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Quinnipiac’s administration has brought in Michael Miller, interim assistant dean of student affairs and director of campus life. He is ready to hit the ground running.

The former Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Director of Campus Life Daniel Brown abruptly left the Quinnipiac community in early October. He had been working at Quinnipiac since 2003 and was a strong presence on campus.

Campus Life hosted a meet-and-greet to provide an opportunity for student leaders to connect with Miller and get to know the interim Assistant Dean of Student Affairs that they would be working closely with.

Miller worked at Quinnipiac over a decade ago in a similar position to the one he temporarily holds now. Since then he has traveled the country as a guest speaker for various groups at different colleges and universities or holding interim positions similar to the one he is in now.

“It feels as if I never left, and it’s wonderful. My DNA matches Quinnipiac’s, it’s always been a fit for me personally and professionally,” Miller said.

Miller was brought back to Quinnipiac after all those years to fill a position that was

suddenly left vacant by Daniel Brown’s absence.

Miller says as soon as he got the call that his help was needed in early October, it only took him ten days to get his things in order and arrive in Hamden, eager to come back to a community he has always loved.

“I worked at six colleges and universities, the best years of my career on campus were spent at Quinnipiac,” Miller said. “I say that with no diss to my other colleges that I worked at and without hesitation. The best years of my work life on campus were at Quinnipiac.”

As for what his plans are during his time at Quinnipiac, Miller says his main goals are to support Campus Life staff, to help find someone who is the best fit to permanently take over this position and to support students to make sure things run smoothly and students get what they need from his office.

“Ultimately, [to goal is] that students will always think of Quinnipiac as a place that helped make their dreams come true when they were college student,” he said. “That’s the beautiful part of campus life, is that students create this.”

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Remembering the life of Dean Kevin Basmadjian

By JENNIE TORRES Staff Writer

“Make it a great day.” This was an expression that the Dean of the School of Education Kevin Basmadjian would often say, living life to the fullest and encouraging others to do the same even despite the challenges he endured.

Basmadjian died peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 23 due to illness at age 51, according to his obituary. Basmadjian is survived by his wife, Emily, and two children, Christian and Carly.

In June 2004, Basmadjian joined Quinnipiac University as an associate professor and director of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program in the School of Education, according to MyQ. He was the university’s first faculty leadership fellow with the Office of Academic Affairs. Eventually in August 2012, he was appointed as interim dean for the School of Education, and in April 2014, he was appointed dean of the School of Education.

Professor in the School of Education and associate director of the MAT program, Mordechai Gordon was a close friend of Basmadjian’s family and says Basmadjian was one of the most supportive and optimistic people he’s ever worked with.

“He was humble, encouraging, always positive, willing to learn from others, but at the same time having a clear sense of what’s important,

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what we should be aiming for the school and for the university,” he said. “He knew how to get his point across without offending anyone, and he was a great advocate for the school. He helped us grow the school. He was always making decisions for the best interest of the students.”

Basmadjian’s family and friends celebrated his life during his funeral service on Oct. 29 at Spring Glen Church in Hamden, Connecticut.

A variety of speakers addressed a crowded assembly of family and friends about their experiences of knowing Basmadjian. There were also several musical tributes to him with the songs “That’s The Way That The World Goes Round,” “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Hail to the Victors.”

In addition, there was an open worship when any member of the crowd could speak about their fond memories about Basmadjian, further acknowledging the great effect he had on everyone’s hearts.

In a statement delivered to the academic community, Executive Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson spoke about Basmadjian and his qualities of leadership and hard work.

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

Last week, Twitter announced that it will be discontinuing the Vine app in the upcoming months. Vine is a social media network that allows users to post six second video loops to share with their followers.

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Dario Venuto| Entrepreneurship| Freshman “I’m actually really disappointed about Vine being discontinued. I actually was not aware of that. I think it’s really sad because I [will] miss seeing those random videos every now and then being posted on Facebook or some form of social media.”

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Tommy Colicchio | Biomedical Sciences | Freshman “I recently heard that Vine is closing down in the next couple months. I’m really upset they’re doing it because Vine is one of my favorite apps. I love watching all of the videos they have on there because they’re really funny.”

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“I think it’s sad, and I wish that maybe they would keep up the app with all the Vines. Maybe it would be okay if nobody could make any new ones, but it’s sad because they all [will be] gone and you can’t see them.”

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Molly Rabinovitz|Health Science Studies & Sociology| Freshman “Vine was what made me laugh in middle school and high school and made me happy. I used to look back at all of the funny stupid things and see that everybody else was having fun. It just makes my life a little better.”

Beyond the Bobcats Middlebury man fined, sentenced to probation in overdose case A Middlebury man was fined and sentenced to probation on Oct. 26, after it was determined that he was involved with a 22-year-old Woodbridge man’s heroin overdose last November, according to the New Haven Register. Wade Pettingill, 24, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense of possession of heroin in August. Pettingill is one of three men connected to the death of the victim, who died as a result of intoxication from a mix of heroin and a genetic benzodiazepine.

A rundown on news outside the university.

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NFL kicker released after domestic violence claims

California bus crash kills 13 Los Angeles residents

The New York Giants released kicker Josh Brown on Tuesday, Oct. 25, following Brown’s suspension by the National Football League for domestic violence, according to CNN.com. Brown was previously arrested for the incident in May 2015 at his home in Seattle. Authorities in Washington released several letters and journal entries in which Brown admitted to abusing his wife, Molly.

The documents display evidence that Brown reportedly physically, verbally and mentally abused his wife, while Brown now claims that he never subjected his wife to any physical abuse. Brown has been placed on the NFL’s exempt list.

A tour bus crashed into a slow-moving tractor-trailer in California on Oct. 23, resulting in the deaths of 13 people on the bus, including the driver, according to The Desert Sun. The bus was traveling westbound on Interstate 10, when it struck the back of the tractor-trailer truck. The bus, part of the USA Holiday Company, transported passengers in between Los Angeles and various casinos in the Southern California area. The bus was carrying 43 passengers from Red Earth Casino in Salton Sea Beach to Los Angeles at the time of the crash. All 13 on board who were killed were Los Angeles residents.

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University explains sexual assault procedures

By THAMAR BAILEY Associate News Editor

One in five women are sexually assaulted while in college, and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

Sophomore Alexandra Sauro doesn’t find this statistic shocking, but instead thinks it’s a reality that students should be aware of.

“It’s not surprising, it’s really not,” Sauro said. “You know, it’s a topic where everybody thinks it will never happen to them and it will never happen to someone you know. But it does and it’ll change your life and the person that it happened to. It will change your life forever and it will open your eyes and you will be more cautious.”

According to the 2015 fall enrollment statistics provided by University Registrar Joshua Berry, 5,947 women and 3,707 men were reported to attend Quinnipiac. Following the national statistic, based on the 2015 fall enrollment, an estimated 1,190 women and 232 men will be sexually assaulted at Quinnipiac in their college career.

The annual Jeanne Clery Act Report, an analysis of campus crime, categorizes sexual assault under several subsets of sexual misconduct. Sexual assault includes sexual harassment in which someone creates unwelcome verbal or physical contact. In addition to non-consensual sexual contact, sexual exploitation in which the invasion of sexual privacy, knowingly passing on a sexual transmitted infection or the exposure of genitalia occurs.

Sex offenses, rape, fondling, incest and statutory rape are all also categorized as sexual misconduct.

In the past year, there were four reports of rape at the university. Three incidents were in residence halls while the fourth was elsewhere on campus. In addition, there were five reports of rape and one report of fondling in 2014, and all incidents occurred in residence halls, according to the annual Clery Report.

Upon hearing that there were only four reports of rape at the university Sauro immediately thought of the impact on these students lives and those students that may have been a victim of sexual assault and didn’t file a report.

“I know it’s something that is going to happen wherever you go, but it’s just sad that there’s four,” Sauro said. “Four people’s lives have been changed forever and that’s the only ones we know about. We don’t know about the ones that didn’t come forward.

We don’t know if they will ever come forward.”

According to Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Deputy Title IX Coordinator Seann Kalagher, at the start of his career at Quinnipiac in May 2009, there was an estimated one report of sexual assault per year. Now in his eighth year, there are around four or five reports a year.

When asked about the number of reports of sexual assault in comparison to years past, Kalagher said he doesn’t believe there’s a correlation between the increase in the number of reports and sexual assault on campus. In 2012 there were updates made to the Title IX policy that created a better way to report. Kalagher believes that this new ability to report has increased the number of students reporting.

When investigating an allegation of sexual misconduct, there is a detailed process that occurs. Kalagher is constantly on call for all situations pertaining to Title IX, a policy prohibiting sexbased discrimination including sexual misconduct, as well as any instance in which a student feels he or she was treated unjustly based on their sex.

“Sometimes it depends on how we become aware of it,” Kalagher said. “If there’s something that allegedly happened just recently, I’ll work with the hall director on duty or whoever received the report and just walk through what [the] next steps are on campus to make sure we make different accommodations for the student.”

Student accommodations can include changing housing arrangements, medical attention and law enforcement. Depending on what information is known about the alleged assault, a no-contact order may be placed between the student alleged to have committed the assault and the assaulted student, according to Kalagher.

When a sexually assaulted student enters the Mount Carmel Campus Health and Wellness Center, a confidential resource for students, their mental and physical health are a top priority, according to Director of Student Health Services Christy Chase.

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The suggested statistics for sexual assault applied to the Quinnipiac student population.

“Mental health and physical health are addressed concurrently when responding to a sexual assault at Quinnipiac,” Chase said.

“Knowing that those who have experienced sexual assault may experience symptoms of trauma such as anxiety, depression and [post-traumatic stress disorder], it is important that they understand and know how to access resources available on and off campus.”

After accommodating the student who has been assaulted, two trained investigators look into the incident. The duo begins to interview students, collecting information pertaining to the time in question including door swipes, QCard taps, social media and other means to fill in the gaps of the assault.

Kalagher said interviews span to more than just the assaulted student and the accused student. Students who were not directly involved in the assault, but were a witness or came into contact with the students who were involved in the incident, may be interviewed as well.

After investigators collect all the information, they finalize a report and recommend whether or not they feel there is enough information to charge a student with a violation of the Title IX policy. At that time both the “complaining party,” or the assaulted student, and the accused party are given copies of this report. The accused student then has the chance to accept responsibility or, if they choose not to, they move to a hearing board that makes the final decision, according to Kalagher.

The hearing is solely based on the finalized report created by the investigators. There is no “back-and-forth” questioning between students and witnesses, according to Kalagher.

The hearing board may have questions for the students involved, but there isn’t a time where they are able to speak freely on the alleged assault, according to Kalagher. In other words, the students are restricted to only answering the questions asked of them.

“Neither student gets an opportunity to kind of say whatever it is they want to say,” Kalagher said. “It’s really focused on what’s in the report. If a student is found responsible, we do have what we call ‘impact statements.’ That’s kind of an opportunity for both parties to kind of talk about how the situation has impacted them and their lives, because that may have an impact on what the committee decides to do as a sanction.”

Freshman Erika Conaci said she believes it is a good course of action to base the hearing solely on concrete evidence.

“I think that’s good you don’t have to hear someone make the case,” Conaci said. “Because they definitely did it and there’s evidence based on it. And they don’t want someone to lie their way around so I think it’s good that they use the report instead of both sides.”

The minimum sanction for sexual misconduct at Quinnipiac is

suspension from the university for a year. Expulsion is the typical sanction for student found responsible for sexual misconduct.

Of the four alleged cases of rape in 2015, three cases went before a hearing board. In two cases, the accused party was found responsible. In the remaining case, the accused student was not found responsible, according to Kalagher. The fourth case did not go before a hearing board.

In comparison to the criminal law process, Kalagher said the university process is faster and holds a different standard with relation to Connecticut state law.

“If [a sexual assault case] gets reviewed by the state’s attorney office, they have to say like, ‘Can I prove this case beyond reasonable doubt?’” Kalagher said. “For us, we’re looking at whether a student violated university policy as written in our Title IX policy, so we’re not looking at the Connecticut statutes, we’re looking at our policy, and our standard is whether it’s more likely or not that a student violated, so it’s a lower threshold.”

Sauro said if she were to find herself in an instance where she would have to report sexual assault she would trust Quinnipiac to investigate the matter, but would rather go through the criminal process.

“I think I would trust Quinnipiac to handle it, I just don’t like how they keep it under wraps,” Sauro said. “ They keep it on the low. Therefore, I would go to the state of Connecticut. I mean, obviously it’s a priority, but I feel like it’s a priority in the fact that [Quinnipiac] doesn’t want admissions decreasing because of the sexual assaults that happen on campus. I mean, I toured here a few times before I came here, and no one raised the question, ‘Are there any sexual assaults on campus?’”

With regard to the criminal process, Kalagher said the university does not press criminal charges on the accused party. Instead, the decision to press charges is left to the complaining party.

“The university won’t step in on that student [the complaining party] in their stead or make the decision for them,” Kalagher said. “ And that’s very intentional because if a student has recently experienced some sexual assault, part of that is giving them their options back to make their own decisions as to whether they want to pursue through a criminal process.”

Sauro said she believes that students being able to make this decision on their own is good for the student who was assault, because when she thinks of a sexual assault she associates it with a loss of power.

“Honestly, I just think of being uncomfortable and being belittled,” Sauro said. “ Whether it be you’re a man and you’re being belittled, or whether you’re a woman and you’re being belittled.”

Miller: ‘It feels as if I never left’

them create the best environment possible, since he advises student run organizations.

One of his major responsibilities is advising the Student Government Association. This involves helping them remain fiscal responsibility and simply being there to answer questions and offer advice to the students involved.

Miller believes all students should have the resources and information they need to get involved, which would involve setting up a place for students with questions to go in the Student Center to find their answers.

When asked about Daniel Brown’s absence and the rea-

son why he was brought to Quinnipiac, Miller replied ‘no comment’ and reported he was not at liberty to speak on personnel issues.

“I know Daniel Brown separately from Quinnipiac, I know him from the field of higher education, and I’ve always had nothing but great respect for him and for the work that he’s done here.”

Miller wants to reassure the student body he isn’t trying to hide anything, and doesn’t believe the Quinnipiac administration is either.

“Everyone just assumes everyone knows everything, but I don’t know much, and I’m okay with that when it comes to people’s work life,” he said.

Senior Amanda DiFederico believes the student body deserves

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a simple explanation, just so there isn’t any confusion after.

“I just think that if you’re going to leave a campus where you’re really well-known it’s probably best to even give like a vague explanation why. You don’t have to give a lot of details but just enough so that later on, we’re not doing things like this, circulating questions and comments like that.”

Senior Ciara Divita agrees that there should be some kind of statement released by the school.

“I think it’s kind of odd that Quinnipiac hasn’t released a statement about Daniel Brown leaving Quinnipiac or why he’s left” Divita said. “It seems like they should be taking it more seriously because he was such a prominent face on campus and I’m sure students miss his absence and would like to be informed why he is gone so suddenly.”

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PRSSA to host networking event

Quinnipiac’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is hosting a networking event Saturday, Nov. 5 from noon to 4 p.m. on the York Hill campus. The event is a way for PR students to meet and network with alumni, professionals and professors. Students will have the chance to brand themselves to potential future employers. Beverages and snacks will be provided.

Delta Upsilon to sell pizza The fraternity will be selling Tonino’s pizza on the Bobcat Lawn to students as they get off of the shuttles returning home from New Haven Saturday, Nov. 6 starting at 9 p.m. until shuttles stop running at 2 a.m. The fraternity will be accepting both cash and QCash. All of the money raised will be going directly to Delta Upsilon’s chartering fees this spring.

Petulia Blake appointed to management faculty Petulia D. Blake was appointed an assistant teaching professor of management in the School of Business at Quinnipiac University on Oct. 27. In her new position, Blake is teaching classes on management, organizational behavior, human resource management and team processes. She conducts research in the areas of corporate sustainability and social responsibility with a focus on management and leadership.

Jill Stauffer to discuss book Haverford College professor Jill Stauffer will discuss her book, “Ethical Loneliness: The Injustice of Not Being Heard” at the Quinnipiac School of Law Center on Nov. 7 at noon in the Ceremonial Courtroom on the North Haven campus. The event is free and open to the public.

‘Celebration of Life’ to take place

A showcase in the celebration of Jackie Gray’s life will take place in Burt Kahn Court, Saturday, Nov. 5at 3 p.m. It is open to all students and will cost $3 at the door. Proceeds will be going to a scholarship in her name. IceCats, Dance Fusion, Dance Company, Kickline and Sideline Cheer will all be performing. Gray’s hometown studio, Express Dance and Acrobatics of Milford, Massachusetts will be performing as well.

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‘Old Friends and New’ to pair elderly with students

By KELLY RYAN

Associate News Editor

Senior Victoria Kozar wants to expand intergenerational friendships between Quinnipiac students and the elderly residents she lives with at Pond Ridge through a new organization, “Old Friends and New.” At the beginning of this semester, Kozar moved into Masonicare at Ashlar Village as a student-inresidence. This program was set up by the university and gave students the opportunity to live among the elderly community in Wallingford, Connecticut.

Now that Kozar has been living at Pond Ridge for about half a semester, she is planning to set up a pairing program through which students from Quinnipiac will be paired with residents from Pond Ridge.

Kozar got the idea from her advisor and clinical assistant professor of occupational therapy, Erica Defrancesco. During one of their conversations, Professor Defrancesco pitched this idea.

“It’s called ‘Old Friends and New.’ It’s actually named after the blog that I created,” Kozar said.

“Basically it’s going to be similar to like a Big Brother, Big Sister and Best Buddies… one of those types of [organizations].”

“Not every elderly person is grumpy and lazy, a lot of them are very friendly, exciting, outgoing and active.”

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Kozar plans to distribute surveys to both students and residents who are interested to look for similar interests and backgrounds and pair them from that feedback. From there, the club will have monthly meetings and different events.

Sophomore occupational therapy major Catherine Hill hopes to make new friends outside of the norm.

“There are a lot of stereotypes around the elderly and I believe working with this club will help show others that a lot of them aren’t true,” Hill said in an email. “Not every elderly person is grumpy and lazy, a lot of them are very friendly, exciting, outgoing and active.”

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Senior Victoria Kozar’s organization ‘Old Friends and New’ will pair students with elderly residents from Pond Ridge in the Masonicare at Ashlar Village.

The organization’s big kickoff event was a Halloween party on Monday, Oct. 31, where students and residents were able to mingle and hit it off. The first meeting is set for Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Kozar is looking forward to being more of a mentee, after being a part of Best Buddies and other organizations similar to this one.

“I have been a part of similar clubs like this… I’ve been more on the mentoring side, so it’s nice to kinda flip the table a little bit,” Kozar said. “Being here and having friendships like we have, it will be so nice to share that with other students, too.”

There are still some walls that need to come down logistically before the organization can hit the ground running. Due to the fact that this club will be off campus, “Old Friends and New” is still in the planning process.

“I sent in my constitution. I met with a couple people from Quinnipiac. I met with some people here [at Pond Ridge],” Kozar said. “There’s a lot of liability with the [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] and whatnot, so we still have some boundaries we have to go past. But besides that, it’s been smooth sailing.”

Just recently, Kozar put on a fashion show at the facility with some of her friends. She said the residents loved it because there was so much energy. Afterward, there was a reception and everyone was sitting,

talking and listening to music.

“We were playing all oldies music and the residents were like, ‘What do you guys listen to?’ so it was so funny. We were all dancing and singing,” Kozar said. “After that, the residents said they were on board.”

Kozar’s sister Hayley also plans on joining the club and believes that what her sister is doing will help bridge the gap between the elderly and young adults due to technology and societal changes. “[Victoria] is really taking her student residency above and beyond by tying the Quinnipiac student community to the Pond Ridge elderly community,” Hayley said in an email. “My sister puts her whole heart into the places that strike up her passion, and the Pond Ridge community as well as the geriatric population are among these things.”

Victoria hopes to get the pairs made by the end of the semester.

She has a big reveal planned for the residents, similar to that of a sorority big-little reveal. She also has a goal of establishing an executive board for the club that will include both students members and resident members.

“We do want the residents to be so involved as well because we want to do what they want to do,” Victoria said. “There’s a few who sat me down and were like, ‘We’re gonna be in charge here, missy.’ They know what they want and we’re trying to be receptive to that.”

After getting set up at Quinnipiac, Victoria hopes to stretch the idea of this club nationally. Right now, her main focus is Quinnipiac, but she has been in contact with Southern Connecticut State University and Yale University, who are interested in potentially adopting the club at their schools.

This program aims to cross generational lines in several ways.

“We have a little bit of the grandparent relationship, but it’s a whole lot of seeing each other as peers as well. It’s nice because we’re at an age where there is a balance,” Victoria said. “It’s good that we can talk about our lives and things like that but also they like to take us under their wing.”

Victoria hopes that this club will help expand interest in being a part of the student-in-residence program outside of the School of Health Sciences. She also hopes “Old Friends and New” will help students break out of their college bubble.

“It’s funny because I actually talked to one of the residents about this… there’s so much going on outside but you get so absorbed,” Victoria said. “But they were telling me that I don’t realize there’s a bubble [at Pond Ridge] too… they see stuff on the news but they don’t hear it from people who are living it.

So it’s so great that we’re able to pop each other’s bubbles and fully take it all in and be able to experience it all together.”

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efit of students, faculty and staff colleagues and the broader university,” Thompson said.

Basmadjian’s memory will also linger with students as well, including senior sociology major Luciana Fohsz. She says Basmadjian encouraged her to attend the university and study in the MAT program for elementary education.

“He is one of the main reasons why I am at Quinnipiac University after hearing him speak so highly of the MAT program,” she said in a statement.

Fohsz said thanks to Basmadjian, she will be able to complete the MAT program in three years when normally, the program takes four years to accomplish.

“Without him, I would not have realized my true potential,” she said.

“Through our several encounters, he taught me and showed me just how

incredible the teaching profession is.”

Junior psychology major Lauren Birdsall said she had Basmadjian as a professor during her freshman year and recalls how he was always very happy and genuine towards his students.

“As a member of the Quinnipiac Future Teachers Organization [QFTO], he has always asked what he could do to help us out and would follow through, on top of all of his other responsibilities,” Birdsall said. “The experience with Dean Basmadjian was mostly in the classroom, and he was extremely passionate about the material he taught us. Him being passionate about what he does as well as being so generous is something I will always remember.”

Associate Dean of the School of Education Beth Larkins-Strathy said Basmadjian was her dean, colleague and friend who was a true visionary and leader.

“Kevin was one of the most posi-

tive and upbeat human beings I have ever met,” Larkins-Strathy said. “He created an incredibly positive work environment in the School of Education with his good cheer and humor and his belief and trust in his faculty and staff.”

Larkins-Strathy said that during the summer, Basmadjian involved the faculty in a fun, bonding experience.

“Being the visionary he was, he knew that soon he would have to leave us, so he did something very special. He created a faculty retreat in late August that was a bit different than the typical retreats that schools have,” she said. “The Strategic School Plan and branding were on the agenda, but the true purpose was to create an incredibly strong bond between all of us so we could carry his spirit and positivity when he was gone.”

During the retreat, there were team building games that brought the faculty closer together.

The activities they played includ-

ed tossing a beach ball around and answering pre-planned questions like, “If you could have dinner with anyone, who would that be?” and then the group would determine whether the answers were true or false.

Another activity involved having the faculty work in teams and receive a bag of miscellaneous items like a balloon and huge sunglasses, and the task was to create a skit using the items, according to Larkins-Strathy.

They weren’t normal activities for a retreat, but Larkins-Strathy said that it brought the faculty closer than ever before.

“Kevin knew it was just what we needed. It brought us even closer than we were already,” she said. “And now we are without Kevin, but his spirit and the love and laughter he left behind will guide us and help us to fulfill the dreams and plans he had for our school and our students. His love, laughter and caring will always be a part of us.”

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Antique book sale funds occupational therapy scholarships

By HANNAH FEAKES News Editor

Members of the Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) sponsored an antique book fair in the Carl Hansen Student Center on Oct. 27 to raise money for both the Occupational Therapy Centennial Scholarship Fund and the South Congregational Church in Middletown, Connecticut.

SOTA students and additional volunteers spent over 14 hours picking out antique books to be organized, priced and sold in preparation for the antique book fair.

They held the fair this past Thursday, according to Felicia Duch, junior occupational therapy major.

Joe and Trudy Rumberger were the owners of all the books. The couple, now in their 90s, wanted to donate the books to students and faculty members who will appreciate them.

By the end of the fair, the group had sold 130 books and made $812. Half of the money will be donated to the scholarship fund and the other half will go to the church.

“The couple donating the books have cherished these books for many years and have so many stories and have so much to say about every single one,” Duch said. “Being able to pass along these books to new owners to have new experiences is a gift.”

The books dated back the late 1800s and ranged in various genres

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SOTA students helped Joe and Trudy Rumberger organize their books for the antique book fair.

including anthropology, cultural studies, history and poetry.

The Rumbergers have wanted to host a book fair on campus since the beginning of the semester.

Duch and fellow volunteers have worked to make the fair a reality.

Duch met the Rumbergers through the occupational therapy service learning course that is offered at Quinnipiac. The coordinator of the event, Norene Carlson, introduced the occupational therapy students to home health care

and the vitality of keeping individuals in their homes for as long as possible, according to Duch.

Duch and her classmates are also working with a service learning group for their required occupational therapy course, Occupational Therapy Framework. The group of 11 students have worked with this couple for about seven weeks.

SOTA has gone to the couple’s home and worked with them to do things that insurance doesn’t

typically cover. They’ve cleaned, cooked, made sure there is enough space in their house for the couple to move around and now they’ve put on a book fair, according to Duch.

“I must have made an offhand comment about wanting to get rid of my books, and it’s difficult to do,” Joe Rumberger said. “It is no longer difficult, [the students] did all of the work. Also, mentally and psychologically, it was a wonderful release. I knew that they would

be sold at an educational institution and would [cater to] a clientele that would be interested.”

The purpose of this event was not to sell books but to emphasize meaningful occupation, which includes education, social participation and leisure, according to Duch.

“One of the big movements of this century is to keep [elderly] people in their homes and living in their homes as long as possible.

There are multiple branches of service learning but this particular branch that we are involved in, we try to make their home as adaptable as possible to whatever needs they might have,” Duch said.

The Rumbergers have even more books in their house to sell, according to Joe Rumberger.

“I’m not sure if we will have the time or interest to do another collection of sales,” Joe Rumberger said. “The raw material is there, if [the students] don’t, I will have to somehow dispose of them eventually. Even though that is a painful process, when it’s done, it’s done and it doesn’t hurt but the anticipation of getting rid of books for a hoarder is tough.”

Joe Rumberger said it is harder to read and thinks it is time to give his beloved books a new home.

“I’ve read a lot of them, but some of them I haven’t read. I am not going to get around to reading them at this stage so I’d rather someone else does,” he said.

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Anybody but Trump

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By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Throughout the 87 years of The Quinnipiac Chronicle’s existence, the editorial board has never taken a stance in a presidential election to our knowledge. While various members have shared personal opinions about specific political issues in the past, this is the first time that the editorial board, as a whole, has done so. We understand that our readers have a variety of values and beliefs, and have not felt the need to share ours previously, but this election is different.

When Barack Obama and Mitt Romney ran for president in 2012, most were not as concerned about the future of the country, regardless of the outcome. This year, we are not choosing between two competent nominees who have similar goals, but different methods to approach those goals.

Republican nominee Donald Trump, by unanimous consensus of The Quinnipiac Chronicle Editorial Board, is unfit for the office of President of the United States.

Ever since Trump announced his candidacy on June 16, 2015, he has repeatedly displayed that he does not possess the values, trustworthiness or the consistency necessary to be president.

Trump is prejudiced. Since the beginning of his campaign, his claims against Muslims, Mexicans and migrants have drawn outrage from around the world, though most of his supporters seem to remain unbothered.

He called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” in 2015. However, it was only until “our country’s representatives could figure out what is going on.” Not only are these racist sentiments reminiscent of mid-20th century Europe, his vagueness has become somewhat of a signature.

He expanded on his statements in September, saying that only “American hands will rebuild our nation. Not the hands of people from other nations.” Apparently, this rule does not apply to some of Trump’s buildings, which are maintained and staffed predominantly by migrant workers.

In regards to Mexicans, Trump insists on building an impenetrable physical wall along the southern border of the United States, which Mexico will pay for. It is also important to note that he has made these arrangements with Mexico’s funding without initially consulting Mexico’s president.

After speaking with the President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico in August, who stated that he would not pay for the wall, Trump conveniently made a slight change to his plan.

Now he says that the U.S. will pay for the wall, and Mexico will reimburse our country.

These kinds of unilateral, uninformed statements are not those of a qualified presidential candidate. They are those of a businessman who spent five years peddling the “birther” movement, which erroneously questioned the validity of Barack Obama’s presidency and his natural-born citizenship.

There appears to be a recurring theme with these raciallymotivated assertions.

Trump is inconsistent with his positions. In fact, he has made at least 138 distinct shifts on 23 major issues throughout the duration of his candidacy, according to a list compiled

by NBC News.

In an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN, Cooper asked Trump about how he would defeat Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, now Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant).

His response? “Bomb the hell out of those oil fields” in Iraq.

Trump also said that he would not send many troops, as they would be unnecessary. Just a few seconds later, he said that he would send troops to defend the oil companies that he will hire and “put a ring around them.”

His stance changed, and now the most we know about his plan to defeat ISIS is that we need computers, and it’s going to be “very, very tough.” He also cited his 10-year-old’s “unbelievable” computer skills, which shows just how much he appears to know about the intricacies of cyber terrorism. The Editorial Board is unsure of the connection between cyberterrorism and Barron Trump’s computer skills.

We cannot support a presidential candidate who is so flippant and impulsive with matters of national security. With his extreme statements regarding the war on terror, he is unsuited to be commander in chief of our military. In fact, a slew of GOP national security leaders wrote an open letter, stating that Trump’s “expansive view of how presidential power should be wielded against his detractors poses a distinct threat to civil liberty in the United States.”

Furthermore, his comments about women and women’s rights are indefensible. At this point, many Americans are familiar with the 2005 tape that was released of a conversa-

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BRIEF HISTORY OF NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENTS

Newspaper endorsements of presidential candidates dates back to the 19th century in America. This is something that is unique to newspapers, as most television stations, online news sources, or magazines do not endorse. The New York Times, for example, a historically democratic newspaper, endorsed Hillary Clinton in this election, and Barack Obama in the last.

tion between our Republican nominee and television show host Billy Bush of the politically-active Bush family. This recording includes mention of kissing, touching and groping other women, stating that “I just kiss. I don’t even wait...when you’re a star, they let you do it.” Following the release of the tape, he said that this was “locker room” talk between men.

However, we have all been in locker rooms, and do not recall encountering such shameless irreverence and sexism.

Additionally, in the first debate the subject of his criticism of women’s bodies was brought up. The main example of which is Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe who stated that Trump called her “Miss Piggy” due to her weight gain.

She also stated that Trump called her “Miss Housekeeping” because she is a Latina woman. The next day, Trump actually attempted to defend his remarks on the morning show, “Fox and Friends,” stating that “...she gained a massive amount of weight and we had a real problem.” *** While Trump has discussed some important issues in this election, none could excuse his blatant disrespect towards various groups of American citizens. This disrespect includes his glaring lies to the American people, which equate to approximately 70 percent of his statements, according to PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning independent fact-checking outlet.

It is crucial that we note that this editorial is not a representation of our support for Hillary Clinton, who is also not a perfect candidate. Nor is it a jab at the Republican Party as a whole. While some Editorial Board members do support the Democratic nominee, there is not a unanimous consensus.

Overall, we encourage you to vote with your values.

While most of these remarks by Trump may not seem detrimental unto themselves, compiled together, they could be disastrous. While it may be a good thing to break away from traditional politicians at some point, this is not the time, with Trump as our option. And while policy is extremely important and is not something that should be neglected when deciding the presidency, we cannot allow the figurehead of our country to be so impulsive and uncensored, especially when foreign policy is at the forefront of our national conversations. *All attributions and references are available in the online article at quchronicle.com.

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58 (18%) *Politifact awarded Trump 2015’s Lie of the Year award.

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No need to shame high school sweethearts It seems as though the norm is to break up “going out,” which really just consisted of with your high school boyfriend before you sitting next to each other at lunch in middle leave for college, right? People may tell you school, messaging each other on AIM and havthat you should go to college single, explore ing our friends run back and forth between us at who else is out there, meet a bunch of new recess, acting as messengers because we were people and not be held back by anyone who is too afraid to talk to each other face to face.

Over the years, he bemiles and miles away. came my absolute best friend Maybe your friends at in the world. He has never home tell you to forget about KELLY RYAN left my side, he’s my biggest him, go out on the weekends Associate News Editor fan and he cares about me and “get to know” other @KellyAnnRyann more than anyone ever has. guys. Maybe your parents Why does it matter that I tell you “it’s part of the colmet him when I was young lege experience” to be indeand not in college? pendent and open to someone new.

I understand the logic behind being sinI’m here to tell you, you don’t have to gle in college and starting with a clean slate. listen to them.

I’ve been with the same guy since I was in Some high school relationships are just for the seventh grade. I’ve never dated anyone else fun and aren’t really built on the best founbut him. I was 12 years old when we started dation, but that doesn’t mean all of them

don’t last. Some people are lucky enough to find someone early on in their lives, sometimes as early as 12 years old.

I’ll admit, I even questioned it myself for a little bit after being bombarded with negative opinions, but no matter what I heard from other people before I left for college, I always told myself that the only thing that mattered was my happiness.

People could say all they wanted about me dating the same guy my whole life and judge me for never letting go of that, but it really didn’t matter to me. I knew that I was happy.

Why can’t that be enough?

When I think about my own situation, I think about my parents’ love story. My dad’s parents and my mom’s parents were close friends, and they had kids around the same time. Both families went on vacations together, lived near each other and celebrated holidays together. My par-

ents were childhood best friends.

They did their own thing in high school, but once they were in their 20s, they started dating.

Now they’ve been married for over 20 years.

Why is our society stuck in a rut of following what everyone else is doing? It shouldn’t matter where or when or how you meet the person you love.

There’s no rule that says we have to meet them at college or at work. Everyone can have their own story, and it’s nobody else’s place to criticize how long you’ve been with the same person or how old you were when you met them.

So whether you meet someone you love when you’re 12, 25, 40 or 65, it doesn’t matter. Some people say it’s adorable that we’re “high school sweethearts” and some people question why I would ever stick around for that long, but I am happy, so who cares?

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CLINTON TRUMP vs. and their stances on issues relevant to college students Education

Clinton plans to tackle early childhood education, college affordability and student debt. If she were elected president, one of her goals would be to make preschool “available to every child in America.”

In regards to higher education, she wants to make every public college or university tuition-free for any student whose family has an income of or less than $125,000. Clinton also plans to create more options for student loan repayment, including deferment and refinancing. Clinton plans to create an expiration date for student loans to stop the government from “making money off of lending money.”

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Trump plans to devise an effort to make it easier for students “to access, pay for and finish” some form of higher education. The Republican candidate promises to add a $20 billion investment toward school choice, a program in which public school funds follow the student in whatever academic setting they decide to attend, whether it be a charter school, private school, public school or any other learning environment that they choose.

Planned Parenthood Clinton is pro-choice and in full support of Planned Parenthood. If elected president, Clinton will defend Planned Parenthood, along with women’s access to healthcare and a woman’s right to have a safe and legal abortion, according to statements Clinton made in the third presidential debate.

The Republican candidate is pro-life and with regards to Roe vs. Wade, the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court decided the right to privacy ensured a woman’s right to abort without interference from the law, Trump acknowledged in the third presidential debate that the case could be overturned during his presidency.

Veterans & Military Clinton plans to prioritize defense reform initiatives for the military budget. The Democratic candidate plans to stretch the taxpayer dollars and maintain the budget in efforts to curb “runaway cost growth.”

She wants to reform veterans’ healthcare by improving the quality of healthcare at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Clinton also plans to ensure veterans’ access to “education and economic opportunity.”

Within his vision, Trump plans to increase the military budget in hopes to strengthen the nation’s defense. In addition, he plans to provide assistance to veterans to tend to their physical and invisible wounds and in general work to meet the needs of veterans including the needs of female veterans, according to Trump’s campaign website.

Immigration She views the border between the United States and Mexico as “the most secure border we have ever had.” She also supports the reform of an immigrant’s path to citizenship and is focusing on detaining undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Within her first 100 days in office, Clinton promised to create a full immigration reform that ensures a pathway to full and equal citizenship.

Trump is in favor of stricter immigration laws in efforts to protect the jobs, wages and security of the American people. If he becomes president, Trump plans to build a wall, paid for by Mexico, on the southern border of the United States in order to curb Mexican immigration into the U.S.. Additionally, he wants to deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants, then let “the good ones” come back.

Interpretation of Constitution In regards to gun control, Clinton plans to expand background checks for gun sales by “closing the gun show and internet sales loopholes.” She also plans to remove the gun lobby’s legal protection and revoke licenses from dealers who are breaking the law. She also plans to create a federal law that makes it illegal to purchase a gun for someone who is not able to get one themselves, as well as working to keep military-grade weapons away from the general public.

With regard to the Constitution, Trump is adamant about the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms. During the next presidential term, new justices will be appointed and if in office, Trump plans to appoint pro-life justices in favor of the Second Amendment and the overall upholding of the Constitution. He believes in the strict interpretation of the Constitution in alignment with that of the Founding Fathers.

Terrorism Clinton has the three-step plan in order to defeat ISIS. Her vision entails taking out ISIS strongholds in Iraq and Syria. Next, she plans to work with the United States’ allies to dismantle global terror networks such as ISIS, according to her campaign website. And finally, she plans to strengthen the defenses of the U.S. She wants to support law enforcement by educating then and providing them with resources and training to prevent terrorist attacks before they happen. Clinton also wants to ensure that assault weapons stay out of the hands of terrorists by allowing the FBI to stop sales with suspected terrorists, enforcing comprehensive terrorist attacks and keeping military-style weapons off the streets, according to her campaign website.

The Republican candidate plans to bring to an end to the United States’ current strategy of building nations and changing regimes. Instead, Trump wants to focus on rebuilding the military. Trump plans to temporarily suspend immigration from “some of the most dangerous and volatile regions of the world” that have historical ties to terrorism, according to Trump’s campaign website. Trump vision also entails creating a “Commission of Radical Islam” to educate America on the beliefs of “Radical Islam” and to “identify the signs of radicalization,” in order to expose terrorist networks within the U.S.

Economics Clinton wants to increase minimum wage to $15 an hour, as well as increase workers’ benefits.

She also wants to give tax cuts to the middle class and small businesses, according to The Balance.

Clinton plans to create a “fair tax system” in which multi-millionaires and billionaires will not pay a lower tax than middle-class families.

Economically, Trump plans to implement tax cuts, get rid of “destructive” regulation and negotiate trade deals in efforts to incite investment and therefore create new jobs, according to a speech Trump delivered at the New York Economic Club in Manhattan, New York. Trump also plans to create 25 million jobs over the next decade. *All information from official campaign websites

About the running mates Sen. Tim Kaine is a long-serving politician who has held office as mayor, governor and senator.

As governor of Virginia, Kaine put forth efforts on issues such as early childhood education, digitizing historical records and smoking bans, according to BBC. While in the Senate, Kaine served on the Armed Services Committee as well as the Aging, Budget and Foreign Relations committees, according to BBC. Kaine is a devout Catholic who personally doesn’t support abortion but has politically supported abortion throughout his time as a state senator. In addition, he opposes the death penalty but has overseen 11 executions as governor of Virginia. Overall, Kaine has stated that “his personal beliefs come second to legal and political implications,” according to CNN. Kaine was also the first senator to deliver a speech in Spanish on the chamber floor, according to CNN.

KAINE (D-VA) PENCE (R-IN)

Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana has a political history that started in 2000 when he was an elected congressman of Indiana and went on to serve six terms in that position. In 2013, Pence became of the governor of Indiana, where he still holds office today. Since then, he put through the largest state tax cut in Indiana history as well as lowered the business personal property tax and corporate income tax, all while generating a State surplus. He has also decreased veteran unemployment in the Hoosier state and pushed for increased funding for education. Pence is a devout Evangelical Christian and describes himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.” He advocates for conversion therapy, a practice that seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation from gay to straight, according to Politifact.

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Quinnipiac’s stance on the presidential election

By THAMAR BAILEY AND VICTORIA SIMPRI

After nearly 18 months of presidential campaigning, numerous rallies and three presidential debates, the nation must decide who will be the next president of the United States. As Election Day approaches, students must decide if they’re voting and who they’re voting for on Nov. 8. The two major candidates are Donald Trump for the Republican party and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the Democratic party.

Of the 110 people polled on Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses, 38 percent of the sample said they were voting for Clinton.

Twelve percent of the students stated they were voting for Trump, while 5 percent stated they were voting for a third-party candidate. Twenty percent of students said they were undecided while a fourth of the polled population stated they were not registered or not voting in the presidential election.

Freshman Nicole An is just one of the several students at Quinnipiac that have decided not to vote in the upcoming election.

The registered independent voter said she believes in the weight of her vote.

“I don’t think that I’m going to vote because I don’t think that my vote is really going to count either way,” An said. “If we’re honestly speaking, it’s just one out of how many people?

So it’s like it won’t even count.”

Sophomore Owen Meech, a registered independent, urges students fulfill their civic responsibility and vote.

“I think that every vote matters, and whoever you’re voting for you should know why you’re voting for them, but definitely vote,” Meech said.

Meech submitted his absentee ballot and marked Trump as the candidate he would like to see in the Oval Office. In his opinion, Trump will try his hardest to put Americans first and make better deals for America.

“I think that he’s an agent for change and is taking a different direction from politics as usual,” Meech said. “I’m just more scared of Hillary.”

Sophomore Emily Alderman, a registered independent voter, also plans on voting for Trump in the upcoming election.

After the scandal with Clinton’s private email server, Alderman made the decision that Trump is the candidate that she wants to see in office.

“I think that Donald Trump is more willing to protect us as a nation and go further to protect us than Hillary, obviously from what she did,” Alderman said.

The email scandal Alderman is referring to started back in August 2015 when the FBI began investigating Clinton on the grounds that classified information was compromised because of her emails. The investigation concluded in July of 2016 and the FBI director stated that Clinton was “extremely careless” but did not advise pressing charges on Clinton.

The case has since been reopened as of Oct.

28 as new emails were found and are currently under scrutiny, according to USA Today.

Freshman Michelle Conca, a registered independent voter, said she can agree that neither major party candidate is ideal, but she’s leaning toward voting for the former secretary of state.

“I feel like a lot of us don’t like Trump,” Conca said. “But putting him aside, even though you might not like Hillary you don’t have that much to choose from, so you might just have to go with the lesser of two evils.”

Regardless of Clinton’s flaws, sophomore James Burnham said he’s voting for Clinton because he thinks she’s the best to serve the country.

“I think [Clinton] is what the country needs, given its social injustice problems,” Burnham said. “She‘d be the best to serve as a diplomat for foreign relations, more so than her opponents.”

Freshman Zaria Brogdon, a registered voter, said that when she saw that Trump was running a campaign, that was the moment she realized she wanted Clinton in office.

Brogdon disagrees with Trump’s proposals to prevent immigrants from coming into the country.

“This country was built on immigration.

We shouldn’t have to keep them out. It should be monitored, but we shouldn’t have to keep all of them out,” Brogdon said.

Regarding social problems, Brogdon agrees that Clinton would be best to handle these types of issues.

“Trump is always saying that he went to Chicago and did all of this, but he doesn’t really know what is going on in the inner cities,” Brogdon said. “I’m not saying that Hillary [knows what is going on in inner cities], but she is more of a people person because that’s how Democrats are.”

Though several students have made their decision, many are undecided as to who they want to see in office next year.

Junior Andrew Young is a registered voter but is undecided for the 2016 presidential election.

“It’s debatable simply because I don’t really like either candidate,” Young said.

“For example, I don’t like that there’s a lot of generalization among a lot of the things that certain candidates say. They put a lot of people into one category.”

Young understands the importance of voting but stated that he is not confident in the two major party candidates. With regards to the three presidential debates, Young compared both Clinton and Trump to “two children bickering.”

“I was kind of very disappointed because these are the future leaders of my home country,” Young said.

Although there are mixed views, based on the sample taken, the majority of the Quinnipiac population will be in favor of Clinton.

Political science professor SCOTT McLEAN gives his thoughts on the millennial vote and the impact their vote has on the election.

In addition, he provides his prediction for Connecticut’s outcome on Election Day.

Regarding the millennial vote…

“One thing about 18 to 35-year-old voters is that they are diverse. So one of the things that we are seeing in the key swing states is that states become more volatile when they get a younger demographic. The average age of the state goes down [and] you can start to predict that that state will start to swing. That’s because people who are younger have not yet established a party identity. They call themselves independents, they tend to not think that social change can come through political action… they also have a different orientation toward voting. People in that age group are much less likely to think of voting as a civic obligation.”

Regarding the impact of the 18-35 population on the election…

“Absolutely, yeah, they would have an effect. The trick is to get them to turn out, and that’s really what is up to the campaigns… Obama was extremely effective in getting younger voters. Literally, younger voters decided the last two elections. If they had voted at the level that they had in 2000 or 2004, [it’s] very possible that the Republicans in both 2008 and 2012 would have won and beat Obama. So that’s a really important vote. This year, neither candidate has nearly the appeal with younger voters that Obama did.”

Regarding the outcome of Connecticut in the presidential election...

“I don’t think that Trump has a chance in Connecticut... We just don’t see any evidence that Connecticut would swing from Democratic to Republican. We are the bluest state in the United States along with Delaware and Hawaii. [They] are with us in that we have Democratic majorities in all branches of government, and we have large advantages in voter registrations with Democrats. So the only way that this could happen is if all the unaffiliated voters, the vast majority of them, went for Donald Trump.”

Who are students voting for?

Reporters polled 110 students on Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses. Students discussed who they are planning on voting for and whether or not they would be participating in the election next week.

38% 20%

25%

12%

Reporting done by: Thamar Bailey, David Friedlander, Victoria Simpri, Matt Grahn

Who are you voting for?

According to a quchronicle.com online weekly poll. Overall pool: 104 people.

Clinton

Trump

Undecided Voters

5%

Not Registered/ Third Party Not Voting *9.5% margin of error, includes voters who are leaning towards a category

Issues that matter to students

29%

71%

CLINTON: 71%

TRUMP: 29%

“Job creation is a thing that I’m big on, and I think job creation is something that both candidates somewhat stress,” Young said. “I’m also very focused on economics sides, obviously because I’m an economics major. I know that from Trump’s point of view, he wants to cut expenditures and he wants to lower taxes for the small businesses and businesses in general.”

-Andrew Young ‘18 Economics major

“Tuition for college is obviously, not just for Quinnipiac here, but it’s been going up everywhere, not just with private schools, but with public schools as well, which is insane, because now the in-state students have to pay as much as out- of state students, and that’s really crazy.”

-Jennifer Rondinelli ‘20 Biomedical Sciences major

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FALL INTO WINTER DESIGN BY CHRISTINA POPIK

Winter is coming. That means it’s “fuzzy socks, never-ending runny nose, shivering on your walk to Toad’s and borderline hibernation” season. Unfortunately, the beautiful snowflakes and chilly, crisp weather can be enemies to your skin. Besides the common dry and itchy skin on your body, the sensitive and complex skin on your face can be impacted tremendously by the cold weather. Acne, scarring and dryness are common problems which arise during the winter months. Here are four easy tips to help you protect your skin from the harsh season.

- C. Gardner

Face-first

Moisturize One of the most essential and beneficial steps to a complete face routine, especially in the cold weather, is moisturizing. The winter winds strip your skin of its natural moisture and cause increased dryness throughout your face. To avoid dryness and irritation, always moisturize after washing your face, no matter what skin type you have. I recommend a moisturizer that focuses on repairing your skin’s barrier either throughout the day or overnight. Also, protection from the sun is important, even in the winter, to prevent sun damage and wrinkles later on in life, so finding a moisturizer with SPF is a plus. Apply chapstick constantly to soften and heal chapped lips (I personally love anything Burt’s Bees). Having a small humidifier in your dorm can also add moisture to the air and can really help your skin and help prevent sore throats in the morning.

CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream $12.34, www.amazon.com

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Face Moisturizer $24, www.sephora.com

Don’t bully your pimples

CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser $12.99, www.ulta.com

belif Tea Tree Oil $26.00, www.sephora.com

Although they’ve done enough damage to your skin, pimples can do a lot worse if constantly picked or doused in chemical treatments, especially since the skin is far more fragile in the winter. Redness and infection are products of angry and sad pimples that haven’t been given the love and care they need to heal. You want them to heal without leaving a dark mark or scar, so don’t pester them. Even if the scab is too crusty to look at or even if you pop it before it’s ready, don’t touch them until they’re gone. If you do go popping crazy (and we all have those moments), make sure to clean and treat the spot to prevent infection later on. You can do this with your cleanse, tone and moisturize routine or, if the spot is too agitated, use stronger products like hydrogen peroxide or bacitracin ointment to protect the fragile area. If you can’t wait for the pimple to go away on it’s own, use an all-natural tea tree oil to spot treat the spot.

Keep circulation flowing The super cold weather your face encounters during a walk from the College of Arts and Sciences to the Center of Communications and Engineering can restrict blood flow to the face due to decreased circulation. It’s important to keep your face pumped with blood to produce glowing and supple texture.

In order to get more blood flow to your face, exercise is key. Sweat it out at the gym, do a brutal round of cardio, anything to get your face red. Yes, sweat is gross, and you would not like to have it sitting on your face, but after a quick spritz of rosewater (one of my favorites) or a short wash, the bacteria is removed and your skin will be plump and glowing. Another method of stimulating blood flow is exfoliation. This process gets rid of dry and flaky skin, cleans out deep pores and gets the blood flowing. Never be too harsh with scrubbing because that could cause damage to sensitive skin. A device that helps achieve great exfoliation without irritating the skin is the Clarisonic.

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Back to Stars Hollow

By LINDSAY PYTEL Staff Writer

November is a time to be thankful, and this year “Gilmore Girls” fans are even more thankful than usual.

The “Gilmore Girls” revival, “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life,” comes out on Netflix the day after Thanksgiving. That’s right, our coffeeloving girls from Stars Hollow, Connecticut are back and we may finally get answers to questions we’ve had since the series finale aired in 2007.

Since its premiere in 2000, “Gilmore Girls” has followed the lives of an inseparable motherdaughter pair, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore.

From boyfriends to jobs, to hopes and dreams, this dramedy pulls at the heartstrings. While Instagram posts and teaser clips have served as the main promotion for the revival, fans got an even bigger surprise on Oct. 25 when Netflix released the first trailer.

Based on the trailer, here is what we know so far: 1. Probably the most important thing is the fact that Kirk (Sean Gunn) is still the same weird Kirk we all know and love. His wacky antics, stupid funny lines and unlimited supply of jobs are definitely something to look forward to this November.

2. For real now - the actual most important thing is that Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Luke (Scott Patterson) are together!

In the season finale, Luke threw Rory (Alexis Bledel) the most wonderful going away party imaginable as she went off to live her life as a journalist on the campaign trail of Barack Obama. At the end of the episode, Lorelai finds out the surprise party was Luke’s idea, they kiss and everything feels right in the world.

3. As for Rory’s love life, the mystery still remains. Based on the trailer, Team Logan (Matt Czuchry) fans are rejoicing. At one of their infamous Friday night dinners, Rory seems to be going on a trip to London. To visit Logan, perhaps?

4. Beloved Richard Gilmore will be honored in the revival. Actor Edward Herrmann, who portrayed Richard in the original series, died in 2014 due to brain cancer, according to the New York Times.

The new series seems to pick up in the Gilmores’ lives as if he just died. It was heartwrenching just watching the trailer. And poor Emily, along with her house, is a mess after Richard’s passing.

“I don’t know how to do this,” she says. “I was married for 50 years; half of me is gone.”

Get your tissues ready.

5. All of our favorite Stars Hollow faces and “Gilmore Girls” places will be featured in the reboot, as well. Places like Luke’s Diner and the Dragonfly Inn are givens, but one clip shows Rory visiting Chilton. What’s she doing there?

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The first trailer for the Netflix revival of “Gilmore Girls” reveals insight into well-known characters’ current lives after a nine year break.

Fans have been waiting patiently for this day to come since the announcement back in July, according to E! News.

While the trailer gives a great sneak peek into the current lives of our favorite characters, questions still remain. What was Rory’s life like after working on the Obama campaign? Are Luke and Lorelai married? What have Dean, Jess and Logan been up to? Is Hep Alien still alive

and how popular are they? What kind of crazy changes has Taylor tried to make to the town?

Get your Poptarts, Chinese food, pizza and, if you’re like the Gilmores, four Thanksgivings’ worth of food ready. “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” comes on Netflix on Nov. 25. Here’s to binge watching all four 90-minute episodes during Thanksgiving break.

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QBSN highlights strong female athletes Walmart mocks mental illness

The first issue of this semester’s Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network (QBSN) Magazine came out on Oct. 21 and the cover appears to be a hit. The subject of the cover is three women standing firm and looking strong in their athletic gear.

“It’s kind of like a Trinity, it’s symbolic,” senior Thomas Larracuente said. “The triangle is the strongest shape.”

The women are this year’s field hockey team captains. The cover features, in order from left to right, Savanna Reilly, Angie King and Michelle Federico. This cover recognizes the fact that women’s field hockey is gaining momentum and that there is female leadership among athletes.

Female athletes are hardly acknowledged in the general media. ESPN’s “SportsCenter” dedicated 2 percent of its airtime to women’s sports in 2014. If women’s sports are covered, the primary focus is on basketball, not on sports such as field hockey, according to USC News.

Another great part of this cover is the fact that the captains are hardly smiling. Growing up, I was always told to smile all the time. It was frustrating. When females do not smile, we are seen as mean and ungrateful. However, when men do not smile, they are seen as tough and intelligent.

Why is the term “resting bitch face” so popular? I do not see “resting asshole face” appear in everyday language. It is because society thinks females should be dainty all the time. That should not be the case.

These women remind us that we do not need to smile and that we can excel in areas that are thought to be run by men. -A. Kasam

Halloween can be pretty disgusting. It often seems like people are only dressing to scare or seduce. While some people actually do manage to create an amusing, good-natured costume, the majority suck. I thought we had seen the worst of the worst with these damn clowns. Clearly, I was wrong.

For the very affordable price of $3.99, Walmart planned on selling “Razor Blade Suicide Scar Wound Latex Costume Make Up.” Yeah, you read that right. Somehow this mockery of mental illness and self-inflicted wounds got past all of the higher-ups at Walmart and was being sold for money. Thankfully, enough people signed an online petition to remove the product, according to pix11.com.

Walmart released a statement explaining and apologizing for the incident.

“The costume is appalling and it was unacceptable for a third-party seller to list it on our marketplace,” the statement said. “It clearly violated our prohibited items policy and we removed it yesterday morning when it was brought to our attention.”

Despite Walmart’s reasoning, this is still horrendous and unacceptable. Mental illness is a serious topic, especially on the impressionable youth who easily could have gone online in search of the perfect costume and seen this. It is extremely disheartening that grown people still do not take this seriously. Costume or not, mocking mental illnesses is not okay, and as of right now, neither is Walmart. -M. Fraitag

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November 2, 2016

‘Snowden’ presents a new perspective

By ELLIS EINHORN Staff Writer

Few films in recent years have compelled its audience to critique our nation quite like Oliver Stone’s new biopic, “Snowden.”

The Oscar-winning director has built his career on challenging controversial issues and perspectives in his own inimitable way. In an era when the ethics of cyber security and privacy are a growing concern, “Snowden” takes a stab at an intrusive government through the eyes of National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Everyone has an opinion of Snowden, the former intelligence officer who, in 2013, revealed to the media the existence of a secret NSA global surveillance program. Following a strong performance

by Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Snowden, the film ultimately concludes in an unexpected fashion, leaving the audience in awe. Stone fashions the true story into a tense, fastpaced drama leaving us to consider what’s truly acceptable for the greater good. While the real life Edward Snowden currently resides in Moscow, Russia awaiting a presidential pardon, Stone does his best to depict a sympathetic man who loves his country so much that he is willing to throw his life away.

Stone initially presents his protagonist as a meticulous man drawn between his devotion to his country and his love for his longtime girlfriend, Lindsay Mills. Shailene Woodley portrays Mills with an innocent perception as Snowden’s motivation to act upon what’s morally right. Woodley and Gordon-Levitt counter each other well enough to keep viewers engaged in the film as their relationship steadily develops into an appealing romance. With Oscar season

right around the corner, both Woodley and Gordon-Levitt have a respectable shot at winning an Academy Award. Snowden himself makes a cameo appearance towards the end of the film as a gratified recognition of the filmmakers to clarify the multifaceted story of danger and deception.

Released in the lead-up to America’s most controversial election in decades, “Snowden” forces us as voters to justify our security protection and privacy rights. The biopic indirectly suggests that we as citizens must expose an intrusive government and that we ought to be more careful on our devices.

October marked National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), an annual campaign that recognizes cyber security in a world in which the internet has become the most powerful tool at our fingertips. I kept the NCSAM in mind while watching “Snowden” and couldn’t help but think about what precautions we should take in the inevitable event of a cyber incident.

Edward Snowden conveyed a powerful message via Skype at the ACP National College Media Convention in the District of Columbia on Oct. 22 that left me speechless: “If you’re not willing to do the right thing, especially for your country, just because of being called a few bad words, then you truly don’t love your country.”

This suggestion goes above and beyond President John F. Kennedy’s famous line, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,” and it will serve as a testament for the future of our technological society.

“Snowden” is worth your time and money, as it will challenge you to justify or condemn the violations of privacy that Snowden exposed. I believe the

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Director Oliver Stone gives Edward Snowden’s story a more personal feel in his recent film “Snowden.” film deserves legitimate recognition and praise not only for the way it presented such a contentious figure, but also for its

underlying message that we as a society are obsessed with technology.

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Comedy group ‘Comic Sans’ hosts improv jam

By ANA GROSSO Contributing Writer

To most students, standing up on a stage trying to make people laugh on the spot is a cringeworthy task. It is certainly no easy feat to stand in front of peers and spontaneously formulate perfect one-liners, but for the Comic Sans improv group at Quinnipiac, making people laugh is second nature.

Comic Sans’ first improv show of the year took place on Wednesday, Oct. 26 in the Black Box Theater, and the show certainly dished out its fair share of laughs.

The group of eight students put on an hourlong show that was completely improvised and unscripted.

“I never saw anything like this. They were all really funny,” freshman psychology major Jamie Ackerman said.

The show was a series of short skits based off of three words the audience shouted out in the beginning of the show, and each skit ranged from two-person interactions to the entire group participating. There was a simple black background on the stage and no props. The entire show was about the funny improvisations the club members came up with, and each skit was funnier than the last.

After the show, Comic Sans held an improv jam session which encouraged audience members to join the group and do improv.

Bridget Kavanagh, senior occupational therapy major, has been a part of Comic Sans

since her sophomore year and performed at the event.

“It’s all completely made up on the spot, so you never know what’s going to happen,” she said. “But when it ends up being so great, probably better than you could have planned it to be, it is an awesome thing and everyone is laughing. It’s great.”

The group meets every Thursday at 9:30 a.m., where they practice some group scenes, long-form improv skills and the ability to work on their feet.

“It’s new every time, and they make me laugh. It’s the best thing to wake up to,” Kavanagh said.

The group holds auditions in the fall for new members in order to make sure the chemistry works, and they showed obvious chemistry at their show on Wednesday. This year, 17 students auditioned and four were selected.

This was the first show that freshman journalism major Matt MaCauliffe performed in.

“It just comes naturally. You just go for it, it’s instinct, and the laughing comes with instinct and it comes with the teamwork and chemistry,” he said.

The members have an obvious respect for each other’s humor, as they were all laughing at the scenes their fellow comics came up with during the show.

Junior nursing major Gina Pallanta has

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Members of Quinnipiac’s improv group “Comic Sans” performed comedic skits at their improv show on Wednesday Oct. 26. been in Comic Sans since her freshman year, and she spoke highly of the material the group comes up with.

“It’s nice when everyone laughs at you because most of the stories we come up with are just kind of relatable, everyday things that can happen to anyone,” she said.

Improv is naturally funny due to the spontaneity of the skits, but it is also very challenging.

Improvisational comedy is a combination of theatre and comedy and performing in front of a potentially judgmental audience can be daunting. However, all of the Comic Sans members did not show any fear, and they seemed quite natural on the stage.

“It’s just like, well this is life, and it’s kind of funny,” Pallanta said.

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ELECTION CROSSWORD

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ELECTION WORD SEARCH

ACROSS 5. The current president whose term ends in January.

7. The symbol for the Republican party.

8. Majority of college students have these ballots sent to their campus when they can’t vote at home.

10. The symbol for the Democratic party.

12. Donald Trump’s running mate.

DOWN 1. A website that fact checks politicians.

2. An attempt by individuals or private interest groups to influence the decisions of government.

3. The month in which the presidential election takes place.

4. The option to put someone on the ballot who is not officially supported by a party.

6. Three of these were held for the presidential candidates to discuss important issues.

9. The states that can potentially support either party and heavily influence the outcome of the election.

11. Hillary Clinton’s running mate.

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Circle of Perspectives

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Black Lives Matter & the Art of Protest 5 P.M.

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A panel discussion exploring protest movements around the globe with Prof.

Speaker: Nyle Fort Anat Biletzki, Prof. Greg Garvey, Prof This Black Lives Matter activist will Monika Advocate, Prof. David Ives and Prof. Christine Kinealy. discuss his experiences in Ferguson, MO

6:30 P.M. MT. CARMEL AUDITORIUM

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Create Your Art of Protest

Painting/drawing/sculpting event facilitated by professor and artist Ivan Tirado-Cordero.

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History of the LGBTQ Civil Rights Movement

Vincent Contrucci will present on the LGBTQ civil rights movement from the 1950s to today.

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“Alcatraz Is Not an Island” Screening

This documentary explores the genesis and occupation of Alcatraz Island by Native American activists from 1969-1971, which altered US Government Indian policy and programs and forever changed the way Native Americans view themselves, their culture and their sovereign rights.

6:30 P.M.

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RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 3, UMass 2 – Tuesday Bo Pieper: 1 goal, 1 assist WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 4, Yale 1 – Friday Sydney Rossman: 24 saves T.T. Cianfarano: 2 goals Emma Woods: 2 assists QU 8, Brown 0 – Friday Kate MacKenzie: 3 assists Melissa Samoskevich: 1 goal, 1 assist MEN’S SOCCER QU 1, Saint Peter’s 0 – Wednesday Matthew Taylor: 1 goal Rider 3, QU 1– Saturday Rashawn Dally: 1 goal WOMEN’S SOCCER QU 3, Saint Peter’s 1 – Wednesday Jess Gargan: 1 goal, 1 assist QU 3, Canisius 0 – Saturday Kelly Caruso: 1 goal, 1 assist FIELD HOCKEY UConn 5, QU 1 – Friday Savanna Rielly: 1 goal QU 3, Yale 2 – Sunday Dayna Barlow: 1 goal (GWG) VOLLEYBALL Marist 3, QU 0 – Wednesday Allison Leigh: 12 kills QU 3, Saint Peter’s 0 – Saturday Jen Coffey: 10 kills RUGBY QU 38, American International 34 – Sunday Emily Roskopf: 2 tries MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY MAAC Championship – Saturday Finished 7th out of 11 teams WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY MAAC Championship – Saturday Finished 2nd out of 11 teams

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

QU at St. Lawrence – Saturday, 7 p.m.

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

QU at St. Lawrence – Saturday, 3 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER QU at Fairfield – Wednesday, 7 p.m.

MAAC Quarterfinals – Saturday, TBA WOMEN’S SOCCER QU vs Siena – Friday, 8 p.m.

MAAC Championship – Sunday, 3.p.m VOLLEYBALL QU at Niagara – Friday, 3 p.m.

QU at Canisius – Sunday, 1 p.m.

RUGBY QU vs. Penn St. – Saturday, 12 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS QU at Bryant. – Saturday, TBA

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GAME OF THE WEEK

Women’s soccer shuts out Canisius in MAAC Quarterfinals Bobcats earn first home playoff win in program history

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Sophomore midfielder Jess Gargan picked up an assist in the Bobcats’ 3-0 win over Canisius on Saturday.

By SAMUEL DaCOSTA Associate Sports Editor

Quinnipiac women’s soccer won its first playoff home game in program history on Saturday, defeating Canisius in the MAAC Quarterfinals by a score of 3-0 in Hamden.

Senior midfielder Kelly Caruso was grateful to have had homefield advantage.

“This was the best thing that could have ever happened to us,” Caruso said. “It was amazing. It meant the world for us to play our game here.”

The Bobcats are the only team in the MAAC that has not lost a single home game this season.

This was the first time Quinnipiac has advanced into a postseason tournament in a non-automatic qualifying season since 2010, when the Bobcats were in the Northeast Conference.

The Bobcats held possession early in the first half, but could not break the Golden Griffins’ back line at first.

While the Bobcats struggled to

play the ball into the box, midfielder Jess Gargan was perfectly willing to settle for a few shots from outside. She fired two long-range balls just wide of Canisius’ goal.

The Bobcats were eventually able to break down Canisius’ defense when forward Al Pelletier went on a run into the box for the Bobcats, but misplayed a cross out of bounds with 25 minutes remaining.

From there, the Bobcats were in the driver’s seat, connecting the dots and moving the ball in the attacking third.

Quinnipiac finally capitalized when sophomore Madison Borowiec was fouled, earning the Bobcats a free kick just outside the box with 25:46 to play in the half. Caruso then rifled the free kick over Canisius’ three-player wall and goaltender Alana Rossi to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.

“I just looked and saw that the goal was pretty close to me, and I hit it as hard as I could,” Caruso said. “I knew

that this ball was going to swerve, especially having the wind with me, and I knew I could get a lot of power behind, it so I went for it.”

Quinnipiac held possession for most of the half as Canisius struggled to get the ball past midfield.

The Bobcats were able to build off their first period possession with several scoring opportunities early in the second half. One of those opportunities came off another free kick from Caruso. This time, Rossi came up with a big save, laying out to deflect Caruso’s shot.

Rossi would eventually be beaten again when Pelletier dropped a high, curling chip shot just inside the right post on a right-footed shot from the left side. The goal, assisted

by Gargan, gave the Bobcats a 2-0 lead with 36:04 to play.

Meaghan O’Neill came in to relieve Rossi with 31:46 remaining and made a statement early, stopping Quinnipiac forward Nadya Gill on a

point blank shot as Gill broke through the Golden Griffins’ back line.

Quinnipiac held possession for most of the game. The Bobcats led 16-9 in shots and 10-5 in shots on goal. Possession has been a point of emphasis for the Bobcats lately, according to Caruso.

“We’ve been practicing keeping the ball, switching it, and I think that’s exactly what we did,” she said. “We’ve been really focusing on that lately.”

Coming in hot, the fifth-place Canisius Golden Griffins came into Hamden fresh off a 1-0 upset win over Siena, the second seed in the MAAC. Canisius had won three of its last four regular season games.

Despite having Gretta Dry, the highest-scoring freshman in the MAAC, Canisius did not score a single goal against Quinnipiac in the two matchups. Clarke gave credit to his defensive line for shutting down Dry. “For us, it was just cutting the ball out, and then also dropping off. We try not to let [Dry] get in behind us.

We didn’t mind her having the ball in front and I think for the most part we did that,” Clarke said. “We limited her chances. I don’t remember any specific time, other than free kicks and corners, where she caused us problems so I think the back four did a good job.”

With the win, Quinnipiac will travel to West Long Branch, New Jersey to take on second-place Siena in the MAAC semifinals on Nov. 14.

“We’re not going to change anything from what we’ve done so far this season,” he said.

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Patel: ‘Strength and conditioning is just my avenue to try and help people.’

PATEL from Page 16 get any better training than that.”

The players still have plenty of fun in the weight room without their personal music preferences playing in their ears. There is a bell in the room for anybody to ring after they beat a personal lifting record, and players usually follow up with a round of appluase. It is a way of business that Patel has implemented since his days at the University of Connecticut where he was a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach after receiving his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and a master’s in sports management.

From there, Patel made his way to Massachusetts to work with the College of the Holy Cross.

It was at Holy Cross where Patel got word of the amazing new facilities at Quinnipiac after Holy Cross returned from a hockey game in Hamden against the Bobcats. Patel reached out to basketball assistant coach Eric Eaton about a strength and conditioning coach position, which was vacant

at the time. Six months later, Patel became the first strength and conditioning coach at the university and has since helped the program take off into national recognition.

“I was sold on the amazing facilities and the vision of the program,” Patel recalls. “I love it here.”

Patel is living out his dream here in Hamden. He has wanted to be a conditioning coach since his high school days, where he was an overweight freshman struggling to keep up with the physical demands of high school sports. It was there that Patel found his sanctuary in fitness and trying to better himself.

“I committed myself as a freshman to lose weight, and in the process I devoured anything related to fitness and working out,” Patel said. “By my junior year, we had an organized strength and conditioning program, and I thought it was so cool to be able to manipulate the number of sets or reps in an exercise to trigger different responses in your body. I knew I wanted to be involved in athletics in some way. I found out that you can be

a strength and conditioning coach and it was game over.”

Perhaps the bigger part of his dream is what makes him so successful and enthusiastic: his hunger to change lives for the better.

“I like to help people,” he said.

“Working with 18-to-24-year olds gives you a great opportunity to make an impact in someone’s life and help them become better as a human being.

Strength and conditioning is just my avenue to try and help people.”

Patel has helped countless individuals in the Quinnipiac program by being a fan as well as their coach. He says his most rewarding experiences in the weight room are seeing an athlete accomplish something physically that they have never done before, giving Patel the ability to celebrate the accomplishment with them after hearing that weight room bell ring proudly.

“I get excited when our student athletes achieve their goals because that’s going to improve their confidence,” Patel said. “If they do something physically in the weight room that they’ve never done before, I’m

going to get excited, and we’re going to celebrate that success. I want them to understand that I’m excited about working with them. If I show up mundane, they would be the same way.”

This brings us back to the basketball court, where players and coaches universally celebrate the completion of each exercise. Sure, it may be a routine that they go through every practice, but each clap or chant brings the team closer together and makes them that much more energized and ready to perform at a higher level. This rare philosophy is best summed up by the most commonly used letter in the alphabet.

“It’s the six E’s,” Patel said. “Effort, enthusiasm, encouragement, energy, engaged and do it every day. If you do all those things, you’re going to be pretty successful.”

All six are are in full effect in each of Patel’s workouts, and for anybody with the privilege to watch Patel in action, he or she may experience a seventh “E:” enterteinment.

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Clockwise from top: The volleyball team prepares for a point in its Senior Day win against Saint Peter’s on Saturday, senior men’s soccer forward Ryan Scheiderman makes a move along the sideline in men’s soccer’s 3-1 Senior Day loss to Rider on Saturday, Jamie Paolucci celebrates with senior Sam Alechko and sophomore Jen Coffey, senior men’s soccer defender Liam O’Sullivan chases down the ball against a Rider forward.

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Four Quinnipiac women’s cross country runners placed inside the top 10 overall in the MAAC Championships at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Disney World on Saturday.

Eight different players scored goals for Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey in the team’s 8-0 win over Brown on Saturday.

Freshman Maria Pansari reached 1,000 assists for women’s volleyball on Wednesday. She became the first Quinnipiac setter to record 1,000 assists in a season at the Division I level.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

BY THE NUMBERS

Allison Leigh Senior middle hitter Allison Leigh tied the school record for blocks in a single season with 145, and registered the winning kill in Quinnipiac volleyball’s 3-1 victory over Rider on Sunday. With the win, the Bobcats clinched a MAAC Tournament berth.

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“We showed a lot of character throughout our entire conference play. It’s something we’re talking about for this year and a huge, huge thing for us to work toward.”

— CASSANDRA TURNER WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

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Fit to lead

Head strength and conditioning coach Brijesh Patel brings a unique attitude to fitness and training for Quinnipiac Athletics

By RYAN CHICHESTER Staff Writer

TD Bank Sports Center is alive and rocking. Choruses of cheers and claps reverberate through the stands and echo off of the rafters above.

However, these stands are empty.

There is no game being played here on Lender Court, at least not for another couple of weeks.

The raucous noise and boisterous cheers come from floor level, where the Quinnipiac basketball team goes through its energetic warm up routine, led by head strength and conditioning coach Brijesh Patel.

The routine itself is an uplifting sight, even for a spectator. Patel, or “Coach B” as the players call him, demonstrates the various stretches and warmup routines at the middle of the court while the players line up on each sideline. After demonstrating the exercise, Patel nods over to senior guard Danny Harris, who calls out the name of the exercise to the rest of the team. His teammates respond by yelling out the name of the same exercise, perhaps the “warrior,” and once Harris feels he has received a loud and enthusiastic enough response, he kicks off the exercise.

“Attack!” Harris yells, and everyone breaks out in motion. They repeat the stretch or movement that Patel instructed. Each group of players makes their way to their opposite sideline as they repeat their exercises.

Patel paces the center of the court, assisting the players if their form is incorrect, but more importantly to cheer

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Brijesh Patel coaches senior men’s hockey forward Tim Clifton through a workout at the TD Bank Sports Center.

on the team. “Coach B” is constantly clapping his hands and high-fiving each player that passes him by, and the players follow suit. The entire team breaks out in a round of applause after each exercise, exchanging high fives and cheering with each passing routine.

Patel could put on a blue and yellow practice uniform himself, and you would think he was another member of the team. That’s just how he interacts with his players. It is a unique culture that the teams he works with have

clearly bought into, mainly because of Patel’s ability to relate to his players.

“That’s one thing that has changed over time. You have to keep these kids entertained,” Patel said. “You have to be the thermostat in the room, not the temperature. Whatever their temperature is, you may have to rise up or rise down.”

Thanks to Patel’s unparalleled enthusiasm and the clear joy in what he does, the temperature at practice is scalding hot. The players’ energy is apparent before the actual prac-

tice even begins. It is clear that they believe in Patel’s system as much as Patel does himself. The belief is an encouraging team-first mentality that translates from the workout room to the court.

“We do all that stuff to form a sense of togetherness and unison,” Patel said. “This way, when they go play, they are focused on each other and their teammates instead of just about themselves.”

Focus and togetherness are just part of a bigger recipe that Patel has

implemented at Quinnipiac. Many hear “strength and conditioning” and think physicality, but Patel makes it clear that a major part of exercise is mental toughness and resilience in order to gain confidence and build selfbelief.

It is a philosophy that was nationally recognized in a Sports Illustrated piece prior to last year’s Frozen Four.

Sports Illustrated writer Jeremy Fuchs explained Patel’s weight room regulations, and the absence of headphones during lifting sessions. Patel believes that earbuds build a barrier between teammates and the words of encouragement they could be offering each other.

“If you have headphones in, you get zoned in on your own thing and forget what is happening around you,” Patel said. “We want to be able to talk and clap like you saw on the court because there’s a certain mindset that comes when everything is together.

It’s a powerful thing.”

Not that the players mind missing out on their own music of choice.

When you have the respect of your players, you earn their trust in the system. Men’s ice hockey defenseman Chase Priskie is no exception.

“I think Brijesh is world class,” Priskie said prior to the season. “He watches you work out, he works with you every day, and works with you one-on-one, so I don’t think you could

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Rugby holds on to defeat American International on Senior Day

By ELLIS EINHORN Staff Writer

Quinnipiac women’s rugby defeated American International College (AIC) 38-34 on a cold Saturday afternoon at the Southington High School turf field.

The Senior Day win was the last official home game for seniors Abby Cook, Madison Gegeckas, Maggie Myles, Tayler Schussler, Lindey Wise, Rachel Wrinn and Hailey Wyatt.

The Bobcats entered Saturday’s game with a 6-1 record coming off a remarkable 213-0 win over Castleton University, but Myles was quick to refer to their 44-0 win against AIC back in September as a point of inspiration.

“I think every time we play AIC, they come out and are ready to play hard,” Myles said. “The energy that they brought was awesome, and I think it was a tough game for us.”

Quinnipiac began the game appearing to be the more physicallyimposing team as sophomore Emily Roskopf scored after picking off an AIC pass. Schussler, who played a key role in dominating the scrums, gave the Bobcats a 10-0 lead on a hardfought try with just under 30 minutes

to play in the first half. After Gegeckas nailed the two-point conversion, AIC responded quickly with a successful drop goal.

With 14 minutes remaining in the half, junior Flora Poole scored on an assist from freshman Niamh Savage, giving the Bobcats a 17-3 lead. Junior Karee Helgerson took advantage of an AIC penalty and scored the Bobcats’ fifth try of the game. The Yellow Jackets found a way to punch one in but failed to score on the two-point conversation as the Bobcats headed into the half with a comfortable 28-4 cushion.

Helgerson and Roskopf each scored their second tries on the day as the Bobcats took a 38-8 lead with just over 20 minutes remaining. This large lead would be short lived as AIC went on to score four consecutive tries while holding the Bobcats scoreless.

“I certainly wish they would’ve had the same motivation in the first half for the entire game, but I believe there was a level of complacency that was achieved four or five minutes into the second half,” Carlson said. “When AIC started to put some points on the board, they really didn’t

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Sophomore wing Emily Roskopf registered two tries as the Bobcats defeated American International College.

answer back, which is really uncharacteristic of them. I think it was an all-around lack of effort.”

The Bobcats had one minute to defend their 38-34 lead as time ran out. AIC could not break through Quinnipiac’s defensive line as the Bobcats would hold on to their fourpoint lead for the win.

Carlson noted the team’s ability to fight through a late comeback from

the Yellow Jackets.

“This is the kind of thing that we need,” Carlson said. “This is a little bit of a wake-up call going right into the playoffs.”

Myles saw an area of improvement for the Bobcat’s after the close call in the final moments.

“We’re going to be able to watch this game film and really be able to hone in on the little details that are

going to push us through the finals,” Myles said.

The Bobcats improved their record to 7-1 with the win. They will travel to Maryland to take on Penn State next Saturday before they defend their championship title in the NIRA Tournament.