The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 23, Volume 87

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APRIL 12, 2017

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AS TUITION INCREASES, SGA BUDGET EXPERIENCES CUTS

By HANNAH FEAKES News Editor

Overall tuition for students is increasing and some student organizations budgets are getting cut.

The overall tuition for returning resident students in the 2017-2018 academic year will increase to $64,540. That number includes everything from tuition, housing, technology fees and transportation fees.

In addition to student tuition increasing, Student Government Association’s (SGA) budget will be cut extensively. SGA usually receives six percent of the total student fee sum.

The big question is if tuition is increasing for

students and student organizations budgets are being cut, then where is all of this excess money going?

Mark Varholak, vice president of finance and Monique Drucker, vp and dean of students, confirmed that the excess money is going towards student services. That includes funds for the Health Center and Athletics.

Former SGA VP of Finance George Corde believes that as Quinnipiac’s student population grows, student services also need to expand. The Health Center also needs to have an appropriate budget to hire more staff and Athletics needs to be able to fund more intramural teams, according to Corde.

In student tuition for next year, the student fee will be $1,680, according to the Quinnipiac University website.

Next year, with roughly 7,000 undergraduate students, this will equate to over $11.75 million dollars in revenue for the university.

SGA sent out an email to all undergraduate students explaining the situation and what it means for programming.

“This revenue is supposed to be invested directly back into the students through programming, student services, and other on and off

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University introduces new plaid tartan design

By STAFF REPORTS

Bobcats not only woke up to a beautiful, sunny Tuesday morning but also a campus plastered in “Quinnipiac Plaid.”

The university introduced “Quinnipiac Plaid” as a new tartan design that will serve as a timeless symbol denoting to the strong sense of community, pride and national prominence, according to a press release sent out Tuesday morning.

Tartan means the design can be viewed vertically and horizontally and be the same.

According to an email that was sent to the entire undergraduate community early Tuesday morning, the new design articulates clear differentiation from Qu’s peers while providing the University more recognition and another way to showcase the school’s new brand.

Students lined up on Bobcat lawn to participate to win prizes with the plaid logo. There were water bottles, coffee mugs, flags and T- shirts to market the new plaid stamp.

Students thought the plaid was very unexpected and very sudden. Katie Rosell, a freshman game design major woke up to the email

University announces dining changes for fall semester

By SARAH DOIRON and KELLY RYAN

After numerous rumors circulating throughout the student body, Chartwells and the University officially announced the changes that will be made in dining on-campus throughout the fall 2017 semester on April 10.

There will be more options for food services around campus, such as the addition of a Starbucks and a Revolution Noodle and Sushi Bar in the Carl Hansen Student Center, a Peet’s Café on the North Haven campus and Au Bon Pain Express in the Center for Communications and Engineering, according to a university press release.

There will also be four different meal plan options that will be eligible across all three campuses. The university will have four different levels of meal plan to choose from which are platinum, gold, silver and bronze. Each meal plan will give students the opportunity to collect dining points at dining events and promotions, according to the press release.

The highest meal plan available, platinum, can be up to a $4,900 value. The press release said commuters also have the option to obtain a meal plan at the bronze level, which is $200 a semester.

Senior business management major Tyler Walsh said he does not know if increasing meal plan values will have a direct benefit.

“I think a lot of the changes are good, and I think it’s heading in the right direction of listening to what students want for like the Starbucks purpose,” Walsh said.

“But I think in terms of increasing the dining costs each year, I don’t know if we’ll see a direct benefit in terms of Café Q and everything we have right now. But I’m optimistic to see what actually comes of it.”

The university also plans to enhance the campus dining experience through having all-you-can-eat events, Sunday brunch events, pop-up food stations such as popcorn night and ice cream on the Quad, an enhanced late night menu and “Day of the Week” specials. Students will also receive a free meal on their birthday, even if their birthday falls outside of the academic year.

On the York Hill campus, the convenience store area will be renovated to include a “Recipes on the Go” program which will create a New York City market vibe, according to the press release.

The press release said these changes came about because of surveys and feed-

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April 12, 2017

STUDENTS SPEAK UP On Tuesday, April 4, a chemical weapons attack took place on a rebel-held town in Syria, killing over 80 people, according to The New York Times. On Thursday, April 6, the U.S. Military launched 59 Tomahawk missiles to disable the Syrian airfield in response to Tuesday’s chemical weapons attack. Students shared their thoughts on last week’s events.

By VICTORIA SIMPRI Photography by ERIN KANE

Michaela Day| Athletic Training| Junior “I obviously saw (images of the chemical attack) all over social media, as well as a lot of support pages. I feel like as much as it’s all in the media, people aren’t really taking it as seriously as it is. In history, the U.S. has had a hard time where it steps in during certain situations and it makes some things worse. I feel like it’s a very hard decision to figure out if it’s the right place or time to go in.”

Michelle Opare| Biochemistry| Sophomore “I don’t know why they would do that. Why would you attack your own people? Shouldn’t you be helping your people? They’re struggling and suffering and you need a government that will take care of its people. It’s very disheartening.”

Molly Rabinovitz| Health Science Studies and Sociology | Freshman “I saw videos on Facebook of kids who couldn’t breathe, and I wish there was more I could do as a person because nobody deserves that. These kids were foaming from their ears. I personally don’t understand why there isn’t some sort of compromise there. I don’t understand how a government can look at their citizens and be like, ‘Okay, that’s fine.’”

Carly Emile | Engineering | Sophomore “I’m kind of undecided (whether the U.S. should have gotten involved). I feel like it’s something that needs to be resolved, but at the same time, I think that it puts our country at risk.”

Anthony Carlucci| Health Science Studies | Junior “I think it’s a shame that these babies are getting the life choked out of them and as President Trump said, it is something that should be stopped. (Sending the missiles) just escalated tensions with Russia, which President Trump was trying to alleviate. I don’t think we should have gotten involved, I think that a lot of consequences will come from that. Possibly more tension with Russia, but I do agree with (President Trump’s) decision I think that there should have been retaliation.”

Max Rothenbuecher| Health Science Studies| Junior “I don’t think it’s any of (America’s) business. I feel like a lot of times in history the U.S. has been trying to impose things on other countries that’s just none of their business. They want (other countries) to have a different type of leadership that is similar to what we have in this country, or more advanced. But this is how countries get established, and I don’t think anyone from the outside can come in and say, ‘This is a better system.’”

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Backstage with Kelly Ledwith

SPB president discusses the impact of her role in her organization

By AMANDA PERELLI Opinion Editor

Fall Fest, Wake the Giant and all other weekend events sprinkled in between are just some of what brings students together and makes campus feel like home.

Although the amount of events going on around campus each week can seem overwhelming, let’s not forget the students who work behind-the-scenes to make it all happen.

Kelly Ledwith, senior broadcast journalism major from Old Saybrook, Connecticut, is one of those students.

Ledwith currently serves as the president of the Student Programming Board (SPB), the minds behind many of the student programs that occur on campus.

She joined SPB her first semester at Quinnipiac, not initially interested in taking on a leadership role such as president, but simply because she sparked a connection with the organization during the Involvement Fair.

“I think people are just so used to having (SPB) there that they don’t realize the impact we have.”

– KELLY LEDWITH

PRESIDENT OF SPB

“I remember at the Involvement Fair someone handing me a granola bar, and the granola bar had the meeting and stuff on it,” Ledwith said. “Then, the next week, a bunch of people on my floor and my dorm were going to the meeting, so I decided to go, and I’ve been a part of it ever since.”

She fell in love with the organization and from then on, progressed in her involvement.

She served as arts and entertainment chair her sophomore year, working with agents on booking performances. Last year, she held the position of vice president, running weekly meetings and learning from the president’s responsibilities, which she has since then taken over.

Ledwith’s day-to-day operations include overseeing her executive board, the organization as a whole and serving as a liaison between her staff and the school administration. She manages the program’s budget and generally makes sure everything is operating smoothly.

But her duties don’t start days after she moves onto campus. Ledwith began preparations for this year’s SPB events over the summer. She and her team worked on booking spaces for the events and planning leadership trainings for the other board members.

“I would say it is very time-consuming,”

Ledwith said. “I spend a majority of my time in the (SPB) suite. There are a lot of meetings, and it’s a lot of going through emails and making sure stuff is being done. It’s just nice to be accessible to people, and if people have a question, then I’m here to answer it versus needing to be tracked down and finding the time to meet with people.”

She does all this while also holding a position on the school’s TV station, Q30, having a job on campus and being a full time student.

Miranda Zygmunt, second year 3+3 therapy major is the vice president of SPB and works closely with Ledwith.

“Kelly is a great SPB president,” Zygmunt said. “Serving as president this year, Kelly has le d the organization by example. She works hard to make sure that SPB as a whole is successful and that all members, whether executive board or general board, enjoys their time on the Student Programming Board.”

One of her biggest struggles as SBP president isn’t the time she puts in but the resources she’s given by the university.

“Programming spaces in general have been very frustrating,” Ledwith said.

Many organizations on-campus use room 225 in the Carl Hansen Student Center to hold general board meetings. The room, large enough to accommodate everyone on their general board, is being taken away next semester, forcing Ledwith and her team to work around it.

“There’s lack of programming space with there still being a requirement to do the same amount of programming,” Ledwith said. “We can work around it, and we obviously have a great relationship with Facilities, so we will make it work, but I think in the future it’s gonna become a huge issue for us.”

Facilities works closely with SPB, helping them set up their spaces, and the organization also receives help from Quinnipiac’s Student Government Association (SGA).

“Right now, we have a very good relationship with SGA,” Ledwith said. “As of two years ago, we were a subcommittee of them, so since we separated, it’s been very beneficial for both organizations.”

SPB gets its money from the student programming fees students pay in their tuition.

They work closely with SGA in settling financial complications with the university.

“Recently, we had a change in our financial policy that allows our concert fee to keep the ticket money because originally our ticket money went back to the school, which was frustrating especially for us as students who are paying money for the concert, so why isn’t that money going back to the concerts,” Ledwith said.

However, with recent strides in budget changes, the organization is still facing setbacks. Next semester, the student programing fee will face major cuts that will directly affect Ledwith’s organization.

“Obviously, that big budget cut is going to be a problem not only for the other organizations but also for us, because 150K is being taken away from all the organizations,” Ledwith

Senior Kelly Ledwith has been involved in SPB since her freshman year.

said. “That’s going to affect our smaller events and also our concert.”

Ledwith is hopeful that through their relationship with the SGA, SPB can figure out a solution for next year’s changes.

The work that she does with her staff has always been with the intention of providing fun and free entertainment for her fellow Bobcats, and she isn’t too concerned with any of that changing in the future.

“Students know who we are and see what we do but I don’t think they understand really the impact it has on the overall campus,” Ledwith said.

Not every school can say that they have something available for students to do almost every weekend.

“Some universities don’t have that, and I know some people if they go abroad and go to another school for a semester, they come back and realize what it was like to be on a campus that doesn’t offer as much as Quinnipiac does,” Ledwith said.

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The SPB’s events are often free and are always open to all students. They provide a place to go on the weekends for students who choose not to go off-campus.

“I think people are just so used to having us there that they don’t realize the impact we have,” Ledwith said. “Especially if you’re a freshman trying to meet people and all the leadership opportunities if you want to be involved in something like this or even just going to an event on a Saturday night.”

She wishes the community would connect more with what they do and take advantage of these events.

“After doing this for four years, I think taking a step back and like when you look at the posters and everything and realize that everything we do and put on is student-planned, student-run, student-executed, it’s like the students created it,” Ledwith said. “We take a step back and look at all the events we do and can say that it all comes from the students, for the students, and that is good for people to know.”

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April 12, 2017

University announces commencement speakers

By JEREMY TROETTI Staff Writer

It’s a moment four years in the making, a moment that induces both excitement and fear in the minds of students. Graduation: The gateway to the true adult world.

Though all ceremonies differ between universities, there is one thing they all have in common: all ceremonies feature distinguished speakers aiming to share their experiences with those who are about to enter the workforce.

According to a university press release, speakers for this year’s commencement ceremonies include, CBS medical correspondent Jonathan LaPook; Sikorsky Vice President for Communication Tyrone “Woody” Woodyard; Sleepy Anesthesia Associates President Juan Quintana, Yale University economics professor John Geanakoplos; founder and CEO of The North Face Hap Klopp; executive director of Camp No Limits Mary Leighton; former NPR host Michele Norris, chief nursing officer at Community Health Center Mary Blankson, Vice Chairman of O&G Industries Greg Oneglia; and Justice Richard Robinson of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

So what exactly does the university look for in a commencement speaker? Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs Karla Natale explained that the university looks for specific qualities in the speakers they select. “(The university looks for) someone that represents the majors and/or fields of work and study that are part of the specific school(s) they will be speaking to,” Natale said. “Someone that has life experience to draw from when making their remarks to the (graduating) class.”

Senior political science major Corey Scott described what he, as a graduating student, looks for in a commencement speaker.

“I’m essentially looking for something that combines a bit of nostalgia with a fresh, straightforward reality check about what happens next,” Scott said.

Natale also explained that the speakers for commencement ceremonies are based upon suggestions taken from deans and other faculty, as well as students.

Scott who is part of the College of Arts

and Sciences student council, explained his part in the process of choosing the commencement speaker for the ceremony for CAS students, as well as how these students assist deans within the school with selecting a speaker.

“I am the Student Commencement Speaker Selection Committee Chair for the College of Arts and Sciences. The committee is part of a larger body – the CAS Student Council, that serves as an advisory body for the deans of CAS,” Scott said.

Scott believes that it is important that students have a role in selecting who will be speaking to them as they prepare for the next stage in their lives.

“Students should have a larger role in selecting the commencement speakers,” Scott said. “I think it’s fantastic that Dean Smart allowed the council to form a Student Speaker Selection Committee, and I think this is something that should be replicated across all schools within the university.”

Natale explained the benefits the university hopes the commencement speakers can have on the students.

“They often provide celebratory, motivational and informational remarks that help to mark this milestone in our students lives,” Natale said.

As for what she hopes students will get out of their respective commencement addresses, Natale hopes that the students will receive memorable and inspiring advice from the speakers.

“Hopefully (the students will receive) a positive and celebratory message as they begin the next chapter of their lives,” Natale said.

While many students may not even be aware of who their respective commencement speakers are, Scott believes that it does matter who makes that address to the students.

“It does matter who your commencement speaker is,” Scott said. “These speakers leave an indelible mark on each of our lives, so it is important that we have a speaker that is relatable, inspiring and realistic.”

Undergraduate speakers

College of Arts & Sciences

Health Sciences

JOHN GEANAKOPLOS

MARY LEIGHTON

Professor of Economics at Yale University

Executive Director of Camp No Limits

Geanakoplos received his B.A. in Mathematics from Yale University in 1975, as well as his M.A. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1980, according to the Yale University website. He started as an Assistant Professor in Economics at Yale University in 1980 and became a professor in 1986. In 1996-2005 he was the Director of the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics. He was awarded the Samuelson Prize in 1999 and the Bodossaki Prize in economics in 1994.

Leighton graduated with a B.S. in Occupational Therapy (OT) from the American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2000, according to the No Limits Foundation Website. She worked in a private pediatric practice as an OT in Main for seven years before Camp No Limits was created. She specializes in working with individuals who have upper extremity limb loss and provides training and adaptations to everyday activities.

She developed an exercise program for Camp No Limits, which helps develop stretching and strength training practices. When not participating in Camp No Limits, she practices OT in a variety of places such as hospitals and nursing facilities.

Nursing

School of Business

MARY BLANKSON

HAP KLOPP

Chief Nursing Officer at Community Health Center

Founder and CEO of The North Face

Blankson oversees a multitude of nursing services across the Community Health Center (CHC) network, which includes primary care, healthcare for the homeless and school based health services, according to the Weitzman Institute. She works to maintain Joint Commission and Patient Centered Medical Home compliance throughout the CHC. She received her MSN at Yale University in 2005 and while at CHC served as the On-Site Medical Director of the New London County sites, the Vice President of the Medical Staff, the Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and also as the preceptor of the CHC’s Nurse Practitioner Residency Program.

Kenneth “Hap” Klopp took over The North Face in 1968 when it was just two small stores, on in San Francisco and one in Old Barn at Stanford, according to the Stanford Business. He turned the company into a worldwide business that he ran for 20 years. He also became the executive chairman of Cocona, which is a company that makes fibers, fabrics and laminates, as well as Obscura Digital which is a digital communications business. He received his M.B.A. in 1966 from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

School of Communications

School of Engineering

MICHELE NORRIS

GREG ONEGLIA

Former NPR host and special correspondent and founder of The Race Card Project

Vice Chairman of O&G Industries

Norris is currently a host and special correspondent for the National Public Radio (NPR). She creates in-depth profiles, interviews and series while also occasionally hosting NPR News programs, according to The Race Card Project website. She also leads “The Race Card Project” which is an initiative that fosters a wider conversation about race in America. She created this project after publishing a family memoir called “The Grace of Silence.” She recieved a Peabody Award for The Race Card Project and as an award-winning journalist, has interviewed world leaders, Nobel laureates, Oscar winners, American presidents and military leaders.

Oneglia served as the President of O&G Industries from 1997-2000 and served as Vice President from 1976-1997, according to Bloomberg. As Vice Chairman, he is a director for several organizations which includes the Torrington Water Company, Connecticut Junior Republic and Connecticut Rivers Council. He also serves as a Trustee of The Taft School and O&G Industries and has been a Trustee at Union Savings Bank since 2010. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Union College and a Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Graduate speakers JONATHAN LAPOOK

TYRONE “WOODY” WOODYARD

Chief Medical Correspondent for CBS News

VP for Communications at Sikorsky

JUSTICE RICHARD ROBINSON

JUAN QUINTANA

Frank Netter School of Medicine Connecticut Supreme Court

SOB, SOC and Education

President of Sleepy Anesthesia Associates

CAS

School of Law

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university By Kelly Ryan

Three dead after shooting at California elementary school

Alabama governor resigns after affair allegations

Connecticut may tax sugary beverages

Man forcibly removed from overbooked United Airlines flight

A man and a woman were both killed in a supposed murder-suicide on Monday at San Bernardino North Park Elementary School in California according to CNN. Police were notified of the incident shortly after 10:30 a.m. The female victim was shot and killed while the male victim died by suicide. The female victim was a teacher at the school, and the male victim had signed into the front office as a visitor. Two students were also injured and in critical condition. One 8-year-old was pronounced dead at 7 p.m. on Monday evening. The San Bernardino County Coroner is working to identify the victims.

Governor of Alabama Robert Bentley resigned on Monday morning after facing impeachment hearings, according to CNN. There were allegations that Bentley had tapped state resources to hide a romantic affair with one of his former aides. His resignation announcement was effective immediately. Bentley pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges and was charged with one count of failure to disclose information on a statement of economic interest and for failure to file campaign finance reports.

The state of Connecticut is proposing a tax on sugary drinks to help fund welfare programs, according to Fox61. This tax would cost customers a penny per ounce on drinks with added sweeteners. The tax was introduced in a public hearing by the state Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on Tuesday morning. Advocates said this tax has potential to bring in $85 million annually.

An unidentified man was forcibly dragged from his seat and down the aisle after a flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky was overbooked on Sunday according to NPR. United asked for volunteers to change flights to the next day, in order for four United Airlines employees to have a seat on the Sunday flight.

When nobody volunteered, the airline decided to choose four people at random to leave the flight. United security was called after the unidentified man refused to get off the plane. The man’s mouth was bleeding due to being dragged off the plane. However, the airline has the right to eject passengers from its flights.

April 12, 2017

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A talk with SGA’s new student body president

By JENNIE TORRES

Social Media Coordinator

On April 5, the 2017-2018 elections for the Student Government Association (SGA) began, allowing the student body to vote for whichever candidate they deemed most qualified for the position they were running for.

Two candidates, junior Ali Munshi and junior Ryan Lynch ran for SGA president, the highest position on the SGA executive board.

In the end, Lynch won the position with a lead vote of 49 percent. Lynch will be the successor of senior Joseph Mullaney, who was the previous student body president.

Lynch said that he feels very proud of his supporters and everyone that believed in him throughout the election process.

“I think either Ali (Munshi) or myself would have done a great job in the position, and to know that the majority of the student body putting their faith in me speaks a lot to what they expect from a student body president, and I think I can offer a lot to everybody,” Lynch said.

Lynch said that he was always interested in politics, having run for student government and student council since he was in sixth grade, but Lynch never planned on running for student government when he began studying in college.

However, that plan changed during Lynch’s freshman year after he was approached by another student in his dorm asking for a signature to get into SGA. That encouraged Lynch to attend an information session and join the association himself.

“As soon as I got into the organization, it was completely different from anything I have ever done before and I liked the challenge. From that point I knew that I wanted to be a part of the organization all four years of college,” Lynch said.

Lynch’s interest in SGA led him to later be motivated to become student body president after learning from former president, Mostafa Elhagger.

“He was such a great leader and the way student government was ran my freshman year was very goal-oriented, no distractions, very focused, and I looked up to him like crazy,” Lynch said.

“He was one of my biggest role models, and that’s how I thought student government was going to be all four years of my time here at Quinnipiac.”

Throughout his time working at SGA, Lynch

attained the roles of freshman class vice president, sophomore class president and vice president for public relations.

“Every year, I feel like I have learned a little more, I’ve made mistakes, I’ve had successes and I feel like all of those things I may be more prepared to step up each and every year, and I’ve never felt more prepared to be student body president for my final year,” Lynch said.

It was a very stressful time during the campaign, Lynch said.

“There were times where I had so much work to do, but I also had to campaign and it really narrows down to how bad do you want it, and I know that for the betterment of this organization I needed to go after and put everything I could into it and that’s what I did and it was worth every single minute of sleep that I didn’t get,” Lynch said.

Junior political science major Murphy Siegel is a friend of Lynch and a major component in assisting Lynch throughout the campaign.

“Ryan (Lynch) was the first person I met at Quinnipiac,” Siegel said. “We were in the same room during Orientation and the same hall freshman year. He’s been one of my best friends ever since.”

Siegel said that he has always been known as someone that people go to for political questions and strategy and Lynch asked him to edit some notes he was writing for his campaign. This eventually led into late-night meetings regarding strategies to ensure that Lynch would convey what he wanted in the best way possible.

“We prepped for the debate, mapped out door-to-door times, coordinated on social media releases,” Siegel said. “Ali is one of the best public speakers I know, and Ryan trusted that I would be able to coach him to be up to the challenge.”

In the time Siegel has known Lynch, he said he has never seen Lynch as focused and intense as he was during election week.

“I wouldn’t have agreed to help out if I didn’t think Ryan was the best man for the job.

I am just honored to have been a part of his run and I know that he will do his best to keep the promises he’s made and make Quinnipiac a better place,” Siegel said.

Junior spanish major Collin Fishman said that something he hopes that SGA would be able

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Junior Ryan Lynch will serve as the SGA President for the 2017-2018 academic year.

to do is to find a way to help apply greater accessibility to students who don’t live on campus.

“It would be nice for commuters if we could get more parking,” Fishman said.

Lynch said he already has a plan to improve the university that includes greater representation within the organization, since he feels SGA needs to not just ask for the students’ opinions but gain more student embodiment.

“Under the umbrella of SGA, we would have a representative from club sports to a multicultural group that feels unheard to people fighting for certain rights for certain organizations,” Lynch said. “If we have more people as more people come to SGA and utilize SGA, not to have us necessarily speak 100 percent on their behalf but to use our platform to talk to administration they know what they’re talking about more than we would.”

More students are coming to the university and so are their opinions and demands, Lynch said. Lynch believes it is about time that administration starts listening to the student body be-

cause a lot of change has happened on campus that they didn’t prepare students for.

“When (the students) were touring this campus, no one was told that they had to be forced to live in what once was a study room where events could be hosted,” Lynch said. “It’s unfair to market our school as something that it isn’t, and it’s about time that we have a louder voice and they start listening to us because we need to adapt to this change.”

Lynch looks forward to being the student body president because he feels like he is the leader in the organization that everyone can look up to and respect, and he plans on advocating for all of the students starting in the fall 2017 semester.

“Get ready Quinnipiac, you made a great choice,” Lynch said. “Even if you did not vote for me, I promise you, you’re going to see a lot of change next year, and I’m not just saying that.

I have long lasting solutions to these huge issues on campus, and you’re going to see tangible results very soon.”

Drucker: ‘These enhancements are a direct reflection of the student voice’ CHARTWELLS from cover

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One of the many Chartwells changes includes turning SC225 into a Starbucks.

back from the student body.

Vice President and Dean of Students Monique Drucker said in a statement that the university is thrilled for these new dining changes.

“I am particularly excited because these enhancements are a direct reflection of the student voice,” Drucker said. “In addition, we plan to host more campuswide events in the dining hall as well as across the campuses, which we hope will contribute to our sense of community.”

Some students have voiced concerns

about Carl Hansen Student Center Room 225 being converted into a Starbucks.

Nikime Headley, a junior sociology major and a member of Women Empowered, is irritated by the conversion.

“The only issue I have is that they’re getting rid of (SC225) for the Starbucks.

Women Empowered has meetings up there, so now we’re going to have to find a whole new space for our meetings,” Headley said. “I feel like out of all the changes, that’s the one that’s irritating. We have Au Bon downstairs, so Starbucks upstairs isn’t really necessary.”

Rhodes: ‘We are one of the very few universities that have plaid’ PLAID from cover game design major woke up to the email announcing the change.

“Nothing was the same,” Rosell said. “I see this banner on the email that is plaid and a nice little ‘Q’ on it, and now the flagpole has the new flag with the Quinnipiac plaid on it. So I really don’t know how I feel about it. It’s pretty sudden.”

Keith Rhodes, vice president of brand strategy and integrated communications, spearheaded the Quinnipiac Plaid branding and explains that the process was not overnight.

“This ‘Quinnipiac Plaid’ has been a work in

progress for over a year,” Rhodes said. “In fact, it has been shared with student government, with various student groups for testing. It has been shared with the parent’s council. It was designed using colors which are Quinnipiac Navy, York Hill Sky Blue and Bobcat Gold.”

According to the email, The new plaid design was more than a year in the making and combines the three university colors — Quinnipiac Navy, York Hill Sky Blue and Bobcat Gold — as well as a touch of gray to provide a modern sensibility and aesthetics.

Sophomore journalism major Rachel Durand likes the new look the plaid brings to the

university logo.

“The ‘Quinnipiac Plaid’ is a new initiation from the brand strategy department, and I think it’s really good for the school because it puts us on the map and gives us a more distinct look,” Durand said.

Leah Mueller a sophomore business management major thinks the plaid leaves a lot to be desired.

“What’s the point of the plaid?” she asked.

“That’s my question. I get the tartan thing, kind of, but I just really don’t understand the story behind the plaid, and why now? It just doesn’t really make sense. And why are the cups plaid? Why is

that the only plaid thing in the school? Is it going to be in the uniforms now? Where’s it going?

Where is the plaid going?”

The idea is to give the university energy and vitality outside of the normal standard colors, that other universities typically have, according to Rhodes.

“We are blending these colors into a pattern.

It represents the crossroads that we all are on in life, but we weave together a beautiful pattern,” Rhodes said. “It is also impactful. We are one of the very few universities that have a plaid.”

Reporting by Hannah Feakes, Victoria Simpri and Kelly Ryan

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Professor Renee Tursi awarded grant Associate professor of English Renee Tursi received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant for fall 2017. Tursi will conduct research at the Centre for Expanded Poetics at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She will be studying the use of the brain-computer metaphor in the fields of cognitive science and artificial science. By linking literary studies and philosophy to concepts and models of structure and form across disciplines, Tursi’s work will investigate how this metaphor is evolving and how it shapes the understanding of what is philosophically and practically at issue in the pursuit of artificial intelligence.

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ONE BIG DAY

On this past Saturday, April 8, the sleepy student body of QU woke up and prepared for a day of good. The Big Event was held this past week and thousands of students joined together to make a difference in the surrounding community.

Students met in the Athletic and Recreation Center and dispersed on buses to different locations to do community service tasks, varying from cleaning the paths of Sleeping Giant to making sandwiches for local after school programs. The event was open to not only students, but to faculty and alumni as well. - Charlotte Gardner MADISON FRAITAG/CHRONICLE

QU Creative Writing presents ‘YAWP!’ QU Creative Writing will host an open dialogue on creativity and the arts on Wednesday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. in Echlin 101. The evening will begin with readings from the 2017 Donald Hall Poetry Prize winners. Debora Kuan, director of English and language arts at the College Board, will read from her newest volume of poetry, “Lunch Portraits,” and some of her previous work. Her reading will be followed by a Q&A session.

First issue of ‘InQUire’ modern language journal released ​ he first issue of “InQUire” was reT leased on Saturday, April 1. The modern language journal seeks to promote world language study and cultural diversity. Copies will be available in the Arnold Bernhard Library and Café Q on the Mount Carmel campus.

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Center for Women and Business to host workshop Cheryl L. Jones, chief mindfulness officer at The Mindful Path, LLC, will lead the interactive workshop, “Mindfulness in the Workplace,” from 8:30-11 a.m. on Thursday, April 20 in the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (MNH 105). The event is sponsored by the Center for Women and Business at Quinnipiac, and it is free and open to the public. Registration is required at www. qu.edu/sob/mindfulness.

Historian to lecture about the life of humanitarian Jacob Riis Edward O’Donnell, associate professor of history at the College of the Holy Cross, will present the lecture, “Pictures vs. Words? Public History, Tolerance and the Challenge of Jacob Riis,” at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26, at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University, 3011 Whitney Ave. This event is free but registration is limited. Registration is required at www.ighm.org.

Upwards of 1,600 students woke up early to help at sites throughout the Hamden community.

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CORDE: ‘EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING’ TUITON from cover campus amenities you have access to,” the email stated.

T he amount of money student services needs to keep everything running is a lot more than the estimated student fee that is located on the Quinnipiac website, according to Corde.

“So why even have the student fee, it’s a little deceiving,” he said. “It does not make sense to have that number on the website.

It’s not an accurate portrayal of the actual amount of money (the school) is spending on the student experience.”

SGA’s budget right now is $600,000. The organization had a deal with Monique Drucker, dean of student affairs, where she would cover SGA up to $750,000. Student affairs cut SGA’s budget to $600,000 after SGA had already allocated $750,000 of their money this past year because they didn’t realize their budget would be cut.

For next year, SGA will have $600,000 to distribute to all on campus organizations that receive a budget, but they will not be allowed to go over that amount.

The email said that SGA allocates their budget to a majority of on campus student organizations which are increasing in size and quantity each year.

“For the 2017-2018 academic year, a fifth of that money will be cut, which will impact almost every opportunity you have across campus, from the Student Programming Board (SPB), to QTHON, to The Big Event, and approximately 70 other budgeted organizations,” the email said.

Corde said that every single organization will be affected by the budget cuts.

“Something we had to cut this year from every single organization is conferences and competitions. In total, we had requested ap-

proximately $820,000 and we had to allocate $600,000. We cut $220,000. Of that $220,000 we had to cut, about $60,000 of it was conferences and competitions.”

“We find it’s more important to fund events that are important to the entire student body, rather than sending a few people to a conference, even though that’s also important. The next thing we cut was off campus events that people need to travel to. We want to primarily fund on campus events.”

Although these numbers are not voted on and therefore not final, Corde said that SGA is planning on cutting SPB’s budget by about $150,000. It is $450,000 and will be cut to $300,000 for next year.

According to Corde, SGA came to that conclusion because SPB had 15 different committees within the org. These committees include the cinema and the mainstage crew. SGA took $1,000 from each committee.

“A cut of $1,000 won’t deter them from having another Tiesto type concert,” Corde said.

SGA will vote to approve the new budgets today, April 12.

SGA is leading by example and cut down their own budget by 70 percent. Their budget this past year is $50,000 and next year it will be $15,000.

“Not only did we cut all other organizations, but SGA took the biggest cut of them all,” Corde said.

Corde thinks it is important for students to know where their money is going.

“I just think it’s important because all students pay to come to this school. We pay to get a service, we are like the customers. When we asked to know what we are paying for exactly, it’s important for us to be able to get a breakdown. Everyone wants to know where their money is going.”

for 2017-2018

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$750,000 $600,000 *SGA DISTRIBUTED $750,000 TO STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE REALIZING THEIR BUDGET HAD BEEN CUT TO $600,000. MONIQUE DRUCKER ALLOWED THEM THE EXTRA $150,000 FOR THAT REASON.

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Mediate your media

Managing your social media in an era of idiocy Social media isn’t just a trend or some probably want to have something that immephase that will eventually dissolve. It’s be- diately shows the world who you are. Just come a societal norm and has infused itself keep in mind you will have to type this into with our personal lives, obviously, but also a resume. So, if your name is “Puppy_Luour professional lives. At some point, you ver_28,” unless you’re applying for a job at a Tamagotchi animal have to question whether shelter, that’s a no. Uneverything you share or post less you are the hacker is actually benefiting you.

PETER O’NEILL known as “4Chan,” you Because it should.

Staff Photographer shouldn’t have a seFor a generation that is @PeterJesusMan ries of random letters almost purposely going out and numbers to identify of its way to look foolish, yourself. It is an account a positive and well-thought out social media presence can propel you to username, not your social security card. If the head of the pack. While there are obvi- your name, at any point, includes “69” then ously pros and cons of having social media I suppose you’re perfectly happy with your accounts, many people still stupidly walk current maturity level and see no reason to into embarrassment and choose to humiliate grow up professionally. Kudos.

A professional screen name should be themselves via social media. your own name or that of your personal brand. Make it easy to remember and legible. No using nicknames or pet names as it risks excluding your audience.

Despite having a fancy title, there is still a risk of making yourself look bad. Especially if you have hundreds of people openly watching your feed. Don’t post some idiotic picture of you and “your boys” chugging Bud Lite while harassing Hooters employees. You’ll look dumb, and you’ll feel dumb (not to mention irrelevant, because no one your age even goes to Hooters).

When in conversation, there is a code to STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER live by: no mentioning politics or religion.

The same thing applies to what you post on It isn’t just your friends from the moth- your feed. Avoid hot topics you wouldn’t erland that see your posts. You will, at some even talk about in public. Don’t post offenpoint, have someone with your possible fu- sive or petty posts, because the only person ture in his or her hands viewing your online it would really hurt is yourself. Even if you footprint, seeing what kind of person you separate your professional career from your are. Whether it is an employer, a profes- social life, make sure to always keep your sor, your former high school girlfriend, I social media on the highest privacy setting don’t know; I’m a journalist, not a psychic. just in case. Don’t think it’s just the stupid Point is, you should always have your social decisions that prevent the respectability of media accounts ready to impress. If you’re your account. Spelling and grammar, if not going to have Big Brother watch over your properly fixed, may indicate to an employer shoulder, you might as well have something of your lack of skills and can influence any decisions about hiring you. interesting to show them.

If you don’t go the portfolio-conversion Rather than using your account to share memes, or some other Internet thing your way, then the next best thing is to create a parents ask you to delete, post your work blog. Although it sounds like having one is a instead. Converting your account into a bit pretentious, blogs are very well respectportfolio is a double hitter. You get the at- ed as a means of showing off work. Posting tention from your peers, as well as possible pictures, articles, art work, etc; eventually employers, and you can connect with an on- you will have a complete archive of all your past work ready at a moment’s notice. line community outside of your region.

If you still want the professional tone Let’s briefly go over screen names, because they seem to be overlooked. You’ll but enjoy using social media more than you

“Converting your account into a portfolio is a double hitter. You get the attention from your peers, as well as possible employers, and you can connect with an online community outside of your region. ” –PETER O’NEILL

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would a blog, websites like LinkedIn and even MySpace are acceptable alternatives.

I would say to stay away from Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, because all of those seem to ruin the most honest of men. These are however generally good for getting the word out for events, special projects and so on. Musicians and artists do not have to struggle with finding organizations to fund them, as they could crowdfund globally and make a start from there.

If you are thinking of Twitter as the perfect means of addressing your peers, simply look how well our Commander-in-Chief handles it, and then don’t do it remotely like that. Remember your social media account is a tool, not a toy. Do not become distracted by it. Only post when you have to, and know your limitations.

As “social” as online media claims to be, many employers or clients are more impressed with your body language than

your fancy posts. A firm handshake and a confident attitude, up close and personal, can be more likely to get you a job than an online resume. As great as you may sound on paper, it is up to the in-person interview to determine whether you get the job. Research shows that as much as social media gives us the confidence we may lack in the real world, it may create additional social problems as well. ADHD, depression, social anxiety and the bad case of “the feels” are all possible side effects of too much social media consumption.

When there are over 467 million accounts on LinkedIn, with two new members every second, you have to stand out in the crowd. Prove that your hypothetical footprint is more worthy to be online than everyone else’s. You can do that by having a respectable internet presence and an average amount of common sense.

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MAJOR: Nursing YEAR: Sophomore HOMETOWN: Newington, Connecticut The multicultural suite is intended to be a safe place for people, how do you feel outside these walls?

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“I still feel safe outside of these walls because I do have a good support system of friends and family besides the multicultural group that I am with. I don’t feel scared at all, I feel like the Quinnipiac community overall is pretty welcoming and a safe group of people. It’s just a place that I know I can always go into and feel welcome. I can have a good conversation with people and just be myself and hangout and have fun. I come here every Monday and Wednesday between classes and hangout with my friends. I do homework in here and chill in-between classes.”

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By SAMANTHA BASHAW Associate Arts & Life Editor

In TD Bank Sports Center, Lender Court is usually home to In TD Bank Sports Center, Lender Court is usually home to the men’s and women’s basketball team in the winter and the acrobatics & tumbling team in the spring.

However, on one spring night, the resemblance of any athletic complex was nearly nonexistent.

A large tarp had covered the expanse of the basketball court and where a hoop would normally be, an enormous stage stood in its place. The lights from the Jumbotron were off, but the room was illuminated in a stream of dense purple light that poured from the stage. A large “QU” decal was the prominent focal point of the stage set, or at least would be until the clock struck 8 p.m.

This year, the night of April 7 would be the crown jewel of Quinnipiac’s Student Programming Board (SPB). Beginning in October, the group began planning for the annual Wake the Giant concert that is arguably one of the most anticipated events of the year. With last year’s artist being Fetty Wap, a well-known name that performed for not as long as many would have liked, the stakes were high for the organization to nail this year’s show.

The decision for the artist is made based on surveys that the students take early in the fall semester regarding what type of music they are most interested in. This year's result?

Electronic Dance Music, or EDM, a wide step away from the rap of 2016’s show.

Abby McCarthy, a sophomore management major and the media relations director for Wake the Giant, played an integral role in SPB’s production of Tiësto’s concert at Quinnipiac, as well as last year’s Fetty Wap show.

“I would say a different part of the student population was excited,” McCarthy said. “But overall, for both shows, there was still hype about (the concert) a n d

everyone was interested in going and was looking for a ticket.”

This hype might be due in part to the reveal of Tiësto at the men’s ice hockey game against Yale on March 24.

“I think there would have been buzz anyway because Tiësto is such a big name,” McCarthy said. “But I think (revealing it at the Yale game) helped create such an immediate buzz because it was in front of a huge part of the student body at one time.”

Not everyone knew who the DJ was, but when ticket sales opened, the student portal received an overwhelming number of purchases, and floor tickets were gone in no time.

second time seeing the Dutch DJ, and Tiësto did not disappoint.

“I appreciated that he tried to appease the crowd,” Barden said. “He started up with some of his (own) music, and then he went into remixes of songs that more people would know.”

Tiësto began the night with his song “Split (Only U),” which filled Lender Court with a slow and steady beat that set the tone to only go up from there. If it wasn’t already clear that Quinnipiac loved a good rave, Tiësto made it crystal as he moved onto other familiar songs of his such as “On My Way,” “Red Lights” and of course, the song that was inspiration to many Instagram captions, “Wasted.”

However, Tiësto spiced it up a bit with remixes of those classic songs that almost everyone can sing along to. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” by The Eurythmics and “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers were remastered to take on a techno vibe that had heads bobbing and arms fist pumping the air all night long.

“A lot of times I don’t like remixes,” Senra said. “But I SPB MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR feel like he did a really good job with them.”

For members of SPB, their experience of the night was from a different lens than the general public’s.

“I think it’s so rewarding,” McCarthy said of watching Born Tijs Michiel Verwest, Tiësto hails from the Tiësto perform. “You put so much work and effort into European country of The Netherlands, according to IMDb. (Wake the Giant) and you see him on stage performing and At the age of 48, the DJ does not have much prominence in then the rest of the student body having such a good time the age of millennials, whose EDM playlists are run by the and enjoying themselves. You have such a big smile on your young talents of The Chainsmokers, Major Lazer and Zedd. face because you’re so proud of the work you did and your Yet, the Netherlands native's techno beats and flashy light peers on SPB did to make this show a success.” show energized the crowd from the floor to the bleachers One of the highlights of the night was when Tiësto was as fist bumbs, sweaty dance moves and forgetting about given a Quinnipiac hockey jersey with his name on the back Monday's paper saturated the atmosphere. and the number 17 adorning the Bobcat gold. The crowd As someone who didn’t know who Tiësto was and is went wild as the DJ wore the crest of the bobcat clearly on not the biggest fan of EDM, freshman occupational therapy his chest and turned around to show off the stitching on the major Grace Senra was still begging for those floor seats. back to the crowd.

“I wanted to be on the floor, but it was still fun in the “When he put it on on stage people started freaking out,” seats,” Senra said. “I think we had a better view. It was kind McCarthy said. “It was awesome, (such a) good feeling.” of awkward because there weren’t as many people up This good feeling led to a great night, filled with a there to jump around or dance. Everyone was doing that spectacle of a light show and great EDM that left concert in the pit, but then no one was doing that in the seats.” goers slightly blinded and hard of hearing in the best “postFreshman liberal arts undeclared major concert bliss” there is.

Christelle Candelario was with Senra during the “The main concert was tailored to the students more, concert and loved her seats, which were far away which was a nice touch,” Barden said. from the sweaty and dense mess of the floor.

As Tiësto wrapped up his 90-minute performance and “I’m someone who likes to look at stuff dropped that final beat, he threw a peace sign into the from an outside perspective,” Candelario crowd, followed by a thumbs up and the words, “Thank you said. “It was fun to be there, but not in the everyone, see you next time.” center of it.”

Whether Quinnipiac will in fact see the DJ again is Freshman mechanical engineer major unknown, there is no doubt that his time here was anything Matt Barden had a slightly different short of memorable. From floor seats, to SPB, to Sleeping experience at Wake the Giant from Senra Giant, the sounds of EDM were heard loud and clear in a and Candelario. Not only was he a lover of Wake the Giant night that certainly wasn’t wasted. the music genre, but this was actually his

“You have such a big smile on your face because you’re so proud of the work you did and your peers on SPB did to make this show a success.”

– ABBY MCCARTHY

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SPRING FEST BRINGS MUSIC’'S BEST (Clockwise) Alex G, Pinegrove and Half Waif perform at WQAQ's annual Spring Fest concert.

By CULLEN RONAN Staff Writer

Students and outsiders alike packed inside Quinnipiac’s Burt Kahn Court on Saturday, eagerly awaiting the start of the student-run radio station WQAQ 98.1’s annual Spring Fest to begin.

Spring Fest typically features smaller artists, giving Quinnipiac students and the general public an opportunity to attend a more niche music experience.

The energy in the building for 2017’s event, however, would have attendees questioning why indie rock isn’t a more mainstream genre.

This year's show was headlined by multiinstrumentalist Alex G and featured support from Pinegrove, Crying and Half Waif.

Tyler Blinderman, the music manager for WQAQ, made the decision on this year's lineup using input from both the Quinnipiac student body and non-Quinnipiac students.

“We usually choose bands that we’re interested in and people in the area are interested in,” Blinderman said.

Sophomore Emma Nykamp appreciated the choice of artists for this year's event.

"Having some lesser known alternative acts on campus was incredible,” she said.

“It allowed the community to be exposed to a different and unique type of music you wouldn’t normally find headlining Quinnipiac events.”

Nandi Rose Plunkett, known by her stage name, "Half Waif," was first to take the stage. The

Massachusetts native, who also spends her time as a touring member for another band in the night's lineup, Pinegrove, brought her thunderous vocals and lyrical complexities to complement genre-melding instrumentals.

Seamlessly transitioning between indie rock, electronica and even delving into dream pop sequences, Half Waif brought an ethereal, vocally driven sound to the stage, and the audience seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.

Run For Cover Records signee Crying was next to grace the stage. The New York rockers, fronted by Elaiza Santos, have a magical relationship between vocalist and band. Hitting every note, Santos’ classic smooth but versatile indie rock voice seems to have a symbiotic relationship with the instrumentation, feeding off the chaotic rhythms from Ryan Galloway on guitar and the hard hitting-DIY punk-esque smashing from drummer Kynwyn Sterling.

Crying set itself apart early and often, proving its ingenuity with a sound of fun nostalgia, the same kind you get from turning on your Game Boy for the first time since elementary school.

Easily the most energetic performance of the night came at the hands of Pinegrove.

The New Jersey natives, also signed to Run For Cover Records, seemed to be the fan favorite, garnering the biggest reactions from the crowd both on their entrance and exit to the stage.

Vocalist Evan Stephens Hall stole the show with his dense lyricism and genre-defying voice, allowing Pinegrove to perform in a league of its own.

Every member of the band, outside of Hall and drummer Zack Levine, is a touring member, but no matter the makeshift lineup, the band sounded tighter than ever.

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Blending folk, country and indie rock, Pinegrove is everything that is good in the americana subgenre. Hall’s songwriting leaves absolutely nothing to be desired, telling stories with a vocabulary so dense, it would be helpful to keep a dictionary nearby.

It’s not often that seeing a band perform will make the audience feel smarter, but Pinegrove certainly challenges that.

The event’s headliner, Alexander Giannascoli, also referred to by his stage name “Alex G,” was last to show off his talents to the crowd that gathered at Quinnipiac.

Giannascoli’s music has a homegrown feel, as his early releases gained popularity on the online platform, Bandcamp, where artists can release their music directly to the public via download or purchase.

His bedroom creations quickly gained momentum, as his LP’s feature a distinct lo-fi style, making use of every technical flaw in the recording process to give the project a unique sound.

He’s an artist reliant on his versatility, both with his ability to play a plethora of instruments, but also by the fact his live shows bring a whole new atmosphere than the recorded counterparts.

He’s constantly bringing something fans have yet to hear to the stage. While performing live, he loses the edge gained from the purposeful flaws in production.

Regardless, his skill remains, proving just how talented of an artist he is.

The night was a success for WQAQ, bringing together some of the brightest bands in the future of indie rock. Blinderman was pleased with this year's event, noting that it even outsold last year's Spring Fest.

“We actually sold more than 100 more online pre-sale tickets than we did last year, so I’m definitely very excited about it,” Blinderman said.

Peggy O’Sullivan, a senior at University of Massachusetts Lowell, drove two hours to see the show, calling it a “dream lineup.”

“I think it's really cool a school like Quinnipiac would put on a show like this.

There’s something very cool, everyone is taking everything for face value,” O’Sullivan said. “This show in general made me really happy.”

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When Bobcats think of Fridays, they think of Aunchie’s. And when they think Aunchie’s, they think themes.

At least that’s what senior political science major Chanele Davis thinks.

"Aunchie’s is the best part about senior year.

No other nightlife spot can compare to Friday night Aunchie’s," Davis said.

Aunt Chilada’s, or “Aunchie’s,” neighbors Quinnipiac, just a short drive down Whitney Avenue. The Tex-Mex hotspot has made a name for itself as the place to be for Quinnipiac seniors and older juniors on Friday nights. However, students don’t go for the food. They go for the lively atmosphere, sense of community and weekly themes.

“I have been to other parties with themes (not at clubs), but nothing beats Aunchie’s,” Davis said. “I go almost every weekend unless I have a prior engagement.”

However, many Bobcats are unaware of the process behind the parties.

Lamar Brunson has worked at Aunchie’s for nearly 11 years and takes pride in the venue’s longstanding popularity among Quinnipiac juniors and seniors.

“Friday Nights were started about 14 years ago. The original college night started around 18-20 years ago and used to be during the week or Tuesday or Wednesday night,” Brunson said.

“The restaurant hired a then Quinnipiac senior to promote the night around campus and bartend, as well to bring in familiar faces.”

As promotion manager, Brunson is responsible for tending to the needs of each weekly event, including DJing, bartending, security and organizing giveaways, contests and, of course, selecting themes.

“Usually at the beginning of the first semester, I ask the promoters that I hire and the other Aunt Chilada’s staff that attend Quinnipiac what themes they would like to possibly do.

Those themes get added to the new ideas list,” Brunson said. “I turn to the students that I am in contact with or that work at the establishment for new ideas.”

Students often have several favorite themes

Because of this, many students become regulars each year.

“Aunt Chilada’s has a lot of hype behind it.

It's the place everyone wants to go to once they turn 21 because they know how strict we are.

So once they come that first time, I think we have them hooked, and they continue to come weekly,” Brunson said.

Each week the theme for Friday night is announced on an event page on Facebook, as well as in the Aunchie’s Facebook group.

Brunson says he plans to continue Friday night events for as long can he can. He prides himself on providing Quinnipiac students with a safe and fun Friday night spot for years to come.

He believes that the restaurant's relations with the university have always been positive, and he has no plans of ending them now.

“I love working at Aunchie’s. To be involved with such a staple in the social lives of QU seniors is amazing,” Brunson said. “I look forward to Friday nights just as much as the students do, and I've been at it for 11 years. Year in and year out, the classes and kids change but the atmosphere doesn't. It is still the place to be every Friday night.”

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that they look forward to each year.

“My favorite themes have been toga night and ‘90s night,” Davis said.

According to Brunson, some yearly themes include Labor Day Luau, CountryFest, Twins, Pajama, Mardi Gras, Ugly Sweater, SantaCon, Oktoberfest and Bagels and Booze.

However, not every theme has been successful. Brunson recounts a stop light-themed party, where attendees wore red, green or yellow to imply their relationship status.

“A few students looked at it in the wrong way and thought that we were promoting aggressive behavior towards girls wearing green when that has never been the case in the many years we had done it in the past,” Brunson said.

Aside from this incident, Brunson does not recall any controversy over a theme. While no others have created conflict, some themes have not sparked the interest of students.

“One year I did a ‘Aunchies Black’ where I changed all the light bulbs in the upstairs to blacklights and told everyone to wear neon colors. It was a hassle for change it all out, and a lot of people didn't participate. Lesson learned,” Brunson said.

Bobcats have proved their loyalty to Aunchie’s, despite any flops. Davis believes that people like Brunson who work tirelessly to execute these weekly gatherings have set themselves apart from other frequented locations.

“I believe they put on themes to differentiate themselves from other Quinnipiac nightlife hotspots,” Davis said.

This enthusiasm for their jobs is shown by their participation in themed events.

“I used to go all out for every theme. Now I tend to dress up a little to go along with the theme,” Brunson said. “I am there every week, so the students get to know myself and the other staff members really well. And anytime someone reaches out for a donation or fundraising opportunity, we are always there to help out as much as we can.”

Much of Aunchie’s success in the Qunnipiac community can be accredited to its exclusivity to 21-year-olds and older, as opposed to places like Toad’s Place which allow 18-year-olds.

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Insomnia Cookies has major competition in Hamden.

Moon Rocks is a quaint gourmet cookie café, with a full menu of sweets and drinks. The quiet space is warm and inviting, almost as if you’re going to a tea party. The staff are friendly and and even let you try all different kinds of cookies before you order. Cookie flavors range from classics to flavors that make you question, “Can they really make a cookie taste like that?” Flavors include Lime Coconut (a personal recommendation), Strawberry Yogurt, Cannoli, Sweet Potato (yes, it actually tastes like a sweet potato), Salted Caramel and so many more. The cookies are soft and crumble right in your mouth. They also sell cupcakes topped with their delicious cookies, too. They even have a food truck that comes to campus, so be on the lookout. If you need to satisfy your sweet tooth, this is definitely the spot. -L. Pytel

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Be Aware April is a month dedicated to raising awareness for major health risks among Americans. Many organizations work extensively to stress the importance of maintaining strong physical and mental health. They hold numerous events locally, regionally and nationally throughout the month.

National Cancer -Adrianna Lovegrove Control Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

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Autism Awareness Month

The Autism Society launched a nationwide initiative promoting autism awareness that assures every person with autistic spectrum disorder is granted equal opportunities to achieve the highest quality of life. The Autism Society has been working towards autism acceptance and to draw attention to the tens of thousands faced with an autism diagnosis. They encourage everyone to sport their Autism Awareness Puzzle Ribbon, representing the complexity of the autism spectrum, reflecting the diverse community of people and families dealing with autism.

Every April, Donate Life America and its partnered organizations feature a number of events locally and nationally that encourage people to register as organ, eye and tissue donors. Donate Life America is represented by a pinwheel, which is associated with opportunity and energy. Its website describes the pinwheel’s ability to “capture and pass on energy parallels one’s potential to make LIFE possible.”

National Donate Life Month

Alcohol Awareness Month

In 1983, April was declared Child Abuse Prevention Month. In 2015, it was estimated that 683,000 children were victims of child abuse or neglect. An organization called Prevent Child Abuse America has developed three ways people can help make a difference in their community: mentoring a child or a parent, advocate for family friendly policies or donating time or money to childserving organizations.

Stress Awareness Month

2017 marks 200 years since the first diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. April was designated as Parkinson’s Awareness Month in 2010. An estimate of one million people in the United States live with Parkinson’s disease, with 50,000 to 60,000 new diagnoses each year, according to the National Parkinson’s Foundation.

National Cancer Control Month works to prevent cancer and any treatment complications. Research has shown that there are a number of lifestyle changes Americans can make to reduce their risk of cancer. Former President Barack Obama stressed the importance of cancer awareness in America by saying, “I encourage citizens, government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations and other interested groups to join in activities that will increase awareness of what Americans can do to prevent cancer.”

This year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month’s theme is “Engaging New Voices.” Its initiative is to inform communities, individuals and groups on how they can prevent and take action against sexual violence. The goal of Sexual Assault Awareness month is to spread awareness about sexual violence and to educate individuals and communities on how to prevent it.

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Parkinson’s Awareness Month

Other notable dates in April • National Ex Spouse Day (14th) • Foot Health Awareness Month • International Moment of Laughter Day (14th) • National Library Week (11-17) • National Environmental Education Week (11-17) • National Day of Silence (21st) • National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day (12th) • National Cheeseball Day (17th) • National Hanging Out Day (19th) • National Superhero Day (28th)

Since 1992, Stress Awareness Month has been held every April. The month is sponsored by the Health Resource Network (HRN), a nonprofit health education organization. Healthcare professionals join forces annually to increase public awareness for the causes and cures for stress.

The founder and director of HRN, Dr. Morton Orman, has been working with leading healthcare organizations nationwide to develop and implement educational materials on the negative effects of stress during the month of April.

Alcohol Awareness Month was founded

by The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in 1987. Its main purpose was to denounce preconceived notions associated with alcoholism by educating communities and individuals about alcohol, alcohol addiction and recovery.

According to the NCADD website, “alcoholism is a chronic, progressive disease, genetically predisposed and fatal if untreated.”

Although dangerous, recovery is possible. In fact, an average of 20 million Americans are living in recovery today.

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GREEK OUT

By KRISTINA MENDOZA-CABRERA and ADRIANNA LOVEGROVE

From food trucks to formals, from pageant shows to The Big Event, Greek Week at Quinnipiac University was in full swing last week. Quinnipiac’s fraternities and sororities held the annual Greek Week celebration starting Monday, April 3. Throughout the week, members of Greek organizations competed in different events for points. At the end of the week, the Greek organization with the most points was announced as the winner. But it was the Lip Sync competition that took place on Saturday night that brought the week to a satisfying end.

“Every year, the Greek Week committee strives to update the week by adding new events and changing the old,” Greek Week chairperson Samantha Dyar said. “Greek God and Goddess has always kicked off the week, and Lip Sync has always brought the week to a close.”

Each sorority was paired with a fraternity for the week, culminating with their collaboration at Lip Sync where all the pairs duked it out on the TD Bank Sports Center floor.

This year's theme was "Decades." Greek members danced and sang to popular songs through the years, from Young MC’s 80’s hit “Bust a Move” to Britney Spears’ “Toxic.”

The show also featured a bevy of time-traveling scenarios, bringing a sense of nostalgia by reuniting the audience with the beloved duos like Michelle and Uncle Jesse from the ‘90s sitcom “Full House.” One group’s “time-machine” even landed in Eric’s basement from “That ‘70s Show,” as performers rocked out to the show’s theme song “In the Street” by Cheap Trick.

Other songs included Sha Na Na’s “Born to Hand Jive” from the ‘50s, as well as more contemporary ones such as Beyonce’s “Run the World,” which featured some serious dance moves that brought the house down.

The audience had been anticipating the outcome of this year’s Lip Sync. Sophomore history major, Cynthia Clement, went last year and was eager to return for this year’s show on Saturday night. She said she had been excited to watch the progress of the fraternities and sororities throughout the weeks leading up to the competition.

“I’ve seen people practicing late into the night,” Clement said. “It’s cool watching it all come together.”

And practice they did. All competing members had been practicing for weeks on end.

“It’s definitely a big time commitment,” freshman

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sorority member Ilana Fishman said. “We practiced three times a week for three hours at a time.”

Fishman’s sorority, Pi Beta Phi, was partnered with the fraternity Beta Theta Pi, and the team was the first group to perform on Saturday night.

Many of the performers enjoyed being in the spotlight despite the long hours of practice. Freshman civil engineering major in Delta Tau Delta, Matt Boblenz, admits that it took a lot of time and energy from his normal schedule.

“We practiced a lot,” Boblenz said. “We practiced at least twice a week for five or six weeks leading up to it. And then three times last week.”

This event is definitely one that will keep students coming back, both as participants and eager observers.

Freshman occupational therapy major Adrian Cepeda was asked if she would be coming back next year.

Cepeda said "yes" without hesitation.

While this year’s Greek Week was kickstarted with Kyle Lopez of Beta Theta Pi and Courtney Kent of Phi Sigma Sigma being crowned as this year’s Greek God and Goddess, the week came to a final close with Delta Upsilon bringing home first place, followed by Phi Sigma Sigma with second place. The pair of organizations were also the winners of Lip Sync, gaining the points they needed to put them on top.

The winners of both Greek God and Goddess and Lip Sync were decided by a panel of judges composed of Quinnipiac staff and faculty. The Greek Week Committee helped tally points for the other components of the week such as the Social Media Challenge and Big Event teams.

An overall winner was announced at the end of the week based on all of these factors.

The prize?

“Just Greek pride,” Dyar said.

Though no doubt a lot of fun, Greek Week is more than just one big social event.

It is about bringing the Greek community closer together, helping one another and promoting more love and less hatred, according to Dyar. Philanthropy is at the core of each organization, and each values growth, service, leadership and community.

When asked what he enjoyed most, Boblenz referenced coming together to meet other members of Greek life.

“I loved just going to the practices and meeting people from other fraternities and sororities,” Boblenz said.

It is this attitude and spirit that emulates what ended up being a truly great Greek Week 2017.

A rundown on this week’s top entertainment news.

By: Kristina Mendoza-Cabrera KENDALL JENNER STARS IN CONTROVERSIAL PEPSI AD AND TWITTER IS NOT HAPPY Kendall Jenner’s new Pepsi ad has sparked a lot of controversy and, as a result, has been pulled off the internet. In this three-minute-long ad, the model is mid-photoshoot, but she quickly ditches her blonde wig to join a peaceful protest taking place on the street.

At the end of the video, Jenner walks over to a police officer standing on the sidelines of the peaceful protest and hands him a can of Pepsi. It is this last moment of the ad that has sent Twitter into a frenzy. “I get it now. If black lives matter protesters would've handed a pepsi to the cops they wouldn’t of gotten tear gassed,” one user commented. Some even feel that the ad undermines the Black Lives Matter movement altogether.

Pepsi responded and defended the ad by saying, “This is a global ad that reflects people from different walks of life coming together in a spirit of harmony, and we think that’s an important message to convey.”

WOMAN DEFENDS MUSLIM SUBWAY RIDER There are over 10 million views on a video showing a woman’s simple yet inspiring act of kindness.

While on a New York subway, Tracey Tong felt the need to speak up when she witnessed a woman being verbally attacked because she was different.

In the video, Tong is seen stepping in when a Muslim woman is being screamed at. Unbeknownst to her, Tong was being recorded by another passenger who took notice of the brave young woman’s impassioned speech. “I’m asking you to please respect her. Whether you’re from here, Puerto Rico, wherever you are from,” Tong said to the attacker.

“Because I am born here, and I don’t like the way you’re treating her.”

NETFLIX TOUCHES ON SENSITIVE ISSUES IN LATEST DRAMA ‘13 REASONS WHY’ Netflix’s latest original drama tells the story of a teen suicide and the 13 reasons that drove her to it.

Based on the 2007 novel by Jay Asher, “Thirteen Reasons Why” is a compelling tale of high school teen Hannah Baker who, in the wake of her death, leaves behind 13 tapes that are said to contain the reasons she killed herself. From suicide to rape, it’s safe to say the drama touches on some sensitive topics, but topics that Selena Gomez, the show’s producer, felt should not be shied away from. The actress and singer has described this dream of hers to bring the novel to life as her “passion project.”

Gomez even bought the rights to the book a few years back, knowing that this story was one in dire need of telling.

TAYLOR SWIFT HAS NEW MUSIC COMING SOON

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Students participate in the Lip Sync competition, the final event of the annual Greek Week, at TD Bank Sports Center.

Taylor Swift has been MIA lately, leaving a blank space in hearts everywhere. The singer has been staying close to home in Nashville, Tennessee where she was spotted driving around just last week. According to ET, Swift has been busy working on her upcoming album, which is expected to drop by the end of the year. She has been figuring out what the sound of the album will be and whether or not she wants to keep it in the pop genre or return to her country roots. Who knows?

Maybe this album will touch on a little bit of both?

Either way, our fangirl hearts can hardly wait.

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ACROSS 5. “_____ showers bring May flowers.”

8. Many people like to jump in this when it rains.

10. As the weather gets warmer, many students will hike this mountain across from main campus.

12. A type of insect that has unique and colorful wings.

13. Different types of these bloom during the spring months.

DOWN 1. What is used to protect yourself from getting wet while it’s raining.

2. A type of fruit that is in season during the spring months.

3. Types of these include robin, cardinal and a bluejay.

4. A piece of land used for growing flowers, fruit or vegetables.

6. A baby rabbit.

7. When you eat a meal outdoors, usually at a park on a blanket.

9. After it rains, an arch of colors sometimes forms in the sky.

11. These insects are important in the pollination of flowers.

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RUNDOWN

MEN’S LACROSSE Marist 9, QU 8 – Saturday Matt Frost: 2 goals, 1 assist Brian Feldman: 2 goals WOMEN’S LACROSSE

QU 14, Iona 13 (OT) – Wednesday

Alex Hlesciak: 4 goals Allison Kuhn: 3 goals Marist 10, QU 4 – Saturday Brianna Fitzgerald: 1 goal Kuhn: 1 goal BASEBALL CCSU 6, QU 3 – Wednesday Liam Scafariello: 1 HR, 2 RBI Niagara 10, QU 2 – Sunday Ryan Nelson: 1 HR, 2 RBI Niagara 2, QU 1 – Sunday Matt Batten: 1 H, double Evan Vulgamore: 1 R Niagara 18, QU 7 – Monday Scafariello: 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI Ben Gibson: 2 H, 2 RBI SOFTBALL Monmouth 2, QU 1 – Sunday Rachel Marchuk: 1 H, 1 RBI Monmouth 2, QU 1 – Sunday Lexi Courtney: 1 H, 1 RBI, 1 R ACROBATICS AND TUMBLING QU 279.650, Gannon 266.130 – Saturday MEN’S TENNIS Marist 4, QU 3 – Wednesday Kyle Alper: 6-2, 6-4 win Kei Ezaka/Alper (Doubles): 6-2 win QU 7, Siena 0 – Sunday Axel Stern: 7-5, 6-2 win Cachapero/Koke (Doubles): 6-1 win

GAMES TO WATCH WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. Fairfield – Wednesday, 8 p.m.

QU at Canisius – Saturday, 12 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS QU vs. Bryant – Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS QU vs. Binghamton – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

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BASEBALL QU at Iona – Friday, 12 p.m.

QU at Iona – Friday, 3 p.m.

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QU at UConn - Monday, 3 p.m.

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SOFTBALL QU at Yale – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU at Yale – Wednesday, 5 p.m.

QU vs. Marist – Saturday, 12 p.m.

QU vs. Marist – Saturday, 2 p.m.

GOLF Hartford Invitational – Friday, 10 a.m.

Hartford Invitational – Saturday, 10 a.m.

Yale One Day Invitational – Sunday, 10 a.m.

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GAME OF THE WEEK

Men’s lacrosse team drops Senior Day game to Marist Bobcats’ rally falls short as Red Foxes comes away with 9-8 win

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The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team fell to Marist by a score of 9-8 at Yale’s Reese Stadium on Saturday evening.

It was Senior Night for the Bobcats as Jack Brust, Drew D’Antonio, Kevin Diehl and Zach Malsky were honored prior to the defeat.

“I feel bad for (the seniors), especially Jack (Brust). He’s a gladiator,” Quinnipiac head coach Eric Fekete said. “Those guys were a huge part of last year’s championship.”

Marist began the game with offensive possession. However, the Bobcats started the scoring early in the first quarter with a goal from sophomore attacker Matt Frost.

With a tight score, the Bobcats got a penalty for offside. Marist capi-

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talized on this penalty with a goal from J.D. Recor to even the score at 1-1.

Following a Quinnipiac timeout, Marist came out strong offensively and Recor scored for the Red Foxes.

Within a minute of the Red Foxes’ goal, freshman midfielder Tyler DeVito responded for the Bobcats with a goal, tying the score up before the end of the quarter.

The second quarter started off physical as the Bobcats got penalized for an illegal body check. The Red Foxes then came off the Bobcats’ timeout offensively strong, scoring minutes after to take the lead and before immediately calling a timeout of their own.

Marist began to possess the ball, and as the shot clock wound down on, Marist’s Collin Dizon took a

shot and scored, widening the lead to two goals.

The Bobcats quickly responded with a goal from DeVito, his second goal of the game, to close the Red Foxes’ lead to a single goal.

With momentum high, the Bobcats responded with a tying goal scored by junior attack Brian Feldman. With just seconds left in the second quarter, Tierney took a shot and found the back of the net again as the buzzer went off, taking a 5-4 lead into the half.

The Red Foxes started the third quarter with a goal broadening their lead. Minutes later, Tierney continued the scoring with his third goal of the game, building Marist’s lead to 7-4. At the end of the third quarter, the officials threw multiple flags at the buzzer resulting in three penal-

ties, two for the Bobcats and one for the Red Foxes entering the final quarter.

“We were mentally weak, a lot of stupid penalties along the way,” Fekete said. “We don’t navigate the course of the game very well.”

The Bobcats started off the scoring in the final quarter with Frost netting in a low shot, and shortening the lead to 7-5 for the Red Foxes. Following Frost’s goal, Ryan Lawson netted a goal for the Bobcats, lowering the Red Foxes’ lead to 7-6.

The Red Foxes responded to the Bobcats’ momentum and shut them down with a goal from Frank Clayton, broadening their lead 8-6.

Following Marist’s goal, the Bobcats called a timeout hoping to light a spark in their team to tie the game up. Feldman came out with his second goal of the night, making the game a one-goal difference with four minutes to play.

Yet, the Red Foxes responded immediately with a goal to build their lead to 9-7 with just under three minutes to play. In the last 30 seconds of the game, Lawson found the net for the Bobcats, but they could not find a tying goal as Marist finished with a 9-8 win.

“The game was up and down,” Feldman said. “We had some stupid turnovers that caused us some really big issues, for them to come back and score again.”

The Bobcats now sit at 1-3 in the MAAC this season. They have a week off and will play their next game away against the Siena Saints on April 21 with hopes of making the top four spots in the conference to earn a chance at defending their MAAC title.

“We all feel bad for (the seniors), and we will try our hardest for them,” Feldman said.

Ezaka embracing pressure as he builds on Quinnpiac records EZAKA from Page 18 season. Ezaka considers the latter to be his most meaningful achievement given how far the team came in that turbulent junior year.

His performance as a junior when the team needed him most led to him being named the team MVP, but one award still remains

on Ezaka’s wish list: winning a MAAC Championship for his teammates.

The individual wins no longer matter like they did for Ezaka as an underclassmen. A conference title would be better than any of the 140 victories that preceded it.

Ezaka has always had the competitive fire to win. His ability to

transition that fire to win for his teammates is what makes him so valuable to his coaches.

“He has been such a great leader by example,” Pappas said. “He’s really been helpful to shape the standards of this program that we want to reflect. He deserves a lot of credit for setting up the ideals that we feel this program should have.”

This may seem like a heavy burden to carry, but Ezaka embraces the responsibility.

“I like to feel pressure,” Ezaka said. “It’s not only for me now; it’s for the team.”

Thanks to his team-first mentality, Ezaka now stands alone in the Quinnipiac record books.

Kuhn working to bridge relationship between SGA, student-athletes KUHN from Page 20

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discussing the new student-athlete weight room, saying it was unfair.

They don’t understand that us student-athletes don’t have a space to workout and working out is a huge part of being an athlete.”

But Kuhn believes that her involvement with SGA has been positive and has helped bridge the gap between SGA and student-athletes.

And not only has Kuhn become the first student-athlete in SGA, but one of her teammates, freshman midfielder Victoria Bobinski, was elected as the vice president for the Class of 2020 last week.

“There are things that most members of student government

don’t understand about athletics, and they don’t understand the time commitment that it truly involves,” Kuhn said. “Victoria and I are able to bridge that gap and help members understand the athlete perspective.”

“SGA’s been super accommodating. They’ve been great, and we’ve got a great e-board next year, so I’m really excited.”

– ALLISON KUHN Junior women’s lacrosse attacker

Kuhn’s biggest initiative when it comes to student-athletes is to

help them get priority for scheduling classes.

“Many members are looking into how student-athletes can get priority scheduling because we are at a disadvantage,” Kuhn said. “My practice is from 7-11 a.m. and what classes are left when we have to schedule are the 8 a.m. classes that no one wants to go to. But I have practice time, so how am I supposed to find a class?”

Swenson echoes Kuhn’s thoughts on the scheduling issue and says that team supports the two members of SGA on their team.

“I’m definitely pro the possibility of athletes registering first,” Swenson said. “It’s a pretty big deal when you have 20-plus hours less than any other student.

You have your practice block and you have time to take class, that’s just how it is. If you’re caught to choose between class and practice that’s a huge thing. If you can’t make class, then you don’t graduate on-time. If you miss practice, then you’re not with your team to connect with them.”

All in all, Kuhn has enjoyed her time on SGA and looks forward to being a part of student government for the rest of her Quinnipiac career. “(SGA) respects that I’m an athlete, they respect that Victoria is an athlete and that we are going to miss some meetings,” Kuhn said.

“SGA’s been super accommodating.

They’ve been great, and we’ve got a great e-board next year, so I’m really excited.”

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Clockwise from top left: Freshman women’s tennis team player Layla Rodriguez winds up for a shot in the Bobcats’ 6-1 win over Siena on Sunday’s Senior Day, junior men’s tennis team player Kyle Alper serves in his singles victory on Sunday, freshman Austin Yannone hits a forehand shot in Quinnipiac’s 7-0 Senior Day win over Siena in Hamden on Sunday.

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Juniors Jessica Lee, Christina Barbaro and Mackenzie Merkel combined to set three program records for the women’s outdoor track and field team at the University of Miami Alumni Meet.

After losing its first two matches, Quinnipiac acrobatics & tumbling won its fifth-straight match on Saturday with a 279.650266.130 victory over Gannon University.

Junior goalie Kyle Larkin made a season-high 20 saves in the women’s lacrosse team’s 10-4 loss to Marist on Saturday.

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Quinnipiac baseball sophomore Liam Scafariello homered for the 12th time this season in the Bobcats’ 17-8 loss against Niagara on Sunday. With the home run, Scafariello became the first player since 2007 and ninth in program history to reach the 12-home-run mark in a season. With 18 games remaining in the season, Scafariello needs six more to break the program record.

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“The confidence is just building, which is great. We want to see that in our conference games.”

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Quinnipiac men’s tennis senior Kei Ezaka has broken the program record for wins, but still wants to capture an elusive MAAC Championship

By RYAN CHICHESTER Staff Writer

What goes through a player’s mind when he or she just made school history? For Quinnipiac men’s tennis captain and senior Kei Ezaka, it’s more of an afterthought. Actually, it really wasn’t a thought at all.

“I really didn’t realize it,” Ezaka confessed after winning his 138th career match, which is now the highest total in Quinnipiac tennis history. “We were so focused on getting a conference win against Marist… but I feel good about it.”

The historic win came in a doubles match last week with his partner, junior Kyle Alper, as the two have become a dynamic force in the MAAC this season. The duo has built a strong chemistry and belief in one another that has helped the Bobcats reach the top of the MAAC standings.

“If one of us is struggling, we know we have each other’s backs to carry us through that part of the match,” Alper said of his relationship with Ezaka. “It’s an honor to be sharing the court with him.”

Ezaka’s growth as a doubles partner is a product of his growth as a teammate. A top100 recruit coming out of high school, Ezaka came to Quinnipiac with a tunnel vision of the type of player he was going to be. He focused on his own game and dominated his singles matches out of the gate, rattling off 13 wins in a row to begin his singles career.

For Ezaka, it was all expected.

“I was a really cocky kid,” Ezaka recalls of his mentality as a freshman. “I told myself that I wasn’t losing to anybody. I just hated losing. Three years ago, I hated losing indi-

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Men’s tennis team senior Kei Ezaka won two matches on Sunday’s Senior Day win over Siena.

vidually. Now I hate the team losses more.”

In an individual sport such as tennis, Quinnipiac head coach Chris Pappas recognized the difficulty of transitioning from the high school to the collegiate level. The

difficulty was magnified even more for a highly-touted recruit like Ezaka, who spent his junior tennis career traveling the world and only playing in individual tournaments to prove his abilities.

“Junior tennis becomes very individualistic,” Pappas said. “It’s a tough transition sometimes when you come to college and are now playing for a team. It’s a different motivation.”

Thirteen straight wins signified a smooth transition, but the team as a whole would still need improvement and would turn to its best player for guidance.

Ezaka began to realize the team-based nature of college tennis as a junior, when the team reached a crossroads after losing a number of key players. As the team’s most talented player, it was time for Ezaka to step up as a leader.

“We had a lot of obstacles,” Ezaka said about his junior year. “I felt I had to step it up for the team. I learned last season that I can’t be selfish to win for myself. It doesn’t matter if you win your match and your teammates lose. That’s still a loss.”

Pappas noticed a change in Ezaka’s attitude as well, which resulted in better play for the team in the form of seven wins in eight matches en route to a trip to the MAAC Finals against top-seeded Monmouth.

“When he felt he had to do it for the team and not just himself, I think it brought his level of play up to another stratosphere… he truly did it for the team,” Pappas said. “The more he did for the team, the more individual success he had, as well.”

The individual accolades have come with the team’s success. Ezaka’s trophy case is crowded, from MAAC Rookie of the Year as a freshman to MAAC Player of the Year last See EZAKA Page 18

Allison Kuhn balances women’s lacrosse schedule with SGA role

By CONOR ROCHE Staff Writer

While many student-athletes are exclusively known for their success on the field, that isn’t the case for Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse player Allison Kuhn.

Kuhn, a sophomore from Kingsville, Maryland, was elected as the Class of 2019’s vice president for the Student Government Association (SGA) last week. This won’t be Kuhn’s first year on SGA either, as she has been a class representative the previous two years.

While Kuhn’s campaign was successful, she had to face the challenge of campaigning while her season was going on.

“It’s actually very difficult because while my competitors have the opportunity to campaign whenever they want, I have a responsibility here with lacrosse and that has to come first,” Kuhn said. “I’m a student-athlete, but being a part of the lacrosse team is all day, every day. Everything you do, you think about lacrosse, whether it’s meals or sleep time.”

And because Kuhn’s workload is so heavy, she has to make sacrifices to accommodate her schedule.

“I don’t have time - I make time,” Kuhn said. “It’s all about balancing. I’m never watching TV. I’m never going on two-hour Starbucks runs. It’s every day I’m really focused in, doing work when I need to do work, doing lacrosse when I need to do lacrosse and doing student government when I need to student government.”

Kuhn has also been a top performer for her team. Kuhn leads the team with 25 points and has 18 goals so far this season. Women’s lacrosse head coach Tanya Kotowicz, who is in her first year coaching the team, knows that Kuhn is more than just an athlete.

“She’s an all-around kid,” Kotowicz said.

“She definitely believes in the big picture. She gets involved in everything, on-campus, offcampus, on the team, in practices, in games; she’s connected with her teammates and with her peers on campus. I think we strive to find all-around people, let alone all-around players, and Allison is just one of the many.”

Kotowicz could tell that Kuhn was competitive from the moment they met.

“She’s full of energy, she’s a fierce competitor, and that comes across right away,” Kotowicz said. “She’s ready to make something great out of the program, and we’ve kind of taken that and ran with it. That’s been a great piece that Allison brings to the team.”

One of Kuhn’s teammates, sophomore midfielder Ellie Swenson, says that Kuhn’s competitive personality shows when she’s on the field.

“She’s a very aggressive player,” Swenson said. “She’s one of our go-to offensive players.

She definitely leads the attack. She knows a ton about lacrosse. She definitely has the passion and heart that we need.”

Even with the heavy workload, Kuhn doesn’t believe either has a negative impact on the other. In fact, she believes that it helps her.

“I think if I was not as involved I would

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Sophomore Allison Kuhn leads the women’s lacrosse team with 25 points in 12 games. be failing out of school,” Kuhn said. “Keeping me involved really keeps my GPA high...

I think having all of these regimented times to abide by helps me to focus in on what I need to do on schoolwork. I can’t take anything off.”

Kuhn says that in SGA meetings, she takes off her “athlete hat” and puts on her “SGA hat,” but that she still represents Quinnipiac’s

student-athletes in the meetings.

“I completely think that student-athletes get overlooked by student government,” Kuhn said. “For example, freshman year. I came into student government really excited and ready to go. A lot of members were See KUHN Page 18