo dropped 19 points and 12 rebounds and Bankston recorded 12 points and eight rebounds.

Hofstra finished with four players in double figures.

Sophomore guards E’Lexus Davis and Karsten finished with 11 points each off the bench.

Karsten added seven rebounds as well. Marianne Kalin finished with 12 points and 5 rebounds.

Croskey finished with just three points and two rebounds after finishing with her first double-double on Sunday against UNCW. Towson out-rebounded

Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Karsten scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds in Friday’s loss.

Hofstra 45-32 and led in steals 11-5. Hofstra had a better field goal percentage, three-point percentage and free-throw percentage than Towson.

The Pride also outscored the Tigers in the second, third and fourth quarters.

“We are a tough team ... I’m

proud of my group ... this hard work is going to pay off. It just stinks for them right now,” Kilburn-Steveskey said.

Hofstra falls to 4-8 in CAA play and 10-13 overall, while Towson improves to 4-8 in CAA play and 9-14 overall.

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Allocca’s bat sparks three wins in Florida tourney

By PJ Potter SPORTS E D I TO R

Extra-inning home runs and complete-game shutouts highlight the opening weekend for Hofstra softball, going 3-2 overall at the FIU Felsberg Invitational in Miami, Florida.

All three of the Pride’s victories came via shutout, defeating East Carolina 4-0 and Florida International twice with scores of 5-0 and 2-0.

Sophie Dandola made her first career start in the second game of the invitational, tossing seven innings without a run allowed, including four strikeouts. She surrendered four hits and two walks in the 5-0 victory against

Florida International.

All five of Hofstra’s runs came in the third inning. Brittany Allocca roped an RBI single to right field to open the flood gates followed by a three-run double from Brielle Pietrafesa and an RBI base hit off the bat of Kaitlyne Musa.

The Pride scooped another win in the third game, a 4-0 effort against East Carolina.

Sarah Cornell, who lost the first game against South Carolina, bounced back with a complete game shutout of her own.

The sophomore struck out 14 batters along the way, limiting East Carolina to just four baserunners. Sarah Edwards, Allocca and Megan Patierno each logged

a run batted in. Kristin Hallam, Allocca and Edwards each collected two hits as well.

Then, in the final game, the fireworks erupted for Hofstra.

After a scoreless game through the first seven innings, Edwards clobbered a two-run home run over the left-center field wall to seal the victory.

Cornell was spectacular once more, fanning 11 batters in an eight-inning battle. She walked one and dished out two hits.

The Pride’s one issue all weekend was South Carolina – a consistent Top 25 ranked program. Facing the Gamecocks twice over the course of the invitational, Hofstra was outscored 15-2.

South Carolina pushed for a 4-2 win in the opener, scoring twice in the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie. Allocca produced both runs for Hofstra in a valiant effort, but Hofstra could not hold on.

Cornell rallied for six innings, giving up four earned runs with six strikeouts.

The second go-around for these teams was scoreless until the fourth inning and from there, South Carolina put Hofstra in its rearview mirror. The Gamecocks fought for 11 runs in the final few innings, ending the game with an 11-0 win. Hofstra had just three hits.

Dandola couldn’t mirror her spotless first outing, allowing

five South Carolina players to cross home plate in four innings.

Courtney Scarpato came in relief, handing out six runs on six hits.

For the weekend, Allocca went 7-15 (.467) with four runs batted in. Edwards and Pietrafesa followed right behind her with three RBIs each. Hallam collected six hits in 18 at-bats (.333). Cornell went 2-1 with 31 strikeouts and eight hits allowed in 21 innings to garner a 1.31 earned run average. Dandola went 1-1 in 11 total innings with a 3.18 ERA. The Pride return to action Feb. 16 for a double-header in Orlando, Florida against Kennesaw State and Stetson.

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Men’s lax hungry after missing out on NCAA’s last year

By Zack Penn STAFF W R I T E R

After an all-time best 10-0 start ended in bitter disappointment, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team returns to battle for 2018 with a sour taste in their mouth and vengeance on their mind.

“It definitely left a salty taste in our mouths,” said head coach Seth Tierney.

“It changes your approach on the preseason, the fall, the winter, the weightroom and the expectations.”

Indeed expectations will be as high as ever for a program that last season was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation before a frustrating finish saw the team drop three of their last four games, causing them to miss the NCAA tournament.

The Pride returns a whopping 17 seniors, headlined by Preseason All-American goalie Jack Concannon.

One of the best goalies in Hofstra history, Concannon will look to build off a season in which he ranked No. 5 in the nation with a .571 save percentage and No. 14 in goals against average with 8.80.

Coach Tierney went as far as

to say, “[Concannon] is a large portion of the backbone of this team,” and that he is, “one of the top goalies, if not the top goalie in the country.”

Concannon’s efforts in the cage will be buoyed by an offense that returns seven of the top eight leaders in points from last season, highlighted by sophomore attackman Ryan Tierney.

As the son of the head coach, Ryan Tierney expectedly burst onto the scene as a freshman last year, coming in second on the team with 31 goals and third in assists with 16.

He made a number of highlight reel plays that led to “oohs” and “aahs” from fans, but must build upon his success this season as he takes the reins from departed MLL first-round draft pick Josh Byrne.

“We can’t ask anybody to be Josh Byrne,” Seth Tierney said.

“We want everybody to be themselves and be the best versions of themselves.

We have to tweak things and

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Hofstra opens up the 2018 season on Saturday, traveling to take on No. 6 Ohio State.

decide if the same offense as last year will work. We may have to change up the offense

who could make an instant impact as well as Stony Brook graduate transfer Mark Ellis.

The Pride will have to gel quickly if they hope to have a similar start to last season.

They kick off the season by flying west to Columbus to take on Ohio State – who lost to Maryland last season in the National Championship.

Though it will be Hofstra’s season opener, the Buckeyes are already 2-0 and ranked No. 7 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.

The tough stretch only begins there as Hofstra will play non-conference games against perennial contenders such as Villanova, North Carolina and Providence as well as some tricky foes like Stony Brook, Monmouth and Lehigh.

“We need to get as much as we can get out of each experience without being distracted by who is on the horizon,” Seth Tierney said.

“With the schedule that we have, that is easy to do because all of those teams demand our

“We need to get as much as we can get out of each experience without being distracted by who is on the horizon . ”

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Jimmy Yanes scored four goals in the Pride’s scrimmage with Hobart.

because the ingredients have changed.”

Byrne led the team in all major scoring statistics for the past two seasons and was clearly the go-to guy in the clutch.

Now that he is gone, the Pride will institute more of a committee approach on the offensive end with returning seniors Dylan Alderman, Brendan Kavanagh, Alex Moeser and junior Jimmy Yanes sharing the load with Ryan Tierney.

Last year’s 10-0 start is a great recruiting pitch to young players. Success breeds more success and the national attention that accompanied Hofstra’s rise last season has helped them on the recruiting trail.

They have a lot of new faces to assimilate this season and a lot of potential contributors that fans may not know just yet.

Seth Tierney highlighted freshmen Keegan Santos, Dominic Pryor, Bryce Tolmie and Dylan McIntosh as players

undivided attention.”

The Pride found ways to pull off close wins early last season, winning a plethora of games by only one or two goals. Their luck in close games ran out during CAA play and may not be fully replicated this season.

For a team that is not used to losing, Seth Tierney suggested his goal for the team is to improve at overcoming the adversity that inevitably comes with it.

“If we are to have some losses, we need to learn from them and not slide any further.

Let’s identify why we lost, let’s improve at that scenario so that we can improve as we head into the conference portion of schedule,” Seth Tierney said.

Although the Pride started 2017 with a 10-0 record, the real priority this year is winning the CAA championship and making the NCAA tournament.

Saturday’s game against Ohio State will give us a good look at how a new offseason approach has shaped this team.

Seth Tierney said, “I hope the guys get on the plane to Columbus with confidence and an understanding that brothers will be to their right and to their left.”

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Hofstra drops sixth consecutive game at Delaware

By Alexandra Licata ASSISTA N T S P O RT S E D I TOR

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The Hofstra women’s basketball team dropped its sixth consecutive game on Sunday afternoon in a 61-41 loss against the University of Delaware Blue Hens at the Bob Carpenter Center. The Pride drop to 10-14 and 4-9 in CAA play on the season.

The Blue Hens outscored the Pride 21-5 in the second quarter and never looked back. Samone DeFreese and junior Nicole Enabosi led Delaware with 18 and 17 points, respectively.

Senior Aleana Leon was the only player to score double-digit points for Hofstra with 11 and

also posted six rebounds. She leads the team with 15 games in double-digits.

The Blue Hens opened the second quarter with a nine-point run to pull ahead of Hofstra 23-19. Leon netted a layup for Hofstra before Delaware went on another nine-point run to extend its lead to 32-22. Mikiyah Croskey scored another layup for the Pride, but Delaware finished the half on top with a score of 35-24. The Blue Hens outscored the Pride 21-5 in the second quarter.

Despite the loss, Hofstra came onto the court strong in the first quarter. Leon scored a threepointer to open the Pride’s scoring. The Blue Hens took a 6-3 lead, but a seven-point run gave the Pride a 10-6 lead. Delaware answered by scoring six points, but Marianne Kalin and Boogie Brozoski put the Pride back on

top 19-14 to end the first quarter.

Brozoski, who was coming off a career night for the Pride against the Towson Tigers where she scored 29 points, only scored eight points on the day.

It was the first time since Jan. 21 that Brozoski was unable to tally double-digit points for the Pride and only the third time in 11 contests.

That first quarter would be the only time the Pride held a lead in the matchup. The Blue Hens topped the Pride 26-17 in points scored during the second half of the game to seal the 20-point victory.

Olivia Askin, E’Lexus Davis, and Kalin each added six points, while Croskey added four.

The Pride return home Friday night to face off against Elon University at 7 p.m. at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex.

Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Aleana Leon leads the Pride in double-digit scoring games, with 15.

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Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Rokas Gustys collected 13 points and 10 rebounds in Saturday’s loss.

Hofstra men’s basketball suffered its biggest loss in CAA play this season on Saturday night at Trask Coliseum, falling 90-70 against defending league champion UNC-Wilmington.

Poor shooting performances by star guards Justin WrightForeman and Eli Pemberton left the Pride helpless on offense.

The duo combined to shoot just 32 percent, going 9-28 from the floor and 2-11 from beyond the arc.

“It’s that time of the year where we’ve got to have a short memory,” said head coach Joe Mihalich.

“We are just going to burn the tape and move on.”

UNCW was led by an incredibly efficient performance from Devontae Cacok.

The junior forward scored 25 points on 11-13 shooting and added 16 rebounds.

Cacok has typically been ineffective against Hofstra, but he was truly dominant in this contest with eight rebounds on the offensive end, giving the Seahawks plenty of second chances that ultimately put the game out of reach.

Hofstra senior Rokas Gustys did his best to erase Cacok’s efforts by chipping in a doubledouble of his own with 13 points and 10 boards.

The double-double was Gustys’ eleventh on the season, giving him 45 for his college career.

The second half was particularly rough for the Pride as they fell apart on both ends of the floor, giving up 48 points and shooting a lowly 31 percent from the field.

Hofstra lost the battle of the boards as well, getting outrebounded 48-33 on the day.

The poor shooting could explain a lackadaisical effort with hustle which affected other areas of the game too.

This year’s squad has been incredibly streaky, setting nets on fire in some games and going ice cold in others.

Teams that rely primarily on jump-shooting to spark their of-

fense can often suffer because of it, but that should be no excuse for a lack of hustle and aggression on defense. Particularly when this squad knows they can beat this UNCW team.

On Feb. 1, when these teams faced off on Hofstra’s home floor, it was the Pride that walked away with the 20-point victory.

“It’s really simple, you’ve got to defend and rebound against this team,” Mihalich said. “We didn’t do either.”

Hofstra, currently 15-11 (8-6 CAA), will now try to forget this game ever happened and shift its mindset to Thursday’s 7 p.m. home game against the College of William & Mary.

UNCW, 8-17 (5-8), will turn its attention toward a Tuesday night game at James Madison.

Back Cover: Hofstra men’s lacrosse opens up their 2018 season on Saturday afternoon.

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Army of Blue Hofstra men’s lacrosse preps for action before opening up the season at No. 6 Ohio State

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