QUChronicle.com April 23, 2014 Volume 83 Issue 27 Proud recipient of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors' award for 2012 & 2013 College Newspaper of the Year
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Public Safety increases staff for weekend By SARAH DOIRON Associate News Editor
it’s kind of more coincidental. It’s our job to be doing our best to represent all students.” The student body presidents’ involvement in Sigma Phi Epsilon is “coincidental,” Elhaggar said. “I mean that from the bottom of my heart,” he said. “I was in student government before I was in Sig-Ep and so was every student body president since I have been here.” Cloutier was Milas’ mentor when he first joined SGA, but Milas said Cloutier never pushed Sigma Phi Epsilon on him.
As students prepare for May weekend, Chief of Public Safety David Barger said additional Public Safety officers will be staffed on the York Hill and Mount Carmel campuses and off campus. Public Safety will work “hand in hand” with the Hamden Police Department to survey on and off-campus housing to try to prevent incidents, such as drunk driving accidents and physical assaults, Barger said. These issues have occurred during this weekend in previous years, he said. Barger said he believes alcohol plays a major part in what occurs on May weekend. Students living on both campuses need to abide by the rules in the Student 2013-2014 handbook, Barger said. Director of Residential Life Jennifer Crane sent an email to students reminding them of policies on campus in regards to vandalism, alcohol and harassment. Freshman Andrew Badillo said he does not understand why Public Safety has to increase their staffing for May weekend. “I don’t see how increasing security will stop students from partying,” Badillo said. “I can see why they would do it, but at the same time I do not see it as necessary.” The university used to officially recognize May weekend, and student organizations would
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Members of Sigma Phi Epsilon have led Student Government Association for the past eight years.
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Staying in the family Sig-Ep member elected SGA President for fifth time in a row By NICOLE HANSON Associate News Editor
The past five student body presidents, including newly elected Mostafa Elhaggar, have been members of the fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon. However, Student Body President Matt Desilets said there is no direct correlation between the fraternity and Student Government Association. “It really has nothing to do with Sig-Ep,” Desilets said. “I joined SGA and then I started hanging out with the guys who were in Sig-Ep and they became some of my best friends. It’s not like internally we’re like, ‘we need the SGA president [to be in Sig-Ep.]’”
Former Student Body President Ben Cloutier was both Desilets’ and Vice President of Student Concerns Evangelos Milas’ big in Sigma Phi Epsilon. Milas is Elhaggar’s big. Continuing the family line, Elhaggar is newly elected Student Body Vice President Jonny Atkin’s big. Atkin is Freshman representative Joey Mullaney’s big. About 68 percent of SGA members are affiliated with a Greek organization on campus, Desilets said. Though 26.16 percent of Quinnipiac students are Greek, Desilets does not think SGA is misrepresenting the undergraduate population. “I don’t think Greek life has a real role in us representing students,” he said. “I just think
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Junior film, video and interactive media major Joe Kohle’s acting career began at age 11, when he played Teyve in a summer production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” But next semester, Kohle will take on a new project, when he becomes the host of Q30 Television’s “Late Night” show. Although Kohle is involved in Fourth Wall, he focused most of his time at Quinnipiac on Student Government Association as junior class vice president. Kohle originally planned to run for SGA’s executive board, but then decided to run for senior class vice president so he could join organizations related to his major. “I had no intentions of doing the [“Late Night”] show when I made that decision,” he said. “I wanted to join Q[uinnipiac] F[ilm] S[ociety] and Q30 cause even though I love SGA and everything I’m involved with, I felt like I was not paying attention to another side of being involved.” Kohle heard about auditions for the “Late Night” show through this year’s host, senior
Kevin Carroll. While Kohle wrote a One Act comedy his senior year of high school, he had no prior experience as a stand-up comedian. “When I auditioned for the hosting job [it was] the first time I actually told jokes in front of everyone,” he said. But Kohle does have a love for late-night shows. In high school, he always searched YouTube for interviews with actors until he stumbled upon David Letterman’s “Late Show” on YouTube. “I was like, these [late-night show hosts] are more interesting than the actors,” Kohle said. “I never watched late-night talk shows as a kid and then I started really liking it to the point where I’m obsessed with it now. I watch it all the time, so when this opportunity came I always wanted to try to do something like that so I had to audition.” Co-Executive Producer of “Late Night” Rebecca Castagna said she was impressed with Kohle’s ideas for the show when he auditioned. “Joe surprised us because we had never
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Junior film, video and interactive media major Joe Kohle (right) will become the host of Q30 Television’s “Late Night” show next semester. Junior English major Charlie Doe will be Kohle’s sidekick.
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