The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 14 Volume 89

JANUARY 23, 2019 | VOLUME 89, ISSUE 14

The official student newspaper of Quinnipiac University since 1929

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Sleeping Giant State Park set to reopen in spring

By JESSICA RUDERMAN News Editor

Almost a year after a tornado struck a staple of both the Hamden and Quinnipiac community, Sleeping Giant State Park is expected to wake from its slumber. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced Monday, Jan. 14 that the Sleeping Giant State Park is projected to reopen sometime this spring, according to their press release.

Just in time for graduation and the end of the semester, the news comes as a happy surprise to students and locals alike following months of conversation discussing an unforeseen future for the park.

“I’m excited for it to reopen, it was definitely something missing in the fall,” public relations graduate student Kelcey Connors said. “I know I’ll definitely hike it when it reopens assuming I’m still here.”

The 32 miles of land and trails faced significant damage last May following an EF1 classified storm that left a disastrous path of numerous uprooted trees in its path, according to the National Weather Service. While the town worked to rebuild in the following months, the impending state of the park was met only with continuous efforts to clean up the mess and work to restore what once was.

In September 2018, Hamden Mayor Curt Balzano Leng put out a press release after months of uncertainty announcing that the tornado debris collection would resume Sept. 24 until Oct. 5 at Sleeping Giant State Park. Since then, the Sleeping Giant State Park Association (SGPA) and members of the community have worked tirelessly towards revitalizing the mountain and surrounding areas.

After countless fundraisers and volunteer help from locals and members of the SGPA, eight months later there is now a foreseen

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After months of cleanup, Sleeping Giant State Park is expected to reopen this spring.

end to the park’s indefinite closure.

Wharton Brook State Park in Wallingford, another park that has been closed since May’s severe storms has officially reopened to the public following the press release.

Sleeping Giant is expected to follow in the coming months.

DEEP is currently working closely with the SGPA to reopen the park in Hamden, which suffered extensive damage as a result

of the May 15 storms and remains closed at this time, DEEP stated in the release.

“Thanks to help from the Sleeping Giant Park Association, we have made significant inroads in clearing the damage along many miles of trails, however much of the park remains unsafe,” DEEP Commissionerdesignate Katie Dykes said in the release.

“Once the work of clearing and repairing the trails is substantially complete, DEEP

looks forward to reopening Sleeping Giant for visitors.”

Members of the SGPA have remained active throughout the parks closure through their Facebook page, constantly reminding Hamden residents of fond memories of the park and their endless fight to restore it to its original glory. The organization also sugSee GIANT Page 4

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The Quinnipiac community station will stop broadcasting May 31 and officially close June 30.

In response to the closure of the station, the decision. A petition has been created to many locals have taken to Facebook and save the station. other outlets to express their distaste with The petition currently has 208 sup-

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Quinnipiac’s community radio station, AM-1220 WQUN, will be ceasing operations to better match the ever-changing needs and interests of the student body, according to a memo released on the official MyQ website by Vice President of Public Affairs Lynn Bushnell on Friday, Jan. 11.

The motive behind shutting down AM1220 WQUN was due to tectonic changes and the increasing decline of students’ interests in the radio industry, according to Bushnell.

“This difficult decision was made after careful consideration of our first priority, the needs of our students,” Bushnell said.

“The number of students who even consider a career in radio, or who want to intern at WQUN-AM has declined sharply, prompting the university to re-examine the prudence of continuing to operate a community radio station.”

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porters with a goal of reaching 3,000 to spread awareness.

According to the website, the petition, calls on the people of Hamden, North Haven and the Cheshire communities.

“These are the very people QU has worked so hard to develop a good relationship with and this is the very community that QU thrives in,” the petition states.

“Please reach out to the president and urge her to reconsider this terrible decision.”

Bushnell said that despite the station’s cease in operations that the university will continue to be a supporter of Hamden, North Haven and the region.

Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan specified that the radio station will stop broadcasting on May 31 and officially close on June 30.

Morgan also stated that the university will not be making any employees at the radio station available for media interviews.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Christina Popik

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A: “Yeah I was extremely disappointed by the news of the senior experience week, just because I know the tradition and the history that comes along with the regular senior week on-campus. It’s really just disappointing that we are not able to be apart of a long Quinnipiac history and tradition. Ya know, we just miss it by a year, for what? It’s disappointing because we aren’t going to be able to experience senior week like every other class has.”

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MAJOR Physical Therapy A: ”I think I’ll probably go to the ones that my friends are all going to. Kind of make like a group decision as to which ones we are going to. I think at first I was a little surprised that they were changing it. But, I think honestly we are doing more events this way opposed to just the few days that senior week actually is, so it’s kind of exciting leading up to it.”

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MAJOR Film, Television & Media A: “My immediate reaction was, I like the old style better. I didn’t really like

how it was broken up. I liked the one week style, living in the dorms. One of the first days, that Thursday I think, is the hypnotist which we all saw freshman year welcome weekend. So, it’s kind of like recycling old material that we’ve all seen. I’d like to see something different.”

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Scammers strike again

New spam email impersonates President Olian

By EMILY DISALVO Associate News Editor

A scammer pretending to be President Judy Olian and other senior leadership is targeting Quinnipiac inboxes with an email asking recipients to purchase gift cards for the sender according to an alert on MyQ on Jan. 15.

These spam emails are sent from an email such as judy.olian@my.com. The alert on MyQ issued a reminder that all Quinnipiac employees have emails ending in @quinnipiac.edu. Additionally, legitimate Quinnipiac employees also have an official signature that includes a phone number, which can be used to verify the sender’s identity.

In addition to President Olian, the scammer has impersonated Director of Athletics and Recreation Greg Amodio, Dean of the School of Medicine Bruce Koeppen and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark Varholak.

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Dean departures Dean of School of Communications Mark Contreras resigns

By EMILY DISALVO & PETER DEWEY

Mark Contreras, the dean of the School of Communications, has resigned from his position, effective March 4, according to an email from Executive Vice President Mark Thompson on Thursday, Jan. 17.

Contreras is leaving the position to accept a new role at Connecticut Public Broadcasting as president and chief executive officer according to a press release from Connecticut Public Broadcasting.

“We are confident that Mark Contreras has the perfect combination of experience and skills to lead and grow this organization at a pivotal time for media companies and broadcast journalism in general,” Tom Barnes, chair of the Connecticut Public Board of Trustees and the chair of the search committee said via the press release.

Terry Bloom, the associate dean of the School of Communications, will become the interim dean of the School of Communications in Contreras’s absence while the university begins a national search for a new dean, according to the email from Thompson.

“Associate Dean Terry Bloom is an experienced academic who I’m sure will do an outstanding job as interim dean,” Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan said. “This will not impact students.”

Bloom is also currently the director of the 3+1 accelerated communications program at Quinnipiac.

Bloom, despite the increased responsibility, is hopeful and excited about the future of the School of Communications under her leadership.

“There are lot of great things happening for the School of Communications right now,” Bloom stated. “It’s an exciting challenge, and I look forward to doing what I can to keep the momentum going.”

Contreras, like Thompson, is confident about Bloom’s ability to lead the school, especially after working with her as associate dean.

“I’m a big Terry Bloom fan,” Contreras said. “She is involved in almost every facet of the Dean’s office today. I think she knows education well, she knows journalism very well and I think people won’t see really much of a difference at all because she is so deeply involved in everything already. I think it will represent almost no change.”

In the email, Thompson expressed grati-

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Contreras wil be starting his position as chief executive officer of Conneticut Public Broadcasting in the spring. tude for Contreras’s work on behalf of the School of Communications over the past two years, which included creating new partnerships between the school and major media companies.

“I’d like to thank Mark for all that he has accomplished since joining the university in 2017,” Thompson stated. “Most notably, he has worked to build and strengthen the university’s ties with major media corporations by adding representatives from such companies as Ad Age, Condé Nast, Dow Jones, Edelman, ESPN, Forbes, Univision, NBC Universal, Comscore, the U.S. Agency for Global Media and SmartBrief.com to the School of Communications’ Advisory Board.”

Along with the relationships Contreras has developed throughout his time in the position, he also cites the course MS400 he taught in Fall 2018 as one of his most rewarding experiences with the school.

“Being able to meet 15 very interesting students who surprised me with their writing skills, with their maturity, with their ability to ask intelligent questions, it was a very fulfilling experience for me,” Contreras said. “I’m hopeful as each of those 15

students goes out in the world that I can try to have some help.”

Under Contreras’s leadership, the School of Communications has seen a double-digit percentage increase in freshman enrollment, according to the email. Contreras also secured a $500,000 grant from Hearst Foundations for students enrolled in the School of Communications.

Members of the School of Communications have expressed their gratitude as well to Contreras and all that he has done for the department.

“I think his greatest accomplishment was establishing the School of Communications Advisory Board,” media studies professor Lisa Burns said. “Even though the board is only a year old, it has created great networking opportunities for our students that have resulted in internships and jobs. This is more than previous deans in recent years were able to accomplish.”

A press release from Connecticut Public Broadcasting cited his work on behalf of the Quinnipiac School of Communications and underrepresented students among his credentials for his new position as chief executive officer.

“[Contreras] is especially passionate about the role of public media in serving diverse communities,” stated Barnes in the press release.

Connecticut Public Broadcasting is the parent company of Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) and Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR). Connecticut Public Broadcasting, according to their website, is to be a “source for truth and ideas that connects the citizens of Connecticut to their communities and to the world.”

“The mission of Connecticut Public is about as pure as exists in the media business today meaning that it’s targeted at public service journalism and public service generally to the whole state of Connecticut,” Contreras said. “To me, it’s just a unique set of circumstances and a unique opportunity that particularly with someone of my background in digital will be helpful to them.”

Prior to his career at Quinnipiac, Contreras had led several media businesses through digital transformation, according to the release from Connecticut Public Broadcasting.

“In addition to his academic experience Mark Contreras is a nationally-regarded and seasoned media leader with diverse experience as a private sector chief executive officer, news industry leader and public media board member,” Barnes stated in the release.

Although Contreras will be moving on from Quinnipiac come the spring, the communications department wishes Contreras the best of luck in his future career.

“It has been a pleasure working with Dean Contreras,” Burns said. “I’m sure that he’ll bring the same the same enthusiasm to his new position with Connecticut Public Broadcasting.”

In light of his year and a half term as dean for the School of Communications, Contreras credits his peers and the support of the school for allowing him to get to this place in his career.

“I really have appreciated the role of my fellow deans in helping me figure out and navigate a number of things,” Contreras said. “The group of deans here are really phenomenal. I really want to single out Mark Thompson for his support over the years and his leadership. I’m still a big fan of the school so I leave with very fond feelings about the university and the School of Communications in particular.”

Bill Kohlhepp steps down from his position as Dean of the College of Health Sciences

By JESSICA RUDERMAN & EMILY DISALVO

Dean of the College of Health Sciences Bill Kohlhepp will be stepping down from his position on June 30, according to a statement from Mark Thompson, executive vice president and provost.

Kohlhepp, who has been serving as the dean of the College of Health Sciences since 2015, will return to his original position as a faculty member in the physician assistant (PA) program, where he began in 1996.

Kohlhepp’s decision was made based on a desire to spend more time with his

grandchildren and elderly stepmother, according to the announcement.

Prior to becoming dean in 2015, he served as associate director of the PA program in 2002 and was promoted to director of the entry-level master’s PA program in 2007. In 2010, he became associate dean of the College of Health Sciences and in 2014 he was appointed associate vice president of faculty affairs.

While serving as dean, he introduced an integrative capstone to the school and increased the use of high-fidelity patient simulation in all departments.

Thompson expressed gratitude for Kohlhepp’s contributions to the health science community.

“I am grateful to Bill for his thoughtful leadership and passionate commitment to the students, faculty and staff of the School of Health Sciences,” Thompson stated.

“As dean, he focused on evolving the curriculum and the guidance for students to ensure they are well prepared for the health care system of the future.”

The university has begun a nationwide search for a new dean according to Thompson.

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Kohlhepp plans to step down from Dean of the College of Health Sciences in June.

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Quinnipiac student robbed at gunpoint while in D.C.

By EMILY DISALVO Associate News Editor

A Quinnipiac student was robbed at gunpoint while in Washington D.C. as part of a university-run political science course Friday night according to an email from The Washington Center.

Jack Onofrio, a senior political science major, was walking back from the NoMa Metro Station around midnight when he and a student from Miami-Dade college were pursued by three men, one of which was armed with a gun and the another with a switchblade.

“As as soon as I turned around there was a small black revolver right in my face,” Onofrio said.

In the email, Manager of Community Life at The Washington Center, Quintin Veasley, described the event as an “unfortunate incident” and advised the community to be on the lookout for the assailants.

Onofrio, who calls the incident a “crime of opportunity” says he remained calm despite the potential for a deadly outcome.

“They just said ‘drop everything, give us your money, give us your wallet,’” Onofrio said. “I dropped the keys and I took the wallet and threw it under a car.”

The situation escalated when one of the three men demanded Onofrio’s phone and Onofrio refused.

“I said ‘I am not going to give you my phone,’” Onofrio said. “He said, ‘You’re going to call the police’ and I basically just said ‘You’re going to pick up my wallet and keep the money and I’m going to run away.’”

Onofrio said he kept trying to reason with the men, while keeping laser-like focus on the nose of the revolver.

“It was like tunnel vision on the barrel of that gun,” Onofrio said. “I was more focused on him. I was looking him in the eyes. He had a ski mask on, so that was all I could really see.”

The man wielding the gun seemed nervous according to Onofrio, but became refocused when one of the other men asked for the gun.

“The guy with the knife said, ‘Give me the gun I’m going to shoot him,’” Onofrio said. “The shorter guy who had the gun went to give the taller guy the gun or at least turn towards him and as soon as I did that I

turned to run and two of us ran back to the Washington Center.”

Quinnipiac University has been sending students to programming at the Washington Center for 17 years according to faculty leader and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Political Science Scott McLean and this is the first time something like this has ever happened.

“It is sad that this incident occurred but I am thankful nobody was injured,” McLean stated in an email. “There is no reason to be concerned about security in the program.

The students and I are housed here in a residence hall with 24-hour security, in a safe middle class urban neighborhood.”

The residential facilities are located in the NoMa neighborhood, or North of Massachusetts Avenue, which Onofrio said is a safe area during the day-time.

“You could go out, there’s moms out there with their kids, people walking their dogs,” Onofrio said. “It’s not a bad area. At night, it definitely can get a little dicey.”

Onofrio’s friend is also participating at the political science seminar, Inside Washington, which is put on by the Washington Center.

This student, who declined to be named, heard one of the men contemplate taking her instead of the money, according to Onofrio.

“I guess she had heard them say, ‘Fuck the money, let’s take the girl,’” Onofrio said.

“I was just trying to keep myself between them and her just because obviously she was the more vulnerable one in the picture.”

Onofrio said that while the experience was shocking and frightening, he recognized that the robbers were appeared to be like teenagers looking for money.

The men, who have not yet been identified, are still on the loose, according to Onofrio. The D.C. Police Department sent out a tweet with Onofrio’s approximate description of the robbers, but Onofrio said it was hard to remember anything but the muzzle of the gun.

“Everything just gets kind of mixed together and the cops are trying to put out a description and all I can tell them 100 percent is there was a black handgun and a silver knife and a guy with a hoodie on,” Onofrio said.

Onofrio advises students in the program to use common sense when walking around

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The D.C. Police Department tweeted out descriptions about the robbery following the incident.

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The university run political science course takes place in Washington D.C. over the January term. at night.

“If you’re coming here and you’re concerned about your safety, don’t walk to and from the metro at night,” Onofrio said.

“Take an Uber. If I had taken an Uber or a Lyft none of that would have happened.”

McLean said that Onofrio used good street-smarts given the situation, but acknowledged that in cities, events like this can happen.

“Our student used good urban common sense, but we are in a city, and sometimes even careful, street smart people can be tar-

gets of criminals,” McLean stated.

Onofrio said he has moved on and encourages other Quinnipiac students to come to Washington D.C., regardless and experience what it has to offer.

“It was a crime of opportunity and I just happened to be the person that they chose,” Onofrio said. “D.C. is safe, but at the end of the day it’s a city, and what happened to me just as easily could have happened in New Haven or even parts of Hamden.”

Lamont: ‘Our first priority is to ensure the safety of all of our visitors’ GIANT from cover

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Sleeping Giant has been closed to the public following the severe storms in May 2018.

gests various other local hikes to their followers while also reliving and sharing park history, constantly remaining active within the community.

Following the press release announcing the parks expected reopening, SGPA members spoke at WQUN about the storm, cleanup and ‘promoting local interest’ as well, according to their Facebook page.

For Quinnipiac students, the Giant represents a landmark of the campus, but also a rite of passage in what it means to be a bobcat. When the Giant closed last spring, many were disappointed that they’d never be able to hike it again.

“It’s a big thing for a lot of seniors to hike it and at that point they couldn’t,” Connors said. “We were all here for Senior Week when it happened, so we were all shocked to drive up and see all the trees down and all that devastation.”

For junior mechanical engineering major Madeline Chiapperino, the park’s closure seemed like an end all be all to her fulfilling her QU experience.

“I’ve never gone up the Sleeping Giant and when I found out that it was basically destroyed I was really upset and I thought that I’d never be able to climb it,” Chiap-

perino said. “Now that it will be open again, I’m so excited to have my chance to finally be basically initiated into Quinnipiac culture.”

Although many of the current students at QU have had their fair share of campus aerial panoramas and artsy nature pictures prior to the May tornado, current freshmen have never known a Giant they could conquer both on foot and through social postings. The news of a potential reopening in the spring serves as a new beginning for many students and a positive turn for incoming freshmen of the class of 2023.

“I’m really excited for Sleeping Giant to open so that my friends and I can take time away from assignments to de-stress and be outside,” freshman health science major Sarah Viele said.

While there is much to look forward to for the future of the Giant, Governor Ned Lamont wants everyone to remember that although there is promise, they’re still not quite there yet.

“Wharton Brook and Sleeping Giant are among Connecticut’s most popular state parks and we know that people have been anxious for them to re-open,” Lamont said according to the release. “Our first priority is to ensure the safety of all visitors to our state parks, and I want to thank everyone for their patience during these ongoing efforts and for heeding the closure warnings.”

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Quinnipiac should join the fossil fuel divestment campaign Letter to the Editor Jeff Bausch You may have heard about the fastest growing global divestment campaign in world history.

So far, according to the acclaimed American environmental activist, Bill McKibben, the fossil fuel divestment campaign has resulted in almost $8 trillion divested from portfolios and endowment funds since 2012. This means that this money was removed from fossil fuel stocks and bonds and redistributed into other investments.

It is time that Quinnipiac divests its endowment–more than $500 million–from fossil fuels. This is not a new or even radical idea.

Since 2012, institutional wealth funds of all shapes and sizes: municipalities like the New York City pension fund ($189 billion), and the City of London Pension Authority (yes, that London–$7.1 billion) have divested; educational institutions like Syracuse University ($1.18 billion) and the University of California system of schools ($350 million so far), have divested, according to recent articles by the Guardian and Fossil Free California.

Earlier this year, Ireland became the first sovereign nation to divest its sovereign wealth fund ($10.4 billion) from fossil fuels, according to the New York Times. Ireland followed a recommendation from the Norwegian Central Bank, which itself is considering whether or not to divest its $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund.

Religious institutions have shown faith in the fossil fuel divestment campaign: the World Council of Churches, the Unitarians, the Lutherans, the Islamic Society of North America, Japanese Buddhist temples and the diocese of Assisi, to name a few. Arguably, the most striking divestment pledge to date came from the World Bank itself, which will end its financial support for oil and gas extraction in 2019. Even global insurance giants like AXA, Allianz and Lloyd’s of London divested from coal and other “extreme fossil fuels,” such as tar sands, according to recent articles by the Guardian.

The fossil fuel divestment campaign is not the first of its kind. Divestment became a household concept in the 1980’s when academic institutions like the University of California, and sovereign nations like the United States, divested from South Africa and its companies as a way to strike back at the apartheid regime.

Former President Barack Obama has remarked that his first act of political activism was as a 19-year-old student at Occidental College, where he fought for Occidental to divest from South Africa. The divestment campaign against apartheid reached its climax in 1986, when Congress over-

rode President Reagan’s veto and passed the Anti-Apartheid Act by an overwhelming majority.

The Act prohibited new investment in South Africa and prohibited South African imports. Historians credit the divestment movement for helping cripple and eventually end the apartheid regime in South Africa.

Fossil fuel divestment is simple and two-pronged. The first objective is to promote a vigorous response to climate change, the greatest threat of our generation. This objective has important social, political and cultural impacts.

Divestment expresses the growing public demand for reducing carbon emissions. Those who divest acknowledge that they no longer support an economic model that relies on outdated energy technologies that accelerate climate change, and will weaken the future economic prospects of Quinnipiac students.

The landmark National Climate Assessment, mandated by Congress and compiled by thirteen federal agencies, recently concluded that climate change could shrink the United States’ gross domestic product by up to ten percent by 2100.

With that in mind, divestment presents an opportunity for President Olian to rapidly and decisively build a positive legacy for Quinnipiac. Divestment will signal Quinnipiac’s role as a leader in the fight against climate change, not a passive observer who permits fossil fuels to erode the economic future of its students. Quinnipiac will be known as a leader that stands for the future of the folks it serves, who also happen to be the ones most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change–its students.

The second objective is financial. Fossil fuel companies face incredible economic and political headwinds, which put downward pressure on stock prices. These risks include a declining market share due to competition from renewable energy technologies, and incredible litigation risks from ongoing lawsuits from the New York and Massachusetts attorneys general and the renowned “Children’s Climate Suit” in the district of Oregon federal court.

But arguably the most striking risk, the concept of “stranded assets,” would virtually eliminate billions of dollars from fossil fuel companies’ balance sheets.

The stranded asset concept is based on surprisingly simple science. In order to avoid the worst risks of climate change, we must keep global warming under 2 degrees Celsius when compared with pre-industrial levels.

The Paris Climate Accord echoed this goal. In order to achieve it, and avoid the dire consequences of not meeting it, approximately 60 to 80 percent of the planet’s oil, gas and coal reserves must remain in the ground, according to 350.org.

Unused. Unburnt. Stranded. Forever.

Major global financial institutions have acknowledged this risk.

Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, has warned that investors face “huge losses” due to the risk of stranded fossil fuel assets.

This poses a major problem for companies like Shell, BP or ExxonMobil, whose stock valuation is driven in large part by the total value of their oil and gas reserves.

What happens to ExxonMobil’s stock price if stockholders realize that 60 to 80 percent of its assets are worthless?

The counterargument to divestment is that it will hurt the investment returns of an endowment portfolio in the long run, otherwise known as “divestment cost.” Market forces, however, have upended that counterargument because divestment presents no downside risk for an investment portfolio.

For example, for the past five years, the S&P 500 stock market index, adjusted to exclude all fossil fuel stocks, actually outperformed the unmodified S&P 500 index. This trend is ongoing. Data from the prominent global equities index MSCI supports this trend. From November 2010 to December 2018, the MSCI Index ex Fossil Fuels, which is an MSCI stock market index that excludes companies that own oil, gas and coal reserves, was less risky (beta of 0.98) and outperformed the traditional MSCI World index based on an annualized return.

Another study conducted by the Aperion Group in 2016 found that over a twenty-five year period a fossil-free portfolio actually outperformed the benchmark portfolio by half a percent.

Divestment presents a win-win scenario for Quinnipiac.

The University can reject destructive climate policies, express support for the future of its students and incur no divestment cost for doing so. It is time that Quinnipiac becomes part of the solution to climate change and expresses solidarity with the future of its students.

According to a recent television interview with former President John Lahey, 70 percent of Quinnipiac’s $500 million endowment is invested in common stocks, also called public equities, which are bought and sold on the various global stock exchanges.

It is unclear what amount is directly invested in fossil fuel companies, but for a university whose goal is for its endowment to reach $1 billion by 2029, Quinnipiac should feel more than comfortable that it can reach this goal with a fossil free endowment portfolio.

The Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees, which manages Quinnipiac’s endowment portfolio, should acknowledge that divestment presents no downside risk to the endowment, and divest from all fossil fuel interests.

Petition for a panini press The year is 2019. In the last two years, Quinnipiac has aligned with other universities of its time in culinary advancements such as the sushi bar, Starbucks and a pasta line at York Hill. And yet, there is still a gaping hole in the diet of Quinnipiac students, faculty, staff and anyone and everyone with the taste for good food.

One word: Panini.

News Editor Paninis, pressed sandwiches, if you will, are a crucial part of the average American diet. And yet, both the Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses lack this very staple of the main food groups. One may argue that a sandwich line is enough, that deli meats simply heated briefly in an oven are the ideal sandwich. They are good, don’t get me

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wrong, but for the length of two semesters, the stress of two weeks of finals, every quick bite or lunch date, it’s simply not enough.

For those who don’t know, Dictionary.com defines the panini as a traditional, small Italian sandwich filled with meat, cheese, grilled vegetables, etc., and usually toasted. These may be the basics, but the actual sandwich is so much more.

There’s something special about hot-pressing a sandwich so that all of the meats and cheeses are melted properly. The current system QU dining members use simply warms the bread and leaves the cheese coagulating and the eater ultimately unhappy. The system is broken and needs fixing and we have most of the materials to fix it.

Now, the real question here is: Why does Quinnipiac not take advantage of this easy-to-use and delicious choice of meal?

Universities across the nation such as Stony Brook, UConn, Penn State, University of Colorado and so many more have seen the light while we still sit in the dark.

We have the bread, all assortments, the cheeses, as many as you could imagine and all the additives. But the one thing we’re missing is the most crucial part of the sandwich: the

panini press.

How simple it would be to purchase a panini press, of which only go for $34.99 on Amazon and $24.99 at Target, to please the entirety of the student body? Considering all of the other aspects are currently present, it only seems fit to fill the empty hole in every Bobcats’ stomach.

Easy as it may seem to correct the problem plaguing the diet of this school, Quinnipiac still chooses to stand by and let this abomination live on. And it’s mostly because they don’t know the issue exists.

As much as students moan and complain, myself especially included, nothing changes until someone has the will to make the change. To make a statement others can back and follow into the great beyond of the sandwich world.

I’m calling on all Bobcats, no matter your shape, size or taste buds to fight for the food we deserve. Things are constantly changing and evolving in the dining halls of QU to meet the needs of the students, so why can’t this be the next great change? Quinnipiac needs a panini press, Quinnipiac needs paninis.

This is the official petition for a panini press.

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Shut down, but not sleeping

How two weeks in Washington D.C. taught me to embrace imperfections I don’t always go to D.C., but when I do, the government is shut down, there’s a historic snow storm, which shuts the government down even more, a terror plot targeting the White House is foiled by the FBI and one of my classmates is robbed at gunpoint.

In other words, the week was relatively uneventful.

My two week expedition to D.C. for a QuinniAssociate News Editor piac political science class called Inside Washington was my first experience in the nation’s capital. My expectations of the city were startlingly deviant from reality.

For someone who has lived my entire life in the serene countryside of a small town in Connecticut, Washington has always been Hallie Jackson’s face on NBC framed by the White House lawn from the press tent. When she talks about Trump’s tweets with a stern, but slightly judgemental tone, all I can think about is how I’d give anything to be just like her.

What I didn’t realize is that Hallie Jackson isn’t the only one sitting in front of the White House in a tent. There’s also a couple of men with shaggy beards singing Christmas carols and selling jewelry outside the fence. Furthermore, there are dogs stationed on the front lawn that will charge and flatten anyone who tries to trespass.

My ignorance about the city also extended to the climate. To me, any state south of New Jersey is tropical.

That’s why I packed black leather boots with a heel, flats and running sneakers, but left the waterproof hiking boots

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in Connecticut.

In a storm that racked up the highest snowfall totals in the area since the blizzard of 2016, I decided I couldn’t sit around and watch history through my second-story window. I had to experience it first-hand, despite my footwear dilemma.

In the midst of the windswept snow, I ventured out to the capitol building wearing mesh running sneakers with Walmart bags tied to my feet. As I’m sure you can imagine, I was already feeling like the young professional I aspired to be.

My naivety worsened. The government shutdown foiled my fantasies of touring museums like the Smithsonian.

Luckily, I was able to keep myself entertained by stalking Bernie Sanders at the dry-cleaners’ and taking selfies outside of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s closed office door.

My visions of traipsing around the city-sidewalks, buying Supreme Court snowglobes and nerdy t-shirts were clouded by a notification that two students, one of which was from Quinnipiac, were robbed at gunpoint just a block away from my residence hall.

I planned to stay inside from then on, and claim it was because the Walmart bags didn’t keep the snow out. While this was partly true, in reality, I was scared, and my innocence and wonder began to evaporate even faster than the snow.

But the next day, I had recovered. I put my soggy, snowsoaked sneakers in the dryer, zipped my wallet inside my inner coat pocket and walked D.C.’s sidewalks with a purpose.

I had envisioned D.C. as a place where I, Emily DiSalvo, could rub elbows with my heroes, get discovered as a journalist and immediately hired by Politico. I eventually came to the conclusion that D.C. isn’t a dream. When it comes down to it, Washington D.C. is just another city.

The only difference is that one pigheaded man can shut the whole joint down if he wants.

Despite these realizations, my love for the city didn’t waver. In fact, it grew stronger with the knowledge that D.C.,

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Students in the QU in DC program get to experience the city for two weeks. like me, isn’t perfect. It’s both white marble buildings and ramshackle tents under metro passes. It’s both snappy threepiece suits, and the rumpled collared shirt you’re wearing for the third day because you haven’t had time to do laundry.

It has the potential to be both bustling with productivity and closed down due to internal turmoil.

It’s for both people like Hallie Jackson, and people like me.

And if I’m lucky, and don’t give up on D.C–accept it for its flaws and love it anyway–one day, I could be just like her.

We need to rescue our memory now

Why students at QU and universities nationally should start prioritizing brain strength Do you occasionally forget where you set your keys, your phone or your QCard? I am ashamed to admit it, but I can’t be the only one on this campus that does.

For years, I have dealt with small issues like these that seem irrelevant and minute.

Copy Editor We all have hundreds of items on our to-do lists as we go into this next semester.

Don’t forget to order books, apply for summer internships, get into a regular sleep schedule (or attempt to), organize housing for next year, finalize FAFSA problems, balance relationships and friendships, stop stressing so much and concoct time between classes to eat.

On top of all that, we have to find answers to satisfy the question, “what are your plans after college?” When really, we have to answer: “What is your next ten to forty years looking like?”

So, as things fall through the cracks, we chalk it up to having a heavy plate.

Regardless, I discovered over winter break that we can no longer dismiss the memory slips. It’s at these ages that we can overturn the impending doom of memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer’s. This is the best time, in my opinion, to strengthen our prized possession.

Everything else in our body is replaceable (hypothetically). Modern medicine has allowed us to do blood transfusions, simulate walking with synthetic limbs, transplant just about any major organ and help regain once lost senses.

However, our brain is the one part of our body that is unique and irrecoverable.

That’s why I picked up Daniel G. Amen, MD’s 2017, “Memory Rescue.” Written about his foundation, the Amen Clinics, the book contains a methodical approach to not only reversing memory problems, but also preventing them.

“When we consider uncomfortable topics like death or

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dementia, human nature often leads us to joke about them,” Amen wrote. “Yet, memory loss is no laughing matter.”

The process of preventing has to start now. In an article at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, Nick McKeehan says that the disease is “characterized by the accumulation of toxic, misfolded beta-amyloid proteins” in the brain.

He also mentioned that, in a new Neurology study, “beta-amyloid may begin accumulating decades earlier than believed.

The process of dementia can be “starting as early as our 20s,” McKeehan said.

“Loving your brain means treating it with care and respect.”

– DR. DANIEL G. AMEN

AUTHOR OF MEMORY RESCUE However, I don’t believe that this should be a scary thought for any of us. It should instead inspire college students around the world to start taking precautions to prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia.

“Loving your brain means treating it with care and respect,” Amen wrote.

The first steps are not difficult either, like many of us may think. Amen describes the five significant parts of our brain that are responsible for the cognitive, emotional and social functions of our daily lives: the prefrontal cortex, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, basal ganglia and cerebellum.

However, I believe that it is most vital for college students to prioritize two of these brain sections.

For starters, the prefrontal cortex is one of the most significant aspects of our cognitive functions. It’s “divided into three sections: the motor cortex, which controls the body’s motor movements; the premotor area, which is involved in

planning those movements;” Amen wrote. “And the prefrontal cortex, which directs [the] executive functions.” Essentially, it is the CEO of the brain and therefore the most essential part of the body to reinforce.

“Your frontal lobe represents nearly a third of your entire brain,” according to Sandra Bond Chapman Ph.D. at Psychology Today, “and is the last region of the brain to develop and the first to decline with age.”

In order to strengthen the prefrontal cortex, one can try different language games, crossword puzzles, strategy games or Tetris.

Contrarily, the temporal lobes are subject to stabilizing our emotional state. They are responsible for “encoding our memories into long-term storage, as well as mood stability, receptive language (reading and hearing), the reading of social cues,” Amen wrote.

Also located in the temporal lobes are the hippocampus and the amygdala, which process and protect our favorite– and least favorite–memories. Regardless of how busy our lives are, we can no longer take advantage of our most valuable possession. Our memories and brain functions are what should be prioritized.

At the end of the day, the unrivaled strategy to protecting the different parts of our brains is doing and learning that which you are unfamiliar with.

For example, Amen cites a mentalist named Jim Karol.

When Karol was about 50 years old, he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and an enlarged heart. Instead of letting the prognosis stunt his life, it inspired him to grow past it.

“This man with such humble beginnings began memorizing the states and their capitals, more than 80,000 zip codes, every word in the Scrabble dictionary, and thousands of digits of pi,” Amen said. “[Karol] knows the day of the week for every date from AD 1 on.”

“An estimated 36 million people worldwide suffer from dementia,” James Fuller at Independent said.

A diagnosis like this seems to be miles down the road to me. However, I have come to realize that it is crucial that we all take the steps to prevent the prognosis now.

For more information, check out “Memory Rescue” by Amen as well as his foundation’s website at amenclinics.com.

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Semester of self-care Feeling the pressure to start the new year strong? With the semester ahead, assignments and responsibilities are going to pile up before you know it. Here are some tools and tips to give you a jump start on making this year the best one yet. –A. Guerra

Tips for staying productive

Apps that help productivity

Set attainable goals

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Setting goals, no matter how big or small can help you move past the initial apprehension of starting a daunting task. With successfully completing small tasks, you’ll give yourself a sense of accomplishment and motivation to move forward with harder assignments.

Stay healthy

With the winter weather only getting colder, it seems as though everyone’s getting sick. Try to take vitamins, exercise and eat well so you have the ability to fight any illnesses. Most importantly, be sure to get enough sleep so you’ll have the be able to concentrate on tasks the following day.

Schedule smart

Gone are the days of needing to bring a notebook and pen to class. This app makes notetaking so simple. You can have separate notebooks for each class on your laptop and can access them from just about any device. This app also allows users to implement their own videos, pictures and to-do lists in each notebook free of charge.

Headspace

After completing a big task, it’s important to reward yourself with a break and to take care of your mental health. With Headspace, users can complete a guided meditation straight from their phone.

It’s also affordable with their subscription package being $10 per year for students. Some sessions include helping ease stress and anxiety or help users fall asleep. Once you’ve completed a meditation session, you’ll feel refreshed and ready to conquer the rest of your day.

When planning out your day, try to prioritize the most high-energy tasks when you’re the most productive, whether it be in the morning or late afternoon. If you plan these tasks when you’re fatigued, it’ll only waste time. Instead, plan to complete smaller or easier tasks when you’re low on energy. On the contrary, don’t burn yourself out. Take a break from your work so you can come back to it with a clear head.

Toggl

Whether it's creating a desk space in your dorm that you love or finding a spot on campus that meets your needs, customizing your workspace is vital when getting things d one efficiently. If you’re not sure what works for you, experiment by completing tasks in different environments until you find what fits your preferences.

Taskful

Find your own space

Focus on one thing at a time

Trying to focus on multiple tasks at hand may not be as efficient as you think. Your brain needs time to refocus after shifting back and forth between tasks. Multitasking can reduce productivity by as much as 40 percent, according to a study by the American Psychological Association.

Instead, give the assignment you’re working on your full attention and determination.

Turn up the music

It’s no secret that music boosts productivity, according to a study at the University of Miami. The study also suggests that the best type of music to work to is one without lyrics so it won’t become a distraction. Classical music or even video game soundtracks work great when hustling through an assignment.

Write about it

Every meeting, idea or important date should be written down. This can help ease the stress of needing to remember all of your commitments and to keep track of what you’ve already done and will soon accomplish. Have some fun with it by purchasing a planner or notebook that you can customize.

We’ve all been there - You’re in the middle of a dreaded assignment and then next thing you know you’re on social media or looking at something completely unrelated to your work.

Toggl can help track your internet and app usage during the time you should be doing work. This information can give you a helpful insight into how you’re spending your time and help you use it more efficiently. This app is available both online and on your phone.

This app will transform the way you keep a to-do list. With a colorful and simple interface, Taskful can help you complete everything you need to get done. It allows users to add subtasks to each entry and can keep track of your progress with a particular task. Like the app’s website says, “Whether you are trying to track your steps, drink more water or read that book you haven’t picked up in a while, Taskful is designed to help you get stuff done.”

Focus Keeper

Focus Keeper uses the Pomodoro Technique to keep you concentrated at the task at hand. The technique uses a timer to break up the time you use to work into intervals of 25 minutes that are then separated by short breaks. With this phone app, you can practice this method for just about any task by using the app’s customizable timer.

Forest

Having trouble keeping off your phone while getting work done? By using Forest, you can kick the habit. The app rewards users who don’t pick up their phone with a virtual tree. The longer they leave their phone alone, the more each tree grows. The app has also teamed up with nonprofit organization Trees for the Future in Maryland that plants real trees in exchange for the virtual ones that the app users grow.

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Razor sharp conscious

Men’s grooming company, Gillette, sparks controversy with new ad campaign

By ALEXIS GUERRA Arts & Life Editor

A new Gillette commercial, highlighting “toxic masculinity” and other issues, has stirred up both praise and criticism toward the company.

Gillette shared its “We Believe” commercial on its social media pages on Jan 14, three weeks before the Super Bowl. The 90 second video brought a new meaning to the company’s longtime tagline “The best a man can get” by addressing topics such as sexual harassment, bullying and stereotyping.

The commercial shows scenes of a young boy subjected to bullying, an older man touching a woman’s shoulders in a conference room and fathers echoing the phrase “Boys will be boys,” while witnessing their sons play fight.

Halfway through, the plot pivots. Scenes of men standing up for a woman being harassed and fathers encouraging their daughters to be tough are shown while soundbites from the #MeToo movement are played subtly in the background. The entirety of the video is also narrated.

“Is this the best a man can get? Is it?” the narrator says in the commercial. “We can’t hide from it, it’s been going on far too long. We can’t laugh it off, making the same old excuses. But something finally changed.

And there will be no going back. Because we believe the best in men.”

Since the commercial hit every social media platform, it has garnered 24 million views on Youtube and has received mixed reviews from both consumers and celebrities.

“I applaud @Gillette for this amazing, heartfelt ad addressing Toxic Masculinity,”

Rainn Wilson (@RainnWilson) tweeted. “It’s powerful and much needed. I plan on sharing it with my son.”

Along with these positive comments, Gillette’s Youtube and Twitter pages were flooded by angry comments. Twitter users have even tweeted the hashtag #BoycottGillette and posted videos of themselves throwing their razors in the trash. This reaction is similar to the negative feedback Nike’s ad campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick generated just last year.

“I, like so many of you watching, am so sick and tired of this virtue-signaling, man-bashing exaggeration from companies looking to gain social points with liberals.” said Political Commentator Tomi Lauren on Fox News.

“Conservative men who value masculinity and buy your products don’t appreciate being endlessly attacked by the media, feminists and now Procter & Gamble.”

In response to the criticism of the campaign, Gillette’s brand director, Pankaj Bhalla, gave a statement to the Wall Street Journal and confirmed that the brand has no plans to pull the ad.

“This is an important conversation happening, and as a company that encourages men to be their best, we feel compelled to both address it and take action of our own,” said Bhalla. “We are taking a realistic look at what’s happening today and aiming to inspire change by acknowledging that the old saying ‘Boys will be boys’ is not an excuse.”

It remains to be seen how the ad will impact sales, especially at a time where they face competition from startup subscription boxes such as Dollar Shave Club and Harry’s.

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Gillette's new ad compaign has sparked discussion among consumers and celebrities.

This, however, isn’t the first time a Procter & Gamble company’s products have showcased ad campaigns that address ongoing issues.

The company has even won awards for their campaigns in the past.

The company is best-known for its “Like a Girl” ad campaign for feminine-care brand Always. Procter & Gamble’s deodorant brand Secret also has a “Stress Test” commercial that depicts women preparing to confront sexism in conference meetings.

Axe is another men's grooming brand that has also recently shifted their commercial's focus. This was done by releasing the bodypositive video “Find Your Magic.”

With all the attention that Gillette’s commercial received, they have more ads lined up as part of their “The Best Men Can Be” campaign. This also includes donating one million dollars for the next three years to organizations like the Boys & Girls Club of America.

Throughout the controversy, one thing is for certain – Gillette has conveyed their idea of what masculinity is loud and clear to its audience.

“Our tagline needs to continue to inspire us all to be better every day, and to help create a new standard for boys to admire and for men to achieve,” reads Gillette’s website. “Because the boys of today are the men of tomorrow.”

When FYRE went up in flames Netflix documentary reveals the greed and corruption behind failed festival

By RYAN MILLER Contributing Writer

Girls. Music. A good time. When Billy McFarland, founder and CEO of Fyre Media, used this branding to promote a music festival, he quickly blurred the line between fantasy and reality.

Netflix released “FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” on Friday, Jan 18.

McFarland spearheaded the Coachella-esque festival slated to take place in the summer of 2017. He would go on to lead attendees and his own team down the path of deception.

The documentary pieces together professional and amateur footage of the preparation and eventual flop of the festival with individual interviews with people who worked with or were cheated by McFarland.

In perhaps a directorial decision, each interviewee was placed down the center of the screen as opposed to a more traditional left or right justified framing.

In this manner, everyone involved was essentially asked to stare down both the camera and the audience directly to confront their shortcomings. For those involved, that was failing to see when to bail from the project and for ticket purchasers, it was when to stop pouring their money into this trip. Comedian Ron Funches said on Late Night with Conan O'Brien that perhaps no one should be sorry for anyone who was ready to drop “thousands on Blink-182.”

Surprisingly absent from the interviews was McFarland himself, who instead was paid by Hulu to appear on their own documentary of the festival, which was

released just four days prior. “FYRE” director Chris Smith told Business Insider that he and Netflix executives knew for a while that Hulu had plans to release their own version of the story and were not fazed.

In both documentaries, it’s apparent that the trouble with the FYRE festival started during the preliminary stages. McFarland hired the biggest names in modeling, such as Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, for a promotional photoshoot that focused more on selling the experience of the festival than anything having to do with the music itself.

In December of 2016, “influencers” such as Kendall Jenner posted a blank orange picture on social media to begin promoting FYRE festival on the private Bahamian island. Within 24 hours of the ticket sales, 95 percent of them were sold.

As the documentary progressed it became clear to the audience that McFarland was careless throughout the process. Often shown with a drink in hand, he overbooked the event and the island alone couldn’t even fit the number of people expected.

At a certain point in the documentary, they replayed a shot of waves crashing on the island.

This was reminiscent of the social media team’s recycled usage of footage with the models that they posted rather than any development of the actual stage and sleeping arrangements.

As the festival grew closer and closer, it was clear that it was physically impossible to pull off. For example, the “luxury villas” being offered were nothing more than leftover tents from the island’s recent hurricane.

As people began to show up to attend,

they were hoarded on school buses, dropped at a bar and given excessive amounts of tequila. Before long, they became restless and saw their living quarters were reduced to soaking wet tents that hadn’t been protected from the rain.

When an attendee tweeted a picture of the food, it was clear that the bread, cheese and salad with dressing was not the gourmet meal they paid for. The tweet went viral and lines to demand answers consumed the island.

The documentary then showed various clips of television coverage from the morning after. McFarland disappeared immediately after the news broke and the festival was called off. On social media, it was said that the circumstances were “out of their control,” which was the opposite of the case, as reiterated by the interviews in the documentary.

One of the saddest moments of the documentary occurred when food caterer Maryann Rolle spoke about being left on the island after all of her life savings had been lost. She was emotional about it, while also maintaining a desire to move on. In the days since the documentary was released, a GoFundMe has received over half of its $123,000 goal to repay Rolle and her company.

Since the cancelation, McFarland was arrested while on parole for his crimes and sentenced to six years in prison after launching a new scam called NYC VIP. The company used the email list from FYRE to fool the same people into purchasing tickets to invitation-only events such as the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and the Met Gala. Some of the same people that were

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Netflix released the documentary earlier in January.

duped into FYRE were tricked again into spending thousands on these fake tickets.

As many questions as the engaging documentary answered, there were just as many left unexplained. We do not know if any of McFarland’s original team were able to find new jobs or how the festival world could prevent such a disastrous situation from taking place again in the future.

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12 months, 365 days and seven upcoming movies Look out for these 2019 movie releases According to Rotten Tomatoes, “it’s looking like another big year at the movies, and for your wallet.” Disney Pixar has plans to revive childhood memories with a new lineup of action and animated movies, with both classic blockbusters and new stories. It is an exciting year for the kids who grew up watching movies such as “Toy Story,” “Aladdin,” “The Lion King,” “Dumbo” and even “It,” which are some of the movie remakes that will surface. – J. Johnson

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Aladdin

This mystery/slasher film is a sequel to the original movie, “Happy Death Day” where a selfcentered college student named Tree Gelbman is forced to relive the same day over and over until she finds who brutally murdered her. In “Happy Death Day 2U”, Gelbman re-enters the time loop where she again has to escape after realizing her friends have become involved. After the original killer was murdered, a new killer takes her place and Gelbman is forced to fight to uncover their identity and finally be rid of the time loop.

This mystery/thriller is about a couple who decides to take their kids to their beach house to relax and spend time with friends. The wife, Adelaide Wilson, is haunted by a past experience that causes her to be nervous that something bad is going to happen to her and her family. Her worst fears are realized when her family is forced to fight for survival when a group of four strangers shows up. Things get interesting when their identities are revealed to have the same appearance as a different member of the Wilson’s family.

This live-action film is a modern remake of the movie from 1992. It is a fantasy/romance about a “street rat” named Aladdin, who frees a genie from a lamp that grants him three wishes. Aladdin uses one of his wishes to disguise him as a prince to impress the Sultan and his daughter, Princess Jasmine. He faces a challenge when Jafar, the Sultan’s most trusted councilman, takes control over the lamp and the genie to overthrow the palace.

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This fantasy/comedy movie is a film series from the original “Toy Story” that was released in 1995. In the previous movie, the story ended with Woody sneaking into a box of toys that are being taken to the attic before his owner, Andy, leaves for college. Woody leaves a note in the box urging Andy to give the box of toys to Bonnie, a student at a daycare called Sunnyside. Andy, thinking the note is from his mom, proceeds to bring the box of toys to Bonnie’s house and the film ends with them playing before Andy departs.

In this sequel, a character named “Forky” (a spork) is introduced and the main character, Woody, is forced along for the ride with his old and new friends on a road trip that will introduce him to the world outside of his comfort zone.

This fantasy/science fiction movie is the next chapter of the “Spider-Man: Homecoming” series. The protagonist, Peter Parker, decides to join his friends on a trip to Europe where he encounters a man named Nick Fury who asks the hero to help him uncover what is causing destruction across the continent. In “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” Parker lives with his Aunt May, while his mentor, Tony Stark, helps him adapt to his new identity as Spider-Man. As Parker tries to balance his daily routine life, he is forced to test the ability of his new powers against a villain who threatens him and everyone he loves.

The “Lion King” is another animated remake of the original movie that was released in 1994.

This drama/adventure takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa where the protagonist, Simba, is next in line for the throne. Simba is manipulated by his uncle Scar into thinking he was responsible for his father’s death. In fear, Simba flees and befriends a meerkat and warthog duo who spend time with him as he matures. A few years later, Simba is confronted by his childhood friend Nala, who urges him to come home and challenge Scar to save the kingdom and take his rightful place as king.

September 6 It: Chapter 2 This sequel is a mystery/horror film that takes place 27 years later where It, also known as Pennywise, returns to torment the adult versions of The Losers Club. According to Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema, “The Losers’ club fulfill their promises and return to Derry to put an end to the shape-shifting demon once and for all.” In the first movie, Pennywise is represented as a shapeshifter with the ability to turn into a person’s worst fear. The Losers Club is a group of protagonist children who vow to destroy Pennywise at any cost.

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'You' renewed for season two

Lifetime's new drama acquired by Netflix has received all the craze

By JESSICA SIMMS

Associate Arts & Life Editor

Netflix has just released all ten episodes of Lifetime’s new drama, “You,” for streaming on Dec. 26 and will be picking up the series for its second season sometime in the future according to @ YouNetflix on Twitter.

Although “You” has just recently become a social media sensation, being a show that has gotten a lot of attention since being released on Netflix, it debuted back in September on Lifetime.

Netflix, actually, acquired the rights to “You” early 2018.

“You” is based on Caroline Kepnes’ best-selling novel of the same name and follows a bookstore manager who bumps into an aspiring writer in his store who he instantly falls in love with. The manager, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley from “Gossip Girl” ), uses his resources of the internet and different social media platforms to gather all the information he can to get close to the writer, who goes by the name Beck (Elizabeth Lail from “Once Upon a Time”).

“We’re grateful to Lifetime for being the gateway to getting the show made,” Badgley said in an email to The Washington Post. “We wouldn’t have been able to make the show without them, as far as I can tell. There is no sense of bewilderment that the show had one reaction while it was on Lifetime and another when it went to Netflix. The difference in viewership is obvious and it’s indicative of so many different things, not the least of which is the way young people consume media.”

Once Lifetime decided to pass on making a second season for “You,” Netflix decided to take it on and officially ordered that season two will be an official Netflix original. For Netflix, this decision was smart because once season one streamed, the internet went crazy and Netflix executives announced in a shareholder letter on Jan. 17 that 40 million households will watch “You” in the first four weeks on Netflix.

Season two does not have a release date set in stone and even the stars in the first season are unsure about what is going to happen when they start shooting the series.

“At the moment I am not shooting season 2, but I’m not even sure they’ve written season 2 as far as I know,” Lail said to Refinery29. “There’s always a possibility because Joe is a psychotic, but as of right now I have no idea.”

The ten episode series that is co-created by Sera Gamble (producer of “Supernatural”) and Greg Berlanti (producer of “Riverdale”) allows viewers to get to know Goldberg through his narration of every episode. Through each narration, he talks through the reasons why he goes through Beck’s phone and even why he lurks outside her apartment to see what she is doing. This

"You" has sparked discussion about the #MeToo movement. is also a writing technique Kepnes used in her novel “You” by writing in second person.

“It ended up meaning that my level of involvement was closer to that of sometimes almost an editor, sometimes a producer, sometimes a cinematographer,” Badgley said to “EW” about the narrations. “Only in the sense that I had to be conscious of things that I think often actors very specifically do not want to be conscious of in order to maintain a certain level of spontaneity to their performance. It was very technical. Often I would go to work and not actually have any spoken lines that day.”

Although throughout the show Goldberg clearly shows that he is secretly obsessed with Beck and will do anything to make sure she is only his, he does, however, show a soft side for his neighbor’s son Paco (Luca Padovan) by spending time with him.

“I don’t believe that pure evil exists, personally,” Badgley said to “Vulture.” “I definitely was able to find him [Goldberg] one humane and human quality.”

While viewers definitely get to know Goldberg through his narration over every episode, Beck’s story is also shared while

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Goldberg is secretly stalking her. Goldberg, once he gets a little closer to Beck, attempts to become civil with her close friends Peach (Shay Mitchell from “Pretty Little Liars”), Annika (Kathryn Gallagher) and Lynn (Nicole Kang).

“I knew that Beck was going to be more than just a movie that he [Goldberg] watches,” Lail said to “Collider.” “I knew that we were going to learn more about her, which you inevitably have to, if you’re stalking someone and I hoped there would be surprises. I knew that she would have a lot to do.”

Even with how addictive this show seems to be, there has been talk about how the plot of the series connects to the #MeToo era, even though "You" was being worked on before the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

“If you look carefully, there’s a Harvey Weinstein joke in the pilot,” Sera Gamble said to Hollywood Reporter. “That happened because calling somebody a Harvey became a thing as we were in post on the pilot and we were able to insert that reference because it was a text message. But all it did was heighten and sharpen the conversation we were already having.”

The story of how 'Icarus Falls' Zayn Malik releases second solo album

By JESSICA SIMMS

Associate Arts & Life Editor

On the three year anniversary of One Direction’s indefinite hiatus that took place Dec. 14, 2015, Zayn Malik released his second solo album titled “Icarus Falls.” This 27-track concept album tells the story of Icarus, a character from Greek mythology who flew very close to the sun and fell to his death, through songs that are full of a wide variety of emotion.

The former One Direction member released his first ever solo album, “Mind of Mine,” in 2016 on the one year anniversary of when he officially left the band. “Mind of Mine” was a top-selling album and strayed away from the upbeat, poppy vibe of One Direction by including slower, eccentric tracks. Just like his first album, Malik’s newest release has a similar sound.

The 27 tracks that complete the album of “Icarus Falls” caused for Malik to make it a double album, splitting the tracks in two at the song “Icarus Interlude.” Malik admits that some of the songs that are on the album were from past recording sessions for “Mind of Mine” that included songs that were not used for his first record.

Nine of the 27 tracks were previously released as singles, which include “Fingers,” “Let Me,” “Good Years,” “No Candle No Light (featuring Nicki Minaj),” “Rainberry,” “Too Much (featuring Timbaland),” “There You Are,” “Sour Diesel” and “Entertainer.”

Malik explained in an interview with Billboard that “Icarus Falls” includes his two main moods. One is more rhythmic and the other is defined by more downtempo sounds. By splitting his album in two, Malik incorporated these two types of emotions by having the first part of the album include ordinary technopop sounds and the second half be full of funkier sounds. Track number 13, which is the song “Icarus Interlude,” was able to be the buffer and switch the album into a different sound when Malik wanted it to.

“The last album [‘Mind of Mine’] veered into a much more nighttime kind of thing,” Peter Edge, chairman and CEO of Malik’s record label RCA, said to Billboard. “This one is more of a mix than that.”

“Icarus Falls” opens up with the song “Let Me.” This first

track on the album is a ballad that addresses the idea of sex and how it has meaning to him. Malik’s first song on his second ever solo album allowed him to show off his stunning vocal skills with the instruments creating an urban-pop vibe in the background. The chorus of “Let Me” also includes vocal harmonies, while talking about the idea of sex in a non-explicit way. Malik believes that this and all of the songs on “Icarus Falls” shows how he has developed as a writer since his debut solo album.

“I feel like my songwriting definitely developed, just because I’ve been doing it so much,” Malik said in an interview with VMAN. “I feel like the songs are a bit more organized, where I felt like, before, that ‘Mind of Mine’ was a brainstorm. That’s why I called it ‘Mind of Mine,’ because it was ideas that I had that I put out. This one is more thought out. I had more time to process everything and go through it all. It’s an evolution.”

Even though Malik did not tour for his first solo album, he has mentioned that he is thinking about touring in support of “Icarus Falls.” Malik has not been on a tour or has been a part of a major concert since he left One Direction. Over the past two years Malik has scheduled, but then canceled concerts in Japan, Dubai and London due to extreme anxiety and not knowing how to create a solo show that felt natural to him.

“For a long time I’ve struggled with, where is Zayn as a performer?” Malik said to Billboard. “I don’t want my show to be too eccentric or out there because I’m not that kind of personality.

I’m quite a reserved person and I feel like the vibe of that session sort of fits me and what I want to do on stage.”

In his autobiography, “Zayn,” Malik writes about how his time being a part of One Direction damaged his mental health and how the lack of a normal life was a trigger for his eating disorder.

“I’d go for days—sometimes two or three days straight— without eating anything at all,” Malik said in “Zayn.” “Food was something I could control, so I did.”

Now, as a solo artist, Malik believes he is doing much better and has created a more peaceful lifestyle through writing music and spending summers and falls working on a farm in Pennsylvania.

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'Icarus Falls' received a 6.4 out of 10 rating on Pitch Fork.

“I’m taking things at my own pace eating well, not going too crazy,” Malik said. “Making sure we [him and Gigi Hadid] have dinnertime.”

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Movie Review

If a movie could talk...

Barry Jenkins follows up Oscar winner 'Moonlight' with more majestic filmmaking

By TIM POWERS Staff Writer

The sounds of a prison ring out through the frame. The camera sets its sights on Tish Rivers.

There is a look of pain and nervousness painted across her face. She holds a phone up to her ear, attempting to talk to Alonzo Hunt, known to his friends and family as “Fonny,” through the glass, the only way she is permitted to see her love. There is a sorrowful look on Fonny’s face. This is a man fighting a fight against the injustices of a society, a system and a virus of corruption. Tish has come to tell him that she is pregnant with his child.

Academy Award Winner Barry Jenkins returns with a follow up to his Best Picture winner “Moonlight.” This production is based off the novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” by the prolific James Baldwin. The story consists of Fonny being falsely accused of rape. The movie tells the story of how and why Fonny ended up in jail with his lover telling him they are having a child behind a shield of glass and how much he is losing in the process.

The movie makes clear that the man being accused of rape could not have possibly committed it. As he was not near the area where and when it occurred, he has an airtight alibi of not one, but two people, who were with him.

But because of his race, it does not matter. He is framed by a cop who Fonny got into a fight with over Fonny defending Tish from a white man who was harassing her in a store. The cop wanted to take him in then but could not. The pursuit for the real attacker is subdued in favor of accusing Fonny.

The film is directed with incomparable

excellence by Barry Jenkins. Jenkins outdoes himself, creating a visually stunning and engaging piece of art unlike any other movie I’ve seen. Jenkins manages to tell a story full of horror, sorrow and sadness and make it look beautiful. He uses beauty as a way to showcase what Fonny and Tish lose because of the injustices of a world of white privilege.

The beauty of their relationship, the beauty of family and the beauty of life.

Jenkins use of color is what is particularly striking. With the help of cinematographer James Laxton, Jenkins is able to achieve this beauty. Laxton brings a feeling of warmth to the picture. The warmth of the cinematography brings a sense of home and safety. It allows Fonny’s prison sentence to feel all the more devastating because of the life brought to the images in the film.

The score of the film, composed by Nicholas Brittel, who was Oscar Nominated for his score for Jenkins “Moonlight,” is sensational. The score is pulsating with life and love. It is a quite romantic score. This score should earn Brittel another Oscar nomination come the end of January, with hopefully a strong chance of winning.

The film is led by stellar performances from KiKi Layne (Tish) and Stephan James (Fonny).

Layne’s performance in particular as a woman fighting to save her love is layered with intense detail. Her facial expressions are a masterclass in acting. In truth, both give visceral, unique performances that work together like clockwork. The chemistry between the pair is unflinchingly explosive.

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'If Beale Street Could Talk' currently has a 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

The film also features strong supporting performances from renowned television actors Regina King and Brian Tyree Henry. King, who at the beginning of January won a Golden Globe for her performance, gives a touching and brawny performance as Tish’s mother.

King gives her character a sense of warmth and strength that ultimately lends itself to Tish during the proceedings. Henry only has a single scene in the film but he almost steals the entire movie. In his one monologue where his character describes what it’s like being in jail to Fonny, foreshadowing his future and it is

absolutely heartbreaking to hear. It is delivered with such emotional intelligence from Henry.

“If Beale Street Could Talk” is a transcendent piece of filmmaking that will be remembered for years to come. It is one of the defining films released in the past year. Barry Jenkins serves up a strong installment to his filmography.

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Album Review

Land of the unfree?

The Killers return with a statement on America

By JASON SCHOELLKOPF Staff Writer

The Nevada rock band, The Killers, released a powerful new single, “Land of the Free” on Jan. 14, featuring a music video by Award-winning director Spike Lee. The song’s undisguised political message is that the United States, also known as the “land of the free” isn’t living up to its nickname anymore.

Brandon Flowers, the lyricist and lead vocalist, tackles gun violence, mass incarceration, racial discrimination and the building of the border wall. The video, made up of footage of life at the U.S. Mexico border, gives us a glimpse into what the humanitarian crisis happening there looks like. The track coheres well with the video, and together, they produce a heart-wrenching and beautiful experience.

Flowers was inspired to make the song in 2012, after the Sandy Hook shooting.

In the years after that, he became grieved with mass shootings and racial injustice, so he decided to express his feelings about America into a song.

“I just had to get this out,” said Flowers in an interview with Zane Lowe, a radio DJ from New Zealand. “It just started stacking up. Things like Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, what’s happening at the wall. This stuff just didn’t seem to be in harmony with the values

that my country was founded on.”

This isn’t the first time that Flowers has been political; he performed at the National Clean Energy Summit for Obama in 2015. In 2017, he wrote a letter opposing development on a Nevada conservation area. But, this is the first time he has made such a strong political statement.

Flowers’s wish is that the song will give hope to the many downtrodden people of the U.S. and Mexico.

“Now more than anything we need optimism,” he said. “The community that can happen when we listen to music is beautiful.”

The song’s lyrics are poignant and straightforward, with lines like “We got more people locked up than the rest of the world,” and “We got a problem with guns.” The lyrics flow nicely together and their meanings are difficult to misconstrue.

The song begins with gentle piano and is joined by gospel choir, electric guitar and drums (played by The Killers drummer Ronnie Vannucci). The Killers guitarist Dave Keuning and bassist Mark Stoermer don’t appear in this song, as they are on hiatus from the band.

Flowers’s voice brings strong emotion to each line that he writes. He manages to make the song feel hopeful and melancholy at the same time. In his tone, you can tell that he

still believes in the land of the free, just that we aren’t there yet.

The composition of the song is fitting for the lyrics. It’s the perfect chord progression for a song that is both critical of our current state of affairs but still optimistic. The happy tone becomes melancholy, and then happy again, just as our fight for a better America and our pursuit of happiness doesn’t end in hopelessness—no matter how disappointed we get. Above all, this song is inspiring.

Spike Lee’s visuals are fitting for the music, but not for most of the lyrics. The only visuals we see are from Tijuana, whereas most of the lyrics are about problems within the United States. The video would have been better with footage relating to the other problems, but that’s a minor qualm. Overall, the video is well-cut and matches the pace of the music very well. When the music is slow, the migrants are trudging on the road to Tijuana. When the music is fast, the migrants are running from the shots of U.S. officers. During the chorus, we see the migrant families close-up as they look into the camera. It feels almost like you’re looking them in the eye and for a split second, you get a glimpse into their lives.

“Land of the Free” is a piece of art and a great protest song. It gives emotion and soul to the headlines that we’re bombarded with. Being overtly political, it’s unlike most

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'Land of the Free' is the Killers' latest single since their 2017 album.

songs we hear on the radio and the subject matter makes it something that isn’t suited for listening to on repeat. Though it isn’t something I’d go out of my way to listen to often, it’s something that everyone should hear at least once.

Flowers says that “Land of the Free” is probably a one-time music release for 2019, but The Killers are preparing something big for early 2020.

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GAME OF THE WEEK

Quinnipiac men’s basketball falls 75-72 to Niagara The Bobcats lose their second straight tight game and fall to 3-3 in MAAC

By PETER DEWEY Opinion Editor

The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team dropped its second close game in a row, as 3-pointers by graduate student guard Cam Young and sophomore guard Rich Kelly came up short in a 75-72 loss to Niagara at the People’s United Center on Saturday.

The Bobcats (8-9, 3-3 MAAC) had their chances to tie this one, as Niagara missed six consecutive free throws in the final minute, but were unable to capitalize.

“Disappointing finish for us,” Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy said. “Obviously our guys battled at the end and gave ourselves a chance but I think we’re going to have to put together better defensive efforts to have a chance to win more games in this league.”

The Purple Eagles (9-10, 2-4 MAAC) trailed by two at the half, but shot a blistering 8-for-12 from 3-point range in the second half. “[We need] to get more stops,” Dunleavy said. “Being able to key in on the opposing team’s personnel, obviously with [Niagara senior forward Marvin Prochet] being as good as a player as he is keying on him and not letting a guy like that get hot. It’s difficult to do but we’ve got to take that challenge on and do a better job.”

Prochet shot 9-for-11 from the field, which included a 6-for-6 start, and scored 15 of his 24 points in the second half. He keyed an early second half push that put the Purple Eagles ahead.

Dunleavy adjusted, as he switched his team’s defense to a 2-3 zone, but the Bobcats still struggled to get stops down the

stretch as Niagara stunted multiple Bobcat runs with 3-pointers throughout the half. “[The zone] was just to give them a different look and try take them out of rhythm the best we could,” Dunleavy said.

Quinnipiac made a late push on some big shots by Kelly and Young, who led the team in scoring.

Kelly finished with 20 points and eight assists, while Young led the Bobcats with 24 points and seven rebounds.

“Rich is playing great basketball,” Dunleavy said. “I think a lot of guys, Cameron Young, really put up good numbers and was efficient offensively. Our team had 16 assists to 10 turnovers.

“In my opinion we played [well] enough offensively to win the game, the low hanging fruit here is defensively.”

The Bobcats had four starters in doublefigures as Tyrese Williams (11 points) and Abdulai Bundu (10 points, eight rebounds) both played key roles on offense. With the eight boards Bundu became just the fourth Bobcat in Division I program history to have 600 career points and 600 career rebounds. “[Bundu] is very consistent in what he’s been doing,” Dunleavy said. “We’re really lucky to have him. I think his foul trouble hurt us, he had to come out of the game for a stretch and we couldn’t start him in the second half.”

A key for the Bobcats going forward will be to get more production out of their bench as senior guard Aaron Robinson, junior guard Travis Atson and freshman guard Tyree Pickron combined to shoot 0-for-12 off the bench.

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Graduate student Cam Young’s 24 points Saturday increased his points per game to 19.9, which leads the MAAC. “We have good shooters coming off our bench,” Dunleavy said. “We’ve just got to keep them confident and keep them aggressive. In a game where bench goes 0-for-12 your not going to have 90 points but we did have enough points to win the game if we defend. That’s where we’ve got to get better.”

The Bobcats will be on the road next time out as they will travel to Marist to take on the Red Foxes next Friday at 7 p.m.

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Kelly: “I think we can just remind [Rigoni] how good he is” POINT from Page 16 The team is different offensively with Kelly...running the point (wink wink).

“Rich is playing great, he’s playing great basketball right now,” Dunleavy said after the loss to Niagara on Saturday.

Outside of his passing, Kelly has improved as a scorer in his second season.

Similar to Young, Kelly has upped his scoring average (11.1 to 12.3), field goal percentage (.390 to .436), 3-point percentage (.317 to .429) and free throw percentage (.774 to .800).

So, there you have it. Young (19.9 PPG) and

Kelly (12.3 PPG) are the No. 1 and No. 2 options. They’ve done it consistently all year long.

The problem? Nobody knows who the No. 3 is.

Quinnipiac has four players averaging between seven and nine points, but none higher than that (besides Young and Kelly). Sophomore forward Jacob Rigoni (8.8 PPG), freshman guard Tyrese Williams (8.6 PPG), junior forward Kevin Marfo (7.4 PPG) and junior guard Travis Atson (7.2 PPG) have all shown flashes of being that third guy, but no one has done it consistently.

Rigoni was expected to potentially be the third guy this year, but his jumper hasn’t been

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Sophomore forward Jacob Rigoni has gone three straight games without reaching double-digit points.

nearly as reliable as it was during his freshman season. Last season, Rigoni started 14 of the final 15 games of the year and averaged 11.7 PPG over that stretch. He ended the season averaging 9.8 PPG as a freshman, so an increase in production was expected. Instead, it’s been the opposite.

Aside from the PPG decrease, Rigoni has lowered his field goal percentage (.459 to .387), 3-point percentage (.455 to .355) and rebounding (3.8 to 3.5). Not the kind of trajectory that Bobcat fans wanted to see out of the Aussie in year two.

“I think we can just remind him how good he is,” Kelly said earlier in the season after Rigoni was held scoreless in a game. “He knows he’s one of the hardest-working guys on the team. Over the long-run the shots will fall and he’ll be fine.”

If he can get hot at the end of the season like he did last year, there’s still a chance he can serve as that third option.

Williams is another strong candidate to fill the role, but he has to shoot the ball more efficiently. He’s third on the team in field goals attempted per game (7.9), but he shoots just 37.8 percent from the field and 35.3 percent from deep. Not far off Rigoni’s numbers, actually, in terms of percentages.

Rigoni and Kelly both found their stride down the stretch of their freshman seasons last year, so the hope is that Williams can do the same.

If he can increase efficiency heading toward February and March, there’s still a chance he can serve as that third option.

Marfo is currently injured, nursing a partially torn meniscus. He’s participating in some team activities and is expected to return within the next few weeks. But even when he returns, he shouldn’t be expected to be a

viable third option.

As a big man in a guard-heavy offense, Marfo has only averaged 4.8 shot attempts per game in the 12 games he’s played. He’ll likely be eased back into the rotation when he returns, and then the MAAC Tournament will be approaching once he’s fully healthy (if all goes according to plan). Marfo’s job when he returns for the rest of the season is mainly going to be rebounding, as his team-leading 9.3 rebounds per game have been missed since he went down.

Lastly, there’s Atson. He began his first season in Hamden hot, but he’s since cooled off. In the first 12 games of the season (6 starts), he scored in double figures eight times. But in the last five games, he’s reached that mark just once.

That makes nine times that he’s reached double figures in 17 games, which isn’t bad, but it’s not a No. 3 option. The other, much bigger problem is that Atson has gone scoreless in four games this season, including three times in the past seven games.

Quinnipiac is 5-4 in games where Atson reaches double figures, but just 3-4 when he doesn’t. The Bobcats have won five out of the last six times he’s hit that mark. Atson becoming the No. 3 option consistently might just be the key. But based on his recent play, it’s tough to rely on that when he has games where he can’t score.

It’s a difficult proposition, but one of those four guys is going to have to step up if the Bobcats have MAAC Championship aspirations – which we all know they do.

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RUNDOWN

MEN’S HOCKEY QU 4, Boston University 3 - Saturday Brandon Fortunato: 2 goals, 1 assist Daniel Winslow: 1 goal Desi Burgart: 1 goal Chase Priskie: 1 assist Wyatt Bongiovanni: 1 assist Ethan de Jong: 1 assist Andrew Shortridge: 31 saves WOMEN’S HOCKEY QU 2, Sacred Heart 1 - Friday Laura Lundblad: 1 goal Melissa Samoskevich: 1 goal Abbie Ives: 11 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL Canisius 65, QU 63 - Thursday Cam Young: 20 points, 4 rebounds Rich Kelly: 17 points, 4 assists Abdulai Bundu: 17 rebounds Niagara 75, QU 72 - Saturday Young: 29 points, 7 rebounds Kelly: 20 points, 8 assists Tyrese Williams: 11 points Bundu: 10 points, 8 rebounds Jacob Rigoni: 7 points, 4 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 96, Niagara 55 - Friday Paula Strautmane: 17 points Edel Thornton: 15 points, 2 steals Jen Fay: 13 points, 6 rebounds Paige Warfel: 10 points, 8 rebounds Aryn McClure: 10 points Brittany Martin: 10 points QU 55, Canisius 42 - Sunday Taylor Herd: 21 points, 4 rebounds Fay: 15 points, 5 rebounds Martin: 7 points McClure: 5 points, 7 rebounds Strautmane: 4 points, 5 rebounds MEN’S TENNIS Binghamton University 5, QU 1 - Saturday WOMEN’S TENNIS University of Virginia 6, QU 1 - Saturday

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WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD QU vs. Terrier Invite - Friday, All Day MEN’S TENNIS QU at Yale University - Saturday, 1 p.m.

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse hasn’t had a winning season since Since the Quinnipiac women’s 2012 where it went 9-7. It was tennis team joined the MAAC in a top heavy team, with most of 2013-14, the Bobcats are perfect. the scoring coming from Allison Literally. Quinnipiac hasn’t lost Kuhn (35-7-42) and Ashley Boa MAAC match in 37 regular binski (29-20-49). The team has season tries and 10 tournament lost two of its top-five scorers to tries. That makes 47 matches and graduation, so this season it’s time 47 wins. Don’t expect much to for someone to step up. Junior change this spring, either. Quin- midfielder Brianna Fitzgerald is nipiac didn’t graduate a single se- going to step up for the Bobcats. nior last season. None. With all of She’s shown that she can score and their key players coming back, the ended the season on a hot streak, Bobcats are likely to run the table tallying 10 of her 11 goals in her yet again. Sophomore Dominique final nine games. With Avery DrVasile won MAAC Rookie of the ouin transferring, the team is going Year and MAAC Player of the to need her to step up as the numYear last season, and it’s expect- ber-two midfielder behind Kuhn. ed that she’ll only get better this With Kyle Larkin graduating after year. Junior Layla Rodriguez won last season, the Bobcats don’t have MAAC Rookie of the Year the sea- much goalie depth. While junior MEGAN LOWE/CHRONICLE son prior. Head coach Paula Mill- Allie Kelsey played in 11 games, Senior attack Mike Fletcher was third on the team in points last year er’s dynasty is going to continue a jump from three her freshman with 42 points. its reign for the foreseeable future. year, it looks like there’s going MEN’S ICE HOCKEY It all begins in Hamden with the to be some competition for the UMass Lowell, and MAAC play home-opener against Fairleigh starting gig as the Bobcats bring starts in mid-March. - BM After a dismal season in which Dickinson on March 26. - LR in graduate-transfer Sami Walters Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey reWOMEN’S BASKETBALL from UMass. Walters went 17-2 corded its first losing record in ACROBATICS AND TUMBLING her rookie campaign and made Coming off a 28-6 season over 20 years, the team has flipped Quinnipiac’s acrobatics and the Atlantic-10 All-Rookie team which saw it go undefeated in the script this year, posting a 16-5tumbling team beat Oregon for the before seeing minimal action over Metro Atlantic Athletic Confer- 1 overall record. Its 7-4-1 ECAC first time in program history last the last two years. The competition ence (MAAC) play, the Quinni- Hockey record puts them in first season 274.585-272.23. It went in goal will be good for the Bob- piac women’s basketball team is place in the conference and have on to make it to the National Col- cats and hopefully bring some fire looking to build on the success been nationally ranked as high as legiate Acrobatics and Tumbling to a team that looks to turn things of the past two years in 2018-19. No. 5. Sophomore forward Odeen Association finals where it lost to around. - SR After back-to-back MAAC titles Tufto has continued his dominance Baylor 283.360-274.650. Baylor and NCAA tournament appear- from his freshman year, posting 11 MEN’S LACROSSE has been Quinnipiac’s Achilles ances, the Bobcats currently sit goals and 18 assists in his sophoheel, ending both of the past two The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse at 10-6 overall and a perfect 5-0 more campaign. Senior defenseseasons for the Bobcats short of team has been in the spotlight since in the MAAC this season. Led by man Chase Priskie has been having their ultimate goal. The Bobcats the fall. In the 2018 season, despite a group of five seniors including a highlight year, as he has broke lost some significant talent to grad- going undefeated in the MAAC MAAC Preseason Player of the the school record for goals by a uation in the form of NCATA All- regular season, the team fell in the Year Aryn McClure (9.4 points defenseman, recorded his 100th American Abby Ziser and former semifinals against Canisius. Since per game [PPG]) and Preseason career point and has been in the co-captain Jenna Adams, while then, the team was under investi- All-MAAC First-Team selection front running for the Hobey Baker bringing in 13 freshmen. Some gation in the fall for violations of Jen Fay (11.4 PPG), the Bobcats Award. While the new year hasn’t silver-lining comes in the form of school conduct and was suspended have not lost since the calendar treated the team too well, posting Adams returning as a volunteer for the fall/winter of 2018. Head changed to 2019. Quinnipiac’s a 2-2-1 record so far, the Bobcats assistant coach. The Bobcats will coach Eric Fekete was relieved of depth may be its biggest strength are in prime position to make a run have a tough test to start their sea- coaching duties and former assis- as nine different players log over at an ECAC Hockey championship son. They first hit the mat against tant coach Mason Poli is filling in 10 minutes a game. - PD and a NCAA tournament bid. - BM Oregon, where they look to keep as interim head coach. In addition, MEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY their momentum against the Ducks the team will need to fill the void going before they travel to Baylor of its 14 players that graduated last In year two under head coach The offensive struggles of last and hope to exorcise some demons spring, which included standout Baker Dunleavy, the Quinnipiac year have followed the Quinnipiac against the Bears. A key variable midfielder Brian Feldman, long- men’s basketball team has gradu- women’s ice hockey team into this for this season is how long it will stick midfielder Adam Bellamy ally improved. After going just season. In a season where the Bobtake for the chemistry between re- and defender Riley Palmer. How- 12-21 in 2017-18, the Bobcats cur- cats only averaged 1.81 goals per turning members and the freshmen ever, the Bobcats return four out rently sit at 8-9 with a good amount game, they were able to work their to grow. The team was a cohesive of their top five scorers, includ- of their season still to play. Quin- way to a 12-9-1 ECAC Hockey reunit last year, and especially with ing First Team All-MAAC selec- nipiac has opened conference play cord last year, thanks to its defense nationals at Baylor, it’s going to tion, senior attack Foster Cuomo. 3-2. Graduate student guard Cam and goaltending, who gave up 1.96 need to act as one. - SR Quinnipiac’s first game is Feb. 9 at Young, a Preseason All-MAAC goals per game. This season has First-Team selection, is creeping seen more of the same. A strugtoward the 1,000-point mark (cur- gling offense, but reliant defense rently at 950) despite only scor- has lead to a 6-7-1 conference ing his senior year and this year. record. The statistics almost mirHe’s up to 19.9 points per game ror last years, with 1.8 goals per (PPG) after averaging 18.8 last game, while giving up 2.0 goals year. Sophomore point guard Rich per game. Senior forward MeKelly, a Preseason All-MAAC lissa Samoskevich leads the way Third-Team selection, is averaging with eight goals and five assists, 12.3 PPG and 5.0 assists per game and recently tallied her 100th ca(APG) after missing the first five reer point. With eight conference games of the season due to injury. games still remaining, the offense The Bobcats are expected to get will need to come alive if the Bobback starting center Kevin Marfo cats want to go further than the (7.4 PPG, 9.3 rebounds per game first round in the postseason. - BM [RPG]) in the next few weeks after he partially tore his meniscus at Reporting done by Bryan Murthe end of December. Quinnipiac phy, Logan Reardon, Peter Dewey should continue to improve as it and Sean Raggio. gets healthy down the stretch (12 regular season games remaining).

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Clockwise from top left: Quinnipiac men’s basketball sophomore guard Rich Kelly drives past a Niagara defender in Saturday’s loss; freshman guard Tyrese Williams dribbles the ball while he reads the Niagara defense; junior guard Travis Atson passes the ball to a teammate; senior guard Aaron Robinson looks for an open Bobcat.

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Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey senior defenseman Brandon Fortunato scored a careerhigh two goals in a 4-3 victory on Saturday against Boston University.

The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team had six players score in double figures in its win over Niagara on Friday.

Quinnipiac men’s basketball graduate student guard Cam Young has 121 points in his last five games.

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Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey senior forward Melissa Samoskevich recorded her 100th career point in a 2-1 win Friday against Sacred Heart. She now has 50 goals and 50 assists in her collegiate career, while leading the team with nine goals and 14 points this season.

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With spring sports fast approaching, here is what to look for from each program - and how the winter teams are shaping up

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SOFTBALL The Quinnipiac softball team will have some new faces in 2019 as they look to improve on last season’s 22-29 record which included a 9-11 mark in MAAC play. Hillary Barrow will take over in her first season as the Bobcats head coach after two years as an assistant at Florida International University.

The Bobcats lost 2018 All-MAAC First Team pitcher Casey Herzog to graduation, which will put senior pitcher Kendall Brundrett in a bigger role in 2019 after she appeared in 26 games last season, pitching to a 4-9 record with a 5.34 ERA. In addition, the Bobcats will have six incoming freshmen to replace the six seniors lost from last year’s squad.

They will open their season on Friday Feb. 15 against Holy Cross at the Madeira Beach Invitational in Florida. - PD

BASEBALL The Quinnipiac baseball team is coming off a year where it finished second in the MAAC standings with a 16-8 record MAAC record and was one of the final three teams in the MAAC tourney before getting knocked

out. Head coach John Delaney’s crew will have to revamp on the pitching staff, after graduating two of its top starters in ace Taylor Luciani and Brandon Shileikis, and also losing closer Mike Davis. In the lineup, the team will have to replace DH Julius Saporito and first baseman Ben Gibson, who led the MAAC in home runs (18) and was second in RBIs (57). However, not all power will be lost as senior Liam Scafariello and junior Evan Vulgamore will be back, who placed second and fourth in the MAAC in home runs, 13 and 10 respectively. If Delaney can find a couple more starters to compliment senior Tyler Poulin, this team can look to finish atop of the MAAC again. - BM

GOLF The Quinnipiac women’s golf team enters 2019 with five matches already under its belt, with its best finish coming at the Brown Invitational where the Bobcats finished in second out of 12 teams. With 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Player of the Year Alexandra Sazhin now in her junior season as well as returning last season’s All-MAAC selections Queenie Lai and Luciana Tobia-Plaza, the Bobcats will

look to build on a year where they finished second in the MAAC Championship. Their first match of 2019 will take place on Feb. 24 where they will participate at the Kiawah Island Classic at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. - PD

WOMEN’S TRACK The Quinnipiac women’s track and field team finished its last season with a fifth place finish at the MAAC Championships. The team will have a big hole to fill after graduating sprinter Jessica Lee, who reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA in the 100m hurdles and won multiple championships at the MAAC and ECAC levels. Other star graduates include sprinter/hurdler Christina Barbaro and thrower Mackenzie Merkel, who both qualified for the ECAC tournament. Highlighting the returners is senior jumper/thrower Carly Timpson. Timpson has won the MAAC high jump all three of her years at Quinnipiac and qualified for the NCAA tournament in the high jump. Other Bobcats returning include senior sprinter/hurdler Marlo Wehrer and junior sprinter/hurdler Jillian Digiacinto. - BM

MEN’S TENNIS For the men’s tennis team, this season will be about finally getting past Monmouth and Marist. Monmouth has won three consecutive MAAC Tournaments, with the Bobcats falling to them in the 2016 final and then to Marist in the semifinal in 2017 and 2018. Quinnipiac lost two key seniors in Julian Rozenstein and Kyle Alper, the former of which won 102 career singles matches.

Rozenstein finished his career eighth all-time in Quinnipiac D-I history for wins, while Alper finished 16th all-time with 77 career wins. As for the 2018-19 Bobcats, though, they played one MAAC match in the fall, defeating Rider 7-0. Quinnipiac has 15 nonconference matches scheduled over the next several months until its second MAAC match of the season on April 6 in Hamden. Freddie Zaretsky is the only senior on a young Bobcat squad that will feature four freshmen.

Quinnipiac was tabbed to finish second in the 2019 MAAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll, sandwiched between Monmouth (first) and Marist (third). Look for those three teams to rule the MAAC this spring. - LR See SPRING Page 14

RUNNIN’ THE POINT

Finding a third option

By LOGAN REARDON Web Director

In Argentina, they say it takes two to tango. In the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), it takes three.

The Iona Gaels have won the men’s basketball MAAC Tournament for the past three years. In each of those years, the Gaels had at least three players average 11 points per game (PPG). To win in the MAAC, you need a clear-cut No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 option to bring home the trophy.

The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team has the first two options covered – it’s the third one that the Bobcats are struggling to find.

First off, there’s graduate student guard Cam Young – a player that’s played remarkably this season. When he bursted onto the scene last winter (18.8 PPG, Second-Team All-MAAC), no one saw it coming. He played eight minutes total – yes, total – the year prior and his game was a mystery. In his

second real season in Hamden, Young has gotten even better.

Young has improved his scoring average (18.8 to 19.9), field goal percentage (.422 to .438), 3-point percentage (.303 to .398), free throw percentage (.754 to .771) and steals per game (1.3 to 1.6). By the way, he’s currently at 960 career points – just 40 shy of 1,000 – and he’s done it in just 56 career games (only 50 without the six scoreless games he played in 2016-17).

All in all, the Los Angeles native has proved he can be a No. 1 option on a MAAC championship-level team.

The No. 2 option? That’s sophomore point guard Rich Kelly.

The Shelton, Connecticut native – who was named to the MAAC All-Rookie team last season – missed the first five games of the season due to a sprained MCL. In those five games, the Bobcats went 2-3 and had three games with fewer than 10 team assists.

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Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy is looking for a another reliable scorer.

Since Kelly’s return (12 games), the Bobcats are 6-6 with just one game with fewer than 10 assists (and it came in his first game back).

“He makes players around him better, that’s his major talent,” Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy said. “He allows Tyrese Williams to step back to the 2, where

he’s more comfortable. He allows Cam Young to play more off-the-ball, where he’s more comfortable. It’s a domino effect. His presence allows everyone to play more to their strengths.”

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