The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 21, Volume 86

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MARCH 30, 2016

VOLUME 86, ISSUE 21

Frozen fever

QU in LA cost to drop for next semester

For the second time in progam history, men’s hockey is headed to the Frozen Four

By THAMAR BAILEY Staff Writer

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Players from Quinnipiac’s men’s ice hockey team celebrate their 4-1 win in the NCAA East Regional Final on Sunday.

Commons, Complex damaged prior to three-day weekend Hamden PD, Public Safety investigating vandalism By TARA O’NEILL Co-News Editor

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said. Freshman economics and legal studies major James Burnham also lives in Commons. He was in his dorm sleeping when the ceiling tiles were punched out. “I heard everything happening,” he said. Once he heard the commotion, Burnham said he looked outside his door. “I saw people punching [the ceiling tiles] and then ripping down all the metal that keeps them up and then smashing the lights and everything else.”

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The first and second floors of Commons were extensively damaged over the weekend.

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Several freshmen say they want to find those responsible after Commons and Complex were vandalized in the early hours of Friday morning. The Hamden Police Department and Public Safety are currently investigating cases of vandalism in these residence halls, according to Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan. The damages were found around 1:15 a.m. on Friday, March 25, Morgan said. He said windows were smashed in Complex and ceiling tiles on the first and second floors of Commons were broken. Photos from students show pieces of ceiling tiles, garbage and broken glass scattered down the hallways in Commons. “It looked like the whole ceiling collapsed,” freshman Commons resident and behavioral neuroscience major Robert Beer said. “Even the metal beams were ripped down, broken glass was smashed all over, there was trash all over.” Freshman criminal justice major Krista Notarfrancesco also lives in Commons. “It looked like a bomb blew up,” Notarfrancesco said. Morgan said the cost for the repairs is not yet known. Traditionally, the university has billed the entire building if the culprit for vandalism is not found. “It’s not fair to put that financial burden on us if we didn’t do it,” Notarfrancesco

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Burnham said he recognized some of the students doing the damage and that he heard from other students that visitors did some of the damage. Though he hasn’t spoken to his Residence Hall Director (RHD) yet, he said he intends to. “I don’t want to pay for that,” Burnham said. “I didn’t do any of that so I’m not paying that ridiculous amount of money for [the

The university reduced the cost of the QU in LA program for next semester because fewer students applied for the fall, as compared to the spring semester. “Students seem less interested in going in the fall than in the spring. Part of it is climate. It’s cold and nasty here in the spring,” Dean of the School of Communications Lee Kamlet said. “Students would rather be in Los Angeles in the warm weather. People would rather be here in the fall because it’s the beginning of the school year, and it’s really beautiful here in the fall.” Freshman Entrepreneurship major, Kyle Trusch, thinks that housing is more of an issue than the weather. “If you go [to LA] in the spring, you are guaranteed housing in the fall and [you’ll] be able to room with your friends, but not necessarily if you go in the fall,” Trusch said. In response to this trend, President John Lahey traveled to Los Angeles last fall to look at the program. Upon his return, he spoke with Kamlet about the imbalance of student participation between semesters. Lahey suggested lowering the price to incentivize an increase in student attendance in the fall. This would also decrease overcrowding in the residence halls on campus in the fall if there are more students in L.A. Students from the School of Communications received an email announcing a $2,000 discount for students who are accepted into the QU in LA program on March 7. “Thanks to a generous gift from President Lahey, students who participate in QU in LA during fall 2016 will save $2,000 on the cost of the program,” stated an email addressed to School of Communications students in early March. But Kamlet said the $2,000 reduction was not a gift. “It’s not a donation, it’s not a gift. It would be a reduction in the cost of housing,” Kamlet said. Kamlet compares Lahey’s plan to fix the imbalance of applicants to that of a dealership trying to sell excess cars. “Think of it this way,” Kamlet said. “If a dealer’s got excess cars on the lot he’s going to give you a rebate because he wants to get those cars out of his inventory. It’s the same kind of thing. You do these things to incentivize people.” Senior Athletic Training major, Ryan Duffy, believes that the decrease in costs would lead to increased enrollment. “Money is pretty important to people here, especially at Quinnipiac where it’s a private school and you pay a lot of money to come here regardless,” Duffy said, “I think it would be an awesome experience and people really just don’t know enough about it or maybe it’s just too expensive for some people.”

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