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As Cuban-American Relations Begin to Shift, Study Abroad Trip Anticipates a Changing Cuba Michelle DePinho Editor

Manhattan College is offering its thirdever study abroad trip to Havana, Cuba this spring break just as the U.S. and Cuba attempt to move toward normal diplomatic relations for the first time in over 50 years.

Organizers of the trip say that this trip will be an opportunity to witness Cuba before it is slowly changed by new U.S. economic and political relations.

“I think that small changes are going to happen,” Laura Redruello, Ph.D. and associate professor of Spanish, said. She is one of two faculty members leading the week-long trip to Havana that will provide Spanish, sociology and independent study opportunities to a mix of students and faculty. “Every year is a different Havana. For

me, it’s a country that’s always changing.”

For students studying on this trip, this means they have the opportunity to experience Cuba in a moment when the world is watching Cuba very closely.

The organizers said they had to apply for a license to take an academic group to Cuba for educational purposes. The U.S. Department of State website outlines various travel licenses that different groups can apply for and spending limitations, and states that tourist travel to Cuba is currently strictly prohibited for U.S. citizens.

Lawmakers are now looking to end these strict limitations on economic interaction and travel between the U.S. and Cuba. New diplomatic relations between the two countries could mean fewer travel restrictions, U.S. companies popping up in Continued on page 3

A Manhattan College student on a previous Cuba study abroad trip meets a student from Havana.

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Kelly Commons Achieves LEED Gold Certification Sean Sonnemann Editor-in-Chief

LEED Gold Certification is the second highest level of recognition given to environmentally conscious buildings by the U.S. Green Building Council.

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The newest building on campus, the Kelly Commons, has now formally become the “greenest” as well.

While the connecting hub between north and south campus has been officially open for use since October, it was recently granted the LEED Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

“LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a green building certification program that recognizes bestin-class building strategies and practices,” according to the council’s website.

Gold is the second highest certification that a building project can receive. The four possible levels (Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum) are based on a rating system that utilizes points in separate categories such as water efficiency, indoor environmental quality and innovation in design.

The commons is the first building on Manhattan College’s campus to achieve any level of LEED certification, an accomplishment that was a goal since the early

days of the project and formation of the initial plans.

“Since the beginning, the college always had a goal of obtaining LEED certification for the building,” Andrew Ryan, vice president for facilities, said.

LEED certification is granted to buildings based on a point system, where a 60-point minimum is required to achieve the LEED Gold standard. Upon completion of the certification and commissioning process, the building received a score of 62 points.

Points are earned for various environmental considerations within the design of the building. During the course of the project, a rough target of 64 to 65 points was set based on the proposed design of the building and materials to be used.

Some notable green features of the building that helped to achieve the necessary points for a Gold certification include a partial green roof.

The roof utilizes 4,000 square feet of partial vegetation and light colored reflective materials that help reduce the heat isContinued on page 4

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Vol. 91 Issue 3 Feb. 3, 2015

Sean Sonnemann Editor-in-Chief Michelle DePinho Managing Editor/News Editor Anthony Capote Asst. News Editor Kieran Rock Managing Editor/Features Editor Ally Hutzler Asst. Features Editor Lauren Carr Arts & Entertainment Editor Lindsey Burns Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor Jonathan Reyes Sports Editor Jaclyn Marr Asst. Sports Editor Daniel Ynfante Asst. Sports Editor Sean McIntyre Social Media Editor Victoria HernĂĄndez Kristie Killen Asst. Social Media Editors Kevin Fuhrmann Photography Editor Christian Roodal Asst. Photography Editor

Notes From

The Editor

Feb. 3, 2015

The Quadrangle is currently working on putting together a special issue that will take a look at the topic of diversity on Manhattan College’s campus.

Its aim is to celebrate, question, challenge, explore and perhaps most importantly, provoke discussion about the topic of diversity in our community.

However, in creating this special issue, we need your help.

The Quadrangle staff is a collection of students from varied majors and backgrounds. You can check out the Staff page of mcquad.org to learn more about who exactly makes up the Editorial Board.

But in order to create a paper that gives a truly accurate look at diversity we also need to incorporate your views, your opinions and your stories.

We expect to release this special issue in late February. In the meantime, we encourage anyone interested in contributing to come by one of our Tuesday meetings in the Kelly Commons or contact us at thequad@manhattan.edu.

Whether you have a strong opinion on the place of diversity in our community or even a relevant personal anecdote, please let us know. Like any good news article, the more voices present, the stronger and more truthful the story.

Diversity is a term with countless applications. We are hoping to assemble an issue that highlights and probes as many different forms of it as possible, be it geographic, racial, gender, socioeconomic or any other type.

Far too often the term diversity is thrown around as a flashy buzzword, falsely built around statistics that group people into incomplete categories often used to fill quotas or standards.

That is not our goal in creating this special issue. Our objective is to examine true diversity on our campus and our larger community that goes deeper than surface level demographic labels. We are excited to see what we discover in the process.

Sean Sonnemann Editor-in-Chief

Kelly Burns Luke Hartman Natalie Heinitz Production Editors Daniel Molina Distribution Manager Tom Callahan Faculty Adviser A tradition since 1924, The Quadrangle is a news organization run by the students of Manhattan College. We strive to cover news around campus and the greater community, publishing weekly in print and daily online. Our goal is always accuracy, relevancy and professionalism.

The staff of The Quadrangle meets every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. in room 412 of the Student Commons.

Contact The Quadrangle at thequad@manhattan.edu The opinions expressed in The Quadrangle are those of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board, the College or the student body.

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Supposed Historic Snowstorm Delivers Much Less than Forecasted Anthony Capote Assistant Editor

Last Monday, New Yorkers were warned of a blizzard that was reported to be one of the worst in the city’s history.

“No less than 18 inches,” claimed news reports on Monday morning and early afternoon.

In response to the impending storm, the entire Northeast made emergency preparations. Roads were shut down after 4 p.m., Mayor de Blasio made public statements calling for New Yorkers to stay in their homes and even declared a citywide state of emergency.

Social media platforms were also stirring with talk of the blizzard. Snapchat featured several photo filters that offered users the ability to overlay the words “Blizzard Warning” and “The Blizzard is Real” onto their photos. On Twitter, the hashtag “snowpocalypse” was trending.

Manhattan College also made preparations for the storm by cancelling classes and closing down campus as of 3 p.m. last Monday.

“We held an emergency response team meeting to decide when to close the campus,” Juan Cerezo, director of public safety, said.

Cerezo said that Provost William Clyde

made the ultimate decision to close down that amount of snow and as soon as the campus at 3 p.m. snow hit the ground, they were ready to Only “essential services” remained plow the roads.” open, according to the Office of Public Students from colder climates were not Safety’s emails. These included dorm the only ones that remained unimpressed security, physical plant operations and by Monday’s storm.

Locke’s Loft dining services.

Freshman Teddy Sheehan, a native “[Clyde] ultimately makes that call [to of Hawaii, said, “Well it was sort of big, close campus], and he is guided by what the hype was a lot bigger than the actual the city is doing,” Cerezo said. snowstorm.”

However, much to everyone’s surprise, The blizzard became something of a the storm yielded hardly the amount of joke among students, none of whom were damage forecasted. upset about missing school, of course.

For most of Monday, Manhattan Col“I knew I was going to get a day off and lege and its surrounding areas only received I could just relax for a few days,” Schlinck a few inches of snow, not 18 as predicted. said, who said he prepared for the storm as No snow fell on Tuesday. somewhat of a vacation.

“This is not nearly the amount of snow “It feels like a regular weekend,” SheeI’m used to,” George Schlinck said. “When han said, “I’m just in my room sleeping they said ‘crippling blizzard’ I was expect- and watching Netflix.” ing a couple of feet, and we got maybe five Sophomore Olivia Smith said, “I was or six inches.” kind of excited, I was expecting three feet Schlinck is a sophomore at the col- of snow.” lege and spent nine years living in Buffalo, “I wanted have a snowball fight,” N.Y., where he said schools seldom closed Smith said, “I was waiting for the text

because of snow. from public safety to cancel school.”

“The plowing system was just used to

Kevin Fuhrmann/The Quadrangle

Victoria Hernández/The Quadrangle

As Cuban-American Relations Begin to Shift, Study Abroad Trip Anticipates a Changing Cuba Michelle DePinho Editor

Continued from page 1 Cuba and more contact between citizens of both nations. But their political history is complicated and sensitive, and the future of diplomacy with Cuba is not entirely certain.

“Any further changes to U.S. policy towards Cuba and additional sanctions relief must be conditioned on the Castro regime’s actions,” Democratic Senator Robert Menendez said in a statement responding to the bill he and other lawmakers wrote that would end all U.S. travel restrictions to

Cuba.

“There’s a lot of optimism,” Ricardo Dello Buono, Ph.D. and professor of sociology, said. He is also leading the group with Redruello and believes that recent developments in diplomacy between the U.S. and Cuba will lead to small, gradual changes in the country.

Given the current travel circumstances with Cuba, planning the study abroad trip was no small feat.

“The logistics are more complicated than a trip to another typical country because of all those other restrictions,” Elen Mons, study abroad coordinator, said.

Aside from applying for a license to enter Cuba for academic purposes, the program’s

leaders had to work with certified travel agencies to get the trip to Havana planned.

“Because of the embargo, we cannot pay directly to Havana,” Redruello said.

“We pay the agency here that has a license.”

Having a middleman in the process and chartering a flight to Cuba drives up the price of the trip. The week in Havana including excursions, some meals, roundtrip airfare and the class itself costs several thousand dollars.

“The price sometimes is a problem,” Redruello said, which she said explains why some colleges and universities are not able to put together Cuba study abroad programs for their students at all.

Despite the cost, Redruello said she thinks the experience of Cuban culture should be the highlight of the trip.

“Everybody knows about the politics,” she said. “But just the music, the architecture, the food, the history,” are what she encourages students to seek out.

“They start to build real relations,” with other Cuban students, she said, which leads to a breaking down of barriers between them.

“For a long time, there have been a lot of misconceptions about Cuba that have sort of been prevailing in the U.S. for a lot of obvious reasons,” Dello Buono said.

“We tried to create these study abroad programs to poke the bubble.”

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Student Activities Searches for Next Assistant Director Syed Shabab Staff Writer

Former Assistant Director of Student Activities Gabrielle Occhiogrosso left her position in November of 2014, and in the meantime the Office of Student Activities has been searching for the right replacement – with little luck so far.

“We received tons of applications, but surprisingly, not many of them had experience in a college setting or within a student life department,” Director of Student Activities John Bennett wrote in an email.

“That initially helped narrow the search a great deal.”

The position of assistant director is a visible one on campus. The individual takes on the responsibilities of administrating and organizing student life events and programming but also works closely with student government.

Student government officers say they feel the extra burden of not having Occhiogrosso, but are adjusting to taking on additional responsibility and working with other student activities staff.

“It has been difficult at some points, but we’re doing the best we can,” Jo-Ann Mullooly, the student government vice president of communications, said. “I would say [Occhiogrosso’s] absence has been a hard adjustment got everyone, as she’s such a great leader but the whole office is still doing great things.”

Student body President John Tudisco said that Occhiogrosso’s attention was especially helpful in the first semester when the new student government administration transitioned into office.

“Now, in the second semester, we have a better grasp on how to run everything,” Tudisco said.

Now, the Office of Student Activities is focusing on getting everything done and

searching for an assistant director in the process. However, Bennett said that serving the students during the search is the office’s first priority.

“Our first concern and priority was the current student body,” Bennett wrote in an email. “I felt us reading resumes [and] interviewing people….could wait until winter break. We had to put the students first and if that meant working more hours, then so be it, but the office comes second after the students.”

Bennett said that the right candidate would have traits that can’t necessarily be found on a resume.

“We’re looking for someone who is hungry and ready to do the massive amounts of work and hours this office does, and equally important, someone that the students will get along with and be comfortable speaking with,” Bennett wrote in an email.

Former Assistant Student Activities Director Gabrielle Occhiogrosso.

James O’Connor/The Quadrangle

Kelly Commons Achieves LEED Gold Certification Sean Sonnemann Editor-in-Chief

Continued from page 1 land effect—the buildup of excess heat in urban areas due to dark colored roofing and pavement.

Additionally, the commons has an automated heating and cooling system that adjusts automatically to time of day, outside air temperature and building occupancy levels using sensors placed throughout the building.

“It actually learns and is an intelligent system,” Ryan said.

In a similar manner, the interior lighting system uses motion sensors coupled with automatic window shades that respond to outside light conditions in order to maximize the use of natural daylight.

For water conservation efforts, low flow fixtures were placed throughout the commons, as well as water bottle filling stations that have already been in place in Horan Hall and the Leo Engineering Building.

“Overall, we achieved by design about 52 percent reduction in water use in the building compared to a standard building of the same size and same use,” Ryan said.

While a significant accomplishment,

the LEED Gold certification of the commons has been only part of the recent efforts made by Manhattan College to become more sustainable.

The college recently spent in excess of $2 million on energy conservation measures that included retrofitting light fixtures, installing pipe insulation and replacing steam traps around campus.

A growing trend in the architecture and construction industries, environmentally conscious and efficient design is also being taught inside the same classrooms at MC that are being upgraded.

Nicole Leo Braxtan, Ph.D. and assistant professor in the college’s department

of civil and environmental engineering, teaches an introductory class on green building techniques and sustainable design.

“Sustainability and the green building movement continue to gain momentum in the design and construction of new infrastructure around the world,” Leo Braxtan said.

“This [achieving LEED Gold certification] signifies a great step in Manhattan College’s path toward a sustainable future and supports the college’s initiatives for campus sustainability.”

The Bad Weather Commute

Commuter Students Tackle Icy Conditions Getting to Campus Victoria Hernández Assistant Editor

For students who dorm on campus, it might be a bit difficult to go from class to class during the winter. But for students commuting to campus, the winter weather can wreak havoc on a morning commute.

Freshman Carolina Alcaraz commutes to campus and was stuck here last week when afternoon classes were cancelled due to the impending winter storm last Monday.

“They waited until the last minute to tell us and I needed to plan my ride back in advance” Alcaraz said. The college waited until Monday at around noon to call off classes for the rest of the day. For Alcaraz, that was too late.

She said her mother comes at 6 p.m. to pick her up and when classes after 3 p.m. were cancelled, she did not have anywhere to go.

Freshman Talisha Ramlall takes the bus every morning and said her house is seven minutes away from Manhattan College.

During last week’s winter weather events on Monday and Tuesday, she did not have any problems due to the situation because as she said the bus “works out pretty good in all weather conditions.”

Ramlall, who relies on public transit instead of driving in to campus, said she thought the school handled the situation very well.

“They didn’t overreact,” to impending blizzard threats, she said. “They made a decision based on facts.”

Robert De Rosa, associate director of public safety and risk management, said that Manhattan College administrators decide whether or not to close campus based on different factors.

“It’s whether or not we can keep the college open and operating under safe conditions, whether the pathways could be free of ice and snow and [whether we are able to] plow the parking lots. Which we cannot plow if cars are here,” DeRosa said.

The decision to close the college is one made as a group by Provost William Clyde and public safety administrators as they monitor updates from the city’s Office of Emergency Management.

“The commuters are affected by the decision [we make],” DeRosa said. “We don’t want anyone traveling in bad weather, ice or snow.”

DeRosa said that the factor that prevails is safety for the college community.

“We don’t look at the commuters separately. We look at the entire campus as a whole,” DeRosa said.

For some commuters, the college’s decision to close or not is irrelevant. Some commuters said they would rather stay home and miss class than risk traveling in icy conditions.

Junior Melissa Pierre-Louis lives an

Public transportation was temporarily shut down in the city last week during the snowstorm.

Christian Roodal/The Quadrangle hour and 40 minutes away from campus of traveling in bad weather when classes and said she would not come to campus if are not cancelled before she makes a decia snowstorm was forecasted and the col- sion. lege did not cancel classes.

“Do I really need to go to school? I feel Another junior commuter Jasmeen scared that an accident could happen [to Hussain said she weighs the pros and cons me],” she said.

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Jasper Chat: Ahmed Rodriguez Leah Cordova Staff Writer

Junior / Yonkers, N.Y. / Civil Engineering What did you have for breakfast?

- Coffee and maple oatmeal.

Describe your snow day.

- Lots of movies.

Which one was your favorite?

- Well, it was a 007 marathon. My favorite? “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.”

Latest good read?

- Hm. “Dracula.”

What’s something special that happened recently?

- Well my mom randomly told me one day: “Here take this test…” So I took it, and I passed! Now, I’ve got my notary license.

Editor’s Note: Jasper Chat is a new addition in the Features section.

Find fun interviews with students and members of the MC community, in text and video at mcquad.org.

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Beyond The Sixth Borough: Feb 3, 2015

L.O.V.E. Program Students Reflect On Their Trips Tara Marin

Jasper Journeys Abroad Jessica Risolo Contributing Writer

Staff Writer Of the many programs that Manhattan College offers, there is one that goes far beyond our campus and takes students on a social justice journey. The Lasallian Outreach Volunteer Experience, otherwise known as the L.O.V.E. program, provides students the opportunity to step outside of their normal lives and become immersed in a new atmosphere while bettering the lives of others.

Each trip is unique and each team of students sets out with a different mission.

Some travel to different countries to live in a new culture and work with the poor, while others travel to different states in the U.S. and provide hands-on work for those affected by tragedies.

These trips go on over school breaks, the most recent ones being Haiti, Ecuador, New Orleans and Arizona. Over winter break, student Emily Whelan traveled to Duran, Ecuador with eight other students and two professors.

Her team stayed in a high poverty community. “These wonderful people live their lives everyday in a country where clean water is not easily accessible and where beer and soda costs less than water,” Whelan said.

She also visited men and women who had lost limbs due to Hansen’s disease, and she was astounded by their gratefulness. In addition to this, the team went to a nutrition center for women run by nuns, which focused on the health of women, aiding pregnant women and serving as a source of therapy for women who were domestically and/or sexually abused. Whelan said the program was helpful and life changing for the people of Ecuador.

Most of her time in Ecuador was spent with children, as the team visited several school programs. “While playing with these children, I had the time of my life.

Words cannot express how much joy they brought me. It killed me to learn how these children had so many responsibilities at young ages. Every time we had to part with them it made me so upset, and I know that they will be in my heart forever,” she said.

When reflecting on the atmosphere in Ecuador, Whelan recalled that the people were extremely religious. “We would walk by houses that were falling apart yet there would be a large, beautiful picture of Jesus hanging on the door. This shows how strong the people of Ecuador are. Even though they may not have many resources, they have their religion, they have their faith and that is what is most important.”

Being in Ecaudor made Whelan feel happy, complete and full of life. On being back home, she said “all I can do now is spread the word about my trip to my family and friends with hope that they are able to look at life differently through my stories.

I know I will return to Ecuador again soon because I truly left my heart there.”

Back in the states, Alana Rios was one

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of the students who traveled to New Orleans over winter break. She said the experience was incredible and a great blessing to her life.

“I learned so much about the people there, what happened to them and how they still need help rebuilding even after almost ten years since the hurricane,” said Rios. She and her team worked with Project Homecoming, an organization that builds energy efficient, storm resistant homes for low to medium income families affected by the disaster.

Throughout the experience, Rios continually realized how blessed she was and also how much we can do to help. “You are physically doing the work. They show you how to do the task at hand the rest is up to you. It is so rewarding to finish your project, even though it may just be sanding the floor.

You are a tiny part in finishing a house for a family that has not been able to live in their city,” she said.

On top of the personal growth, Rios also said that the vibrancy and rich history of New Orleans fed her desire to travel more, and she encourages other MC students to go on a trip as well. ”The L.O.V.E. Program is an excellent way to do community service and travel to some amazing places. There is so much to gain from going. You get to explore your faith and get involved.”

Not only did she build a home, but she also built relationships with the other students on the trip and the people that they worked with, and she looks forward to returning to New Orleans someday to visit the house she helped construct.

L.O.V.E programs run every break and are an opportunity for service and travel for MC students.

Emily Whalen and Alana Rios/Courtesy

While many Manhattan College students anxiously awaited returning to the Bronx for their spring semester, approximately 30 Jaspers were awaiting a new adventure entirely: studying abroad. MC currently offers semester long programs in cities such as Florence, Madrid, Paris and Mexico City.

Elly Mons has been the coordinator of the college’s study abroad program since September 2014. Under her and Nevart Wanger’s leadership, the program continues to grow and expand. “We really encourage faculty to come to us with ideas and we try to make them a reality,” Mons said.

While she has only been here a short while, Mons has advice for students looking to travel during their time at Manhattan. “Come to my office. It’s never too early to start planning and even if you think it’s too late to go abroad or you can’t afford it, come anyway. You would be surprised that many of our students end up planning a very affordable trip,” she said.

Krystal Diaz, a junior majoring in philosophy, is spending her semester in Madrid, Spain where she lives with a host mother and two girls who are also studying abroad.

“I had never been to Europe and knew I wanted to study there and chose Madrid because I speak Spanish and the classes I had to take all worked out for my major and minor,” she said.

Mike Morra, a sophomore business major, is studying at Bond University in Australia. He lives in an off-campus apartment with three other students. They were all placed together by the travel agency. “I didn’t know them going into it but I really couldn’t have asked for better roommates during my stay here. We get along great,” he said.

Daniel Perez, a communications major, traveled to Florence, Italy where he was able to witness the history, art and beauty that he learned about in his religion class there. “[Italy is like] a real life museum where you admire the history of a place just by walking down the streets,” he said.

While many students consider studying abroad to be one of the best decisions they made in college, there are of course feelings of homesickness, anxiety and culture shock when they are placed in a new environment far from home.

Diaz shared that she was “more anxious than nervous” to leave home. She suggested bringing some familiar foods or mementos from home because “when homesickness strikes it’s nice to have something that reminds you of home.”

Despite the excitement and nerves that accompany an international adventure, students do have one other major priority: academics. Morra noticed that a major difference in his courses, which include Australian History and Adventure Tourism, is the grading system. “They grade on a per-

Krystal Diaz and Mike Morra/Courtsey centile system starting at zero, which I’m still getting used to,” he said.

Sophomore Evan Calzolaio studies engineering and intended to study in Spain during the summer of 2014 until the trip was cancelled. He was offered the opportunity to spend six weeks in Lyon, France with other MC and international students.

While he was there, he took an engineering class and introductory French.

“I am happy to say I can count to fifty

in French now,” he said.

Most students take advantage of the accessibility of surrounding cities and countries by traveling during their time outside of the classroom. Diaz has traveled around Spain with plans to see Florence and Paris before her semester is over. Morra was able to travel to Sydney with plans to visit the Great Barrier Reef. Calzolaio flew from France to Italy to spend another month of his summer with family and friends.

“Be open,” Diaz said, while Perez advised against wasting time “napping or being on your computer.”

“Be willing to talk to the person working at gas station, in a restaurant or even just someone on the street. It’s truly so rewarding to hear different people’s perspectives and it’s made my experience even more amazing” Morra said.

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The Book Nook

Feb 3, 2015

Title: “Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don’t” Author: Paul Sullivan Genre: Self-Improvement Madeleine Schwartz Staff Writer

The Book Nook is a bi-weekly column that reviews many different genres of literature in hopes of inspiring at least one student to read something other than their monotonous Twitter feed or boxed Mac and Cheese cooking instructions.

Paul Sullivan’s book revolves around this definition: “Clutch, simply put, is the ability to do what you can normally under immense pressure.”

The word clutch is usually thrown around when discussing sports and athletes but in reality, and certainly to Sullivan, being clutch has nothing to do with athleticism. Men and women, lawyers and teachers, can all possess the ability to be clutch.

There are even examples that prove it.

“Clutch” is comprised of 11 chapters that give real-life examples of people who perform well under pressure and more importantly, explain why they do so. Sullivan interviews well-known sports stars like Tiger Woods and Tampa pitcher David Price, but also CEOs of national banks and Army sergeants. He analyzes how they have become successful in accordance with his clutch definition. By doing this, he points out five attributes that allow someone to act well under pressure.

Focus: A clutch performer is looking with tunnel vision towards his goal. No distractions or day dreams allowed.

Discipline: Know what your goal is and stay on it. Preparation is key.

Adaptability: To be able to change your plan at a moment’s notice takes skill. Life often causes us to rearrange our plans and to be able to roll with the punches is crucial to being clutch.

Being Present: Live in the moment.

Forget about past mistakes or future earnings. The only way to succeed in the present is to be there with bells and whistles on.

Fear vs. Desire: Both fear and desire are excellent motivators but both are needed to make someone clutch. If motivated by a single one, a person’s judgment and ability to think clearly is lost.

If these five categories are broken down and simplified, they can be used for more than just trying to perform well under immense pressure. To do well in school you must be more than just smart. Great students are focused and have discipline in regards to their work. The same goes for being a skilled artist or talented musician.

Having all five of these attributes helps separate the good from the great no matter the subject.

Sullivan’s book has been filed under the self-improvement genre, if it really constitutes as a real category, but I chose to review it because everyone, especially college students are faced with extreme stress at one point or another. Whether it is finals week or a day that is so filled up with meetings and classes that you can’t even stop to think, we all need to be able to find our inner clutch.

While “Clutch” is a worth-while read, I think that to get the most out of it, one should look at the big picture that Sullivan is getting at. Whether or not we eventually want to be in a position that forces us to think well under extreme pressure, like a CEO or major league ball player, learning how to perform well under any amount of stress is important. I thought this book was a great one because it is helpful to anyone going into any career.

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The Laziness War vs.

Luke Hartman Editor

The amount of time we as students spend logged into some sort of video streaming service is sickening. Let’s face the facts people, this is a Netflix driven world and we are merely living in it.

However, have you ever been in the middle of binge watching a show and you wake up the next day to find that the good people of Netflix have pulled that show from their viewing library? How are you supposed to find out what happens to the ladies on Wisteria Lane, all your old favorite Disney Channel characters, or if Betty ever grows out of her braces and glasses? (“Desperate Housewives,” “Hannah Montana,” and “Ugly Betty” references for all you sad, uninformed people)

The answer is the alternate, less-used service, Hulu Plus. While it is a service focused on providing the latest television to consumers, it has not gotten the notoriety or market share that Netflix has, even though it offers TV obsessed people an

arguably far better range of content. Let’s dive into the pros and cons.

Netflix and Hulu Plus both have base rates of $7.99/month. Netflix offers higher prices if you for some reason need to watch different things on multiple screens at the same time, while Hulu’s pricing is standard.

The easy answer for viewers to the question of which service is “better” is that it depends on what you use it for. If you are a TV person and watch movies occasionally then Hulu is definitely for you.

Hulu updates daily, and adds the latest content from your favorite shows the next day or within the next couple days.

Hulu is also organized in an extremely accessible way, letting viewers search by release date, network, genre or title.

It keeps track of shows that you watch and lets you know when a new episode is available.

Hulu provides viewers with access to TV shows from virtually every network including, HGTV, VH1 as well as Univision for all you telenovela fans. If

you aren’t then get on the over-dramatic bandwagon.

A new feature Hulu just introduced is DailyBurn, which is channel with a variety of user friendly workout material from cardio, legs and butts, dance and yoga. It is user targeted and allows you to choose a trainer, difficulty and time period giving you no excuse to not get in your workout.

Hulu, just like Netflix, has exclusive original shows, programs and movies only available to subscribers.

The downside to Hulu is that, yes you have to watch a few ads interspersed through your episode, and that the movie choices are limited. However, the content available is extremely interesting and unique. So if you are in the market for discovering something new, just try it out.

Netflix has its perks as well. It does continually add new titles as well as offer a wider variety of movies as well as TV shows. I mean really, how can you argue with “Gilmore Girls” and “Friends.” It is the perfect recipe for a lazy tear filled day.

However, as we all know, Netflix pulls titles due to licensing issues multiple

times a month which often is extremely frustrating for viewers. Also, Netflix has some titles that are only available for their mailing service, which is deceptive when they boast about the size of their library.

Both Netflix and Hulu plus are accessible on mobile devices as well as TV streaming devices such as Apple TV which makes it extremely easy to access your desired content.

While no service is perfect and offers consumers exactly what they want, if you haven’t been happy or content with Netflix for a while, then give Hulu a try.

If you are nervous about committing and dumping Netflix all together, Hulu does allow people to access the free portion of their content, in addition to trying the Plus content for a week.

Or you could just invest a tad more, give up on your homework, get both, say goodbye to the outside world and say hello to blissful laziness.

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Featuring Student Artist:

Markie teRiele

Leah Cordova Staff Writer

From Ticonderoga, N.Y., old soul Markie teRiele is an artist whose work highlights adventurers on quests that embody both beauty and surrealism. Now a sophomore, teRiele recalls loving art at a very young age.

“I’d draw every day,” teRiele said, “I’d feel like the day was wasted if I didn’t make anything.”

Growing up, she showcased her work in local town art shows and took a few basic art classes at school. She mentioned that it was her “cool, grungy high school

teachers” who helped with her work and inspired her.

“It was somewhat of a free-for-all. They would assign a piece, but always gave us creative control,” teRiele said.

Perhaps this explains the parade of inventiveness that Markie’s artwork exhibits.

While her artistic stance is traditional, there is a visceral dreaminess to it, too. It brings whimsical creatures to life, making the work more than just a doodle. Each piece is playful, yet mysterious, as imagination is evoked though several colorful characters.

What is also compelling about teRiele’s creations is the array of texture throughout them. Whether they be intricate zombie men or “Pocky Art,” her work varies in di-

mension, medium and paper-pen universe.

A delicate sunflower looks to be sighing her day’s passing while Zooey Deschanel makes a quick phone call, surrounded by a number of bizarre animals (Zooey would happen to have a rotary dial for such situations).

Art is an interdisciplinary process that one can explore in multiple ways.

“I received a drawing tablet from Santa, and have only been dabbling with it for a few weeks,” teRiele said.

Regardless, her latest project gives a masterful appearance. It is a fusion of musical history and contemporary animation. With or without technology, teRiele’s phantasmagorical creativity reaches new

heights no matter the medium at hand.

“Sometimes people buy $30 pens and suddenly expect amazing results. But you can make something ‘good’ with anything.”

To teRiele, anyone can find inspiration and create - even if they use a paper-mate, sharpie or digital pen to do so.

When she’s not being a studious psychology major and Spanish/French minor, teRiele is probably drawing, listening to Fleetwood Mac or reflecting on her recent L.O.V.E trip to Arizona. You can also see some of her work in recent issues of Manhattan Magazine.

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Feb 3, 2015

Rich Williams May Be the Spark the Jaspers Need Chris Cirillo

Senior Staff Writer It was early and the game was far from over. The Jaspers were down 10-4 to Siena with just five minutes left in the game. It was time for head coach Steve Masiello to look to the bench.

In comes Rich Williams.

On just his second offensive possession, Williams pulls up for a 15-foot jumper and knocks it down with ease. Two possessions later, Williams comes back and hits a 3-pointer from the wing to bring the Jaspers to within one.

His five quick points off the bench may have seemed trivial at the moment. But the decision by Masiello to replace Jermaine Lawrence in the starting lineup for Rich Williams the past two games was a strong move offensively for the team. Williams’ spark off the bench proved meaningful in the win against Siena and may be even

more important moving into the ladder stretch of the season.

“He came to me a week ago and said, ‘Coach, I think we’re a little flat when we go to the bench. What do you think about me coming off the bench and trying to get some life and spark to us,’” Masiello said about his conversation with Williams last week. “I think that says a lot about his character that he wants to do what’s best for the team. So, it was his idea and I think you’ve seen our bench production go way up now with him coming off the bench.”

Later in the first half against Siena, Williams checked back in and knocked down two more triples to give his team its largest lead of the game. He finished with 13 points in just 13 minutes to help his team get the win.

Masiello has been eagerly searching for production off the bench throughout the year. In the game against George Mason earlier in the season, Masiello took Emmy Andujar and Ashton Pankey out of

the starting lineup in hope for a spark off the bench.

While Masiello has played with Williams’ rotation – he came off the bench seven times and started 13 – this should be his permanent role for the rest of the season.

While Williams only averages 2.2 more points when he comes off the bench. His team averages five more bench points. That means Williams is more efficient when he plays with younger guys like Zane Waterman and Calvin Crawford off the bench than starting with studs like Andujar and Pankey.

Off the bench, Williams can play his style more often. In fact, Manhattan’s three highest bench-scoring outputs came when Williams didn’t start. So, it is no coincidence that the highest output – 30, in the game against Siena – was Williams’ best one yet.

“I liked our perseverance,” Williams said. “I thought we battled and I thought a

lot of things weren’t going well as a team – like in huddles – but I like how we stuck together and pulled it out.”

Last season, Manhattan used Shane Richards as its spark off the bench. But with 50 percent of the team’s scoring graduating in the offseason, Richards had to fill the void in the starting lineup. Manhattan has been trying to find that guy to replace Richards off the bench and while Masiello may have thought Lawrence was going to be the sixth man, he has struggled.

Masiello has said Williams is an AllMAAC type of player, however, as Williams knows best: sometimes you have to take a step back to take a step forward.

“A couple weeks ago I just made up my mind that I’m just going to do anything to help the team,” Williams said. “So the all league (All-MAAC) stuff don’t really matter no more to me. To be honest, it did but I think now that I let it go, I’m starting to play well.”

Sports Highlights

Basketball Earlier in the week, the Jaspers earned a win against Monmouth on Sunday. They finished with a 71-64 win, led by Ashton Pankey and his game-high 22 points.

The women’s basketball team fell to Marist on Thursday Jan. 29 with a final score of 77-38 against the nine-time defending MAAC champions.

On Saturday afternoon, the Jaspers lost a close game to Niagara. Despite being within three points at the half, Manhattan was defeated by a score of 53-46.

Tennis Women’s tennis opened their season against Colgate on Friday Jan. 30. The Jas-

pers fell to Colgate, 6-1, despite a win by Gabriella Leon in the singles.

Track and Field The women’s track and field team traveled to Boston for the John Thomas Terrier Invitational on Friday. It was a strong night for the team, with Lydia Wehrli and Marisa Robbins getting top performances in the weight throw and pole vault respectively.

Paige Chapman and Maddesen Weekes posted qualifying marks for the ECAC Championships in the 200-meter and pole vault.

Compiled by Jaclyn Marr.

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Manhattan Brings in Virginia Tech Transfer

As part of the Manchester United Academy, Ryan Shields possesses the ball with ease while warding off defenders.

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Jonathan Reyes Editor

The spring cannot come soon enough for the Manhattan Jaspers men’s soccer team. For those who did not follow the Jasper’s 2014 fall season, it was not one they would like to remember.

From Sept. 19 to Oct. 11, they were goal-less in 587 straight minutes, a span of six games played. That was not their only problem. Their struggle to find the back of the net - no pun intended - also had them on a 13 game losing streak after starting the season 1-1.

To start revamping the roster to win now, Scott has added two new midfielders: Niels Kirch and Ryan Shields. Kirch, who’s originally from FC Cologne in Germany, is the one coming off two seasons with the Virginia Tech Hokies. The Hokies are a team in the ACC where he was just another player, whereas at Manhattan he can possibly be a superstar in the MAAC. “We were that one moment short this year, the whole season,” Manhattan head coach Jorden Scott said at the end of the last year. “That’s tough to take because it tells you that you’re there. It tells you that you’re good enough. It tells you that you need someone to really step up in that moment, and we just didn’t get it.”

Already the Jaspers are going to be without Andrew Santos, Eugene Heerschap, Jake Scavetta, Reese Akers, Sean Towey and Tommy Amos next season, who are all graduating seniors, including three other departures.

His fascination with the city of Manhattan was a deciding factor when thinking of playing for the Jaspers. He did plan on attending Manhattan regardless once he and his agent in Germany did research on the internet and saw how good the school is in academics and athletics. And he was overwhelmed when he visited the campus during Thanksgiving break.

He said he is aware of the struggles the Jaspers had on offense, and added that his aggressiveness, fast speed, big size and strong play in front of goal can possibly help give the Jaspers some much needed offensive power.

“I talked to a lot of guys on the team and they were telling me that they were most on the side that they should have won a lot of games,” Kirch said, “and the only problem was that they didn’t score goals.

And I see a lot of potential in this team especially if we can more dangerous offensively and get maybe another forward or something. I think we can be successful.”

“As disappointed as [the Hokies] were to lose him, we’re even more excited to gain him,” Scott said. “We watched about

six games on him in the ACC, and he was dominating at times. Now I don’t want to be too overambitious with this, but if we can get him happy, a little bit more healthy and we get him on the field and playing within those areas where he could be really like a threat. Then, we’ve got a real player on our hands. The type of guy that you get and you think, ‘This kid is going to really take our program to the next level.’”

Scott was not entirely right, and that is not a bad thing. When Hokies head coach Mike Brizendine was asked about what his team would miss most about Kirch, he was surprisingly not all too upset because he evaluated him as “above-average.”

“The number one thing is depth is what we’ll be missing,” Brizendine said. “We had some injured guys last year, and that gave him an opportunity to step in there.

Those guys will be back, but if they’re not or they get hurt. It’s always nice to have that kind of player available.”

“Was he our best athlete? No, he wasn’t our best athlete. Was he our best technical?

No. I think he was pretty solid in all of those areas. He had a pretty high-standard. He wasn’t The other player the Jaspers brought in is coming off of five years at Carrington grounds with Manchester United.

His interest in Manhattan piqued while in constant contact with current Jasper Joe Hulme, who he knows from back home in

England, during the fall. Hulme only had positive things to say about the program.

The incredible part of Shields’ decision to play for the Jaspers is the fact that he had the opportunity to go on and be a professional player but he chose his education instead.

“The most important thing for me was that there was an opportunity to continue to develop as a player whilst a bit older,” Shields said, “and get better on a personal level but also get a good education as a plan B.” He was described by Scott as a livewire mid-fielder who is great between the lines, high-energy, sharp on turns, quick on decision-making and quality in ensuring the ball makes its way near the net, which Shields said is something he hopes he can spread among the Jaspers.

“You got to have some sort of diversity between everybody chiming in,” Shields said. “It is difficult to solve and just put all the blame on the strikers because it’s ultimately up to everybody to solve and to come together as a team to create chances and finish them off.”

“The two of them we were really, really, really fortunate to get them,” Scott said.

“Absolutely over the moon for the two of them.”

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Jaspers Explode for Season-High 87 Points in Win Against Siena

The Jaspers had five players score in double figures against Siena. From left to right: Zane Waterman, Calvin Crawford, Jermaine Lawrence and Heshimu Evans.

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Daniel Ynfante Assistant Editor

Editor’s Note: Stats are accurate as of 1/31/2015.

For much of the season, Manhattan’s scoring woes have been a recurring theme.

In fact, Manhattan’s lack of scoring was chronicled in this very same column back on Dec. 1, 2014, when the Jaspers stood at 1-4 and were averaging a measly 65.2 points per game.

But over the last six games, the Jaspers have averaged 75.3 points per game and their recent scoring spree was highlighted with a season-high 87 points in a win against Siena.

Perhaps more impressive than the 87 points was the number of contributions the Jaspers received. The scoring was not dominated by a few 20-point scorers. Instead, the Jaspers had five players score in double figures.

For head coach Steve Masiello, the number of scoring options he had versus Siena is something he thinks can be a new facet for the team.

“I think we’re more dangerous offensively,” Masiello said after the game against Siena. “Last year, I don’t think we

could have got five guys in double figures.

I don’t think we would have put up 18 assists on 25 field goals. We weren’t that type of team. This year’s team has great offensive firepower.”

Against Siena, Emmy Andujar led the way with 20 points. Shane Richards had 14, Ashton Pankey had 13, Rich Williams had 13 and RaShawn Stores had 10.

Although it will be hard to repeat this kind of performance, it is certainly a good sign that Manhattan’s offense has finally come alive.

For most of the season, the Jaspers have gotten the bulk of their scoring production from three guys: Andujar, Pankey and Richards. Those three have scored 59 percent of the team’s total points. Even during their recent scoring binge they have had those three players lead the way by scoring 66 percent of the points.

But what is there now that was missing earlier in the season is that the Jaspers can finally rely on other players not named Andujar, Pankey or Richards to hit open shots and get them important baskets.

Of course, Andujar, Pankey and Richards continue to be the focal point of the team on offense, but when a play breaks down or if Masiello decides to run a play for someone else. There are now several

players that have stepped up when their number has been called upon.

Look no further than Williams, who went to Masiello a week ago and asked him to come off the bench in order to provide some spark to the second unit. He has done just that, averaging 10 points per game in two contests off the bench.

Against Siena, Williams scored all 13 of his points in the first half and shot a perfect 3-3 from 3-point range. His lethal 3-point shooting seems to be something he has caught from the team as a whole.

Part of the reason why the Jaspers have been much improved on offense over the last six games has been the superb 3-point shooting. The Jaspers shot a season-high 60 percent from downtown against Siena, just a game after hitting a season-high 11 3-pointers against Monmouth.

Over the last six games, the team has shot 38 percent from distance, whereas it only shot 32 percent in the 14 games prior to that.

A key contributor to the 3-point barrage has been Stores, who has finally gotten the rust off from an injury that forced him to miss two games early in the season. Stores has hit at least one 3-pointer in eight of his last nine games, and during the six-game stretch where the scoring has improved he

has shot a blistering 53 percent from long range.

With players like Williams and Stores chipping in to the scoring, it gives the Jaspers a completely new dimension. If teams double team Pankey, whose play has garnered that sort of treatment from opposing defenses, the Jaspers now have confident 3-point shooters in Williams, Stores and Richards.

If Andujar is doubled teamed on his drives to the basket, he has the same options with open shooters on the perimeter.

The same goes for Richards, who now has the option to just kick it out to someone else if he is played aggressively while coming off screens.

The real task for the Jaspers now lies in getting players like Jermaine Lawrence to pick up their production. If Manhattan can get several players consistently contributing to the offense, the other ten teams in the MAAC better watch out.

“You have seven guys that can go get you 20 on a given night, that’s the difference and that’s why I’m really impressed with this team,” Masiello said. “If they could get the other side of the basketball, which for the last three years we’ve gotten, I like us.”