The Hofstra Chronicle February 12, 2019

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HEMPSTEAD, NY Volume 84 Issue 12

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February 12, 2019

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Career Center holds clothing drive for students, by students

By Sumayyah Uddin STAFF W R I T E R

For the past month or so, donations of business and interview clothing have been delivered to the Hofstra Career Center in preparation for an upcoming event – Career Closet Day. Career Closet Day has been practiced by many other colleges nationwide; a quick Google search yields multiple results going back several years. However, this is the first year that Hofstra will be collecting donations for a closet of its very own.

The Career Closet event has been advertised as an event where students can come and claim items in order to build their professional wardrobes. These items are clean and the students can keep them afterward. Unlike other closets, which have a loan and return system, this provides students with the opportunity to collect clothing in a judgement-free zone that is promised to be open to “all body types, sizes and gender identities.” Continued ON A6

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Between the fall and spring semester, the interior of the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication underwent a facelift that showcases student involvement. A2 Sports

LHSC dean weighs in on fake news Young baseball rotation Op-Ed

By Mark Lukasiewicz

Fakery in news and politics is nothing new, but the emergence of so-called “deep fakes” is a truly disturbing development – a nefarious innovation that should worry anyone who cares about the free flow of information in a democracy. The question is: what, if anything, can be done about it? Deep fake videos – in which

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celebrities and politicians are seen to be doing things they never did and speaking words they never spoke – have been popping up more and more frequently. They are increasingly sophisticated. Recent developments in artificial intelligence have given rise to powerful new video software that can create astonishingly realistic footage that is utterly false. Some of

the most widely distributed deep fakes have involved pornographic portrayals of celebrities, but the power of deep fake video has not escaped the notice of political operatives and autocratic regimes. It is only a matter of time before deep fakes will become a serious part of our cultural landscape, and a potent tool in the arsenal of rulers and regimes bent on Continued ON A14

Instagram influencer debunks sex-ed myths News

By Leo Brine S TAF F WRI T E R

Sex educator and social media influencer Eileen Kelly, better known to her 408,000 Instagram followers as @killerandasweetthang, visited Hofstra on Tuesday, Feb. 5, to normalize the topic of sex and open a discus-

sion on the failures of American sex education. The “Making Safe Sex Sexy” open dialogue was a collaborative effort by the Campus Feminist Collective (CFC) and Student Advocates for Safe Sex (SASS). Continued ON A4

looks to jumpstart rebuild

By Eddie Gardner STA FF WRITER

Baseball season is right around the corner for Hofstra. The Pride is coming off a season in which they finished with a 25-25 record. A big step up from years prior, Hofstra is hoping to build off that .500 record and put together a great year. This is a team filled with a lot of youth and new talent. After losing some valuable players from last season, this large group of newcomers are hungry for playing time and will do whatever they can to provide a spark and help win games. There are a lot of questions regarding this team heading into the new season, but also a lot of optimism. “We’re going to have a really new club on the mound this year,” said head coach John Russo. “We lost almost 90 percent of our conference innings last year, so I’m anxious to see what the pitching staff looks like.”

The pitching staff was one of Hofstra’s biggest strengths from 2018, but now, after losing some valuable arms, Russo and pitching coach Blake Nation will be keeping a close eye on what these new pitchers can do. One of the valuable arms lost, John Rooney, was recently drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers and will leave a big hole in the staff. Despite the loss, Russo believes these new guys and the upperclassmen pitchers can step up and deliver quality innings. “The guys on last year’s pitching staff got to see how confident Rooney was and how they can take that confidence into their game,” Russo said, “The one guy I’m really liking is Michael James. He really has it in his head that he wants to be that Friday night type guy. He wants to have that leadership role and he has really embraced the chance to replace Rooney on Friday nights.” Continued ON A18


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