The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 22, Volume 87

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Adidas will provide the Bobcats’ 21 varsity sports teams with apparel and uniforms.

Prior to the deal with adidas, individual teams had their own respective apparel, uniforms, equipment and accessories without a collective sponsorship. The new partnership will establish a consistent brand throughout Quinnipiac’s Division I teams.

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Quinnipiac’s Department of Athletics and Recreation announced a seven-year partnership with adidas that runs through the Bobcats’ 2023-24 season on Friday morning.

“We’re excited to announce our partnership with adidas,” Quinnipiac Director of Athletics and Recreation Greg Amodio said in a press release. “adidas has a phenomenal reputation and a long history of providing an excellent product to college and professional teams. Our goal is to place our brand with the best in NCAA Athletics, and this is a step in that direction.”

The announcement comes just three days after Quinnipiac men’s basketball head coach Baker Dunleavy held a jersey at his introductory press conference with a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) logo over its usual Nike swoosh on the right shoulder.

Adidas, which is already the official apparel, footwear and uniform provider for over 100 collegiate programs and various professional leagues, will provide the Bobcats’ 21 varsity sports teams with apparel, footwear, uniforms and accessories, according to the release.

Additionally, the university says adidas will be the official equipment provider of Quinnipiac baseball, men’s lacrosse and women’s lacrosse teams.

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“And that includes everything from providing the Bobcats sports teams with our most innovative apparel, footwear and equipment, to helping Quinnipiac Athletics with their overarching goals for campus climate, accountability, growth and sustainability.”

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The Carl Hansen Student Center Piazza was full of students watching the debate for the executive board positions of the Student Government Association (SGA) on Monday April 3. With the election itself coming up on Wednesday April 5 on the DoYou QU website, the candidates were making sure to get their positions known to the students.

The first round of debates was for the vice president for public relations position. The three candidates are sophomore Joe Iasso, sophomore Victoria Johnson and junior Ian Zetlin, who appeared via online video because he is studying abroad from Hamden this semester.

Iasso’s position was based on emphasizing the connection between SGA and the student body.

“For too long, SGA has been primarily focused on marketing itself to the student body: who we are and what we do,” he said. “Communication, on the other hand, is a two-way street, and the primary goal of this position should be hearing your concerns, and letting you know when SGA has successfully taken action to address your needs.”

Along with mentioning communication, Johnson focused on transparency with how SGA runs, informing the audience about how SGA meetings allow a time for non-SGA members to speak and building a relationship with business in Hamden.

“Whether it will be through a discount program or expanding the use of QCash with local businesses, I know how to make this relationship work for us, ” she said.

Zeitlin agrees with both his opponents that SGA needs to be less self-centered, but his interpretation involves, along with creating more positions, being able to expand SGA resources to other groups at Quinnipiac.

“I want to provide public relations tools from us to different organizations. Whether that’s tablets for the involvement fair or different other flyers or different seminars to bring more people to your events, I think this should be the role of our public relations vice president,” he said.

The second round of debates, for Vice President for Finance, consisted of junior Thierno Diallo and freshman Ryan Hicks. Diallo claimed that anyone could handle money, but he wanted to emphasize what made him unique.

“I want to be a candidate that can act as a liaison and voice the issues of students and organizations On campus, and find solutions for organizations all around that are struggling due to budget cuts,” he said.

Hicks used his time to explain to the audience why the position of vice president for finance matters, using audience participation to make his point asking them to raise their hand if they’ve participated in a charity event, concert, or even a club meeting with food.

“For those of you who raised your hand to any one of those questions, you realize that this position effects you day in and day out,” he said.

There were two uncontested positions with Tatyana Youssef for vice president for student

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP Sophomore students recently had to exchange their original blue parking passes for new green ones, per Shanon Grasso. Students share their experiences with parking changes at Quinnipiac.

By ASHLEY NALLY-NAGEL Photography by JULIA GALLOP

Matt Dennehy| Philosophy and English| Sophomore

WEB DIRECTOR David Friedlander

““I don’t even know what parking decal I’m supposed to have, and that just shows how well they’re implementing the system. I couldn’t clear a ticket because of an issue with their system, and because of that I couldn’t get my transcript or new permit along with a lot of other things that I need to be able to do. In the process of this, while I was trying to figure it out, they were not returning my emails.”

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Bethany Newton| Health Science Studies and English| Sophomore “I am perpetually afraid of my car being towed for having the blue decal on it. I haven’t gotten the green decal yet, I submitted a permit, an application, and have tried to redo that two or three times and I’ve emailed Grasso and have still not received my green decal.”

Brandon Seider| Public Relations | Sophomore

ASSOCIATE COPY EDITOR Caroline Millin

“More people should be allowed to park in Hogan, or figure out how many freshman are using the blue stickers.

I just got the green one, the green is the new one. It was ridiculous. I had to take the blue one off, wait in the hour long line to get into Shannon’s office, it’s not helping at all.

I circled [Hilltop parking lot] for an hour last night.”

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Clare Dignan| Journalism | Senior “I think the school could let students park in the communications lot again, or as ugly as it would look, they could put in a multi level garage in North Lot, it would allow more students to park on Main. And I think if students maybe used the shuttle services from York, that would help a lot. Because as a commuter, all you have is your car. It personally bothers me that they allow seniors in North Lot, because there are enough commuters already. ”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

By Hannah Feakes

Nine dead in Russian blast

College student dies after pancake eating contest

Mother and four children killed in house fire

Nine people have been killed in a blast on the St. Petersburg metro, according to CNN. Authorities described the event as a terrorist attack. An explosion occurred on a train as it was traveling between two stations in St. Petersburg. Approximately 50 people were injured. A spokesman for the National Anti-terrorism Committee said that the blast was caused by an unidentified explosive device in one of the cars. Officials are still unsure exactly what happened and an investigation is still underway, but Viktor Ozerov, chairman of the defense committee in the Federation Council, said that the choice of St. Petersburg as a target may have been tied to Putin’s visit there for a media event.

Caitlin Nelson, a junior at Sacred Heart University, died at a New York City hospital on Sunday, according to Eyewitness News.

She was participating in a charity pancake eating contest for her sorority, Kappa Delta and after eating four of five pancakes, fell to the floor shaking uncontrollably. Sources say she spit some of the food out but was still choking. A couple nursing students who were also at the event called 911 and made several attempts to clear her airway. A mass dedicated to Nelson was held on Sacred Heart campus followed by a candlelight vigil.

In Warwick, Massachusetts, firefighters responded to a house fire. A wood stove in a kitchen caught fire in a two-story house but the first call to 911 said that everyone had escaped the house safely, according to The Boston Globe. When fire trucks arrived on scene, the father and one child were in the driveway while the mother and four other children were trapped inside the burning house. The mother and children were later pronounced dead. The father and one child were taken to a nearby hospital and were unharmed. The fire reduced the residence to rubble and damaged three vehicles on the property. Efforts to fight the fire were complicated by problems getting water to the scene, the remote location, and the biting cold, officials said.

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Quinnipiac freshman revamps the world of texting Evan Rigsby starts his own company to advertise other businesses using iMessage sticker packs

By KELLY RYAN

Associate News Editor

Evan Rigsby is a freshman at Quinnipiac and is also the CEO of his own company, Cobra Innovative Technologies LLC. Rigsby’s company creates sticker packs used through iMessage.

“We’re trying to create a more high def emoji,” Rigsby said. “We want to create a new way that people are communicating with each other because yes, you have emojis… but this is something that no one has really done before.”

Users can drag stickers onto their iMessage conversation, resize them and angle them. Users can drag as many stickers as they want into the conversation or insert them as a separate image to include a caption. However, the sticker packs are not used solely for entertainment.

“With business, you don’t have to be the smartest on the field. You just have to have that willingness and that drive to go every day and do your best every day.”

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CEO OF COBRA INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

What sets this sticker pack app apart from the rest is the app’s ability to brand and advertise companies.

Cobra’s debut sticker pack was the Yimello Smoothies sticker pack. Kostas Sousoulas, a sophomore entrepreneurship major at Quinnipiac, founded the smoothie company, which advertises pre-packaged, all natural, non-GMO smoothies, according to the company’s website.

Rigsby and Sousoulas met in an entrepreneurship class, and when Rigsby told Sousoulas about his company’s mission, Sousoulas was on board with the creation of the Yimello Smoothies sticker pack. Cobra has photos of Yimello Smoothies products that can be sent as stickers through iMessage.

“Evan is a very intelligent kid, and I trust the work he does. The sticker pack that Evan’s company made is a great tool to promote our brand,” Sousoulas said. “There are a lot of creative things you can do with our stickers, and our customers use it when texting

their friends.”

Rigsby said when business owners like Sousoulas are networking with high level companies, presenting a sticker pack will leave a lasting impression.

“When you’re talking with those people, you can give them your business card, but how many other people have done that?”

Rigsby said. “Instead, it’s ‘here’s my sticker pack’. It kind of leaves that thing in their head.”

In addition to the Yimello Smoothies sticker pack, which is free, Cobra has also released a St. Patrick’s Day sticker pack. This pack has a $1 price tag.

In order to start the company, Rigsby filed for LLC (Limited Liability Company), so that he could sign up as a company in the state of Connecticut. He also filed for a few other business papers in order to have his business represented on the iMessage app store. With these documents, the sticker pack apps will list Cobra Innovative Technologies LLC as their company.

Rigsby believes that app production requires team effort. In high school, he had his first trial run of the company with some of his friends who all had different roles within the team. After learning how successful teamwork can be and once he came to college, Rigsby hired two Quinnipiac student interns to help him run his company.

“With apps, yes, there are those people who can do it alone, but for the most part, having a team really makes a good app… I tried to carry that into the company now,” Rigsby said.

Freshman Lauren Miller serves as the interactive digital design intern for Cobra.

Rigsby said there is an emphasis on artwork when it comes to creating the sticker packs.

He considers himself more of the programmer and developer of his company, specializing in coding and working on the business side of the company. He leaves the artistic portion to Miller.

“I really believe in having people who are smarter than me in specific things control different parts,” Rigsby said. “That’s how I’m going to learn.”

Rigsby also hired freshman Madeline Lough as the social media and marketing intern for Cobra. Rigsby met Lough in his First-year Seminar class and reached out to her after seeing her poster presentation relating to a marketing project.

“That was by chance. I usually never risk doing something like that because I like to know the person but (Lough) turned out to

Cobra’s sticker packs promote businesses such as Yimello Smoothies.

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Evan Rigsby demonstrates how to use his sticker packs through iMessage.

be one of the best workers I’ve had,” Rigsby said.

Rigsby’s belief in strong brand logos combined with love for animals led him to naming his business Cobra Innovative Technologies LLC. “When I was doing (the logo), I was like, ‘I want something really badass,’” Rigsby said. “That was literally my thought process and what’s better than a cobra?”

Rigsby is a double major in entrepreneurship and computer science, but his background in programming with iPhones and iPads began when he was in seventh grade.

His uncle gave him a book about programming at a family party, and from there, he was hooked.

Though he’s learning more of the computer science-related skills currently in college, Rigsby has background in business through his family.

Rigsby’s father owns his own company, so he had a leg up on the entrepreneurship side of his company. He attributes much of what he has learned about running a business to his father.

According to Rigsby, two of his professors, Dr. Dale Jasinski and Professor David Tomcyzk, have been his backbone in setting up the business side of the company.

Tomcyzk met Rigsby through Dr. Jasinski, and then had him as a student in his entrepreneurial skills class. Tomcyzk said Rigsby came to him looking for help with how to develop contracts and recruit interns and how to strategically grow his business. Tomcyzk said Rigsby had already officially started the business by the time he got to help.

“I act as a sounding board for him, and I provide advice when he’s facing a challenge he isn’t sure how to handle,” Tomczyk said.

“I’ve also connected him to a few resources and people around campus that I happen to know about to help him grow his business faster.”

Tomcyzk believes Cobra is going to build slowly at first, due to the fact that it is entering a challenging market. However, Tomcyzk said that is not a deterrent to Rigsby.

“Like a cobra in the grass, you’ll only see some ripples in the grass before the company rises up and makes a huge mark on the industry,” Tomcyzk said.

Tomcyzk said the hardest will be getting Cobra known in the app market, but said Rigsby has already started to think through how to handle that, including regular release schedule, offering free stickers and having premium packs.

Rigsby is able to see how many consumers have downloaded the program and can even see individually which state each purchase went through. He can also see how many impressions, or pageviews in the app store, that the sticker packs are getting.

“It took almost two months to get about 3,000 impressions for the Yimello Smoothie one,” Rigsby said. “But with the entertainment one (St. Patrick’s Day), we’re almost at 10,000 impressions in a week.”

As far as where Cobra is headed, Rigsby said he plans to work on networking, building relationships with other companies, schools and even individuals who can use sticker packs to promote their businesses.

“With business, you don’t have to be the smartest on in the field,” Rigsby said. “You just have to have that willingness and that drive to go every day and to do your best every day.”

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It’s that ‘Greek’ time of year again

Quinnipiac’s Greek community prepares for annual Greek Week celebration wear for the title of “god” or “goddess.” said. “The main focal point is to focus on Greek Week Calendar

By OLIVIA HIGGINS Staff Writer

Every fall the Greek Community holds recruitment for all its’ organizations so students can split off and find their place in the community and organizations can gain new members. But Greek Week is when all those organizations come together.

“Greek Week is an annual week-long celebration, sponsored by the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life with the purpose of establishing bonds throughout the Greek community.” Samantha Dyar, Greek Week chair said.

Dyar works with the Greek Week committee and advisor, Bianca Waffenschmidt, to put together a week’s worth of special events for the Greek community at Quinnipiac University to celebrate each organization and what they have done for the Quinnipiac community as a whole.

Dyar and her team also bring in a competitive component to the event by awarding points for each event, which then leave one organization at the end who is declared the “winner” of Greek Week for that year.

Greek Week 2017 kicks off with one of their main events, Greek God and Goddess on Tuesday, April 4 at 9:30 p.m. in Burt Kahn Court, in which one member from each sorority is nominated to compete in three different categories of Toga, Talent and Formal

The week continues with food trucks on Thursday April 6th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. that donate proceeds to St. Jude’s Hospital, then a social media trivia and photo challenge for different Greek community members to interact, and ends with their infamous Lip Sync, in which organizations team up and put on a musical skit on Saturday, April 8 at 7 p.m.

Kelcey Connors, Greek Week representative for her sorority Alpha Delta Pi, loves this event because it brings together the entire Greek community.

“Greek Week is really meant to be a fun week for the Greek community,” Connors said. “We get to spend time bonding with our sisters/brothers and get to know fellow members of the Greek community better. It’s definitely also a time to show off our sisterhoods and brotherhoods and get the chance to really support each other.”

Dyar also dedicates her time to Greek Week because of how it brings all the organizations together each year, and focuses on four core values: leadership through strength of character, growth through intellectual excellence, service through civic engagement, and community through diversity and inclusion.

“Although, there is a lot of fun and excitement that surrounds Greek Week,” Dyar

these values and to always incorporate a philanthropic aspect into the week, which is why we always choose a yearly charity to donate to and encourage our members to create Big Event teams which count for “Greek Week points.”

By teaming up fraternities and sororities and adding an element of competition, Dyar believes the Greek Community as a whole is strengthened and united through this week full of events.

“Greek Week has always been a part of some of my most memorable and positive experiences in the past three years in Greek life here at Quinnipiac, and so I wanted to be able to get more involved and contribute back to the week,” Dyar said.

Emma Horn, a freshman psychology major involved in the Kappa Delta sorority as the organization’s Panhellenic Delegate, is excited to be involved in Greek Week as a part of the skit during Lip Sync.

“This upcoming Greek Week is a way to unite Greek life under one event. Kappa Delta is so excited to see everyone come together through several events. Many sisters are looking forward to the food trucks and to show off their hard work at Lip Sync,” Horn said.

Greek God & Goddess 4/4 @ 9:30 p.m.

Burt Kahn Court Food Truck Fest 4/6 @ 11 a.m.

Quad Lip Sync 4/8 @ 7 TD Bank Sports Center

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Students experience issues with class registration

By JEREMY TROETTI Staff Writer

For many students, a new semester represents a fresh start. New classes bring about new hope for students looking to raise their grade point averages or those looking to maintain the strong grades they have accumulated in previous semesters. However, sometimes selecting those new classes can prove to be quite the hassle.

Freshman occupational therapy major Krystal Brighton has experienced this hassle firsthand.

“It’s very stressful because every time you try to register, (the classes) fill up right away,” Brighton said. “It’s very difficult to find something that is not already filled.”

Brighton went on to explain that her main issue with the registration and academic planning program, Self Service, is the volume of students that crowd the webpage at the same time, causing it to crash.

“You can’t have everyone logging on at the same time. There needs to be a different way to do that,” Brighton said.

As far as a solution to that problem goes?

Brighton doesn’t have a definitive answer but feels it needs to be fixed as soon as possible.

“I honestly don’t know what the solution would be to that, but there has to be a way to get the classes you want without them filling up,” Brighton said.

Freshman health science studies major Nicholas Noto also admitted that while he cannot think of a direct solution to the problem, there is room for improvement regarding the loading times on Self Service.

“I don’t know how you can increase how fast (the website) goes,” Noto said. “When it comes time to register, it crashes a ton, and it’s really annoying because you want to know if you’re in (the classes you selected) or not. They have to try harder (to fix) the issue.”

University Registrar Joshua Berry is pleased with the Self Service website, explaining that it is a welcomed improvement

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Quinnipiac uses Self Service as its webpage for registration and academic planning.

over the previous WebAdvisor registration process.

“Since implementing (Self Service) in spring 2016, we have had strong student and faculty support of the change from the previous WebAdvisor process to the student planning module housed within Self Service,” Berry said.

Despite complaints of the website crashing, students feel that the website is studentfriendly.

Sophomore biology major, Joy Okang said she likes Self Service more than WebAdvisor.

“I think it’s easier to see where your classes are because it has the calendar,” Okang said.

Berry explained that the Registrar’s office has not experienced many complaints of late regarding the registration process.

“I have only received one inquiry at this time, and it was related to the timing of when registration returns,” Berry said.

As far as the nature of the complaints

overall, Berry described them as criticisms that can be expected from students registering for classes at any university.

“Generally, the concerns are the same – system technology constraints, availability of courses at popular times and students wishing to over-enroll into closed courses,” Berry said. “These are very typical inquiries across higher education.”

Freshman psychology major Luz Avila has pinpointed a specific feature of Self Service that needs to be fixed.

“The waitlist button doesn’t work,” Avila said. “I’d appreciate (if they would fix it) because it would make everything easier.”

To combat this issue, Avila sought assistance from her advisor.

“For the most part, I just emailed my advisor and asked ‘What should I do?,” and (my advisor) just said to look up more classes or just wait it out because somebody else might drop (the class),” Avila said.

Assistant professor of journalism Ben Bogardus who is also an advisor, has received

emails from students stressing over registration in the past.

“I tend to get two or three panicked emails each semester, mainly from freshmen or sophomores who pick last and get closed out of classes they’d like to take,” Bogardus said.

Much like Avila, Okang was able to work her way around any registration troubles she has faced.

“I just emailed the dean or the head of (the department), and they put me in (the class I wanted),” Okang said.

However, while Brighton searched for other classes after not being able to get into certain ones she wanted, she ultimately had to take what was available to her.

“I would just keep on going through and looking at different classes,” Brighton said.

“However, I had to get a professor that I didn’t want.”

While the process proved to be frustrating, Brighton was able to become more acclimated to using the site.

“I think (Self Service) is easy to use, but it is kind of confusing with how it’s set up,” Brighton said. “It definitely just takes a little practice once you sit down and start to play around with it, but it is nice to see all of your classes right there (on the webpage).”

Bogardus feels that students should not panic if they do not get into a class they want to take now, specifically if they are currently freshmen or sophomores.

“Freshmen and sophomores often get frustrated when an elective, UC or sports studies class they want to take is closed by the time they register,” Bogardus said. “But I remind them they have five or six more semesters to take that class and getting their preferred section gets easier as they become upperclassmen. It’s all about patience and planning ahead.”

Quinnipiac leaves lasting impression through social media University Facebook page gains 10,000 followers within past year

By VICTORIA SIMPRI Associate News Editor

Quinnipiac is the most successful of all of our peer institutions in terms of social media, according to Associate Director of Social Media and Quinnipiac alum Jamie DeLoma.

Compared to our private peers, Quinnipiac has the highest growth rate as well as the highest engagement rate on its social media platforms, such as Facebook, according to DeLoma.

Through the use of its social media channels the university has shifted over the past few years to more of a student emphasis.

DeLoma oversees the university’s social media channels, as well as all of the university’s live communication channels.

As the university grows and expands, DeLoma works to ensure that the story of the university that is told online is an accurate representation of what it means to be a Bobcat.

“The university has several core values, and the way that we’re pontificating and showcasing those is through the involvement of our students,” DeLoma said. “Instead of talking about students’ involvement and the 140-plus student clubs and organizations, we talk about the students who are involved in a handful of those organizations to showcase the strengths of the university through the individuals.”

Every person who passes through Quinnipiac has a story to tell, and it is DeLoma’s job to tell these stories.

“On any given day, I have an idea of what story I want to tell, but I never know how the day

is going to end,” DeLoma said.

Quinnipiac’s Facebook page has grown about 10,000 followers within the past year or 37.4 percent. The average number of daily engaged users has also grown about 179 percent within the past year, according to DeLoma.

“More people are engaging in Quinnipiac than they are in any other school that we are directly competing with, and we’re growing faster,” DeLoma said.

While social media provides direct contact with prospective students, current students and alumni, it is also a risk, according to DeLoma.

“It’s awesome because we are able to authenticate our brand and our narrative through the stories we tell,” DeLoma said. “But, if we lie about (our brand) or we don’t tell the story, we will be called out on it immediately.”

Quinnipiac Class of 2013 alum Anna Brundage worked as a graduate assistant (GA) for social media and marketing on campus.

Since leaving Quinnipiac, Brundage is amazed by how much the university has changed.

While she is no longer a student, Brundage keeps up with the changes happening on campus via the university’s social media platforms.

“Following the social media channels and witnessing the successes of the students and the university is incredibly rewarding as an alumnus,” Brundage said.

In terms of the future of Quinnipiac’s branding, DeLoma believes that the university will be improving and reaching out to students even more.

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During admitted students day, the university posted a photo album on Facebook.

“In the future we are going to be expanding to offer more news and information to the individual schools on a customized level,” DeLoma said. “We’re having conversations about having more feeds directly to the students from across the university. So when you’re just walking through the hallway you’ll be able to see what’s happening now.”

As the university continues to go through changes with its brand and its use of social media, they continue to stay connected with pro-

spective students, current students and alumni while leaving a lasting impression.

“It’s bittersweet knowing that the next time I see campus, it won’t be the same,” Brundage said. “I think that, more than anything, reminds me that time is passing from when I was a student. Some of places my friends and I studied and hung out, aren’t there anymore, but it’s also a nice sentiment, thinking that other students will have their owning meaningful experiences in those places.”

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South Asian Society to host Bollywood Fest The South Asian Society will be inviting students to join them in the annual Bollywood Fest, which is open to the public. Students can celebrate South Asian culture with music, food, henna tattoos and a fashion show. The event will take place in the Carl Hansen Student Center Piazza and will begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 8.

Students to perform in Quinnipiac’s Got Talent The fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi will be hosting Quinnipiac’s Got Talent, a event where students can show off their talents to an audience. There is a $3 entrance fee to watch the show and a $5 fee to participate in the event. The event will be in Buckman Theater on Tuesday, April 11 at 8 p.m.

Brittany Piper to address sexual assault The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life will be hosting an event featuring Brittany Piper, who will shed light on a dark time in her life. Through her personal story and a healthy dialogue about rape, Piper will offer students a picture of the realities of rape culture. The event will take place in SC225 on Wednesday, April 12 at 9:15 p.m.

Dr. Pamela Stone to teach about the female body The Society for Anthropological Research is hosting a lecture delivered by Dr. Pamela Stone. Stone is a director of the FPR-HC Culture, Brain and Development Program at Hampshire College. Stone plans to share her knowledge about the reproductive female body and her anthropological discoveries.

This event will also engage in thoughts about women’s rights in public health.

The event will take place in SC119 on Wednesday, April 12 at 2:30 p.m.

WQAQ to host Spring Fest The student-run radio station, WQAQ 98.1, will be having its annual Spring Fest concert. This event will be open to the student body and the public, where students gain free entry with a QCard. The concert will be featuring several artists including Alex G, Pinegrove, Crying and Half Waif. The concert will take place in the Burt Kahn Court on Saturday, April 8 at 6 p.m.

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By JESSICA RUDERMAN Staff Writer

Residential Life will be adding two new Living Learning Communities (LLCs) to campus in the fall semester of 2017 according to the director of residential life, Mark DeVilbiss. The Creative Artists and Social Injustice LLCs will be located in the Commons Residence Hall. In addition, the preexisting Global LLC will be relocated from Sahlin Hall to Commons as well.

Totaling at eight LLCs, the freshman class of 2021 will have a variety of different options for rooming. Besides the Global LLC, Quinnipiac is already home to the LiveWell, Communications 3+1, Business 3+1, Honors and Nursing LLCs. Students that opt into the Global, Social Injustice and Creative Artists will be housed in a specific area of Commons and will share similar classes.

“We arrived at these specific themes and topics based on interests from students and interests from faculty members,” DeVilbiss said.

“We’ve had good success with our six Living Learning Communities so we wanted to enhance the program.”

The new options will be offered to freshmen during the housing process.

Although programs such as the 3+1 housing require a specific major and track to be considered for the cohort, the new communities will accept a diverse group of majors that maintain similar interest in a topic.

“The Creative Artists (LLC) is for students who are in creative or performing arts, game design, anything with like a graphic design, while the Social Injustice LLC has to do with domestic issues such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion, ability, citizenship, political ideology and other identities,” DeVilbiss said. “It’s not limited; it’s a wide variety of majors.”

Alicia Leo, freshman 3+1 com-

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Commons residence hall to receive three new Living Learning Communities.

munications major, is currently living in her respective cohort in the Dana residence hall.

“I decided to do cohort housing because I wanted to be surrounded by people that had the same coursework as me,” Leo said. “I was nervous about going into the 3+1 in the first place, taking an extra class every semester, and I was scared I was going to be surrounded by people who were loud all the time and didn’t really get that I had coursework to do.”

After almost a full year of living with people in the same program, Leo expressed how happy she was with her decision.

“I feel like people could benefit from it, I feel like it’s a good opportunity to make friends with people who have the same interests as them,” she said. “I would absolutely recommend cohort housing.”

Specialized residential assistants (RAs) have also been chosen for each of these LLCs.

“We think that the RAs will really enhance the program,” DeVilbiss said.

“That combination of factors altogether we think will really make for a good experience for students.”

Currently all LLCs are available for freshmen only, but research has been put into extending these housing options to sophomores and upperclassmen in the future.

“There’s a lot of research on the impact of Living Learning Communities on student experience across the nation at colleges in general and they are positively associated with student satisfaction, student persistence with enhanced academic performance,” DeVilbiss said. “So far we haven’t enacted (sophomore LLCs), but it’s definitely something we’re considering for the future.”

Rebecca Gotthelf, freshman physician assistant major, currently lives in the Commons residence hall. Although the LLCs will only take up a part of Commons, it will have an ef-

fect on what has since been the home to a majority of the freshman class.

“I chose commons because I liked the rooms and thought it would be the easiest way to meet new people,” Gotthelf said. “I think adding LLCs will affect the social environment, but I don’t think it will affect the experience students like myself would have making friends.”

The Global, Social Injustice and Creative Artists communities will be available for the first time to the freshmen class of 2021. There is a limited set of beds available for each cohort, so it is suggested that those who are genuinely considering it to express interest as soon as the application opens.

“I would just encourage all first year students to consider it and imagine what it would be like to live in a community with people who have the same interests or shared major,” DeVilbiss said. “It would help to build a sense of unity and connection to QU.”

Munshi: ‘A student leader needs to be open to the student body’ SGA from cover experience and Jacqueline Schmedel for vice president of SGA. Youssef spoke to the importance of diversity at Quinnipiac, and Schmedel wanted to emphasize the importance of initiatives from SGA, and demanding more openness about where tuition money goes.

For the presidential debate, the two candidates were junior Ali Munshi and junior Ryan Lynch. Both candidates are currently on the e-board of SGA, with Lynch as vice president for public relations, and Munshi as vice president for student experience.

Even with the election and campaigning going on, the two describe each other as being close friends, sharing an office in the SGA suite and sitting next to each other in the audience before it was their turn to debate.

During the debate itself, Lynch brought up the point that there is a lot of change happening with Quinnipiac, and that the SGA needs to follow suit, by restoring traits that it has been lacking recently .

“Adapt to increasing population and diverse opinions, focus on representing the student body as a whole, and lead this student body by example, so the Student Government Association, and all the future leaders on

campus can thrive,” he said Munshi made his case talking about representing student voices in the presence of the administration, bringing up issues like the rising cost of tuition and the school’s remodeling plans “My entire campaign is about your voice, your thoughts, your concerns, and how we can address that to the administration. For far too long, our administration has not been held accountable for what they’re saying they’re going to do, and the things that they’re actually doing,” Sophomore Megan Kelleher feels that Munshi can rise to the challenge.

“There’s gonna be a lot of big changes in Quinnipiac and. we’ve got lots of big problems… and I think Ali Munshi killed it in this debate, and I think our University would be lucky to have him as a student body president next year,” she said Junior Micah Cutler, who supports Lynch, feels that he cares about the presence of SGA. “[Lynch] is very dedicated to the job. He has some great ideas to get SGA more active in the school community, and he’s all about it,” Both Munshi and Lynch are hopeful that they’ll get the office. However, one will win, and one will lose. Lynch says that one of them may be upset in the moment, but they are still friends.

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Student body president candidate Ryan Lynch speaks at SGA debate on Monday night.

“We both know that at the end of the day, we’re going to support each other, and I know that [Munshi] would be very proud of me if I was representing the student body as the student body president, and I know I would also be very proud to say that Ali Munshi is our student body president,” he said.

Munshi also has a similar sentiment in the event that he loses to Lynch.

“I’ll walk in with a smile on my face, congratulate my opponent, and

let him know it was a job well done.

He fought a hard campaign, I fought a hard campaign, and I look forward to working under his leadership for the next year, and I’m gonna do anything I can to better the student body,” he said.

No matter who ends up winning, Iasso says it’s important for students to vote so their voice can be heard.

“It’s so easy. It just takes five seconds. Whether you’re voting for me or not, please vote,” he said.

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The pathway to more success Failure is important in becoming who you’re meant to be ning, that I had failed to obtain. It felt as though they were Full disclosure, I have no idea what I’m doing.

This pertains to everything I’ve ever done. In high all on the third step of the waltz, while I was just learnschool, I lived by the motto, “It’ll work itself out,” which ing what a waltz even was. I could hear “Les Miserables” was basically a way for me to justify my catastrophically Marius Pontmercy singing the lyric in the background of my chronic procrastination. But at that point in my life, every- life, “I’m doing everything all wrong.”

So, I decided to audition for a dance thing, for the most part, did work itself out. team on campus, because I had always This was probably due to the congregation regretted not joining the team in my high of people holding me up and supporting me. school. At the first audition, they made it Unfortunately, for young, foolish me, when VICTORIA SIMPRI Associate News Editor clear that they were only looking to add a I got to college I learned fast and hard that handful of people to their team. Regardeverything was not as easy as the daydream less, I tried my best. that was high school.

I didn’t make it onto their team.

Up until college, I had sort of been The second audition went a little better, moonwalking my way through life, always having an understanding of what the next step was and re- so I thought. I waited eagerly to see if I would get a callback. I didn’t, and at some point after that, I sort of just stopped trying. peating that step over and over until it looked good.

When I retreated home for the summer after my first I took all of the required courses in high school and even threw in a few AP classes to show my parents that I was as year at Quinnipiac, I found myself reading a letter that I had smart as my siblings and to give them some bragging rights written to myself during my senior year of high school. The (you’re welcome). English was my favorite subject, and I school had mailed the letters out promptly at the end of our always had a knack for writing but knew as a first generation freshman year.

I felt discouraged reading the note I had written myself. I Ghanaian American I would bring nothing but dishonor if I wrote with such high hopes for my future. I expected myself chose to pursue a writing career when I went to university.

Realizing that my moonwalking lifestyle would not work to maintain my GPA and be a leader at the school I chose to in college, I began a more precise waltz, carefully moving attend. I had hoped that I would not let my fear of failure and with all the blows that were thrown my way freshman year. self doubt get in the way of my success. Looking back at my I entered Quinnipiac as a business undeclared major. This first year, I could see that I was still moonwalking my way wasn’t even my idea. My uncle, who majored in mechanical through life. I had not done anything noteworthy enough to engineering, suggested that I would do well in the business make my younger self proud. That was the biggest wake up field and reassured me that the economy would make a turn call of all. I had failed myself.

Everyone defines failure differently. For me, it was the for the better after the damage of the 2008-09 recession.

So I entered the School of Business, but I had no idea sinking feeling I had when I realized I had basically wasted what I wanted to do with business. To be honest, I’m not sure my first year at college. It was seeing the look on my parI knew exactly what “business” was, and to this day, I’m not ents’ faces and the disappointed tone in their voices when my grades weren’t what they expected. It was knowing that really sure (please refer back to the very first sentence).

In my first class of freshman year, it seemed as though I had not provided them with the bragging rights that I had all my peers had a leg up on me. It was as if everyone had once given them.

I realized that I had to stop dancing my way through life acquired some source of knowledge, prior to classes begin-

and plant my feet firmly to reality.

Sophomore year, I made the best decision of my life and joined The Chronicle (shameless plug). Now, as a finance major, I had no idea what Associated Press (AP) style was and had never taken a journalism class in my life, and I still haven’t. All I knew was that I liked to write, and we all know that saying: “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” Very true.

The Chronicle provided me with the foundation that I needed to tie myself to reality. It gave me a sense of responsibility that I had previously lacked.

I became more self aware of the things that I did, not just from joining The Chronicle, but also by surrounding myself with people who were hell-bent on forging a path for themselves.

A few months ago, I found myself in a room waiting to be interviewed for a potential summer internship. I was up against students from schools such as Boston University and Baruch College. I knew that I was supposed to be worried, or anxious, or something, but I wasn’t.

I was aware of my capabilities. I knew of my strengths and weaknesses as a student and as a potential intern. In that moment, I thought back to my freshman year and the overwhelming feelings of failure and disappointment. I took that memory with me into the interview because I knew I was no longer that person.

It was clear that they were only looking to have a handful of students join their summer internship program. Regardless, I tried my best.

I made it into their program.

Failure is not a bad thing. In fact, it is probably the most important part of living. One must learn how not to succumb to their failure, but rather learn and grow from it. Failure is not something to be feared but rather something to equip yourself with.

So, while the pathway to more success may seem dark and endless, I promise, even if you find yourself facing a closed door, you will find the key.

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Put your phone down

It’s far better to listen without distractions JULIA GALLOP Associate Photography Editor @jule_gals

Listening is the best gift anyone can give another person. Whether we are interacting with our friends, family, significant others, professors or bosses, showing that we are indeed listening creates an alliance stronger than we can imagine.

Unfortunately, now it’s all too easy to be tempted to tune someone else out and focus on something else. I’m talking, of course, about all of the electronics we own.

Each and everyone one of us, myself included, is addicted to some kind of electronic device.

For the me, it’s my Mac, while for other people, it’s their phone. We’ve all heard the whole speech of how we have whatever we want at our fingertips, and we’ve gotten so used to that concept that we not only use it to our advantage, but we also put that immediate gratification

over the people around us.

Let’s begin with electronics in class. We all have that one class that we just can’t bring ourselves to pay attention in. Instead, we open our laptops and go on Buzzfeed and take random quizzes, or we watch Tipsy Bartender videos on Facebook to keep ourselves entertained for an hour or so. Many professors allow laptops in class, but they know for a fact that a good portion of their students are not listening to what they’re saying. Some professors don’t care about the students who tune out the lecture, because it won’t be the professor’s fault when they don’t understand the material or fail the upcoming test.

Imagine that you go to graduate school and decide to spend years of your life teaching other people. Professors and teachers spend numerous hours planning their lessons and making class materials, only to be tuned out by many people.

I can’t imagine how painful that must be. The least we could do as students is close our laptops and pay attention to this individual who makes a living out of teaching people.

We all know the feeling of being ignored or tuned out. If you’re like me, you pretend to ig-

nore it or act like it’s not a big deal. To be frank, it hurts. There’s nothing worse than trying to tell someone a story or give exciting news only to be put aside by a cell phone. Clearly, that text or game is more important than your presence.

“The fact that we waste more time texting and playing games than we do kissing our romantic partners is actually sickening.”

–JULIA GALLOP ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Then there’s the statement that some people claim: the ability to multitask. Please, just stop.

There have been numerous studies that have proven that multitasking isn’t possible, but serial tasking is. Serial tasking is when you shift from one task to another, without doing both tasks at once. For example, if you’re listening to music

and studying, your brain is definitely not focusing on both at the same time: it’s switching between one and the other.

The pain of social rejection lasts far longer than we might realize. Professor Kipling Williams of Purdue University and Naomi Eisenberger of University of California, Los Angeles both found that experiencing social rejection is the equivalent of physical pain. And just like physical pain, the pain of social rejection can last a stupidly long time.

We spend 23 full days of each year on our phones. We spend two weeks of our entire lives kissing our significant others. A third of an average young adult’s life is spent on their cell phone. The fact that we waste more time texting and playing games than we do kissing our romantic partners is actually sickening. Will we change this as long as we possess mobile devices or other electronics? Probably not. It’s just something we should keep in mind. Pay attention to the people who want you around, the people who want to teach you, or the people who are desperately trying to show you that they care about you.

There’s no need for any more pain.

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T h e C h r o n i c l e ’s E d i t o r - i n - C h i e f, S a r a h D o i r o n , s a t d o w n w i t h Q u i n n i p i a c P r e s i d e n t Jo h n L a h e y to discuss the future of the univ ersity and e v ents that occur red throughout this academic year Ho w has the univ ersity dealt with population growth on-campus?

We actually are not growing. I don’t consider 1.4 percent a lot of growth, so the goal we had set for ourselves is to get to roughly 7,000 full-time undergraduates and 3,000 graduates, and we are almost there. I would say that we probably will be there this fall. We bring in our desired class of 1,900 freshmen and 200 transfer students, and we have been almost exactly that number for the last two years. I don’t think we will see much growth at the undergraduate level, but we do want to see growth at the graduate level.

What is the update on the new dor mitory o n Yo r k H i l l ?

If we get it approved, then next year we will construct that, and the timing of that depends more on Planning and Zoning, but since relations with the town are in much better shape than they have been in the past, I’m more confident that will be approved. It’ll be a senior design with private rooms and air conditioning, but it will also accommodate fraternities and sororities. There will be very large areas where they will be able to meet. We hope to work with fraternities and sororities to designate some of the apartments to be fraternity and sorority apartments. It wouldn’t be anything like fraternity or sorority houses, but it could be a focal point for them.

W hat i s t he u n i v e rsi t y do i n g t o al l e v i at e stresse s fo r st u de nt s t r y i n g t o l i v e o n -campus?

Last year, we didn’t assign enough sophomores to the York Hill campus, and I think that created more overcrowding on (the Mount Carmel) campus.

Clearly, the plan is to not have any tripling or having any students living in lounges or anything that we consider unacceptable housing. I would expect this will not take place this coming fall.

This is requiring more sophomores than desired to live on the York Hill campus, but I think that is

a consequence of the number of students and the demand that’s out there. We will be appropriately housing without overcrowding next year, and I think the real challenge will be getting this new dormitory up because if that were not to happen in time, then we would be forcing students to live off campus or inappropriately house them.

We also committed to some housing up in North Haven, and we are open to adding more to that and the whole complex so those are also available to undergraduates.

Will this attract more students to the idea of living on-campus?

I think that depends on the quality of housing we are giving. Eastview is a senior housing option that is over-subscribed, so the building we are designing is going to be of the same type. We think it is very attractive. Freshman and sophomores are used to living in dormitory housing, so the housing we have for them is okay, but when you get to be juniors and seniors, students seem to want more amenities and more privacy. I think as long as we design the appropriate housing and price it competitively, I think more students will live on-campus.

What is the update with construction on the athletic fields?

I am very confident that these fields will be ready so we can play on them and use them in September. It’s a big project, but it’s been a mild winter, so really it has pretty much stayed on schedule.

What is the update on changing the dining services at Quinnipiac?

There will be renovations over the summer. Once completed, this will be a very significant change across all three campuses. There will be changes on the North Haven campus to make it more attractive, and the changes on the Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses will be even more radical. We have

had a lot of student input on this, so we are pretty confident in the students and what they would like, and this will be a much more attractive than in the past. It relates to the servery and the types of food and when it’s served, so it’s a very substantial change than what we are doing currently. It is still with Chartwells, and they are excited about it as well and are contributing some money towards it because they think it will also be more attractive and generate more revenues for them.

What will come of the property along W hitney Avenue?

We want to have it be an attractive green space.

We don’t have plans to put any buildings there right now. We think long term it would be nice to have an attractive inn located near campus, but right now we are just going to beautify the area. We plan to fill in the corner of Whitney Avenue and Mount Carmel Avenue with a big sign welcoming people to Quinnipiac because we own that land and that is much more of the welcoming area when people come to visit. We would also like to build sidewalks, especially to connect all of our offices along the street. We are going to have the two historic houses tied into the landscape as well. We are going to also tie that in with some parking to people can visit those houses. It is one thing to say we have a historic house, but it’s another to have people visit this house. We want to tie that whole area into the Quinnipiac campus and make it more attractive.

W hat do yo u t hi nk o f t he c o m m uni t y ’s respo nse t o t he ne w l o go and t he ne w w ebsi t e?

I think it was generally positive. Obviously, people were not happy with the lowercase “u,” and we actually changed that in result of that. That is the area I heard most about, and I think in general it has been pretty well-received. The mark with the lowercase “u” turned out to be pretty visible because it was on a lot of things across campus.

April 5, 2017 But it became a distraction from what we are trying to accomplish. We wanted to use the word Quinnipiac by itself and that is why the “u” was initially deemphasized. What got a lot of attention was the lowercase “u,” and I’m glad the students provided pressure and were very helpful in moving that along. But I would say that that was less than 5 percent of what we have been doing by upgrading our website and our branding. Overall, I am very pleased, but you never bat 1,000, so I think we batted about 900 and what where we fell short we quickly made a change.

R e g a rd i n g t h e S n a p ch a t p h o t o i n c i d e n t t h a t o c c u r re d e a rl i e r t h i s a c a d e m i c ye a r, d o yo u t h i n k t h e u n i v e rs i t y h a n d l e d i t c o r re c t l y ?

All of these situations are very complicated. On one hand, we have legal and moral obligations to protect the privacy of individuals, and if we are investigating something that may be wrong, it has to be done in a confidential way so innocent people are protected, and if there are guilty people, they are identified and appropriately dealt with. Given all the complexities, I think we handled it as best as it could have been handled. While we don’t always do things perfectly at Quinnipiac, we certainly strive to do them right, and I think Mark Thompson handled it very well.

W hat do you think about all of the peaceful protests that have occur red this academic year?

It may be a very good sign. I think young people between the ages of 18 and 22 should be very idealistic and should be more politically engaged than they have been. (The protests) obviously have to be peaceful, you have to respect other people and you can’t destroy property, but what else is college but the free expression of ideas and debates and peaceful protest? It should be a part of our culture, and I have felt for the last 20 years or so campuses have been too quiet and students have disengaged from things.

How do you interact with students on a daily basis?

My most extensive interaction with students used to be when I was teaching. I used to teach a philosophy class here, but I stopped doing it about four years ago because we added some more philosophers and I felt like I was taking classes away from them. I sort of regret it because it gave me a substantive connection with students that my normal activities don’t. Certainly as we have grown, it has been more difficult for me to have as many interactions with students. This generation loves to take pictures, and I will say I make a special effort to allow it. At hockey games after the first period, I leave the University Club and walk down to the student section and take photos with students and talk to them. I do go to a lot of student events and it varies depending on my schedule, but the selfies get the most attention because this generation loves to take photos and I am happy to do it. It is important, particularly for the president, that you have a good sense of where the student body is, and I will say I personally feel closer to the students than a lot of my colleagues are. It’s critical, because if you are too far removed and don’t interact with the students, then you will make bad decisions and you won’t make decisions that are in the best interest of the students.

W h a t i s t h e s t a t u s o f cl u b s p o r t s a n d w h e n w i l l t h e y b e r e c o g n i z e d b y t h e u n i v e rs i t y ?

We have not finalized the dealings with the Title IX consent decree. The fields were a major piece of that, the only remaining item on the list we agreed to do is to have a rec center of sorts with a regulation-sized track. The track we have currently is not designed for collegiate indoor or outdoor track, so we have been using the track down at Yale. We have plans to put a rec center on York Hill that will be a track with a big lawn around it and have some artificial turf in the middle for intramurals. It will probably be another year or two before that happens because it has to be approved by the town and built. Once that’s completed, we are very supportive of club sports on-campus.

Currently, (Director of Athletics and Recreation) Greg Amodio is looking at all our club sports that

The Quinnipiac Chronicle we do have and the things we might add, so the planning is going on already so when we do get from under the consent decree, we can move pretty quickly in terms of approving club sports and allowing it to flourish as they do at other universities.

W h y d i d y o u n o t a t t e n d t h e Wo m e n’ s R u g by Pe p R a l l y ?

It wasn’t any intentional slight. It is tough. We have 21 sports, and I go to as many sporting events as my schedule allows, and I get criticized for going to a lot of basketball and hockey games, but that is because I am usually fundraising there. I think it should give students a sense that I do as much as I can and I don’t have favorites when it comes to any sports teams. But that letter I sent out about the men’s ice hockey team, I just thought it was extraordinary for two years out of a fouryear time period for them to get us that kind of exposure on a national stage, in the same away the women’s basketball team did, was extraordinary.

They didn’t win, but the exposure they got us was unbelievable. (As for) the rugby team, I was very proud of them that they won. I included in a letter to the Board of Trustees and subsequently said it to the entire university community that they won the national championship. You can’t satisfy everyone, and if I were to go to all 21 sports teams’ games, I wouldn’t have time to do anything else. It is unfortunate that this team felt slighted, but I certainly didn’t intend any slight.

What is the update on the creation of an equestrian center?

We haven’t done anything with that. Again, that is tied up with Title IX. The reason that came up is because we own the property on Mount Carmel Avenue. People are still living there, the Papa family, and they can live there for another five years at least, and if we needed the property, we could give them 12 months notice but we don’t have any immediate plans. We also purchased the adjacent piece of land which happened to have a horse stable and they had horses there. Certainly there is a possibility, we have no hard and fast plans for that property. But in the area of athletics or as a club or recreational or intercollegiate, it would be a terrific place for (an equestrian center). It could also be a place for student retreats or activities.

We could turn it into a number of things that could enhance the quality of life for our students here, but we are not going to do anything specifically in the athletics area until Title IX is settled, and we wouldn’t do much until the Papa family leaves.

W hat are your strate gies to raise the endowment to $1 billion by 2029?

Our endowment today is roughly $440 million so we have to raise that by just under $600 million.

Our plan is to raise $150 million through new gifts that we receive, and our priority for the next 10 years is just to raise money for the endowment.

We are looking for support for endowed faculty chairs, so we can add some great new faculty or keep some of the great faculty we have and for student scholarships. I am confident that we will get to roughly $600 million from fundraising.

The plan will be that the endowment under the direction of the Board Investment Committee will raise another $200 million over the next 10 years, and the balance we hope to be able to generate through the budget process and add it to the endowment. It’s those three areas that will help us get to $1 billion.

Do you have any plans to retire soon?

I just finished my 30th year on March 29. I wouldn’t say “soon,” but I have plans. I don’t think anyone would accuse me of not planning.

I have been planning the future of Quinnipiac all these years, and I’ve also been planning my own life. I am also working with my senior staff on the transition plan, which includes the significant retirements that have happened with the past few years. I am putting in place key people who can be around and hopefully provide leadership for several decades. I won’t be here in 10 years and probably won’t be here in five years, but I have a plan in mind to complete some of the things I have been working on for many years.

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LA HEY

W hat is your best memor y at Quinnipiac?

The things I appreciate the most are the people who have made Quinnipiac a great institution.

Often students walk around campus and go to Buckman and Lender, Bernhard, Netter, Echlin. And I don’t know what students think, but for me those are all people. Individuals who could’ve done anything with their money or time or associations, but instead attached their name and were generous and lended their support.

W hat is your favorite vacation spot?

Palm Beach, where I actually have a home.

Judy (Lahey) and I enjoy Florida very much; she probably enjoys it more than I do. We lived Miami when we were young for 15 years after we got married.

I did my Ph.D. there, and we just fell in love with the beach and the weather and the lifestyle. My favorite cities are New York, Paris, all the cities of Ireland and Istanbul. I like spending time there. Judy doesn’t like city life as much as I do, but Florida is an area that we both really enjoy.

Do you have any pets?

No. We used to have dogs, though. Our dog Bogey, a Shih Tzu, died four years ago, we have his ashes up on our bookcase. I think my wife loved Bogey more than me. We had him for 15 years, but before that, Judy used to breed West Highland Terriers. So, we had West Highland Terriers for probably the first 20 years of our marriage.

(Judy and I) have been married for 47 years.”

W hat is your favorite late night snack?

Someone asked me not too long ago, “What is your greatest accomplishment at Quinnipiac?” and it’s funny because I’m actually almost to the pound the same weight as I was when I first came here. I don’t have a lot of late night snacks, and I don’t eat sweets. I haven’t had a hotdog or hamburger in about 20 years.

W hat is your favorite alcoholic beverage?

I would say Midleton Irish Whiskey. I’ve visited the distillery in Ireland.

W hat is your favorite restaurant near Quinnipiac?

Luce. But Blessings To Go is my favorite take out place.

H a v e y o u e v e r b e e n t o To a d ’ s P l a c e ?

Yes. I went a few years ago during Senior Week because the students invited me. The place is packed, and it’s not that impressive of a place, so I’m assuming it’s the crowd that makes it attractive. It was a huge crowd of Quinnipiac seniors, so I got to hang out and talk with everyone, but that was it.

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dress it up

• Vintage: Try to incorporate vintage t-shirts into your wardrobe. These shirts can be dressed up or down and worn in a multitude of ways.

• Tearing it up: Rips are back and bigger than ever. Take some scissors to your favorite shirt and add some rips for an edgy vibe or rip some old jeans into a new pair of shorts.

• Classic kicks: Adidas and Vans have been launching fresh sneakers for both men and women this season. These casual shoes are perfect for keeping up with the trends while walking to class.

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• 13 Reasons Why- Although the topic about this series is heavy, it’s a great show and will keep you engaged at all times as the mystery unravels.

• 6 Years- This isn’t your classic young adult romance movie- it really shows the challenges two people who love each other can go through and it’s a refreshing take on romance movies.

• Bridesmaids: An oldie but it will always be a goodie.

Take a bite • Eat colorful fruits and veggies: they are packed with more nourishing vitamins for your skin.

• Snack on Protein: Nuts and dark green veggies make great snacks during meal breaks and their added protein will help keep you full unlike other processed snacks.

• Dark Chocolate: Dark chocolate has natural health benefits and is low in calories. A piece or two before bed is a perfect alternative to ice cream or cookies and can help reduce how much sugar and artificial sweeteners you eat.

As the seasons shift from ice-cold flurries to sunny days full of light breezes, attitudes on campus transition with the weather. As the days get longer and warmer, take advantage of all that spring has to offer this semester with these easy tips and ideas to promote a healthier, livelier and stress-free college lifestyle. -Charlotte Gardner

Make a playlist Nothing works better when boosting your mood than finding fresh and upbeat songs. Craft a playlist of your ride or die favorite songs and even some new ones you like to play on a sunny day.

A great spring song suggestion is “No Promises”

by Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato. Head to Spotify to create your own playlists and check of “Fresh Finds” for more cool songs.

Redecorate New decor for your room can really change the atmosphere of the living space and disconnect it from those cold winter days. Try adding brighter colors and more light throughout your room. To really get the spring theme, try making some paper flowers out of tissue paper and sticking them to your walls to create a colorful burst of foliage.

Visit websites like society6.com to find new additions for your dorm room.

Be productive No more hibernating on all of your to-do list items. Get on top of your assignments and housekeeping and just knock those chores off your list as fast as you can and leave slacking back with last semester. If you are in desperate need of some coffee to help you stay focused, check out Common Grounds for a great drink to help you through those long assignments.

Search through the bookstore for a cute planner to keep track of your deadlines.

seasonal trends Grab the latest copy of Vogue or Seventeen, plop down in the Quad and get to work looking at the latest trends fashion has to offer. Cropped vintage shirts, corsets and rocker jeans are coming for spring with a vengeance, and you shouldn’t be afraid to try these daring outfits.

Read the online version of magazines such as Seventeen to stay up to date with trends.

Stay in the sun Speaking of sunny days, make sure to get some fresh air especially during this transitional weather period that makes those days hard to come by. Sunshine can benefit your health and being outside means less screen time and more connection with the world. A good book to bring with you while you’re lying in the sun or out for a hike is “All The Bright Places” by Jennifer Niven. Try finding a portable hammock to use while you sit and read

change things up Although it seems daunting, changing your routine can add the perfect amount of spontaneity to your day. Take a shower at a different time, switch it up at the cafe or go to the gym in the morning instead of at night. If you’re staying on campus Easter weekend, go on the free Six FLags trip being offered.

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SERIES REVIEW

The CW series ‘Riverdale’ impresses, as it is signed on for a second season after only six episodes

By KRISTEN RIELLO Creative Director

There’s a point in every pilot episode when hopeful viewers either get hooked or shut the television off. The verdict on "Riverdale, The CW’s new show? After just six episodes into the first season, the show was already renewed for a second season. That can tell you all you need to know.

So what makes this show binge-worthy? What makes it different from every other show out there? It’s based on the classic 1940s Americana comic, “Archie.” You remember: the goofy redheaded football star, his sarcastic, outcast friend Jughead Jones, the singing group Josie and the Pussycats and best friend duo Betty and Veronica, all set in the town of Riverdale.

But the one thing “Riverdale” has that the wholesome “Archie” comics didn’t? Murder.

In the opening of the series, it is revealed that on July 4, Cheryl Blossom’s twin brother Jason drowned after falling overboard on a boat. We find out later in the episode that there’s more to Jason’s death than just an “accidental” drowning.

Meanwhile, Archie spent his summer earning six-pack-abs by working construction with his father, writing songs on his guitar and having a steamy affair with his music teacher, Ms. Grundy. The affair isn’t even the darkest secret that the pair is keeping. And to those of you who remember Ms. Grundy from the comics: no, she is not an old, gray-haired woman.

“Riverdale” has revamped her to be a young, sultry and smart brunette.

In the present, Betty Cooper is convinced by her gay best friend, Kevin Keller, to finally act on her romantic feelings for Archie. She’s interrupted while trying to leave the friend-zone by the arrival of the rich and beautiful town-newbie, Veronica Lodge, who moves to the town after her father is sent to jail for embezzlement.

While most of the cast are newcomers or vaguely familiar faces, one cast member sticks out: Cole Sprouse who plays the brooding outsider, Jughead Jones. After Disney’s “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” the Sprouse twins went off to college and put their acting careers on hold. Cole Sprouse’s sanstwin debut back into the spotlight is edgy and unforgettable, sporting darker locks with an angst-filled twist on the classic character. The show is narrated by Sprouse’s character through the manuscript Jughead is writing about Jason’s murder and the key events that relate to it. Not only does Sprouse’s performance shine, but in the fourth episode of the series, a major plot twist also gives Jughead Jones a much deeper backstory, pulling you into the world of his character even further.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CW PRESS

Cole Sprouse plays Jughead Jones, an edgy outsider, in the new CW series "Riverdale."

The show also has a mix of representation, showcasing characters that are gay, straight, bisexual, black, white and Latino. But The CW doesn’t sugarcoat any of this. When Archie wants to help Josie and the Pussycats by writing songs, Josie immediately rejects him and calls him out on his white privilege, explaining that the girls named themselves after the fact that they have to “claw our way into the same rooms that you can just waltz into.”

The series also tackles issues such as homophobic jocks and slut shaming, both addressed by Betty and the school newspaper. One quote perfectly sums up the way most of the characters in “Riverdale” feel: “Can’t we, in this post-James Franco world, be all things at once?”

The show’s specific aesthetic has brought a dark twist on the classic “Archie” bubblegum, high school look. Bringing in pops of neon color with an almost theater-like set, there’s a

definitive tone the show brings which sets a mood to perfectly pair with the content of the series. The warping of the allAmerican comic is dark and slightly haunting, with nods to “Twin Peaks” through wide shots of the Riverdale welcome sign and a quirky dark humor to not only the script but also the set.

“Riverdale” is a multifaceted, creative twist on the classic comics, packed with mystery, sex, humor, cliffhangers, diversity and in-depth story lines, and we’ve only just begun.

The show is definitely certified binge-worthy, earning an 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The pilot can be found on The CW’s website so you can see for yourself. Otherwise, catch it Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on The CW.

How's my housing?

245 Quinnipiac students showed how they really feel when it comes to the university's housing selection process in a survey conducted

by The Chronicle. -Kristina Mendoza-Cabrera An overwhelming majority prefer living on Main Campus to living on York Hill or off campus

Less than 10 percent of students polled do not have a set room and will be randomly placed for next semester

Over three quarters of students plan to live on campus next semester as opposed to off campus

In a close margin of only about 10 percent, the majority of students will not be living with their current roommates again

Only about 20 percent of students were satisfied with their housing number

Nearly three quarters of students found the housing selection process to be stressful

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STITCH IT FORWARD

A new club centered around an old pastime and charitable work comes to campus

By ADRIANNA LOVEGROVE Contributing Writer

Quinnipiac will welcome “Stitch It Forward,” a new knitting and crocheting club founded by Jaclyn Munsinger and Devin Shields-Auble.

Munsinger, a freshman occupational therapy major from Long Island, New York, along with her vice president, ShieldsAuble, a business-management freshman from Yarmouth, Maine, think it will be fun to teach students how to knit and crochet.

Shields-Auble attributes the idea all to Munsinger.

“I think the credit should go to Jaclyn. She was really the one who came up with it and motivated the start,” Shields-Auble said.

The idea came to Munsinger after coming up with a plan where students could knit individual squares and sew them together to create blankets for chemotherapy patients. The Long Island native hopes to continue this charitable trend in her club going forward.

“We hope to have service projects where we can make items for organizations in need. We have ideas like making baby hats for the hospitals. Or making plastic mats for the homeless,” said Munsinger.

Munsinger is confident that students will be excited to join the new club. She has been working incredibly hard to kickstart the new school organization with the help and support from her friends and staff.

“I got my friends together who know how to either knit or crochet. I bought a box ton of yarn back with me from spring break so we (can) teach people how to crochet or knit,” Munsinger said. “We’ve got an enthusiastic advisor (Stefan Znosko) who’s ready to learn. All the paperwork is in, and of course, I already have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to (the) club that’s filled with patterns and ideas.”

Munsinger's passion for crocheting started at a very young age. She even taught herself how to crochet in fifth grade by watching tutorials on YouTube.

“I‘ve been a grandma from a very young age. I wanted to learn, so I took a class to get started. After that I learned through watching YouTube videos,” she said.

As for Shields-Auble, his mother introduced him to the art of knitting at a very young age.

“When I was younger and I lived in New Hampshire, my mother was constantly involving me in her knitting projects and I probably started, on my own projects, somewhere around the age of six or seven,” he said.

Shields-Auble uses knitting as a way to escape and find time for himself.

“I see knitting as a way to get away from screens and constant mental and visual stimulation. Obviously, you need to pay attention while you knit, but it is very relaxing and a good release,” he said.

Munsinger has done a lot of research on whether yarncrafting can benefit students’ mental and emotional health.

“From researching, knitting and crocheting relieve depression, crafting reduces anxiety, projects build self-esteem and yarn-crafting builds community,” she said.

In a Lion Brand Yarn Company article that Munsinger read, it notes that knitting and crocheting brings the mind to a calmer space which could help students cope with anxiety through the repetitive motions and the need to keep the focus.

Students with little to no knowledge of how to knit or crochet are more than welcome to join.

“Anyone can join. I’m sure we will get people to join who are much much more experienced than myself, but I also know there will be people who have zero knowledge. As for them, we can teach them,” Shields-Auble said.

The duo hopes to bring people together through this fun and creative craft.

“We plan on teaching people how to knit and/or crochet.

People will be able to connect with others who have the same interest as them,” Munsinger said. “I can’t think of a better activity (than) crafting and helping people.”

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Jaclyn Munsinger and Devin Shields-Auble are the founders of the new club on campus “Stitch it Forward.”

Becoming Bobcats y e l p Ep MAJOR Elementary Education HOMETOWN Darien, Connecticut

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This past weekend at Admitted Students Day, the newest potential Bobcats had a chance to share their voices. The nervous and slightly awkward students answered the question, "What are you most excited about for coming to school at Quinnipiac?" −Samantha Bashaw

arich B n da MAJOR Health Science Studies HOMETOWN Boston, Massachusetts

“I’m actually very nervous, but I’m excited to become independent because I’m close to (my mom) and to meet new friends. I love (Quinnipiac).

It was the first school I ever thought about, and I want to come here.”

“Definitely (excited) to enjoy the freedom and definitely to meet new people and see what it’s like living far away from home.”

Lindsay McE

Marcus Wrig

HOMETOWN Norwalk, Connecticut “Getting away from (my family), being on my own finally because I’m the baby. I personally love it here. I’m stuck between this and another school right now.”

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MAJOR Communications Undeclared HOMETOWN Boston, Massachusetts “Just living and learning a lot and meeting new people. It’s a different scene than high school. I like the campus and the people here seem nice."

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Which came first: the egg or the… tampon?

Beauty trends are all always up and coming, but have we taken it a little too far? 2017 hasn’t been around that long yet, but some of the weirdest beauty trends have been emerging as of late. -Lindsay Pytel

Beauty Blenders

SCREENSHOT COURTESY OF YOUTUBE

Beauty vlogger Nadi completes a full makeup look using only an egg.

Lips

Appearing in one of popular makeup vlogger Nadi’s (popLuxe) most recent tutorials, a peeled hard-boiled egg is used as a beauty blender. In the beginning of the video he mentions that based on the comments by fans on YouTube, he will use any household item to apply his makeup and decided to begin with the egg. During the video he says, “Oh my gosh, this is actually working really, really well. This kind of feels like a really cold SiliSponge, but it smells like sewage, like eggs, so that’s a turnoff — but it’s actually doing a pretty good job.”

His comment on the smell should have been the first clue to viewers to not adopt this trend.

While we all know what tampons are supposed to be used for, but others are finding alternative routes for their cotton friends. In an Instagram video, Los Angeles beauty blogger Ashley Blue DeFrancesco used a tampon to apply her foundation, according to Cosmopolitan. However, don’t expect this beauty trend to go very far. Because of the cotton material, Cosmopolitan mentioned that the tampon would absorb more makeup than necessary and “…the last thing you need is cotton fibers floating around on your face, tickling it to no avail.” Let’s hope tampons stick to their original job.

Earlier this year, setting up the previous two weird trends with beauty blenders, beauty vloggers began using condoms to blend their foundation, according to Seventeen. But what about the lubrication? Well, according to Seventeen washing it off is a step you cannot miss.

It begs the question, if you have to do all that work, why even bother? Seventeen says, “Apparently you get the best of both worlds: squishy texture that distributes makeup in tough-to-reach spots, without the wasteful absorption of a sponge.” So apparently, it’s more useful than the tampon, but still not an item one should be using on their face.

Freckles

Most people freak out when they color outside of the lines with lipstick and do anything to fix the problem. However, a new beauty trend is suggesting otherwise. In fact people are intentionally making sure that their lipstick is smudged surrounding their lips as well, calling this effect “lollipop lips,” according to the Today Show. Looking like a cross between Ronald McDonald and a vampire after feeding time is blatantly unflattering.

“This, um, unique look originated on the runways of London Fashion Week at the Preen show and has taken off among the Instagram set in the past few weeks,” according to the Today Show. The same article says MAC Cosmetics introduced the trend. The trend makes one look too messy when makeup is used to look put together.

We’ve all heard of tattooing eyeliner or even mascara, but now people are tattooing freckles. It costs $250 to get the once avoided trend on their face permanently, according to Allure. “When they are freshly done, (the freckles) will appear swollen, almost like bee stings… the swelling will go down within a couple hours, and you’ll be left with your cute, fresh freckles. Over the course of one to two months, the color will soften dramatically and look more natural,” a cosmetic tattoo artist Gabrielle Rainbow said in an Allure article.

It seems like a very extreme measure to take to change the way you look. What happens if the freckle trend goes out of style once again and now you’re stuck with freckles on your face? If you really want freckles that badly, stick to making dots with eyeliner.

Who knows what trends people will think up next? All one can hope is that these don’t become the norm.

'IT”’'is NOT CLOWNING AROUND SCREENSHOT COURTESY OF YOUTUBE

By CHARLOTTE GARDNER Staff Writer

After launching a new Instagram account (@itmovieofficial) the day before its official trailer release on March 28, the remake of Stephen King’s “It” is already scaring its way across the web.

The trailer begins with shots of a little boy folding a paper boat with his older brother.

The scene is set in a gloomy light with eerie piano music playing in the background. The two boys embrace for a hug before the little brother sets off to sail his ship in the massive puddles outside during a dark rainstorm.

As the little boy chases his boat down the street the music amplifies as the ominous shot takes a turn for the worst. The little boy loses his boat in a sewer drain and peeks in hoping to retrieve his craft, when suddenly, the audience gets its first glimpse at the revamped Pennywise, the evil clown.

Oh, and remember those scary clowns that were taking the media by storm earlier in the year? What if those clowns weren’t some weird type of gang, but a huge promotional stunt?

What kind of twisted mind would think of creating that type of thing to promote his work? Stephen King, that’s who. Or so fans of the author believe.

As the new movie, “It” began wrapping production, producers of the film had to dispel rumors of the clown sightings being a promotion for the movie.

“New Line is absolutely not involved in the rash of clown sightings,” a spokesperson for the production company stated to The Hollywood Reporter.

Even Stephen King himself tweeted to clarify the connection between “It” and the spooky clowns across the U.S. “Hey, guys, time to cool the clown hysteria -- most of em are good, cheer up the kiddies, make people laugh,” King said in the tweet.

The trailer continues to reveal that in the town of Derry, Maine, things are a little different; the missing persons rate is six times the national average. A group of young kids band together to try and figure out why so many people, including close loved ones, have seemed to just disappear from the town.

After gaining the courage to band together to save Derry, the group uncovers something far more sinister than they had ever expected.

The trailer shows much promise for the new film and keeps its connections with the previous film made in 1990. The film is directed by Andy Muschietti, the director of the successful horror movie “Mama.” The new cast features all new actors and includes “Stranger Things” actor Finn Wolfhard.

Without giving too many things away, the trailer is able to intrigue the audience by using familiar nuances throughout its debut.

For example, the famed red balloon that Pennywise uses when enticing the children

floats along the screen behind unknowing kids. The sewer where Pennywise lives is also shown in frantic shots throughout.

Music is a huge factor in the old film, and the trailer hints at just a piece of the spooky and intense score. Even the haunting “We all float down here” chant echoes throughout the new trailer, reminiscent of Pennywise’s first interaction in the previous film.

Unlike the past film however, the infamous clown is barely shown in the trailer, leading audiences to speculate most of what the new Pennywise looks like, glowing eyes and all.

Also, Pennywise’s affinity to playing on the fears of the children is only vaguely described, making it feel like there is more to discover about the clown.

Critics are already spewing reviews of the two-minute and 23-second clip.

“The trailer offers a sense of foreboding almost immediately,” Variety writer Michael Gold said.

Wired writer Brian Raftery discusses how the new cast and production available will benefit Stephen King’s vision for his original film.

“But for those who always hoped that the author’s earlier scare-fests would finally be elevated beyond just a few gory big-screen jolts, it’s more proof that, after all these years, Stephen King may finally get the ’80s movie he always deserved,” Raftery said.

Many Stephen King fans will have to wait until Sept. 8 to see the new remake which will be released in two parts in the points of view of the kids and the kids as adults still living with the fear of "It."

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HORROR MOVIES CROSSWORD

April 13, 2016

HORROR MOVIES WORD SEARCH

ACROSS 3. A true crime fighter finds clues that hint at supernatural forces.

6. The most profitable horror film ever made.

7. This film is best known as an all time classic and includes a shark.

9. 1976 adaption to Steven King’s horror novel.

10. This thriller involves an alien invasion.

11. This thriller involves a videotape of scary images that leads to a phone call fortelling the viewer’s death.

DOWN 1. A 1960’s thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

2. The 1980 thriller based on the book by Steven King.

4. This film is based on paranormal activity.

5. A parody on horror films.

6. Released in 2015, this horror film involves witchcraft.

8. In this film, there’s a killer in the little town of Woodsboro.

ALIENS CARRIE JAWS PSYCHO SCARY MOVIE SCREAM

SINISTER THE CONJURING THE EXORCIST THE RING THE SHINING THE WITCH ‘IT’ THEMED MAD LIB

I was __________ across the Quad on a dark and (verb ending in -ing)

__________ evening after class. When I arrived (adjective)

SUDOKU: VERY HARD

at North Lot to __________ home, the parking lot (verb)

was abandoned, and there were no __________ (plural noun)

in sight. Confused, I searched the parking lot for my car. Suddenly, the__________cleared and I (plural noun)

saw my car on the opposite side of North Lot. As I began __________ towards it, I noticed a (verb ending in -ing)

clown standing next to it holding a __________. (noun)

The clown was __________, __________ and (adjective)

(adjective)

__________. It __________ creepily at me (adjective)

(verb past tense)

which made me feel __________. I ran back (emotion)

towards the Quad as fast as I could. I guess from now on, I will just take the __________ to class. (noun)

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Quinnipiac baseball team completes sweep of Marist in first home series

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Junior pitcher Taylor Luciano tossed seven scoreless innings in Sunday’s win.

By JUSTIN CAIT AND MAX MOLSKI

A bright sun, grassy fields and spring in the air. College baseball is back in Hamden, and the Quinnipiac baseball team wasted no time setting the tone in its first three home games.

The Bobcats improved their overall record to 8-14 (1-3 MAAC) with their first MAAC win of the season, 7-4, over Marist on Sunday.

The Bobcats were down 4-0 in the fifth inning before their bats started to connect in the sixth inning.

After a graduate student Mike Palladino loaded the bases, freshman Evan Vulgamore

and senior captain Matt Batten recorded RBIs to bring the Bobcats within two runs of Marist’s 4-2 lead.

A five-hit eighth inning was when Quinnipiac took over. An RBI single from Batten put the Bobcats on base with sophomore Liam Scafariello up at the plate. Scafariello knocked out a two-run home run for his ninth homer of the season and a 7-4 Quinnipiac lead.

Behind junior pitcher Taylor Luciani’s seven-inning effort, relief pitching from junior Chris Evans and a ninth-inning save from junior pitcher Mike Davis, the Bobcats were able to solidify their first win at home this season.

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Sophomore Liam Scafariello (right) reaches home after hitting a home run on Monday.

Quinnipiac followed up its win on Sunday by taking both games of a doubleheader against Marist on Monday to complete a series sweep and improve its overall record to 10-14.

The Bobcats won the first game behind a shutout performance from junior Robbie Hitt, who threw six scoreless innings on 94 pitches.

Hitt was perfect for through 3 2/3 innings before Marist’s Tyler Kapuscinski hit a single.

Quinnipiac got the runs it needed in the fourth inning when Scafariello ripped his 10th home run of the season on a solo shot. Freshman Andre Marrero then batted sophomore Brian Moskey in to give the Bobcats a 2-0 lead.

Marist had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the seventh when Davis relieved senior Matthew Osieja. Davis proceeded to strike out two Marist batters on fulls counts to seal the deal and complete the Bobcats’ 2-0 win.

The Bobcats completed their sweep with a 4-2 win in the Monday’s second game. Graduate student Ryan Nelson’s two-run home run and junior Anthony Cruz’s RBI single gave the team a 3-0 lead in the second inning.

This was all the help that junior pitcher Wyatt Hamilton would need. He threw for six scoreless innings, allowing just three hits.

Stern, Yannone working off each other’s skills in first season TENNIS from Page 20 Stern said.

Yannone kept his strengths short and sweet.

“Return and net game,” Yannone said.

In other words, his greatest strength is using his quickness to be a huge presence at the net and make quick returns, forcing opponents to react faster.

Yannone and Stern had to change their play style in doubles tournaments when they began playing at the collegiate level.

“Junior doubles is way different than collegiate doubles,” Stern said. “It’s a lot more net play and less baseline. Trying to get in as quick as possible, and we’ve both been work-

ing on closing the net a lot so we can put the balls away as soon as we can.”

Even though Yannone and Stern still have a long road ahead of them, both are well aware that great things take time. As far as the next four years go, the future looks bright for them in doubles play.

The pair can expect to play the rest of their collegiate careers at Quinnipiac together.

“I think Chris even said he plans to keep us together for the next four years since we’re both freshmen,” Stern said. “Chemistry is just something that develops with time. You can’t force it. Hopefully, we’ll be unreal within these next four years and be able to contend with anybody.”

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Axel Stern (left) and Austin Yannone (right) have filled the No. 2 doubles role this season.

Kiss, Dixon drawing interest and planning visits, per reports TRANSFERS from Page 20 Dixon has reportedly drawn interest from St. John’s, Cincinnati, Nevada, George Washington and La Salle, while Kiss has attracted the likes of St. John’s, California, Seton Hall, Auburn and Fordham, according to Zagoria.

Kiss is scheduled to meet with Iona and

Seton Hall later this week, while Dixon is scheduled to meet with St. John’s on Saturday, according to Zagoria.

Junior guard Reggie Oliver has also been listed as transferring on Verbal Commits. Oliver was fourth on the team in points per game (7.6) in his first season with the Bobcats after spending two years playing junior college

basketball at Howard College.

While Dixon, Kiss and Oliver could be on their ways out, the team’s third-leading scorer is expected to return for his senior season.

Junior forward Chaise Daniels has reportedly decided to stay with Quinnipiac, according to Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant. The Hamden native averaged 13.0

points per game and 6.2 rebounds per game last season.

The Bobcats finished the 2016-17 season with a 10-21 record, an exit in the opening round of the MAAC Tournament and on a seven-game losing streak.

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RUNDOWN

MEN’S LACROSSE QU 12, Manhattan 6 – Saturday Brian Feldman: 4 goals Tyler DeVito: 2 goals WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU 12, Manhattan 1 – Saturday Allison Kuhn: 5 goals Ellie Swenson: 3 goals BASEBALL URI 15, QU 5 – Thursday Matthew Oestreicher: 3 H, RBI QU 7, Marist 4 – Sunday Liam Scafariello: 1 HR, 2 RBI Matt Batten: 1 H, 1 RBI QU 2, Marist 0 – Monday Scafariello: 1 H, 1 RBI QU 4, Marist 2 – Monday Ryan Nelson: 3 H, 2 RBI, 2 R SOFTBALL QU 5, Hartford 0 – Thursday Kaela Cordeiro: 1 H, 1 RBI QU 2, Hartford 1 – Thursday Rachel Marchuk: 1 H, 1 RBI Saint Peter’s 1 QU 0 – Sunday Casey Herzog: 7 IP, 6 K, 1 ER QU 8, Saint Peter’s 2 – Sunday Taylor Troyan: 2 H, 1 R, 3 RBI Cordeiro: 3 H, 1 R, 2 RBI QU 5, Rider 2 – Monday Lexi Courtney: 2 H, 1 RBI Rebecca Drake: 2 H, 1 RBI QU 2, Rider 0 – Monday Miranda Magana: 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI ACROBATICS AND TUMBLING QU 277.760, Fairmont 273.795 – Saturday MEN’S TENNIS QU 5, Sacred Heart 2 – Thursday Julian Rozenstein: 6-1, 6-0 win Ezaka/Alper (Doubles): 6-1 win Binghamton 4, QU 3 – Sunday Freddie Zaretsky: 6-2, 6-1 win Zaretsky/Rozenstein (Doubles): 6-2 win Army 4, QU 0 – Sunday GOLF Seahawk Invitational - Sunday Finished 2nd out of 10 teams RUGBY AIC Invitational - Sunday Finished 1st out of 12 teams

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. Marist – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU at Iona – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU at Marist – Saturday, 1 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS QU vs. Siena – Sunday, 11:30 a.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS QU at Fairleigh Dickinson – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU vs. Siena – Sunday, 11:30 a.m.

BASEBALL QU at CCSU – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

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QU at Niagara - Sunday, 12 p.m.

QU at Hartford - Tuesday, 5 p.m.

SOFTBALL QU at Monmouth (DH) – Sunday, 12 and 2 p.m.

QU vs. Sacred Heart (DH) – Tuesday, 3 and 5 p.m.

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April 5, 2017

GAME OF THE WEEK

Acrobatics and tumbling team soars on Senior Day Bobcats knock off Fairmont State for fourth straight win

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Quinnipiac acrobatics and tumbling won its fourth straight meet with a 277.760-273.795 victory over Fairmont State on Saturday.

By JUSTIN CAIT

Associate Sports Editor

Quinnipiac acrobatics and tumbling extended its winning streak to four meets with a 277.760-273.795 over Fairmont State at home on Saturday’s Senior Day. Prior to the

meet, seniors Jocelyn Saber, Kelsey Rule, Allee Tallman, Emily Lowenstein and Noelle Braiser were honored for their last four years with the program.

“My seniors are a resilient crew.

They have quiet leadership. I think

all of them are what I would typify as silent warriors,” Quinnipiac head coach Mary Ann Powers said. “It’s just not been today that their leadership is evident. It’s been every single day, they’ve never checked out. Probably one of the best classes to ever come through the pipeline.”

Quinnipiac got off to a solid start in the first event, the Compulsory event. Following a perfect 10.0 score in the third the heat, the Toss round, the Bobcats led Fairmont 38.30-38.05 going into the second event.

In the Acro event, the Falcons kept the score neck-and-neck through three heats, including a perfect 10.0 in the second heat (six-element). Although Quinnipiac edged out Fairmont by a score of 28.90–28.80 in the event, the muchneeded 10.0 kept the meet within an arm’s reach.

The Pyramid event was next in line. Although the Bobcats held a slight lead coming into this event, it was where their score started to slip. As a result of a fall in heat two (synchronized), where Fairmont recorded a 9.90 and Quinnipiac posted a 7.25, the Falcons won the event 29.50-26.75.

While the atypical fall may have initially deflated the team as a result of lost points, Powers noted the morale was quickly boosted by sharpening focal points at the half.

“Just to continue to grow their confidence and take those little things that amount to big points,” Powers said. “That Pyramid fall, for instance, was a three-pointer, but it was also something that doesn’t normally happen.”

At the halfway point of the con-

test, Fairmont led by a total 96.3593.95.

Coming out of the break, the Toss event was up first. The Bobcats needed to make up some ground for an uncharacteristic first half and did just that by scoring a 29.25 of a possible 30 points to Fairmont’s 27.65.

The successful Toss event put the Bobcats just 0.8 points behind the Falcons going into the Tumbling event.

Quinnipiac came back in the sixheat Tumbling event. The Bobcats won five of the six heats, including a 9.75 in the six-element pass and a 9.875 in the open pass heats. Going into the Team routine event, Quinnipiac held a slight edge on Fairmont, 178.750-176.725.

Quinnipiac looked to match its score from last week’s Team event (100.60) in order to put sufficient points on the board. Although the Bobcats were unable to match 100.60, they did record an impressive 99.01 to Fairmont’s 97.07 en route to its fifth win of six events and more importantly, solidify the win.

Next up, Quinnipiac travels to Erie, Pennsylvania where it will face Gannon University in its first road meet since March 18. Finetuning details will be vital in order for the Bobcats to keep rolling into NCATA nationals.

“One of the things we’re gonna work on is just making sure the little things are really clean,” Braiser said.

“Things like pointing toes and making sure everyone is on the same counts, so the synchronization is always there — little things like that are really going to help boost our score as the season progresses.”

Men’s lacrosse team still intent on repeating as MAAC champions LACROSSE from Page 18 think it’s starting to come back now,” junior attackman Brian Feldman said. “Like last year in April, we really went through and killed it, so we’re hoping we’re going to do it again. We all know we gotta win out to get to the conference playoffs, and our chemistry is going well, so we should be able to fight through.”

Feldman has been the biggest asset to the Bobcats’ offensive production this year as he currently leads the team with 29 points, 26 of them being goals. Feldman currently leads the MAAC in goals per game with 3.14.

Opposing goalkeepers have their hands full with Feldman, as he also leads the MAAC in shots per game with a total of 79 on the year.

The team has no worries about the fruitful contributions of Feldman, but is looking to become more technically sound and find more balance as the season winds down.

“We’ve been doing it in practice this week very well,” Feldman said.

“We’ve been spacing out. The spacing in our game has been not great.

We’ve been playing custard up which causes a lot of turnovers and bad passes. We’re picking up the ground balls a lot better than we were in the beginning of the season.”

A major piece of adversity the Bobcats have had to face this year is playing games and practices at neu-

tral locations as their new stadium is constructed on campus. Quinnipiac has played home games at Yale’s Reese Stadium and practices have been 15 minutes down the road at Cheshire Academy.

“We have faced some challenges this year with ongoing construction and playing on the road. No excuses though we need to improve the quality of the game on game day,” Fekete said.

“Our goal is to still win the MAAC Championship and go to the NCAA tournament, and we’re lucky enough to have the opportunities to still achieve our goals.”

– JACK BRUST Senior men’s lacrosse goalie

The improved stadium will feature new locker rooms, a press box and artificial turf, and it will seat 1,500. The Bobcats will no longer have to operate out of the athletic center, and their new facility will be more logistically convenient for practices and games.

Aside from technical improvements and operating at neutral locations, the Bobcats have found it dif-

ficult to play hard for full games and not just segments at a time.

“I think it’s just playing a full 60 minutes,” senior goalkeeper Jack Brust said. “I think we’ve been really good in spurts for a quarter or two here and there, but those kind of lose it by the end of the game, and I think that’s kind of a maturity thing. So we’re trying to figure it out. It’s taken a little bit longer than we would have liked, but we have the talent.”

Brust was a major piece to the Bobcats’ dominant postseason run last year as he was awarded the MAAC Tournament’s most outstanding player. This season, Brust currently leads the MAAC in saves per game with an average of 13.5 still despite starting half of the games thus far due to injury.

“Last year, it was pretty easy for me to do my job. We had a lot of seniors and a lot of leadership, but the union has really grown and the last few games we’ve played really well,” Brust said. “Obviously, that makes my job a lot easier, so we’re there, and I think we’re one or two plays away from being 4-2 or 4-3 as opposed to (2-6), so defensive side of the ball I’m happy with where we’re at.”

The Bobcats know they have an uphill battle ahead, but the concensus is that the first half has been a learning experience and that they have the necessary pieces to get back into their groove.

“I think it’s just us kind of being able to do what it takes to win and finding out how you do that and what you have to sacrifice,” Brust said. “I don’t necessarily think it’s a talent thing, but leadership-wise, it’s about filling those roles in from guys who left last year.”

The team mindset is about taking the rest of the season in stride and focusing on their goals one game at a time.

“Hey, there’s always a chance for something. We got one game at a time. You can’t go and win four games at once. You gotta win one game and the next game and just keep going from there,” Feldman said.

The Bobcats started the journey back to dominance with a decisive 12-6 victory over Manhattan on April 1. They look to use the victory to kickstart their momentum heading down the stretch.

The team’s goals have not changed from last season to this one.

They see themselves as contenders to defend the MAAC title and earn another trip back to the NCAA tournament.

“I think if you ask anyone in the locker room, our goal is the same.

Our goal is to still win the MAAC Championship and go to the NCAA tournament, and we’re lucky enough to have the opportunities to still achieve our goals, so we’re just working towards it,” Brust said.

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Clockwise from top left: Junior pitcher Casey Herzog fires a pitch in the softball team’s 1-0 loss to Saint Peter’s on Sunday, sophomore catcher Taylor Troyan looks on at a play in the Bobcats’ doubleheader on Sunday, sophomore Lexi Courtney slides in for a run in Quinnipiac’s doubleheader sweep of Rider on Monday, junior third baseman Miranda Magana swings in Monday’s sweep.

BY THE NUMBERS

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Women’s golf team freshman Alexandra Sazhin finished tied for fifth in the 2017 Seahawk Invitational in Littlesdown, Pennsylvania by shooting a 153 (+9) over two rounds.

Quinnipiac women’s basketball finished No. 23 in the final USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the season, earning the team its first ever national ranking.

Quinnipiac rugby mustered a total of 170 points through four games this weekend at the 2017 AIC Women’s Rugby Invitational, where the Bobcats captured the tournament championship.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

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Kei Ezaka PHOTO COURTESY OF QUINNIPIAC ATHLETICS

Men’s tennis senior Kei Ezaka registered three wins for the Bobcats this week. While one of his wins was a singles match against Sacred Heart, two of the wins came in doubles matches with partner junior Kyler Alper. With the win, Ezaka moved into a tie for first in all-time program victories (137).

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“That was the gameplan, to change how we start a game and get over the hump, and I think we finally did it, which is great.”

— TANYA KOTOWICZ WOMEN’S LACROSSE

April 5, 2016

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Back to building

Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team looks to turn season around after losing six of seven to start the year

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Kiss, Dixon receive releases, Daniels expected to stay with men’s basketball team, per reports

By MAX MOLSKI Sports Editor

said. “(Our) team chemistry is always a work in progress, so we will keep working to get it right.”

The adjustments took longer than the Bobcats anticipated, as the team took some time to figure out their defensive core and achieve the same team chemistry they had on the field last season.

“We lost a little bit (of chemistry), but I

Men’s basketball team guards Mikey Dixon and Peter Kiss have reportedly received their releases from Quinnipiac on March 28.

Dixon will transfer with his three remaining years of eligibility, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Basketball insider Adam Zagoria reported the news on Peter Kiss, who also has three remaining years of eligibility.

Much had been made about whether Dixon and Kiss, who led the team in scoring last season at 16.5 and 13.3 points per game, respectively, would transfer after Quinnipiac fired head coach Tom Moore in March.

At the introductory press conference for head coach Baker Dunleavy, Kiss said that no schools had contacted him about transferring.

“I’m not leaning either way,” Kiss said.

“I’m just going to meet with (Dunleavy) and continue to try to build a relationship with him.”

As of March 28, Dixon was also undecided about his decision to play for Quinnipiac in the 2017-2018 season.

“I can’t really tell you I’m for sure doing this or for sure doing that,” Dixon said.

The freshman duo combined for 10 MAAC Rookie of the Week awards this season and accounted for nearly 39 percent of the team’s scoring (925 of 2,377 total points).

The releases do not necessarily mean that they are transferring. Should either decide to transfer, they will be required to sit out a year at that institution before being eligible to compete for or to receive travel expenses from the team to which they are transferring, according to NCAA rules.

See LACROSSE Page 18

See TRANSFERS Page 17

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Brian Feldman (No. 4) and the men’s lacrosse team have started 2-6 this year without last season’s leading scorer, Ryan Keenan (No. 15).

By SEAN TREPPEDI Contributing Writer

The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team had high expectations coming into the year after capping last season off with a 12-4 record, a MAAC title and a trip to the NCAA tournament.

The Bobcats (2-6) looked to ride that momentum into this season, but faced some early speed bumps in their 2016-2017 campaign.

Four of their six losses have been by two goals

or fewer as they have struggled to win some 5050 games that have come down to the wire.

“We have played some decent spans of lacrosse, but need to put together a good 60-minute effort,” head coach Eric Fekete said.

A major transition that the Bobcats have been adjusting to this year are the holes that were left behind by a big departing senior class last season.

“We lost some great leaders last season, and our senior class this year is small,” Fekete

Stern, Yannone striving as pair in first season with men’s tennis team

By MICHAEL DALTON Staff Writer

One day during practice towards the beginning of the school year, freshmen Austin Yannone and Axel Stern were paired together for doubles practice. Men’s tennis team head coach Chris Pappas was still trying to figure out which players worked best with each other in doubles.

“The first two or three weeks of school, we were switching off with partners every day at practice during doubles tournaments,” Stern said. “One day, I’d play with Kei (Ezaka), one day with Freddie (Zaretsky), one day with Austin (Yannone), one day with Pat (Cachapero).”

At the start of the season, Yannone was paired with fellow freshman Jackson Koke, while Stern was paired with Zaretsky for the UConn Invitational.

“We didn’t initially play with each other, but then in practice we were playing unreal the first couple of weeks, so that’s when we stuck together,” Stern said.

Over those next couple of weeks, Yannone and Stern only got better and better as they played together more often.

Last semester on Sept. 25, Yannone and Stern were paired up for the first time in a match during the Connecticut State Championships. They won three out of their four matches

in doubles play, including a 7-6 win over Yale, a team they weren’t expected to beat.

“Ever since then, we were consistently playing together. The (Connecticut State Championships) was a great tournament,” Yannone said. “We took out a really good Yale team, and I think that’s what made us stick together.”

When Pappas told Yannone and Stern that he wanted to keep them together for doubles tournaments, neither of them were too surprised.

“When Chris made the final decision, it seemed kind of obvious,” Yannone said.

Since then, Yannone and Stern have a 12-6 record in doubles play, which is the best on the team. Despite the great start to their first collegiate season, playing in tandem is tougher than it sounds.

“Doubles is a game where you have to have a lot of chemistry with your partner,” Stern said. “You have to know their tendencies inside and out, and what they’re thinking before a big serve or at the net.”

In order for a magnet to stick, opposite charges have to attract. Yannone and Stern have opposite strengths and weaknesses, which actually complement each other’s play when they’re paired up. “(Axel is) a tall guy with a big serve, and I’m smaller and quicker, so I cover more

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Freshmen Axel Stern (left) and Austin Yannone (right) are 12-6 in doubles play this year. ground at the net,” Yannone said.

Stern’s greatest strength is having the ability to put himself in the right position on the court so when the opponent returns a serve or

a volley, he’ll be right there to return it.

“Our games complement each other,” See TENNIS Page 17