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‘Mourning’ the election results together

New university website aimed at Students and professors gathered on library steps for peaceful protest prospective students

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Associate professor of history Sasha Turner and Assistant Director of Advising and Student Development Shana Clarke embrace at the protest.

Students suspended after drug arrest

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Left to right: Sophomores Andrew Stein, Thomas Famulary and Samuel Belanger were arrested on Nov. 4 in their New Village residence hall.

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Three students have been suspended after their arrests on Friday Nov. 4 for drug related charges, according to a statement from Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan.

The Hamden Police Department arrested sophomores Andrew Stein, Thomas Famulary and Samuel Belanger on Friday after

Hamden Police responded to a report of a drug complaint, according to a Hamden PD press release from Captain Ronald Smith.

Stein, Famulary and Belanger were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Hamden Police found over 300 grams of marijuana, $810 and drug paraphernalia in

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their New Village residence hall. The Department of Public Safety initially conducted an investigation and found a large amount of marijuana in their room.

The students were detained on a $5,000 bond each. Their court date is scheduled for Nov. 17 in Meriden at the Meriden Superior Court.

Reporting by Amanda Perelli and Kristen Riello.

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The Brand Strategy and Integrated Marketing Communications team pushed back the launch of the new Quinnipiac website because they were performing final testing across platforms and devices, according to Vice President of Brand Strategy and Integrated Communications Keith Rhodes. Rhodes said that the site is aimed at prospective students and their families.

Many students agree. Samantha Stoica, a sophomore health science studies major is one of those students.

“I most definitely think the website is geared towards prospective students rather than current students, and it’s actually frustrating,” Stoica said. “I can’t even find Blackboard. I do think that it’s important for the website to appeal to both new and current students, but I really can’t say that when I was applying I took the website into consideration.”

Prospective students and their families are the exact audience the Branding team wanted to attract, according to Rhodes.

“Through extensive primary and secondary research and heavy inspiration from global brand user experiences that are getting it right, our strategy was to focus the new website experience on prospective students to ensure that it met their needs,” Rhodes said.

Although the external website is directed towards incoming students and parents, MyQ serves the needs of current students, administration and staff. It made the most sense to shift the content that was sitting on the previous website to MyQ, according to Rhodes.

Some of the content for alumni and parents that appeared in the old site design are not redesigned or updated yet. Rhodes said that those pages were planned to be addressed post launch. The team wanted to focus on getting the pages that address prospective students launched and going first, according to Rhodes. “[The branding team has] active projects that are underway to move the alumni content onto the new experience and to build a parent’s’ portal,” Rhodes said. “This was always planned to be a phased roll-out, and there should be no confusion; this was not a misstep or due to some unplanned circumstance.”

Stoica thinks the new website should mainly apply to current students rather than incoming ones. She said it is not very useful to current students.

“I think it goes along with the fact that this school is just trying to bring more money in,” Stoica said. “It’s a little frustrating that the demands of current students aren’t taken as seriously as prospective students.”

When someone searches for QU faculty on Google, a page with the QU mascot, Boomer, lost in the woods comes up with the words ‘Uh oh!’ and tries to redirect the viewer. Although Rhodes confirmed that those pages are not part of the new website and they are not a mistake, the old webpages are still top links when searched online.

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

This year, Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, Nov. 24, and break begins Friday, Nov. 18. Some students who will be heading home to celebrate shared their favorite holiday traditions.

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“We usually go to the high school football game. We watch the Macy’s [Thanksgiving] Day Parade. Then my grandparents come over, and we eat dinner. We eat a lot of pie, and we all sleep on the couch.”

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Lauren Russell| Nursing | Freshman “We usually gamble. We pit our family against each other. We’ll do a game of Jenga and have my two grandmas verse each other.

We’ll bet with Monopoly money on who’s gonna win and then at the end of the day, our Monopoly money, we’ll cash it in, and we’ll give each other real money for it. So usually, we’ll play a bunch of games and bet on each other... And we have this butter that’s shaped like a turkey.”

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“We usually just go to my older brother’s house, and all my cousins and family from New York and New Jersey and all the surrounding areas come, and we just have a big dinner. Nothing too special, watch football, that’s pretty much it.”

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Gabby Parker|Political Science| Freshman “We sit around the bonfire and tell stories. We usually burn socks, you know how you have a laundry of socks, and there’s always that one missing sock. Sometimes, we gather round all those missing socks because they have no use.”

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Beyond the Bobcats Chapter of KKK in North Carolina will hold Trump victory parade The Loyal White Knights chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina announced that it will hold a victory parade to celebrate Donald Trump’s presidential win over Hillary Clinton last week, according to Fox61. The parade will take place on Dec. 3. The group is established in Pelham, North Carolina and is advertising the event on its website as a “Victory Klavalkade Klan Parade.” The Loyal White Knights have between 150-200 members. No specific time or place has been announced for the parade.

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Church in New Haven closing due to debt St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will be closing it’s doors after a final service on Dec. 4, according to the New Haven Register.

There are 25 active members of the church.

The land, which occupies 17,424 square feet, was seized by a lawyer and is being sold for $435,000. The church owes $125,000 to the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, a debt which has accumulated over the past 13 months. The debt has increased by more than $1,200 each month. The church hasn’t had an official priest since 2014, according to a letter from the Diocese.

Mother loses custody of children after giving daughter marijuana butter Kelsey Osborne from Gooding, Idaho lost custody of her children because of the criminal charges she faces after giving her 3-year-old daughter marijuana, according to KBOI2.com. Osborne’s daughter, Madyson, suffers from seizures and hallucinations after she stopped taking her anti-psychotic medication. Osborne said she thought that giving her daughter a smoothie made with marijuana butter would help. She has been charged with a misdemeanor count of injury to a child. Her ex- husband currently has custody of Osborne’s two children.

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Peaceful protesters ‘mourn’ the 2016 presidential election results

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Nearly 30 professors and students gathered on the Arnold Bernhard Library steps to participate in a peaceful protest around noon on Friday, Nov. 11.

The protest was organized to “mourn” the 2016 presidential election results, according to English professor Ruth Kaplan.

The Republican nominee Donald Trump was named the next president of the United States.

“For me, it’s a national tragedy,” Kaplan said. “When there’s a tragedy, there’s grounding and healing to come together in mourning. The first step towards a future of resistance and action is to gather with like-minded people and learn from their reactions and be inspired by the changes they plan to make.”

Some of the protesters handed out safety pins to symbolize that the library steps were a safe space.

Protesters were also taking turns reading poems while sharing experiences. One professor played guitar and others sang along. Tour groups walked through the library and across the Quad as the protest continued.

The protest was not supposed to result in a specific message, according to Shana Clarke, assistant director of advising and student development. She said the protest was organized to support one another and show solidarity. “[The election results are] real, and this is going to have long-lasting implica-

tions,” Clarke said. “It takes seconds to tear something down and decades to build it up. I think it is important for people in this community to see that there are others who are as concerned as they are and start to recognize their faces and know that they have safe spaces on campus that they can go to have that conversation.”

Diane Ariza, associate vice president for academic affairs and chief diversity officer, also attended the protest. She said that after the protest, there were hopes to continue the movement with teach-ins and education sessions about what is currently going on in the nation and the world to unify the community.

“This is just a small, very small way of saying we are moving forward and we need to be together,” Ariza said. “It’s not political, Republican or Democrat. It’s about coming together to talk about it as women.”

Senior Olivia Hilton, who identifies as an LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] student was walking to class when she noticed the peaceful protest.

She said she agrees with and supports the members of the community who are protesting.

“Everything that has happened within the past week has caused a lot of anxiety for a lot of minority people,” Hilton said.

“Being an LGBT student, I feel a little bit of anxiety after this election.”

Hilton said she hopes this peaceful protest will start a conversation on-campus that will be productive.

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Students and professors gathered on the library steps to share experiences and read poems.

“I think that it will get people to talk. It will get people to debate and hopefully in a very friendly and non-aggressive way,” Hilton said. “That is the most important thing you can do, [to] have open discussion without arguments, because even if I don’t agree with someone, I will never tell them that they’re wrong.”

Clarke said students should remain in good spirits.

“It will get better,” Clarke said. “Stand

up, show up and take care of yourself.

Know that there are people on this campus that you can go to that you can lean on and that will be there to support you.

It will get better because we will not stop fighting.”

The university would not comment on the protest.

Reporting by Sarah Doiron, Hannah Feakes and Kristen Riello.

‘Art of Protest’ presents LGBTQ civil rights history

By JENNIE TORRES Staff Writer

On Nov. 10, the Director of the Office of Community Service Vincent Contrucci presented a lecture titled, “The History of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer/ Questioning [LGBTQ] Civil Rights Movements.” This event was a part of a series called “The Art of Protest,” which was created by the Department of Community Service and the Department of Cultural and Global Engagement at Quinnipiac University.

The Art of Protest featured separate presentations exploring different forms of protest, including art, as ways to express perspectives.

At his event specifically, Contrucci elaborated on several major protests created by the members of the LGBTQ community. The protests were in response to the injustice they endured dating back as far as the 1950s.

Assistant Director for Multicultural Education Pascale Jean-Jacques said that Contrucci brought up the idea to create a series of events that related to more modern protests, such as the Standing Rock and Black Lives Matter movements.

“When Vince Contrucci approached me with the idea, I thought it was great and timely given national and campus climate around protest,” Jean-Jacques said in a statement.

“Through the variety of events that were held, I hope that students understand and recognize we all play a role in achieving social justice, historical context is key and that there’s always so much to know and learn.”

Contrucci said he has been wanting to develop this project for a number of years.

“My main issue was really for people to think about the ways in which people involved in the gay and lesbian civil rights movement used protests in a variety of different forms to

Vincent Contrucci speaks at the ‘Art of Protest’ lecture Nov. 10.

move their agenda forward,” Contrucci said.

First-year graduate physical therapy student Bianca Waffenschmidt identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community. She said she has worked with Contrucci before to compile history on the community for a program she does through the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life called “Greek Allies,” which promotes inclusivity in the Greek community at Quinnipiac. “[Contrucci] told me about this, and he said we were going to go a little more indepth, so I was excited to hear more about it than what I was able to hear in our one hour meeting prior, so [the event] definitely got a lot more in-depth here,” Waffenschmidt said.

Contrucci introduced an audience of students and faculty to some of the major protests that impacted the gay community and how organizations unified in order to shape the community into what it is today. Each group worked to raise awareness for equality, to challenge the status quo and to motivate

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people to take action, according to Contrucci.

“It started with the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis who were like, ‘Oh, please accept us to be normal,’ pleading with psychiatrists to tell them they were okay or finding some colleague in that ‘We’re just like you, we’re just slightly different’ to the gay liberation, who were like, ‘We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it!’” Contrucci said.

Contrucci addressed other protests movements including the Gay Liberation Front, the Stonewall Riots and the Gay Activists Alliance. Well-known safe havens such as the LGBT Community Center in 1969 were brought up as well, as well as the activism of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and the Lavender Menace.

Contrucci said the protest he found most motivating was the “Act Up” protest that occured in the late 1980s. Act Up is a nonprofit organization that involves a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals who are committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis, according

to its official website.

During its early years, members of Act Up worked to combat the inaction of the federal government and local health authorities to the AIDS crisis. Many people in Act Up had been diagnosed with AIDS, and because they were a part of the LGBTQ community, many hospitals at that time would not treat them. Because of this, many died within one or two years after their diagnoses, according to Contrucci.

The LGBTQ community involved with the Act Up protest cried out against the injustice they faced, going so far as to throw the ashes of their loved ones who also died from the AIDS virus on the front lawn of the White House to shame the two then-recent presidents, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, for their inactivity regarding AIDS research, according to Contrucci. This form of protesting is what Contrucci found to be very inspirational. “[The Act Up protesters] were going to die because when you had full-blown AIDS in that time... you were dead within a year to two years,” Contrucci said. “So, really deciding to dedicate your time to political actions like that really speaks to the anger that they felt and the desire to see things change, and I think that’s really powerful.”

Contrucci said that the people involved in Act Up took incredible measures in order to receive the equality they deserved and made their demonstrations an art form, and that’s what he wanted to impress upon his audience on Thursday.

“I wanted them to think about, ‘How do you use protests in order to move your agenda forward?’ and, ‘How do these groups do it, and how do they learn from other people?’”

Contrucci said.

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SPB to take students to see movie The Student Programming Board (SPB) will be providing transportation to the Cinemark XD movie theater in North Haven on Nov. 17 for students who want to go see the movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

The movie ticket, transportation, snacks and a small trinket will be provided to students for free.

The bus will leave the university at 7:15 p.m from South Lot. Students interested in attending can sign up by emailing SPB@ quinnipiac.edu.

Health Services offers last chance flu clinics Students, faculty and staff have one last chance to receive their flu shot for free on-campus.

Student Health Services will be holding two more flu shot clinics on Nov. 17 and Nov. 30 in the Carl Hansen Student Center from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Vaccines will be available until the supplies are exhausted.

Limited seats left for Thanksgiving shuttle There are a limited amount of seats left for shuttles dropping students off in Albany and Long Island, New York. The dropoff locations for each shuttle are Crossgates Mall in Albany and the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale. The shuttles will depart from the Quinnipiac University Athletic Center on the Mount Carmel Campus on Friday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. To return back to campus, the buses will depart from their locations on Sunday, Nov. 27 at 2 p.m. The cost for the shuttle transportation is $50 per person. One-way fares are not available. Passengers can only bring one piece of luggage that can be stored under the bus and one carry-on. Students can register for a seat at www.qu.edu/holidaybuses16.

University notifies community about spam email Chief Information Security Officer Brian Kelly sent out a MyQ announcement on Nov. 11 telling members of the Quinnipiac community to not respond to a phishing scam. Many students, faculty and staff received an email that appeared to be from Quinnipiac President John Lahey, according to MyQ. Kelly urged anyone who had clicked the link in the email to change their password immediately.

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SGA pushes for new desks in Tator Hall

By JEREMY TROETTI Staff Writer

Students may soon see a major change in Tator Hall: the addition of new desks.

The Student Government Association (SGA) is currently seeking to get replacement desks put in Tator Hall. Allison Kuhn, sophomore class representative for SGA, explained why SGA is seeking to implement the new desk initiative.

“The goal is to get seats that are more inclusive to students who may be overweight, pregnant or don’t feel comfortable in the chairs,” Kuhn said. “We don’t believe the chairs are great for the learning environment.”

Kuhn said SGA has a particular product in mind for more student friendly desks.

“I have suggested a type of chair called the Node chair,” Kuhn said. “They’re very expensive, but they have a lifetime warranty.

They’re great for group work, they have wheels on them and backpacks would fit under the desks.”

A website that sells the Node chairs explained the many benefits the product provides to students.

“The Node school chair is mobile and flexible. It’s designed for quick, easy transitions from one teaching mode to the next, unlike traditional school desks and chairs,” according to Steelcase. com.

The website explains that key benefits of the Node chair include allowing students to shift their focus around the room, additional room for students to place their backpacks and providing students with a clear line of sight within the classroom. The Node chair generally costs upwards of $300, according to the website.

However, despite the Node chair representing a specific idea

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Student Government Association hopes that the new desks will be more inclusive of all students.

of what would benefit students, SGA is not limiting their options.

“We’ve had suggestions about tables or just a better setting than having to squirm back into your desk,” Kuhn said.

Freshman Paul Kruger said he believes the current desks are less than ideal for the classrooms.

“They’re pretty small. I’m in economics, so we have to have a laptop and folder up when we do quizzes, so sometimes it’s hard to maneuver with all that on the desk,” Kruger said.

Junior Ryan Sheehan agrees that having new desks in Tator Hall will make for a better learning environment for students.

“I would say that they would benefit a little bit,” Sheehan said.

“It’s always nice to have more space to put your notebooks and computer on when you’re trying to work in class, so I’m not opposed

to the addition of new desks.”

Kuhn said SGA sought out student opinions in a recent survey regarding the desks.

“SGA sent [a survey] out, and students were in favor of the new chairs. Students felt that new chairs – bigger, nicer chairs – would help them in the classroom,” Kuhn said.

Kuhn said she also personally feels that new desks would be beneficial to the learning environment.

“This all started for me when I had an open book test, where I couldn’t fit my laptop and an open book, and I did poorly on the test,” Kuhn said. “I was getting frustrated because I would’ve done better on the test with a bigger desk.”

SGA’s movement for the new desks has garnered the support of many professors who teach in Tator Hall, according to Kuhn.

“The classrooms in Tator Hall

are not equipped for 21st century learning. The rooms with their small desks are designed for lecture-style classes where students are taking written notes in notebooks. This may have worked in the 1970s or 80s, but it definitely doesn’t work today,” Lisa Burns, a media studies professor who teaches in Tator Hall, said.

Burns said the ways the classrooms are not conducive to modern learning.

“It is very difficult to do group work, hands-on activities and other high-impact learning practices in these old-fashioned classrooms.

And the desks are horrible. They can’t even accommodate students’ laptops [or] tablets,” Burns said.

Despite the active movement, there is currently no direct timeline for the implementation of the new desks, according to Kuhn.

Rhodes: ‘We are never done’ WEBSITE from cover pages on the old site and pages on the new site,” Rhodes said. “We restructured everything in a different and better way and some URLs that used to have one page that they went to, no longer have a direct link, which is why we created a smart error page with links to help them get to where they need to go.”

The branding team did extensive research with both top digital marketing communications agencies in New York and what prospective students look for in a website, according to Rhodes.

“I think that it’s extraordinary for many reasons, and we’ve received and continue to receive considerable feedback on how the experience is a game-changer for not only Quinnipiac, but higher education in general,” Rhodes said. “We just raised the bar and set a new standard with

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this website, and I am hearing just that from everywhere.”

The website will keep getting smarter and smarter, according to Rhodes.

“We are never done,” Rhodes said. “The more that we optimize the experience based on our learnings. Of course, we will also continue to craft new experiences to

meet the needs of other audiences, as they are important too.”

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University hosts discussion forum after presidential election results

By ANDREW BREUNIG Contributing Writer

Students, faculty and staff joined together to discuss the civility and health of the United States democracy after the 2016 presidential election in a panel coined “A Day after the Election… Now What?” according to a flyer advertising the panel. The event took place in the Mount Carmel Auditorium on Nov. 9 at noon.

Media studies professor Lisa Burns, associate political science professor Khalilah Brown-Dean and political science professors Sean Duffy and Scott McLean all had a hand in navigating and moderating the discussion.

At approximately 3 a.m. on Nov. 9, Republican nominee Donald Trump was announced as the president-elect over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. The panel concentrated its discussion on the future of the nation’s tenuous cultural civility and how such a divisive atmosphere manifested itself within American society.

Duffy began the discussion by addressing the alarming rise of nativism and populism within the country, which reflected a radically shifting political landscape.

“This has been a watershed election, filled with decidedly negative campaigning,” Duffy said. “Mexicans were called rapists, Muslims labeled as terrorists, women had been overly objectified and even the age old trope of anti-Semitism resonated throughout.”

Duffy said much of the outcome had to do with a decisive split down gender and racial lines.

“The sharp increase of populism in this current election was because of a large white nativist movement,” Duffy said. “One that we see parallels Western Europe as well, in such cases as the Brexit vote.”

Students, professors and faculty gather in the Mount Carmel Auditorium for “A Day After the Election... Now What?” discussion.

One member of the audience asked the panel how such a division was possible within modern American society. McLean responded by saying Trump gave voice to the pain and anger of many voters.

“A winning moment for Donald Trump’s campaign was during one of the general election debates when he directly addressed the crowd saying, ‘I feel your anger,’” McLean said.

“Donald Trump connected with the voters on a personal level and gave license for people to be angry.”

Sophomore Warren Webb said he was surprised that Trump won the election. He believed the outcome opens the door for less civility among Americans.

“I think Americans are going to be more blunt and direct about how they really feel now,” Webb said.

“There’s going to be a lot more destructive opinions.”

Trust was another issue brought up during the forum. The trust Amer-

icans have for one another is declining further with every generation, according to McLean.

McLean explained that there’s a need in our society for more debate and discourse with opposing ideas, or a reaching out to the other side to understand different mindsets. The philosophy and political science professor was amazed by the highly polarized culture.

“Thirty percent of Trump and Clinton supporters didn’t know a single person who voted for the other side,” McLean said. “Nineteen percent of voters said they were angry about the overall election and only 3 percent of Americans believe government will always do the right thing.”

Brown-Dean discussed the tenets of American democracy.

“What happened yesterday was not the failure but triumph of American democracy,” Brown-Dean said.

“Democracy doesn’t require consensus.”

She elaborated on the differences between a trepidation about the future of civility and everyone’s voice being heard.

“We don’t have to agree with one another, civility is about recognizing one another,” Brown-Dean said. “It means I have enough respect for you to say I disagree and this is why.”

Most attendees of the forum were seeking answers. Vocal members of minority groups, especially those in minority groups Trump targeted throughout his campaign, expressed fears now that Trump is the president-elect.

One attendee, sophomore Lauren McGrath, expressed her anger towards Trump’s rhetoric that she said would damage civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.

“I’m scared that with this election result, every stride that was just made for this community will be reversed,” she said. “Having

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someone in office who is against people who stand for nothing but love is horrifying to me.”

Shock still remains the overall consensus for a number of Quinnipiac students.

Junior Kirsten Fraser was stunned by the results of the election. Fraser said she believes minority groups will have an extremely hard time finding their equal place in American society now. She went on to make a prediction on Trump’s presidency.

“I think they’re going to try and impeach [Trump], people won’t let him govern,” Fraser said.

But senior Patrick Johnson said there is still hope for unity.

“It seems divisive now, but we need to come together despite the ‘anti-Trumpers,’” Johnson said.

“Even Clinton said we need to remain united as a nation.”

International students celebrate Thanksgiving

By JESSICA RUDERMAN Contributing Writer

Thanksgiving break begins on Friday, Nov. 18 and, for many students, is a chance to go home and celebrate with their families. But for some international students, such as Amanda Westman, a sophomore industrial engineer major from Sweden, her break will be spent in the United States.

As a member of the women’s soccer team, Westman is not required to be on campus for the entire ten days so she plans to spend her free time with her teammates.

A few of her teammates are traveling to Boston, Massachusetts for a few days, then returning to stay with either her roommate or another player’s family.

“Being [an international student] on a team, I think it is a lot easier than just being a ‘normal’ international [student] because the girls and their families invite you and treat you as a part of their family,” Westman said.

Quinnipiac University closes over the break, but students are not required to leave if they are unable to return home. Although the shuttle service does officially stop running, the café is open for breakfast and lunch Monday through Wednesday, according to Andrea Hogan, director of global education.

Despite the abundance of activities and choices provided to keep students occupied, Hogan has found that very few students who stay over break have taken advan-

tage of the opportunities provided.

“Because Thanksgiving isn’t a religious holiday, it really is a great opportunity to showcase American culture,” Hogan said.

“It’s not about religion. It’s about American customs.”

“Being [an international student] on a team, I think it is a lot easier than just being a ‘normal’ international [student] because the girls and their families invite you and treat you as a part of their family.”

– AMANDA WESTMAN

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER MAJOR

Because resources are limited

for those that do stay on campus, the faculty of the international students program provide trips to local supermarkets and shopping centers to accommodate any needs they may have, according to Hogan. The staff even provides trips to New York City and acts as host families to students who want to experience Thanksgiving dinner.

For the students that do leave campus, there are many options as to where they can spend the holiday. In recent years, Hogan has seen students that do travel the distance home to their respective countries, but the majority of students tend to leave the school to stay with friends or roommates that live locally or to extended family in the area.

Freshman Helen Dong from

China, is another international student who plans to stay in the U.S. for Thanksgiving break. Dong said it is inconvenient and costly to travel home so instead plans to spend the holiday with a friend in Queens, New York.

For Dong, this coming Thanksgiving will be the first she has ever formally celebrated.

Before coming to the United States, the only knowledge Dong had on the tradition was that students got a break from school and would eat turkey. She does not have many expectations of the festivities, as the family she will be celebrating with is American-born Chinese.

“We’re all Chinese, I don’t even think we’re going to do anything,” Dong said.

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Celebrate sleep

Being well rested is the key to success stay up until the wee hours of the morning doing work night after “Ugh. I only got four hours of sleep last night.” night. While this is occasionally necessary, especially during mid“I know, I only got three.”

In this familiar competition, the winner is the student who got terms or finals, it should not be a way of life. As a student culture, the least amount of sleep. Why is this? According to the National we need to stop praising exhaustion and sleepless nights. We need Sleep Foundation, adults aged 18-25 should be getting seven to to encourage each other to get the sleep we need to keep our minds nine hours of sleep each night. Yet, we brag about getting little to and bodies running well.

When you don’t get enough sleep, your no sleep and look at those who get the recomfocus declines, your health suffers and your mended amount like they’re aliens. stress skyrockets. Wouldn’t you like to deI love to sleep. Often, I plan my day so that CAROLINE MILLIN crease the already immense amount of stress I can take a nap or go to bed early. When talkAssociate Copy Editor you’re feeling? The solution, though not pracing to my peers, however, I often feel like this @sweetcar0line15 tically simple, is not really complex: get some is a bad thing. If you don’t stay up until three sleep! in the morning studying, you’re not a good stuSo the next time you have to choose bedent, right? tween another hour of studying and an extra Just because it seems like someone has more free time to get some sleep doesn’t mean they’re not work- hour of sleep, think about your health. Don’t be afraid to lose the ing hard. In fact, it is often because I am working hard that I need “competition” over who got the least amount of sleep. You’re the one who’s well-rested, so who’s the real winner here? to sleep so much–my day leaves me exhausted.

A lot of students feel like it is part of the college experience to

“I play guitar, I come from a family of musicians. I’ve studied a lot of music, African drumming, voice singing, which is you know playing one note and being able to sing from that note. Those are my hidden talents. Lots of music, I love it.”

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ATCQ revives rap in its newest and last album It has been 18 years since the legendary New York rap group, Almost two decades since its last album, A Tribe Called Quest (ATCQ) did not miss a step with its latest release.

The album titled, “We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service” dropped on Nov. 11, featuring 16 songs spanning over two discs.

The four members of ATQC, rappers Jarobi White, Phife Dawg and JUSTIN CAIT Q-Tip, and producer Ali Associate Sports Editor Shaheed Muhammad all @justin_cait contributed to the album despite Phife Dawg’s unexpected passing in March 2016.

With the release of this album, I believe Tribe has single-handedly put the state of the current ‘rap game’ into perspective.

While plenty of ‘autotune’ rappers, like 21 Savage, Chief Keef and Desiigner appeal to the newer generation, I fully back Tribe’s ability to put that sub-genre in its place. On the song Dis Generation, Q-Tip makes hip-hop/rap history by lyrically passing the torch and highlighting the new generation of “gatekeepers of flow”.

Q-Tip identifies Joey Bada$$, Earl Sweatshirt, J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar as the individuals that will preserve the sanctity of the ‘rap game’ which absolutely excited me.

The classic ATCQ ‘90s rap feel is met with the sounds old friends and new talents. Easily my favorite aspect of the project is the mix of generations featured on the album.

Some of the classic collaborations include rappers Andre 3000, Busta Rhymes, Consequence and Talib Kweli, while the new school boasts the flair of Anderson .Paak, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and even Jack White.

What really sets this album apart from others in my eyes is the ability of ATCQ to stick to its ‘90s roots by conveying meaningful messages through lyrics, while also keeping the content relevant to the world today.

Songs like “We The People,” “The Killing Season,” “Conrad Tokyo” and “Ego” are all about the problems in modern America.

Lack of equality for women, racial discrimination, religious discrimination, deportation threats, police brutality, mistreatment of veterans and, of course, President-elect Donald Trump are all respectively covered throughout these songs.

On the other side, songs like “Lost Somebody” and “The Donald” are tributes to the late and great Phife Dawg. Fittingly, the last spoken words on ATCQ’s final album are “Phife Dawg”.

The rare album is an ode to hip-hop/rap’s past and, at the same time, introduces the new school of the game. It is an incredible piece of work that deserves to be heard.

Whether you have been a Tribe fan since day one, a passionate hip-hop head or just want to expand your horizons within different musical genres, I truly believe that listening to this excellent project will benefit you in more ways than one.

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Freshman Alena Galan turns her adversities into lessons, determined to inspire others with her creativity and optimism

By AMANDA PERELLI

Associate Arts & Life Editor

On Friday afternoons at 4:45 p.m, you can find Alena Galan setting up for her radio show, “Alena Galan’s Amazing Hour” in Quinnipiac’s student-run radio station WQAQ’s studio.

Galan, a freshman business undecided major and communications minor, carries a contagious personality that is perfect for hosting a radio show, during which she sings covers of popular songs.

She sings a variety of songs on her show, but her favorites are songs by Adele and Miley Cyrus.

Galan isn’t shy about sharing her voice or talents with the Quinnipiac community. She is involved with Q30 Television and helps film for their entertainment segments.

“I want to have my own [TV] show one day,” Galan said with a smile before her radio show began. “I was doing all the background stuff [at Q30], and I’m saying, ‘These cameras are huge!

I don’t know what I’m doing.’ So they put me on camera instead.”

Galan considers herself a natural on stage but plans to learn management skills at Quinnipiac to develop a background in business, where she’ll be educated for her future.

“I was originally going to study pharmaceutical marketing,” Galan said. “Then I realized I don’t love biology, and I don’t think I’m meant to be doing that. I didn’t feel like me there.”

Galan’s background in the arts stretches farther back than her involvement at Quinnipiac.

Since middle school, Galan has been involved in the arts. She was in her school chorus throughout middle and high school. She was a member of the N.Y.S. Music Association and in several school and local musical theatre productions.

It’s only natural for her to continue living out her dreams in TV and music here at Quinnipiac.

“I have always had an old soul. I never really fit in or followed the rest of the crowd,” Galan said. “Being myself, I always felt at home and having all the support from my family made it even better.”

Her family is built on positivity and brings

encouraging support in whatever Galan does.

Galan went on and on about how amazing her family and mom are and how they’ve led her to where she is today, but she wasn’t always surrounded by so much love and support.

Born in Siberia, Russia, Galan was adopted when she was 3 years old. She lived in an orphanage for a year before Marcia Galan adopted her in November 2001.

“My [adoptive] mother looks exactly like me. It’s the weirdest thing! It’s like destiny, that’s what [my mom and I] always say,” Alena said as she pulled out a picture of her and her mom to prove her point.

After the adoption, Alena focused on her life here in the United States and never looked back. She values the strong connection she has with her adoptive mom.

“Right since she picked me up, I called her mama. I thought she was my mother coming back to get me,” Alena said.

Soon after Alena’s arrival to the United States, she was diagnosed with mucopolysaccharidosis at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in New York and needed a rare enzyme replacement.

Further testing determined it was MaroteauxLamy syndrome, MPS VI, which is a rare genetic disorder characterized by complete or partial lack of activity of the enzyme, according to WebMD. “They told us that I wouldn’t live for much longer without [the enzyme],” Alena said.

Because of her diagnosis with a rare genetic disease, Alena’s mom Marcia was told to prepare for the worst.

“Alena was handed a death sentence. She would most probably die in her early twenties, I was told,” Marcia said in an email interview.

Three years later in 2005, the enzyme became available and the FDA approved the life-saving enzyme replacement therapy. Alena was the first patient in North America to receive it.

“It was a miracle,” Alena said. She received her first enzyme replacement at 7 years old.

She received weekly infusions after that first replacement. She and her mom would celebrate the gift of life after each one, and Galan would receive flowers and balloons from family and friends showing their support.

She shared her story with hospitals and medical schools, explaining how she thought she would pass away in her early twenties.

“All I wanted was to give back for what I have and the amazing life that I was given,” Alena said.

She was the poster child for Children’s Miracle Network and represented Make-a-Wish Foundation, continuing to share her story and give hope to children in similar situations.

“I have always had an old soul.

I never really fit in or followed the rest of the crowd. Being myself, I always felt at home and having all the support from my family made it even better.”

– ALENA GALAN FRESHMAN, BUSINESS UNDECIDED MAJOR “I feel like the guardian angels are watching over me. For my mom to go around the whole country and to find me is destiny,” Alena said.

Continuing to share her story, at 8 years old, she got the opportunity to sing at Radio City Music Hall for “Garden of Dreams” event through one of the non-profit agencies she was a part of for children with life-threatening diseases.

“Alena made her singing debut singing ‘This Is Me’ by Miley Cyrus on the stage of Radio City Music Hall. That was when I knew she found her home,” Marcia said.

The stage became both her passion and her love.

“Alena sang all the time. It was one of her favorite things to do. It was her joy,” Marcia said.

“She was always a performer, especially wanting to bring her joy to everyone else.”

She started taking voice lessons after and took her first formal singing lessons at Mike Risko Music School, in her hometown.

From there she went to the Music Institute

in Massachusetts and got the chance to write her own music. She also started recording.

Everything she does connects to her desire to put positivity in the world. She wants her music to connect to people and make a difference.

“You can Google me! I’ve been all over the place and I love seeing people’s reactions to me performing and making them smile,” Alena said.

She continued to audition for the opporutnity to perform, landing a role in “My Carnegie Moment” for Paramount Pictures. She sang at Carnegie Hall and was in the trailer for the film, which aired during “America’s Got Talent.”

“I wore a black lace dress, it was pretty,” Alena said. “I wanted to be simple, yet elegant. I have no stage fright, and I don’t know what it is, it’s like my home.”

Her first experience with giving back creatively was with her Girl Scouts Gold Award project. She also wrote a book about bullying called “Differences Are Blessings.”

Her number one fan and role model, her mom, is always at her side.

“She helped me to grow stronger. She’s my guardian angel, without her I wouldn’t be alive,” Alena said.

As Alena’s mother, Marcia believes it is her job to support her and do whatever she can to make her dreams come true.

“When you realize that your child has a talent and a passion, you do everything you can to help them develop it,” Marcia said.

Alena would drag her mom to all her auditions and remembers auditioning for “The X Factor” and making it to the producer round at the age of 13. This was a memorable experience for the both of them. It not only showed Alena’s true talent but also the bond that her and her mom share.

Alena remembers being one of the only ones auditioning with her mom instead of a talent coach, but she wouldn’t have wished to share that moment with anyone else.

“Alena can show people that big things do come in small packages, and that no matter how different we appear, we all are beautiful inside and out,” Marcia said.

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The killer joke

Fourth Wall Theater brings leaves the crowd laughing

By LINDSAY PYTEL Staff Writer

Sometimes laughter isn’t the best medicine.

Quinnipiac’s Fourth Wall Theater proved that fact in its four productions of Sarah Ruhl’s “The Clean House,” directed by Keely Baisden Knudsen, this past weekend.

The comedy follows the stories of five wacky characters whose hilarious antics had the entire audience laughing throughout the play.

Junior Ali Munshi said he was very impressed with the production.

“I had an absolute blast watching,” Munshi said. “I thought the overall thing was just fantastic and hilarious. [The audience] was dying.”

Lane, portrayed by senior Amber Hopwood, is a doctor who has just hired a Brazilian woman named Mathilde, portrayed by freshman Lauren Salatto-Rosenay, to clean her house. However, Mathilde hates to clean.

Instead, she sits around all day trying to think of the “perfect joke.” She says her father was the funniest man in Brazil, and when he told a joke to her mother for one of their wedding anniversaries, she died laughing. Mathilde’s father couldn’t take the pain and killed himself that same night.

Lane’s sister and noted neat freak Virginia,

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“The Clean House,” a five-person comedic play, highlights the humor in a dysfunctional family.

portrayed by senior Jennifer Dupre, tells Mathilde that she will clean for her behind her sister’s back and the two become very fast friends.

While cleaning, they find a pair of women’s underwear that are most definitely not Lane’s, which means Lane’s husband Charles, played by senior Khalid Bilal, is cheating.

When Lane finds out, Charles and his

new girlfriend, 67-year-old Ana, portrayed by senior Christina Comizo, stage an interesting meeting with this dysfunctional family. It’s not until Lane learns that Ana has breast cancer that she puts her feelings aside and finds out what a wonderful woman she is.

Ana refuses to go to the hospital and get proper treatment. Instead, she asks Mathilde to tell her a joke, so that she, too, can die

laughing.

Comizo said her character in this show was a new challenge she was happy to dive into and described the love her character presents to others as “empowering.”

Virginia and Lane’s estranged sisterhood causes a lot of tension throughout the play. In one scene, Virginia goes on a rampage over the fact that Lane never treats people right.

Her proper behavior turns reckless as she trashes Lane’s apartment, the very apartment she’s been trying to keep clean.

“That is by far my favorite scene in the entire play,” Dupre said.

Munshi said Dupre’s portrayal of Virginia was “off the charts.”

Dupre mentioned she made it a goal for herself to be in every Fourth Wall production this year and was thrilled to play the part of Virginia.

The heart of this comedy was its interesting characters, quickly spoken Portuguese and important message about caring for others.

Comizo said the success of the final performances was due to the small size of the cast.

“What was nice was that there was only five of us,” Comizo said. “It was such a tightknit community, and we all just really had fun together.”

Let the sales begin

Tips and tricks to survive the upcoming holiday shopping

By LINDSAY PYTEL Staff Writer

The most popular shopping days of the year are just around the corner. Here are some of the stores you should be checking out this Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

J.C. PENNEY J.C. Penney is coming at you early with Black Friday sales. Doors open at 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Black Friday: J.C. Penney is known for their killer doorbusters, and this year is no exception. If you get there early on Thanksgiving Day, you could receive one of three coupons. These coupons include $10 off $10 or more, $100 off $100 or more or $500 off $500 or more, according to J.C. Penney’s official Black Friday advertisement.

J.C. Penney carries a little bit of everything. While there are low prices for things like women’s boots, J.C. Penney is also offering low prices on kitchen appliances. Items such as $4.99 toasters, $7.99 slow cookers and $9.99 blenders are just a few of the great deals. This is a perfect opportunity to get gifts for mom and dad or maybe for your dorm when you come back in January.

MACY’S After they host their annual parade on Thanksgiving, Macy’s will offer low prices on everything this Cyber Monday.

Cyber Monday: While Macy’s hasn’t officially released what their offers will be on Cyber Monday, their official website offers a sneak peek, hinting at some items that will definitely be on sale. If you’ve ever been in a Macy’s, you’re familiar with their extensive coat department filled with an endless supply of designer coats. From Ralph Lauren to Michael Kors, the website suggests there will be major deals for women’s coats coming Cyber Monday. As for men, the Macy’s website suggests a big sale in dress clothes. Macy’s will be offering lower prices on everything from suits and pants to dress shirts and wallets, making sure you look sharp this holiday season.

Ongoing deals: Macy’s is also offering free shipping on orders $99 or more until Feb. 16, 2017, according to cybermonday. com. Macy’s is also offering a special deal for Mac beauty samples. For just $10, you can get sample sizes of lip gloss, mascara and eye shadow, according to Macy’s official website. Macy’s official Cyber Monday website says that you can take advantage of this deal and free shipping on all beauty orders until Dec. 31.

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SEPHORA Looking for something to make your look pop this holiday season? Sephora is one of the most popular makeup stores, and they have some low prices coming your way.

Cyber Monday: With the special code “TRYME” at checkout, all Sephora orders of $35 receive a free full-size mask and six mystery samples, according to cybermonday.com. The official website of the online holiday also says that if you use the special code “MINISCENT” with a purchase of $25, you will receive a deluxe fragrance sample.

Ongoing Deals: Through Feb. 28, 2017, Sephora is also offering a special deal of three free samples of your choice on every order. There is also free shipping on Sephora orders that are $50 and over, according to cybermonday.com.

TARGET Need an extra reason to be thankful? Take a look at some of Target’s Black Friday sales.

Doors open at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Black Friday: Target has deals in almost every department this Black Friday, but they have some special deals in electronics. The biggest reason to shop here is that with some select items, you can receive a free Target gift. For example with the purchase of an Xbox One for $249.99, you will receive a $40 Target gift card for free. Other sales include Fitbits for $89.95, 25 percent off all Apple TV models and Beats Solo2 wireless headphones for $119.99, according to Target’s official Black Friday ad.

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RUNDOWN

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 6, Dartmouth 3 – Friday Landon Smith: 3 goals Chase Priskie: 3 assists Tim Clifton: 1 goal, 1 assist QU 4, Harvard 2 – Saturday Chris Truehl: 30 saves Brogan Rafferty: 1 goal WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 2, Dartmouth 1 – Friday Meghan Turner: 2 assists Kenzie Lancaster: 1 goal QU 2, Harvard 1 – Saturday T.T. Cianfarano: 1 goal Emma Woods: 1 assists MEN’S SOCCER QU 3, Canisius 1 – Friday Rashawn Dally: 1 goal, 1 assist Eamon Whelan: 1 goal Rider 3, QU 1 – Sunday Connor McCoy: 1 goal James Doig: 1 assist MEN’S BASKETBALL Vermont 94, QU 70 – Saturday Reggie Oliver: 15 points, 6 rebounds Danny Harris: 10 points WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 66, FGCU 56 – Friday

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Women’s basketball beats Florida Gulf Coast in season opener Bobcats use dominant third quarter to top the Eagles

Aryn McClure: 14 points, 10 rebounds

Adily Martucci: 14 points QU 63, Dayton 60 – Sunday Morgan Manz: 19 points

McClure: 12 points, 7 rebounds VOLLEYBALL Fairfield 3, QU 1 – Saturday Maria Pansari: 38 assists Allison Leigh: 9 kills, 8 blocks RUGBY QU 94, West Chester 15 – Saturday Emily Roskopf: 6 tries Tayler Schussler: 2 tries MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY NCAA Northeastern Regionals Finished 22nd out of 35 teams MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY NCAA Northeastern Regionals Finished 14th out of 37 teams

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Cornell – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU at Colgate – Saturday, 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. Cornell – Friday, 6 p.m.

QU vs. Colgate – Saturday, 3 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Columbia – Monday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Holy Cross – Wednesday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. Northeastern – Sunday, 2 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL QU vs. Niagara – Friday, 5 p.m.

QU vs. Marist – Saturday, 5 p.m.

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RUGBY QU at Army – Friday, 5 p.m.

NIRA Finals, TBD - Sunday, 12 p.m.

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Junior forward Sarah Shewan beats a Florida Gulf Coast defender along the baseline in Friday’s win.

By CONOR ROCHE Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team had a 40-point second half to earn a 66-56 win in its season opener at home Friday afternoon over Florida Gulf Coast.

The Bobcats shot 29 percent from the field and trailed the Eagles 27-26 at the end of the first half.

“It’s first game jitters,” Bobcats head coach Tricia Fabbri said.

“You’re just a little bit tight and a little unsure.”

The game turned with 6:29 left in the third quarter when the Bobcats were leading 32-31. Bob-

cats senior forward Morgan Manz made a pair of free throws to put them up by three.

Junior guard Brittany Johnson then stole a ball on the defensive end. Senior guard Adily Martucci took advantage on the next possession, making a jump shot to open the lead to five. After the Eagles split a pair of free throws, sophomore Paula Strautmane hit a jumper to put the Bobcats up 38-32.

“Just getting into a groove and finding a rhythm is really important,” Fabbri said. “And when you know when you’re playing the level of competition that we are, you’ve got to find ways to just re-

lax and play better sooner. We did that out of the locker room, and I’m pleased about that.”

This was all part of a 14-5 run where seven different players scored for the Bobcats to give them a 46-36 lead to end the quarter.

“We have so much depth and everyone can score,” Martucci said. “I have faith in all my teammates to score.”

Florida Gulf Coast started the first 3:15 of the fourth quarter on a 13-6 run that cut the Bobcats lead to 52-49. The Bobcats immediately bounced back, going on a 9-2 run over the next three minutes to give them a 61-51 lead with Martucci

scoring five points on the run.

Quinnipiac wouldn’t see its lead fall lower than seven for the rest of the game and didn’t allow a point over the last 2:45 of the game to seal the deal.

The Bobcats ended up shooting 50.6 percent from the field in the second half. Martucci and sophomore forward Aryn McClure led the team with 14 points.

“We just all relaxed,” McClure said. “At first we were kind of rushing our shots and weren’t making them. We kind of got a little discouraged. Coach just said, ‘Take your time, it will fall.’ I think our team defensively helps as well. Our defensive is on our offense clicks. Us locking up more in the second half got us more in a rhythm offensively.”

McClure also led both teams in rebounds (8) and assists (5).

The Bobcats forced 22 turnovers over the course of the game.

“I believe we are in the process of becoming one of the best defensive teams we’ve had at Quinnipiac with our length in number and our athleticism across the board,” Fabbri said. “We want to continue to develop that identity for ourselves, so I think we’re going to get after people.

Friday’s win came after the Bobcats had lost at Florida Gulf Coast the past two seasons. The Eagles were also ranked seventh in the College Insider preseason mid-major poll. The same poll ranked the Bobcats at 13th.

FINAL SCORE QUINNIPIAC: 66 FGCU: 56

Martin: Men’s ice hockey’s power play is ‘starting to click more lately’ HOCKEY from Page 12 who was forced to make some flashy saves.

The Bobcats beat the Crimson goaltender once again when junior Andrew Taverner curled behind Harvard’s net on the power play, feeding sophomore Luke Shiplo with a pass through traffic. Shiplo stutter-stepped at the top of the circles to open up a shooting lane and fired a glove-side wrist shot to give the Bobcats a 3-2 lead with 2:43 remaining in the period.

Quinnipiac went 2-for-5 on the power play, which was a big step forward after their power play had been struggling.

“I think they’re just getting more reps in practice,” Martin said of his team’s power-play unit. “It’s a whole new unit this year after losing a bunch of guys, and we’re starting to click more lately.”

The Bobcats would take that lead into the second intermission despite a 26-16 deficit in shots.

Both teams tightened things up defensively in the third period.

The game came down to a penalty kill for the Bobcats after Derek Smith went to the box for cross-checking

with 2:44 left in the game. Harvard moved the puck well on the power play, but could not break down the Bobcats’ penalty-kill unit.

The Bobcats killed all five penalties they took. Pecknold attributes much of his team’s success on the penalty kill to Truehl, who started both of Quinnipiac’s games this weekend.

“He’s reading the play well,” Pecknold said. “He’s getting out, he’s challenging when he needs to challenge and he’s handling his rebounds so I think that’s been a big reason our [penalty kill] has been a success.”

With 24.8 seconds remaining in the game, Tommy Schutt chased down a puck in the neutral zone while Harvard’s net was empty. After narrowly winning the race, Schutt dove and chopped at the puck, which found the back of the net from behind the blue line.

Schutt’s empty-net goal sealed the victory for Quinnipiac.

With the win, the Bobcats improve to 7-3-1 overall with a 3-10 ECAC record. Quinnipiac will travel to New York next weekend, taking on Cornell in Ithaca on Friday and Colgate in Hamilton on Saturday.

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Junior Andrew Taverner assisted the game-winning goal in men’s ice hockey’s 4-2 win over Harvard on Saturday.

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Clockwise from top: Junior men’s soccer defender William Pustari blocks a Canisius player in Friday’s 3-1 win in the MAAC Tournament semifinals; men’s basketball freshman Mikey Dixon drives for a layup attempt in the team’s 94-70 loss to Vermont on Saturday; sophomore women’s basketball guard Brittany Martin charges the lane in the team’s 6656 win over Florida Gulf Coast; junior men’s ice hockey forward Tanner MacMaster takes the puck around the boards in the Bobcats’ 6-3 win over Dartmouth on Friday.

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Sophomore Emily Roskopf led Quinnipiac women’s rugby to victory with six tries in the Bobcats’ 94-15 thrashing of West Chester.

Roskopf tied junior Ilona Maher for second-most tries in a game in program history.

Quinnipiac women’s cross country finished 14th out of 37 schools at the NCAA Northeast Regionals. This was the program’s best finish since placing 13th in 2009.

Women’s basketball overcame a 17-point third quarter deficit to defeat Dayton 63-60 on the road on Sunday, improving its record to 2-0.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

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Sophomore forward Aryn McClure earned MAAC Player of the Week honors on Monday. The 2015-2016 MAAC Rookie of the Year put up 14 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double in Quinnipiac women’s basketball’s 66-56 home win over Florida Gulf Coast on Friday. She totalled 12 points and 7 rebounds in the Bobcats’ 63-60 road win over Dayton on Sunday.

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“We have a lot to work on.

This will be great tape for us to watch because there’s so many things we didn’t do well that got exposed.”

— TOM MOORE MEN’S BASKETBALL

November 16, 2016

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Broncs ride on

With a spot in the national tournament on the line, top-seeded men’s soccer falls to Rider, 3-1, in the MAAC Championship game on Sunday

By MICHAEL DALTON Staff Writer

After a long season, Quinnipiac faced off against the Rider Broncs in the MAAC Championship on Sunday Nov. 13 at the QU Soccer Field. The winner would move on to represent the MAAC in the NCAA tournament while the loser’s season would come to an abrupt end.

Rider and Quinnipiac played each other just two weeks ago on Oct. 29 at the QU Soccer Field. Quinnipiac defender Conor McCoy and midfielders Filosmar “Junior” Cordeiro and Evan Hughes received red cards over the course of that match. Quinnipiac forward Rashawn Dally put the Bobcats on the board first, but that would be their only goal. Rider responded with three unanswered goals and won the match 3-1.

Fast forward to the MAAC championship game, and both Rider and Quinnipiac saw familiar results. Rider won the conference title in a heated 3-1 win to advance to the national tournament. “[Our players] wanted greatness. They wanted to achieve. They wanted a championship,” Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa said. “Unfortunately, we don’t have the right to move forward and represent the MAAC in the NCAA tournament.”

The teams were neck and neck throughout the first half. With less than four minutes to go in the half, Rider forward Elliot Otmani scored to give the Broncs a 1-0 lead.

The Bobcats were unable to respond to this late first-half goal and went into the locker room down 1-0.

It didn’t take long for the Bobcats to respond in the second half. McCoy evened the score up, 1-1, just 5:40 into the second half.

Despite Quinnipiac being able to bounce back, this new life for the Bobcats was short-lived. About 11 minutes after McCoy’s

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Sophomore Quinnipiac forward Rashawn Dally fights for a ball in the box in men’s soccer’s MAAC Championship loss to Rider on Sunday.

game-tying goal, Rider forward Clement Bourret fired a shot on goal that deflected off Quinnipiac defender Jeppe Haehre and into the Bobcats’ goal. This gave Rider a 2-1 lead with just 28 minutes left to play.

Down by a goal once again, the Bobcats began to show a sense of urgency. Nearly all of the Bobcats were in Rider territory when Quinnipiac was on the attack. The team was able to create numerous scoring opportunities but were unable to capitalize.

Rider was able to seal its MAAC cham-

pionship win with its next goal. This time, forward Jose Aguinaga scored and proceeded to take off his jersey and drop it on the field. He received a yellow card for his excessive celebration.

Even though the play was over after the final whistle, the action was not.

Quinnipiac and Rider players exchanged words with one another, some more heated than others. There was even some pushing and shoving between players, which forced referees and coaches to separate them.

Although Da Costa appeared disappointed for his players following the loss, he said he couldn’t have been more proud of the team’s progress.

“Going from one [conference] win a year ago to 13 [overall wins] this year, there’s nothing that these guys should hang their heads over,” Da Costa said.

Da Costa also praised his senior players, Ryan Scheiderman, Brian Westerman, and Liam O’Sullivan, who will graduate in 2017.

“Ryan put himself into a position not just to be a role player anymore, but to be a key player,” Da Costa said. “Liam, who was a role player for his first three years and being asked to be a full time starter, to come in, make an impact, and he did.”

Da Costa had the most to say about Westerman, who unlike Scheiderman and O’Sullivan, wasn’t a starter for the Bobcats.

“I can’t say enough about Brian and his leadership. He finally had a chance to compete for the starting role, and he did,” Da Costa said. “When we had to make a difficult decision, he didn’t just accept it. He came out to train, and he busted his hump to push [Chrys Iakovidis] and put [Iakovidis] in the position to be where he is now to be the goalkeeper that he is.”

Despite the bittersweet loss in the conference championship game, the Bobcats believe they had a successful season. When asked to describe the season in just one word, Da Costa didn’t hesitate. The word he used to describe this season was “resilient.”

“The players could’ve took a step back and chalk everything up to ‘Well, we’re young, we’re not supposed to be in this position’ and that we can afford to win six games this year, and it would be a major step forward,’ but they wouldn’t settle for that,” Da Costa said.

Men’s ice hockey beats Harvard in ECAC championship game rematch

By SAMUEL DaCOSTA Associate Sports Editor

In a hard-fought battle between two of the top-10 teams in the country, No. 7/8 Quinnipiac defeated No. 10/10 Harvard by a score of 4-2 at High Point Solutions Arena on Saturday.

“It’s a good, resilient win. I thought Harvard was really good tonight,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “I was proud of the way [our] guys battled. It wasn’t our best effort, but we found a way to win.”

With the victory, the Bobcats came away from their weekend home stand with two ECAC wins.

“It was a big weekend, our first sweep of the year,” sophomore Chase Priskie said. “We need those points to stay ahead in our division and try to get up there, so it was a huge weekend.”

Harvard came into Hamden with a 4-0-1 overall record and a 2-0-1 record in conference play, having not yet played a nationally ranked team.

The Crimson’s line chart boasts eight NHL prospects, including junior goaltender Merrick Madsen who came into the game with a career 22-7-4 record, .930 save percentage and 1.95 goals against average.

The Bobcats overcame the Crimson’s talent on Saturday, even after being outshot 32-21.

“What we’re supposed to do is get in attack mode,” Pecknold said of his team’s approach to talented offensive teams like Harvard. “We weren’t really in that. We were more in defend mode. We were in our dime defense tonight so that’s not how we want to play.”

The Bobcats got off to a quick start, drawing a holding penalty by Harvard’s Sean Malone just 16 seconds into the game. Quinnipiac capitalized on the power-play opportunity on a hard wrist shot from the point by freshman Brogan Rafferty with 18:46 remaining in the first period. Priskie and Tim Clifton picked up assists on the play.

The Crimson struck back with 11:34 to play in the first when Alexander Kerfoot hit Viktor Dombrovskiy with a slick pass before cutting behind the net. Goaltender Chris Truehl and the Bobcats’ defense followed Kerfoot to the weakside post, leaving plenty of space for Dombrovskiy’s one-timer.

Harvard came out flying in the second, taking a 2-1 lead just 24 seconds into the period.

This time it was Malone who found the back of the net for Harvard as he cut across the front of the net form the corner, firing a shot and picking up his own rebound.

Harvard dominated possession throughout the first half of the second period, but Quinni-

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Freshman Brogan Rafferty put men’s ice hockey on the board first in Saturday’s 4-2 win over Harvard on Saturday. piac weathered the storm.

The Bobcats regained momentum off a goal by Craig Martin. The sophomore forward curled to the outside on a rush and let go of a hard wrist shot that squeaked between Mad-

sen’s glove and pad.

From there, the Bobcats pressured Madsen,

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