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APRIL 27, 2016
VOLUME 86, ISSUE 25
OPNION: STOP LITTERING P. 6
ARTS & LIFE: T.A.K.E TEACHES SELF DEFENSE P. 12
SPORTS: GOLF WINS MAAC P. 16
3+1 Comunications Program to begin Fall 2016 By HANNAH FEAKES and THAMAR BAILEY
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Chartwells donates to QU301 service trip By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer
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Senior Lindsay Banks holds the $1,000 check for the QU301 Dominican Republic service trip. The money will be used to build a cafeteria in the neighborhood where students volunteer during their time abroad. For Powers, the donation was an interest- to Chartwells to start talking about ways to ing surprise. Powers said one of his students help QU 301, and then she gave him the call from the fall, senior Lindsey Banks, wanted to start planning for future trips. Banks went See CHARTWELLS DONATION Page 3
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Chartwells donated $1,000 to the QU 301 program on March 30, 2016. The program is a class that sends students to other parts of the world for charitable work during school breaks. A total of $2,000 was then set aside for building a cafeteria in the Kilometer six barrio, the neighborhood in the Dominican Republic where students volunteer, according to Professor John Powers, who is in charge of the program. The money that Chartwells gave was won as prize money, according to Director of Dining Services Leean Spalding. Their parent company, Compass Group, holds a competition annually amongst each branch, considering their community service efforts through donated product and labor. The winner has the discretion to give that money to whatever group they want. Spalding said Chartwells decided to give the money to QU 301 because they were smaller and they’ve done fundraising work for them in the past. Throughout the year, Spalding said Chartwells has also supported Greek life, Relay for Life, The Big Event and groups outside the Quinnipiac community, such as the YMCA in Cheshire. Spalding would like for Quinnipiac to think of Chartwells as more than just the people who run food services. “We should be a part of the community. We’re not here just to feed the students; we’re here to be a part of their life and support them in their endeavors,” she said.
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A select group of incoming freshmen will be the first to enter the School of Communications 3+1 program this coming fall. The program will allow students in the School of Communications to graduate in four years with both a bachelor’s and master’s degree. Students within the program will complete their undergraduate study in three years and fulfill their master’s degree in the fourth year with Terry Bloom, associate dean of the School of Communications, as their advisor. “I am going to be the advisor for the new [3+1 communications] students coming in so that they have a dedicated advisor up and running when they come in,” Bloom said. “Students will also meet with people in their specific majors, but in terms of the setup, I am going to be there initially.” This program is strictly for incoming freshmen students because of the time constraints. “If you switch into the program your sophomore year, you need to be done a year later,” Blom said. “The timeline is very tight with it. You need to know what you are doing when you start.” Tim O’Sullivan, the assistant director of admissions and head of applicant recruitment, said admissions determines which students will be a good fit for the “fast track” program by their academic performance. “We look for students applying in to the School of Communications who fall in the top 20 percent of their graduating class and scored a 1200, not including the writing section, on the SAT’s or higher,” he said. “Or an equivalent ACT score of a 27 or higher.” Admissions invited approximately 250 students to be part of the inaugural class. “I think it is an extremely beneficial program being that it offers such great value to incoming students and their families,” O’Sullivan said. “You are virtually getting two degrees for the price of one while saving a student’s time in addition to their money with the fixed tuition rate for all four years. If you think about it, it’s really two less years in college and two more years in the work force.” The 3+1 program is more than an academic group, it is also a community. Currently, students enrolled in the 3+1 program will have the option be in a LiveWell themed community within the Dana residence hall, according to Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Cindy Long Porter. The LiveWell community focuses on the well-being of its members through stress management, yoga and spirituality. Though students will only be placed in the LiveWell community their freshman year, several do tend to stay together, Porter
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