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Students attend Donald Trump’s inauguration

By STAFF REPORTS

By VICTORIA SIMPRI Associate News Editor

John.”

After his sudden and unexpected disappearance last year, students expressed their concern and surprise.

“I got really sad actually,” sophomore Stefanie Giambrone said. “I had heard that he left, but I didn’t think it was true but as long as he’s back now and good is all that matters. He’s always so positive, caring, and genuine. Like a big ball of sunshine.”

Raccio confirmed he never left the university, he took a leave of absence. He said he was not feeling very well, a combination of not getting enough help at work and personal changes to his life.

“I miss the students tremendously,” Raccio said, “They are the only reason, aside from my need for health insurance, that I remain at the university.”

Giambrone says that Raccio is one of the staples at QU, without him, it wouldn’t be the same.

Sophomore computer science major, Rob Kmetz agrees, and he is looking forward to tapping his card at Raccio’s register.

“It was honestly upsetting when he was

Quinnipiac’s Student Health Services has moved to an appointment-based system and will only accept walk-ins in emergencies, at the Mount Carmel Health and Wellness Center, as well as on York Hill, according to Director of Student Health Services Christy Chase.

Chase said the new policy will require students to schedule an appointment to see a nurse and will no longer accept walk-ins, except for emergencies. The new policy was implemented with the hopes of reducing the wait time for ailing students.

“A lot of other universities don’t just do 100 percent walk-in clinics, what they do is appointments,” Chase said. “We’re on an electronic health records system that has the capability of having a patient portal where you can go on and schedule a nurse appointment.”

The patient portal allows students to check their immunization records, schedule and cancel nurse appointments and change communication preferences.

“The communication preferences is something new we did, starting in October,” Chase said. “If you have a provider appointment with the doctor and the PA [physician’s assistant], you’ll get a text reminder.”

The text reminders have decreased the patient no-show rates from over 17 percent to less than 5 percent, according to Chase.

“This has been very helpful because we only have so many providers, and those appointments are very hard to get,” Chase said.

Nurse appointments can be made online seven days a week from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. and can only be made 24 hours in advance. This schedule is subject to change as the system gets up and running, according to Chase.

“Most of our students come because they are acutely ill,” Chase said. “We don’t want it booking up and them not showing.”

Sophomore Infinity Davis has been to the health center and understands why Student Health Services felt the need to make this change.

“It might help with the crowds,” Davis said. “I know a lot of people go in at once sometimes, and you just end up sitting there waiting for a person to go.”

Chase believes that the system will allow students to understand their health needs more than they already do.

“You wouldn’t go to your regular doctor at 2 o’clock in the morning for a sore throat,” Chase said. “Also because there’s more resources for us, like if you had a sore throat and you needed a throat culture, Quest [Diagnostics] isn’t open in the middle of the night.”

In reference to the York Hill campus, it is expected that fewer appointments will be made because only one provider and nurse work in the office.

“Primarily the system is going to focus a

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Left to right: Nisa Villareal, Sarah Schreiner, Gizela Zaqueu and Katharine Koretski attended the 2017 presidential inauguration.

watching the transition of power was an experience in itself.

“Watching President Obama lift off from the Capitol and fly away while President Trump went into the Capitol for the luncheon was one of those experiences that reignited a dying passion for the glitz and glamour of government and

how there are some things that will not change, regardless of policy or beliefs,” Seigel said.

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Java John returns

Cafe Q cashier comes back to the university after leave of absence

Java John returned to work on Monday Jan. 23.

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The infamous Cafe Q cashier, most commonly known for his one liner, “Tap it,” John Raccio, is back behind the register as of Monday, Jan. 23, just in time to welcome

students back for the spring semester.

Raccio began working at Quinnipiac in January of 1995. He said at the beginning of his career at QU, he ran a coffee bar located in the dining hall for many years. That is where he was coined the nickname, “Java

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Thirty-eight Quinnipiac University students were among the estimated 900,000 people who attended Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.

These students participated in a three-credit political science course in Washington D.C over the winter break. The students attended lectures, visited U.S Sen. Chris Murphy and John McCain and attended one of the inaugural balls.

Professor of Political Science Scott McLean led the two week seminar. This is the fifth time McLean has taken students to attend a presidential inauguration.

The two-week intensive course presented the students with readings, assignments, guest speakers and visits to the capital, according to McLean.

“I’ve never seen such an interest in this course, even in the 2009 Obama election, which was very popular with students,” McLean said.

Most of the students who took the course and attended the inauguration were not supporters of Trump and in fact voted for different parties, according to McLean.

Initially a lot of students did not want to attend the inauguration, but after hearing why it is important to witness the peaceful transition of power from one president to the next, all students enrolled in the course attended the inauguration of the 45th president, according to McLean.

“It’s always an exciting time when the city is getting ready for a new president,” McLean said.

“But the level of uncertainty is something I’ve never seen before, even in 2001 when we had a contested election.”

Junior Murphy Seigel, one of the students who attended the inauguration, said physically

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

Over the winter break the Department of Public Safety received new decals for patrol vehicles used on campus. Students share their opinions on this change.

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“I don’t really see a difference. I don’t expect a high speed chase or anything really dramatic happening. I don’t think there was a need. The [money] could have gone to sports, Chartwells, anything else.”

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Giana Cotugno| Health Science Studies | Freshman “I like them, it shows more attention to the cars. I feel like last time you couldn’t really tell if it was Public Safety or not, so now it’s more distinguished.”

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“I think branding is super important and changing the brand of the labels is super important, and I think change is good. I think that Public Safety probably feels more empowered because there’s more pizazz to the label.”

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Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

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Red Skittles dumped on Wisconsin highway

Deadly southeast tornadoes kill 19 people

Liquor store robbers light fire and leave racial slurs

Thousands and thousands of red Skittles were found filling a highway in Dodge County, Wisconsin on Tuesday night, according to Fox61. Road crews said the skittles actually helped make the road less slippery during this cold winter season. The Dodge County Sheriff’s office later discovered that the Skittles were being transported to feed cattle.

According to a Facebook post by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, the red Skittles did not make the cut for packaging, and were intended to feed cattle.

Forty one tornadoes ripped through Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina this past weekend, killing 19 people, according to CNN. When similar storms hit the area in early January, Chris Cohilas, chairman of the Dougherty County Commission in Georgia, reached out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help, but never received a response. Cohilas said at press conference that he would hope President Trump would take steps to provide relief for the affected areas, according to CNN.

Two white males robbed The Red Rooster Liquor store in Newtown, CT on Sunday night, according to The Hartford Courant. A store employee told Newtown Police that the two men were dressed in dark clothing and came into the store asking for help finding a product. Police told The Courant that one of the men aimed a gun at the employee and took money from the register. Police also found a fire burning at the back of the store, as well as a racial slur and two swastikas painted on a door. The two suspects broke the front window and escaped before being caught.

The police are still investigating the robbery.

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New app makes Title IX policies accessible to students

By JEREMY TROETTI Staff Writer

Although not many students are aware of the university’s Title IX policies, which currently can be found on the Quinnipiac University website, a new app called Reach Out will make access to those policies much easier.

The Reach Out app is free and available for all undergraduate students to download on their smartphones.

“The purpose is to connect students with the information the university has been trying to provide to them about sexual misconduct policies,” Associate Vice President of Operations Terri Johnson said.

Johnson said it is important for students to have information related to the university’s Title IX policies at their fingertips.

“This is in the phone, so a student will have this if and when they need it. So you have campus resources, policies, reporting options and advocacy,” Johnson said.

“I work closely with the sexual assault advocate, as well as the domestic violence advocate, so they are listed specifically, plus other contacts.”

Other contacts accessible through the app include both local and national hotlines for assault and discrimination.

Johnson explained the thinking behind having an app for students to access this information.

“The ease and accessibility is exactly why it was designed,” Johnson said.

“Most campuses have the information up on their websites, but it’s not always in the format a student would prefer to have it or

find it easy.”

Henry Sahn, a Quinnipiac graduate, feels that having an app could help spread knowledge about Title IX policies.

“An app is good because I feel like nobody really knows about Title IX,” Sahn said. “[Title IX] was a big thing when I was in sophomore year of college. I only knew about it because of sports and residential life, but I couldn’t really tell you one thing about it.”

Freshman business management major Jack Crowley also felt that having the information available to students right on their smartphones can be beneficial.

“I think it could be very useful for students… I think [students] can benefit from [having information available in an app],” Crowley said.

Johnson said providing an app that students can easily access was the primary goal of the company that created Reach Out. “Capptivation, the company that created this… their purpose was to put [the information] in the hands of students in a user-friendly manner,” Johnson said.

Officials from Quinnipiac were impressed with the new app upon having demos presented to them.

“We really liked it. We met with one of the founders of Capptivation; he came out and gave a demo last semester, and every single thing seemed ideal in helping our students get the information [about Title IX policies],” Johnson said.

However, Johnson explained that the app had more tests to pass through before its release.

“We did a small demo and there were

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no flaws, so we rolled it out to faculty and there were still no flaws. So we are going to roll it out to students,” Johnson said.

Johnson explained that the university’s goal is to both spread knowledge about Title IX, as well as encourage students to take action against gender-based discrimination of any kind.

“The hope would be more student engagement,” Johnson said. “The information has been up [on the website] for a while. In as many venues and ways as possible, we continue to push this information out [to students].”

Johnson also said the students using

the app will never be asked to identify themselves.

Sophomore history major Alice Valley feels that the app can offer numerous benefits to Quinnipiac students.

“I think it gives transparency [to students]. You don’t have to go off and wait for an appointment and wait for people who are going to tell you what it is,” Valley said. “You get to see what the policies are, what your rights are and you don’t have to go through someone who could be lying to you.”

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“If you look at the inaugural address [President Trump] gave it was different from the rhetoric that presidents usually give,” McLean said. “I think it was a radical speech that really challenged the legitimacy of Washington’s system, which is what Trump supporters wanted.”

Students witnessed the intense protesting that took place the day Trump was inaugu-

rated. Seigel listened to what the protesters were saying while he watched the inauguration from the Newseum as a part of the New York Republican Party’s celebration along Pennsylvania Avenue.

“It’s seriously eye-opening to be on the ground witnessing the actual protests which, all too often, end up being defined by media outlets who are grabbing for ratings as opposed to the truth,” Seigel said.

Senior Billy Koch, who also attended the inauguration, said the disconnect between Trump supporters and Obama and Clinton

supporters felt disrespectful.

“That day is supposed to be a celebration of America’s peaceful exchange of power, and in Trump’s speech, he talked a lot about restoring patriotism in people,” Koch said.

“To see his supporters booing opponents after the election was really disappointing and shows they were not there to celebrate America... just Trump.”

Compared to past presidential inaugurations, Trump supporters were no more boisterous in booing the president and Democratic nominee.

“People applauded the First Lady [Michelle Obama] and there wasn’t a whole lot of booing President Obama, but there also wasn’t that much cheering for President Bush,” McLean said.

The crowd chose to save their cheering for President Trump, which is the way is should be, according to McLean.

Reporting by: Hannah Feakes, Victoria Simpri and Kelly Ryan.

Kmetz: ‘He is basically a human landmark at QU’ JAVA JOHN from cover gone,” Kmetz said. “He is basically a human landmark of Quinnipiac, so it wasn’t the same without him. I’m happy he’s back and feeling better. As silly as it sounds, he really

can make your day just through his positive words, and I’m glad he can continue spreading his good vibes.”

Raccio has spent the last couple of months getting in shape to be able to return to work. He said he likes to walk the Linear Trail near Sherman Avenue and has even

seen some students on his walks.

“I am grateful to the student body at QU for accepting me for who I am,” Raccio said. “The only thing the management has recognized me for in 22 years is my perfect attendance. I miss the student body more than you can imagine. I hope we can start up

again where we left off!”

Raccio has been dedicated to his customers since his first day on the job.

“My customers and I have always had an honest and natural rapport,” he said. “They know I have their best interest in mind.”

Appointment-based system utilized in health center HEALTH CENTER from cover lot of attention down here [on Mount Carmel campus] and funneling a lot of the nurse appointments down here because that’s where we have most of the staffing,” Chase said.

Sophomore Michelle Opare has never visited the health center but believes that

they waited until now to make this change in policy after experiencing problems with wait times and receiving a lot of complaints.

“I think they’re just trying to create a more organized system,” Opare said.

It’s important that students know that nurses can treat a lot of things, according to Chase.

“We have standing orders from the doctor. So like urinary tract infections, sore throats, even if it was deemed to be strep, the nurses can actually see students for that and treat them,” Chase said.

As Student Health Services redesigns their system to best suit the needs of the students, Chase asks for cooperation from both

staff and students.

“It’s a process, and it’s going to have bumps, I realize that,” Chase said. “If everyone could just be patient, staff and students included, I think it will eventually be more useful to everybody and more respectful to everyone’s time.”

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QTHON to sell hockey tickets QTHON will be selling tickets to a Bridgeport Sound Tigers hockey game on Feb. 3 to raise money for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Tickets will be sold throughout the week of Jan. 23-27 in the Carl Hansen Student Center from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. QTHON is selling the tickets for $25 each and members of QTHON will distribute the tickets to buyers on Feb. 1.

SPB to host Glow Party On Wednesday, Jan. 25, the Student Programming Board will be hosting a Glow Party from 9-11:30 p.m. in Burt Kahn Court. This party will have a DJ, lights, sound sand glow sticks. There will also be a coat check. SPB wants to welcome all students back from winter break and give everyone a chance to hang out with friends.

QUAD to hold Bingo QU After Dark (QUAD) will host the first Bingo game of the semester in the lower cafe on Jan. 27 at 9 p.m. QUAD will be giving away 20 prizes to the winners of each round. The event is free and all students can attend.

Mixed Martial Arts Club to offer classes The Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Club will be hosting classes on Sundays where students will be taught basic martial arts and fitness drills during the first part of the class. For the second part of the class, students will break up into groups to practice certain arts, train on their own or learn Taekwondo. Classes will be every Sunday in Dance Studio A located in the Mount Carmel Athletic Center, beginning at 11 a.m. A full schedule of all classes can be found on the MMA club’s DoYouQU page.

YouTube Speaker Series to feature Amber Scholl YouTube personality Amber Scholl will be coming to speak at Quinnipiac as a part of the YouTube Speaker Series hosted by Women Empowered. Scholl will speak with students about her experience with finding confidence on Monday, Jan. 30 at 9:15 p.m. in School of Business room 123.

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Residential life announces housing changes

By JENNIE TORRES

Social Media Coordinator

Due to the increasing number of students at the university, there will be more options for student housing beginning in the 2017 spring semester. An email was addressed to the student body on Dec. 22, 2016 regarding the changes.

There are precisely 1,904 freshmen and 1,797 sophomore students as of Jan. 23, 2017, according to the university registrar. Both classes have greatly outnumbered the junior class that currently consists of 1,356 students.

The incoming freshmen students will have a choice to reside in Irma, Dana, Commons, Ledges, Larson and Mountainview residence halls on the Mount Carmel campus.

This year incoming freshmen will have an additional residence hall they can request, the current sophomore building, Judge Phillip Troup Hall.

Rising sophomores will be able to live in the Hill, Perlroth, Village, Sahlin, Founders, Bakke and Crescent residence halls.

It was not until last year that sophomores were allowed to live in the Crescent residence hall. Director of Residential Life, Mark DeVilbiss, said sophomores can continue to live there alongside junior students, believing there will be a greater sense of community among the sophomores since their presence will be further recognized.

Rising juniors will not only be able to live in York Hill’s Crescent

and Westview residence halls, but now they can also register to live in the Townhouses and Whitney Village.

Lastly, rising seniors will be able to apply to live in off-campus houses owned by the university, Eastview and a newly established apartment complex in North Haven called The Flats at 520.

DeVilbiss said new housing options were planned by himself along with the collaborative efforts of the Residential Life Staff, student affairs staff and the senior leadership of the university.

“We are always interested in offering a student-oriented experience, making the experience of living on campus better for students, and we made these changes because we believe they will bring about improvements,” DeVilbiss said.

DeVilbiss said he also has a developmental approach to student housing whereas students progress in their college career, they will be able to earn more opportunity for independence.

“We really value that we can offer more independence for students as they mature in their college experience,” DeVilbiss said.

Sophomore Layomi Akinnifesi thinks there hasn’t been proper planning in terms of accommodating all of the students on campus.

“When applying to Quinnipiac, students were promised a small environment. I think sophomores should be on main campus because they are still new to the school,”

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Crescent will remain a housing option for juniors and sophomores.

she said. “As for seniors having buildings in North Haven, it seems like a hassle.”

On the other hand, sophomore John Welsh is satisfied with the idea of opening new options for students as long as Residential Life staff is positive that there will still be enough room for students currently living on campus.

“I figure if they have the room for it, letting some rooms go to different aged students isn’t a bad idea,” he said. “If there’s a willingness, I see nothing wrong with it.

The school needs students attending, and they need to accommodate those kids somehow.”

DeVilbiss said these adjustments to help with the students’ growing independence and also help them adjust to the rising population comfortably.

“We wanted to make sure that in the years going forward we have enough beds to really minimize the use of what we call non-traditional spaces on campus,” DeVilbiss said.

“We really want to eliminate or at least reduce the use of lounges for student housing and triples when we can and these adjustments make it possible to achieve that.”

Medical students petition to preserve Obamacare

By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer

Medical students at Quinnipiac aren’t always making house calls, but some are making Senate calls They have been calling senators across the country in order to preserve the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare.

The ACA was passed in 2010 and some of its features include coverage for those with pre-existing conditions and allowing younger adults to stay on their parents’ insurance until they are 26, according to the Health and Human Services website.

President Trump took steps toward eliminating the act with an executive order he issued on Jan. 20, impacting regulations like requiring Americans to buy insurance, according to the Washington Post.

This student action is part of a wider movement known as “ #protectourpatients,” according to Terence Meehan, a graduate student involved in the national phone call campaign.

For Meehan, the phone calls aren’t just a matter of getting the medical students involved in politics, but about an obligation.

“As future physicians, we are dedicated to serving the interests

of our future patients, and we have a responsibility to promote justice in the healthcare system,” he said.

The movement was started by the group Doctors for America.

According to their official site, Doctors for America is a healthcare activist group with 18,000 members nationwide, mostly physicians and students.

The national movement may have an impact on the discussion about the ACA. As seen on the #protectourpatients official Facebook page, they have met with Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, and Susan Collins, also of Maine. The group has thanked Republican Sen. Rand Paul for voting in support of keeping the ACA for the time being.

On Wednesdays, a group of about 10 Quinnipiac students will make calls to senators for about an hour, according to Meehan. So far, the students have been making calls for two weeks.

It may not seem like much, but Meehan insists that they’re putting in all the time they can.

“It’s giving up your lunch hour on a very busy day, for very busy medical students,” he said.

Dr. Traci Marquis-Eydman, an associate professor at Quinnipiac, said even as a medical professional, time is hard to come by in

everyday life. “[Physicians] find ourselves with a limited quantity of time.

You’re paid based on the number [of patients seen]... I could become more politically active… but the reality is that my patients won’t get seen, and I won’t get paid,” she said.

“We have a responsibility to promote justice in the healthcare system.”

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However, Marquis-Eydman wishes she and other doctors could have participated in political activities, but is proud of medical students nationwide who are getting involved.

“If we don’t advocate for our patients, unfortunately no one else will. It’s up to us to do that, and these students who are becoming more politically active are paving the way, and they’re making it more of the norm to be vocal and outspoken,” she said.

Freshman Betts Miller, an occupational therapy major, likes the idea that fellow medical students are getting involved in politics.

“Everyone needs to be involved with what’s happening in the world and, especially medical students with the ACA, [because it] affects them in the future, and the people they interact with.

Nicole Mawhirter, a freshman physical therapy major, thinks that #protectourpatients is a good thing, because young people need to be heard. “[For] kids our age and everyone getting through college, the Affordable Care Act affects me and affects a lot of people and helps with the cost of different healthcare,” she said.

Meehan said he will be making the Wednesday calls for as long as he needs to. However, he feels that the future of healthcare in America is uncertain.

“The healthcare system in the United States has had serious problems for several decades now.,” he said. “We have the finest healthcare institutions in the world, yet we ration by cost and we make people shut out from them. It’s unclear where we go from here, but I hope that a guiding principle is that all Americans deserve affordable, quality healthcare.”

CORRECTION: In the Dec. 7 issue of The Quinnipiac Chronicle, the article “Women’s rugby team takes home second championship” mentioned that President John Lahey was in attendance at the pep rally for the Women’s Rugby team. The article was corrected online to say that he was not at the pep rally, and congratulated the team on the QU Facebook page.

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7. The people you share your dorm room with.

8. A nickname for where students grab late night snacks.

9. This drink keeps students awake during 8 a.m. classes.

10. Both professors and students can agree that they never have enough of this.

11. A place where students go to study.

12. Students will often use the mechanical version of these.

DOWN 1. Students will wait on one of these which often stretch from the post office to Au bon Pain.

3. A place where students go to buy their last-minute textbooks.

5. Used for browsing the internet and pretending to take notes.

6. Where Students go to pick up their packages.

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Two days before returning to Quinnipiac, my dad told me However, I underestimated the vast amount of time I would that I had wasted my month-long winter break. Of course, have on my hands while there were no assignments due or my initial reaction was to vehemently oppose his every word extracurricular obligations. Granted, this is not the case for every member of our student body. Many and give examples x, y and z as to how I students took J-term courses, while others had not wasted my time, yet in the back involved themselves in covering sports of my head I knew he was right. games for student media. But still, they I feel as though it is common cul- SAMANTHA BASHAW took initiative. ture to spend hours of your day devoted Associate Arts & Life Editor @sam__bashaw Initiative and being proactive were to things that may not provide any real keywords my father used when giving his benefit to you as an individual. Netflix is “wasted winter break” spiel. Sure, I hung our refuge, our phones are our idols and the occasional walk to the fridge is our exercise. According out with friends, attempted to get a job and semi-started a to a study by Baylor University in 2014, women spend an blog, but I had no initiative to do more. When my former average of 10 hours per day on their phones. Almost half of employer said they couldn’t hire me back for a month, I their day was dedicated to this little device that many would should have immediately gone somewhere different to offeel incomplete without. Men were not any better, spending fer my time and talent. As a journalism major, I could have even contacted my local newspaper or television station as roughly eight hours a day on their cellular devices.

By the time the second week of December rolled around, a prospective intern. There were endless possibilities that I we were all in need of a break, and deserving of one as well. could have engaged in to further my growth, and I did not

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capitalize on a single one.

Now, this isn’t meant to be a pity party or a pessimistic lecture, but rather a point of view on how I wish I spent my five weeks off. Everyone has a passion in life, whether that’s in the arts, in science or math, athletics or whatever the case may be. A passion should never be suppressed but rather nourished and grown upon. Winter break is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of opportunities to develop such passions and even discover what yours is in the first place.

My dad only wanted what was best for me and knew the potential that I and every other college student possess.

Often times we lack confidence in our own talents and therefore constrict our time to that of a screen. I’m fully guilty of doing just this, but it is in first recognizing our failures that we can address them and impact the world in the way we were meant to. In the end it all goes back to that famous cliche, “time is money.” It is valuable, can be earned and, at the same time, wasted. Just make sure you decide exactly how you wish to spend it.

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If today was your last day, how would you spend it?

Gabriella Galvez

Scoping out the hotties in your new classes like

“If I have only one day that doesn’t give me enough time to travel the globe so I can’t do that. So I think I would just eat a lot of food and spend time with the people I love the most… and probably pet a couple dogs.”

me: I’m gonna do better this semester inner me: Get drunk on a Tuesday

Throwing your Christmas money at the bookstore like

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Democracy

The power of

Thamar Bailey is a junior journalism major at Quinnipiac who is spending the semester in Washington D.C. While there, she is interning for D.C. Witness, a homicide tracking blog, and attending classes at the Washington Media Institute. She shared her experience at the inauguration from the streets of Washington D.C.

For me, Inauguration Day started at 5 a.m. when my roommates and I scrambled to get to the nearest metro. We got off in Chinatown and meandered until we found a white tent with lines of people streaming out. We ended up in line in front of a bunch of Trump supporters and behind a group of Trump protesters who were featured in several news packages.

Vendors paced up and down the growing lines selling handwarmers, Trump gear and memorabilia and anti- Trump shirts and sentiments. Either way, those vendors were turning a serious profit.

When we finally made it to the front of the line, we had to walk through a metal detector and received a pat down. Once we were in the “safe zone,” or the blocked off area that people have to be cleared by security to enter, we were faced with a row of four Trump protestors with signs on their chests focusing on Trump’s immigration and education policies as well as race relations. They were quick to point out that the protest was to the right, though we headed to the left toward the Capitol building.

I don’t know what we thought was going to happen. We were located on the barricades in front of the parade route, and by this time, it was barely 8:30 a.m. and the inauguration was set for 10:30 a.m. So we picked a cozy spot closer to the Capitol building and sat. I watched as kids that couldn’t be any more than 8 years old ran around in the cold wearing, “God, Guns and Trump” shirts. I also happened to be nearby a Bible-carrying pastor and his wife, as well as a trio of friends from California. They were conversing about their support for Trump and their trip to Washington D.C.

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People protested down the streets of Washington D.C. during the day of the Inauguration.

The pastor raved about Trump’s speech at the Lincoln Memorial from the night before.

Meanwhile, his wife ended up sitting near my roommates (who happen to be Caucasian) and me (who happens to be African-American). She inquired about what we were doing at the inauguration. One of my roommates explained we were here for a project and the overall experience. She then asked about where we went to school, which was when she squarely ignored my presence entirely. At that point, her husband’s discussion had taken a turn to Trump’s stance on immigration and his overall attitude on race.

Eventually, my roommates and I got sick of waiting in the cold, and the sidewalks weren’t packed by any means, so we decided to go for breakfast. (Once in the safe zone, there was scant access to food or restaurants as their entrances were blocked off - they also confiscated apples and foods you might typically throw at people.)

After breakfast, we knew the time for Trump’s inauguration was nearing, so we entered the “safe zone” entrance by the Washington Monument. We went through security once again, though this time they upped the ante and we had to empty our pockets.

Once through, there was the largest juxtaposition I ever witnessed. There was a sea of red, people in their Trump hats and “Make America Great Again” t-shirts, but there were also people protesting with megaphones and posters. “This is what democracy looks like,” is a chant that will forever echo in my ears.

I was at the fence in front of the Washington Monument when

Trump gave his Inaugural Address. It was surreal in a sense. To the right of me there was a couple, the man carrying a military backpack with the American flag sticking out, close together looking at the screen projecting Trump’s speech the reverence blatant in their eyes. Meanwhile, there was another couple to the left of me that held their middle fingers high and unwavering the entire duration of Trump’s speech.

Some people continued to hold their signs of protest and continued to march. Others were congregated at the fence, hanging on every word that spilled out of Trump’s mouth as rain began to fall.

Of course, we ended up at the parade, to which Trump was an hour late, and it was indeed an experience to be had to see the marching band and the different sectors of the military march. But, for me, in that moment where I watched everyone react in their own way to Trump’s speech, that was the climax of my day. I felt empowered not for or against Trump, but in the power of democracy.

You win some and you lose some, but at the end of the day the people that voted for Trump got to see their choice rise to power while others made their opposition known. They exercised their right, and it was powerful to see both sides of the coin in the same instance. *Thamar is a member of The Quinnipiac Chronicle and will be studying in Washington D.C. for the spring 2017 semester.

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NEW YEAR, SAME ME DESIGN BY CHRISTINA POPIK PHOTOS BY ERIN KANE

It’s that time of year again. People everywhere are pledging to better themsleves at the dawn of 2017. Typically this would mean bigger crowds at the salad bar, more people in the gym and filled seats in the library. However, these Bobcats have different plans. These students do not need a calendar to tell them how to live. - M. Fraitag

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Matthew Boblenz

Freshman Civil Engineering Major “I think that if you have a New Year’s resolution, it’s a good thing definitely, but if you waited until the new year to start doing something that will improve yourself then… you knew you should’ve been doing it before the New Year so I think you should take that and apply it to other aspects of your life.”

Patrick Midgett Junior Accounting Major

“I don’t believe in new year’s resolutions just because I think it’s a little silly to start changing yourself at a certain date every year. If you’re going to change yourself, you should start it when you want to, not as soon as the calendar crosses over to the New Year. My New Year’s resolutions are to not make New Year’s resolutions.”

Madeleine Pagano

Freshman Biomedical Sciences Major “I don’t think that each new year should represent starting something new, it should just be a continuation of progress. I have [had New Year’s resolutions] but none that have been accomplished.”

Alexandra Varanelli Junior English Major

“I want to resolve to do something nice every day, sort of like an ongoing thing… I think it’s good to set a goal to improve yourself, but I think you should be doing that all the time.”

Chris Taglianetti

4+1 Graduate Accounting Student “I don’t have a New Year’s resolution. I don’t think that you need the new year to change something about yourself that you don’t like.”

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THE CURRENT CRAZE A rundown on this week’s top entertainment news.

By: Sam Bashaw HOLLYWOOD A-LISTERS STUN AT WOMEN’S MARCH The largest protest in American history made its way down the streets of Washington D.C. one day after the presidential inauguration, according to CNN. Actresses America Ferrera and Scarlett Johansson gave powerful speeches in support of feminism and immigration. Pop singers Madonna and Alicia Keys spoke out as well while “Divergent” star, Ashley Judd, delivered a gut-wrenching performance of the poem “Nasty Woman,” stating, “I’m nasty like the battles my grandmothers fought to get me into that voting booth,” according to USA Today.

BELLA THORNE IS NO ROSE The 19-year-old former “Shake It Up” star Bella Thorne has gone downhill since her Disney days.

After breaking up with her long time boyfriend, Tyler Posey, Thorne went through relationships faster than a tornado, according to Refinery29. As her list of “boy toys” grew, so did the number of times she dyed her hair. From blonde to red to dipdyed neon green and electric blue, many wonder whether she will shave her head next.

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“La La Land” impressed at the Golden Globes with seven nominations and wins, the most any film has ever received.

By EMMA ROBERTSON Staff Writer

In Damien Chazelle’s hit movie musical “La La Land,” heartthrob Ryan Gosling and charmer Emma Stone come together to artfully portray two struggling performers living in the fast-paced world of Los Angeles, California.

Mia (Stone) is an aspiring actress who has been juggling auditions and her part-time job as a barista at a coffee shop on the Warner Bros. lot. Sebastian (Gosling) is a jazz musician who aspires to open his own jazz club in order to revive the music genre. The two are swept up into a whirlwind romance but must eventually choose between their relationship and their flourishing careers.

The musical opens with a dramatic dance number; people who are stuck in standstill traffic pour out of their cars and flood the streets, jumping, dancing and singing. The following few songs are also accompanied by strong choreography, all at the hands of choreographer Mandy Moore. However, as the movie progresses, the music transitions to softer pieces that use the lyrics to propel the plot. Composer Justin Hurwitz works in simple, yet hauntingly beautiful melodies that will get stuck in your head for days.

A standout feature of “La La Land” is the acting. Gosling and Stone play their characters with such ease that you may feel almost intrusive at times. In particular, during a scene in which Mia and Sebastian are arguing, it feels as if you are sitting in on a conversation you shouldn’t be because the argument is so realistic and intimate. The actors feel like real people, not like movie characters. They struggle like most young adults trying to begin a career, which makes them relatable.

The acting, however, is not the only aspect of “La La Land” that comes naturally. Gosling and Stone bring an unrefined sound to the musical numbers. You never question if Gosling and Stone are actually singing; their voices are left essentially untouched with very little voice correction.

There are even moments when their voices crack, but it adds to the legitimacy of their characters.

It seems as if Chazelle was really aiming to keep his plot realistic as well. In a movie that could easily have a storybook ending, Chazelle instead opts for an ending that will leave you disappointed, but unsurprised. In the final dance number, Mia and Sebastian float through the rest of their lives as if in a dream, but Chazelle snaps you back to reality to remind you that life is not always a dream.

Although “La La Land” is a beautiful musical in many ways, the cinematography is a work of art in and of itself.

Between the lighting, the colors and the cinematography, “La La Land” felt very nostalgic and retro. In some scenes, the subjects were lit by the vibrant colors of a sunset and in others, by artificial lighting to create a more staged look.

In some solo musical numbers, the lights would dim and a spotlight would rise in order to achieve a more personal atmosphere. The scenes were often long continuous shots and the camera moved with the subjects, rotating around them or sliding frwom one subject to another, rather than switching between shots. Not only does this technique display the genuine talent of the performers, but it also makes you feel as if you’re there watching the performances.

“La La Land” danced its way into the hearts of many, including Hollywood itself. It swept up a whopping seven awards at this year’s Golden Globes, winning every award it was nominated for. Additionally, the film was nominated for 14 Oscars, tying the all-time record. Chazelle captured young adulthood, romance, a dying music genre and the competitive nature of life in Hollywood. While most movies and musicals today have that “happily ever after” ending, it was refreshing to see a realistic one. Yes, “La La Land” may leave you slightly disappointed. However, with the nostalgic feel, the heart-wrenching love story and the artistic filming, I can guarantee “La La Land” is a movie you will want to see again and again.

KENDALL JENNER KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIAN TRADITION? New allegations by E! News are linking Jenner to rapper A$AP Rocky, possibly keeping a Kardashian sister tradition alive. Older sister Kim has been married to rapper Kanye West for over two years, while younger sister Kylie has been seeing rapper Tyga on and off for several years. It only seems natural that Kendall would follow in her sisters’ footsteps regarding her man of choice. At least she knows she has the family’s approval.

Artist of the Week

For a break from the mainstream, check out the Chronicle staff’s weekly picks of our favorite underrated songs, albums and artists that you won’t hear on the radio today.

James Arthur PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE

James Arthur is a British singer and songwriter whose career began after he won the 2012 “X Factor” in the U.K. He began singing and songwriting around the age of 15 and progressed to getting over 100 million hits on his new single “Say You Won’t Let Go” on YouTube. Arthur is a growing artist, and if you like a soulful voice with a hip hop influence, give him a listen. -E. Kane

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RUNDOWN WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 2, Merrimack 2 – Friday Kenzie Prater: 1 goal Emma Woods: 1 goal T.T. Cianfarano: 1 assist Taryn Baumgardt: 1 assist Sydney Rossman: 17 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 95, Canisius 90 – Friday Mikey Dixon: 29 points Chaise Daniels: 16 points Peter Kiss: 14 points Reggie Oliver: 14 points Abdulai Bundu: 6 rebounds Iona 84, QU 74 – Monday Dixon: 20 points

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Women’s basketball cruising through conference schedule

Bobcats in position to win another MAAC Championship

Kiss: 16 points, 6 rebounds Daniels: 8 points, 3 assists Oliver: 7 points Donavan Smith: 5 rebounds

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 60, Fairfield 55 – Monday Jen Fay: 12 points Adily Martucci: 13 points Paula Strautmane: 9 points, 8 rebounds Aryn McClure: 5 rebounds Monmouth 61, QU 58 – Thursday Strautmane: 12 points Sarah Shewan: 9 points, 4 rebounds Martucci: 9 points McClure: 11 rebounds QU 73, Siena 47 – Saturday Fay: 21 points

Strautmane: 12 points, 6 rebounds Vanessa Udoji: 12 points McClure: 6 points WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 500m Run – Sunday Meghan Curtin: 1st Place, 1:22:43 Darby Ginley: 2nd Place, 1:23:15

800m Run – Sunday Kaitlin Bakas: 2nd Place, 2:22:36

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

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Sophomore forward Aryn McClure dashes past Manhattan’s Nyasha Irizarry in an 81-38 win on Jan. 10.

By RYAN CHICHESTER AND CONOR ROCHE

While the students of Quinnipiac were away on winter break, the women’s basketball team (16-4, 9-1 MAAC) was surging through its conference schedule and nearing the apex of the Mid-Major rankings.

Head coach Tricia Fabbri’s squad has now placed second in the College Insider Mid-Major poll for three consecutive weeks while leading the MAAC in almost every statistical category (scoring offense, scoring defense, scoring

margin and field goal percentage to name a few.)

Prior to conference play, the Bobcats participated in the Play 4K Shootout in Las Vegas, placing third by winning two out of three contests in the desert. Senior Adily Martucci led the way for the Bobcats, averaging 16 points per game and taking home All-Tournament honors.

The Bobcats’ only loss in the tournament came at the hands of Oregon State, which is currently ranked 11th in the AP Top 25 rankings. Quinnipiac battled the Beavers

into the fourth quarter, trailing by just six before Oregon State flexed its muscles and pulled away late.

Despite the loss, it served as a valuable tune-up heading into conference play.

The Bobcats rattled off six straight conference wins after the Play 4K Shootout before hitting a wall last Thursday at Monmouth.

In what can only be described as an anomaly, the Bobcats shot just 25 percent from the field and somehow still found themselves with a chance to win in the game’s final minute.

They eventually suffered the upset by a score of 61-58 for their first conference loss of the season.

The Bobcats rebounded from their shocking defeat by steamrolling Rider University, 79-53, on Saturday. Rider, currently second in the MAAC standings, had no answer for the Bobcats’ offensive attack. “[Our players] had the right answer,” Coach Fabbri said after the blowout victory. “They’re champions, they know what it takes, and they just came out with a great performance, a complete game, and a great team victory.”

The key to the Bobcats’ success has been their depth. Even though the Bobcats only have one player in the top three of any statistical category in the MAAC (Jen Fay ranks third in free throw percentage), they lead the league in scoring (70.1 PPG) and have the best scoring defense (58.0 PPG). Fay, Martucci, Paula Strautmane, and Aryn McClure are all averaging seven or more points per game.

Fay has been the standout player for the Bobcats so far, leading the team with 10.8 points per game after missing all of last season with an ACL injury. McClure and Strautmane currently lead the team in rebounds with 6.4 and 5.4 rebounds per game ,respectively.

Mcclure and Carly Fabbri each lead the team in assists with 2.7 assists per game.

The Bobcats play next on Friday when they host the Niagara Purple Eagles (3-16, 2-8 MAAC), who are tied for last place in the conference, before traveling to Iona and Fairfield next week.

Mikey Dixon takes charge as men’s basketball keeps pace in standings

By ELLIS EINHORN AND LOGAN REARDON

The future continues to look bright for the men’s basketball program as the team went an even 5-5 during the winter break.

Freshman guard Mikey Dixon has taken over as the leading scorer on the team, putting up over 20 points in six of the games during the recession. Dixon recently broke the Quinnipiac Division I record he shared for most points in a game by a freshman with 29 points in the 95-90 win over Canisius on Jan. 20. Dixon ranks eighth nationally in scoring averages for freshmen.

The other freshman on the roster, guard Peter Kiss, has also stepped up for the Bobcats. Kiss and Dixon were inserted into the starting lineup on Dec. 29 in a 66-61 defeat to Brown. Since that loss, Quinnipiac has gone 4-3.

Dixon is now leading the team with 16.6 points per game, while Kiss is second on the team with 12.3 per game. “[Mikey] has grown up quite a bit, and I like that he’s learned just how hard you have to play at both ends of the court,” head coach Tom Moore said following the loss at Brown. “I knew he was good offensively, but he’s a much improved defender. He’s really fun to coach right now.”

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The Bobcats remained inconsistent over the break, much like they have been all season. It began with a solid 85-75 win at Maine on Dec. 18. They followed that up with a home loss against Drexel and the road loss at Brown.

Their stretch of MAAC play began on Jan. 2 with an 81-78 win at Niagara, then a loss at Canisius and a win at home against Manhattan.

As the Bobcats dove deeper into conference play, they went on to lose two straight on the road against Saint Peter’s and Siena on

Jan. 9 and 12, respectively. In the final two games of the break, Quinnipiac finished strong with wins over both Iona and Canisius on Jan. 14 and 20, respectively.

The Bobcats have made a name for themselves this season as they are 5-5 in MAAC play. Quinnipiac is currently tied for third place in the conference standings with Canisius, Iona, and Siena.

This comes after Quinnipiac was picked to finish 10th in the 11team conference.

Quinnipiac faced Iona, the de-

fending MAAC champion, in New Rochelle, New York on Monday night. The Gaels jumped out to a seven-point halftime lead and kept their distance throughout the second half as they won, 84-74. Dixon and Kiss were the leading scorers for the Bobcats with 20 and 16 points, respectively.

The Bobcats sit at 8-12 overall and will travel to face Monmouth, the preseason MAAC favorite, on Friday.

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Quinnipiac senior forward Donovan Smith rises to stop Manhattan forward Zane Waterman in the Bobcats’ 81-72 win on Jan. 7, freshman guard Peter Kiss evades a Manhattan defender, head coach Tom Moore looks on as senior guard Daniel Harris passes the ball into the post in men’s basketball’s 91-74 loss to Drexel on Dec. 21, junior guard Phil Winston defends a Drexel guard on the perimeter.

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Sophomore mid-year transfer midfielder Griffin Kutzner played 12 games for Loyola men’s soccer before transferring to Quinnipiac. Head coach Eric Da Costa announced the new addition on Friday.

Freshman guard Mikey Dixon scored 29 points in Quinnipiac men’s basketball’s 95-90 home victory against Canisius on Friday. Dixon’s total broke the program record he previously shared for most points in a game by a freshman.

Quinnipiac women’s basketball put up 48 bench points in its 79-53 victory over second-place Rider in Hamden on Saturday.

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Junior sprinter/hurdler Jessica Lee was named MAAC Women’s Track Performer of the Week after setting her third straight program record for Quinnipiac women’s indoor track and field on Saturday, finishing the 60m hurdles in 8.36 seconds. Her time was good for first place at the Sorlein Invitational in Kingston, Rhode Island.

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“We’re getting better and we’re growing. A lot of guys are contributing. It’s a fun group to coach right now because we can see growth and feel growth.”

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Split and slide

Quinnipiac men’s hockey is still looking to find its groove in ECAC play

By MAX MOLSKI Sports Editor

No. 15 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey entered a home weekend on Jan. 13 just 3-6-1 in its last 10 games, and a matchup with Colgate provided the Bobcats with a chance to regroup.

Quinnipiac, which had won eight of its last 10 matchups against Colgate, routed the Raiders, 4-1, at High Point Solutions Arena behind goals from each of its four lines.

“When we have four lines going, there is nobody that can touch us really,” Quinnipiac forward Landon Smith said. “That is our game plan, and if we can do it, then we’ll be successful.”

Quinnipiac opened the scoring with 7:13 left in the first period. Smith glided up the right side, looked off to his teammates in the center of the ice and fired it over Colgate goaltender Colton Point’s shoulder from the right faceoff circle. The goal was Smith’s sixth of the season and improved his point total to 18.

“The whole time I wanted to pass,” Smith said. “I was kind of waiting for the goalie to cheat and he did, so I threw it over his shoulder.”

The Bobcats doubled their lead early in the second period. Point made a save on defenseman Brogan Rafferty’s initial shot, but forward Bo Pieper swooped in and cleaned up the rebound to put Quinnipiac up 2-0.

Defenseman Luke Shiplo was the next Bobcat to make his way onto the score sheet.

Shiplo raced out of the penalty box following a tripping minor and hopped right into a 4-on-2 chance for Quinnipiac at even strength. Point saved a shot from defenseman Karlis Cutske before Shiplo lifted the puck in on another rebound for his fourth of the season.

“We talk a lot about that, about getting pucks to the net, going to the net and creating those chances,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said.

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Sophomore defenseman Chase Priskie and senior forward K.J. Tiefenwerth charge the offensive zone in men’s ice hockey’s 4-1 win over Colgate on Jan. 13.

Jared Cockrell ended Quinnipiac goaltender Andrew Shortridge’s bid at a first career shutout with just over three minutes to play in the second period. Colgate was on a 4-on-3 power play for the goal with Shiplo and defenseman Kevin McKernan in the Bobcats’ penalty box.

However, in the blink of an eye, Quinnipiac reclaimed its three-goal lead.

Forward Tanner MacMaster batted a puck

from mid-air just below the crossbar for his sixth goal of the season with 2:29 to go in the third period, just 35 seconds after Colgate’s tally, to bring the game to its 4-1 total.

At the other end, Shortridge finished with 24 saves to earn his fourth win of the season.

The freshman netminder says he had a comfortable game from the opening puck drop.

“The guys did a great job of just pushing everything to the outside, giving me simple

saves, one-and-done where I can control the rebound,” Shortridge said. “There wasn’t anything too challenging to start off at the beginning and it was good for me to settle in right away.”

The Bobcats returned to the ice the following night to take on No. 19 Cornell in Hamden.

Quinnipiac won the first matchup between the two sides this season, 3-1, on Nov. 18. While the Bobcats had lost just two matchups to Cornell since the start of the 2013-2014 season, Pecknold says the Big Red always presents a big matchup. “[Cornell] poses a lot of problems for us,” Pecknold said. “They’re big and strong, they have a great goaltender and that first line is really good.”

Cornell left Hamden with two additional ECAC points as it defeated Quinnipiac, 2-1.

Craig Martin scored the Bobcats’ goal on the power play off assists from Rafferty and Chase Priskie. The play increased Martin’s (8 goals, 10 assists) and Rafferty’s (2 goals, 16 assists) point totals to a team-leading 18 alongside Smith.

Shortridge made 29 saves on the night, but could not get in the way of Alex Rauter’s game-winning goal on the power play in the second period.

With the loss, the Bobcats dropped to 13-92 (8-5-1 ECAC) on the year. The team currently sits at fourth in the ECAC, but has played the most games of any team in the conference.

Quinnipiac has played four more conference games than Cornell, which sits just one point behind in the standings.

The Bobcats do not resume their ECAC schedule until Feb. 3 with a weekend road trip to Brown and Yale. In the meantime, the team will play Arizona State (9-17-2) in a two-game series at High Point Solutions Arena on Jan. 27 and 28. The Bobcats cooled the Sun Devils, 5-0, in their matchup last season.

Women’s ice hockey dips in ECAC, national rankings

By SAMUEL DaCOSTA Associate Sports Editor

Quinnipiac women’s hockey started winter break at the No. 8 spot in the USCHO.com Division I women’s poll, but finished in the No. 10 spot, missing a few chances to better its standings in the ECAC. The Bobcats went 3-2-2 over the break to bring their record to 16-6-5. They are currently fourth in the ECAC standings with a 9-4-2 conference record.

Quinnipiac started things off with a 2-1 home win over the 6-15-5 Penn State Nittany Lions on Dec. 30, outshooting its opponent 4919.

The Bobcats had a chance to separate themselves from Princeton in a Jan. 1 away matchup, but fell short, losing 3-2. The Tigers sit right behind Quinnipiac at fifth place in the ECAC. While they are currently tied with the Bobcats, Quinnipiac holds the tiebreaker. However, the two teams will square up once again in Hamden on Tuesday.

Quinnipiac followed that performance with a 2-2 tie at home against Harvard on Jan. 6. The Crimson have been struggling in the ECAC with a 3-9-2 conference record (3-14-2 overall).

While the Bobcats outshot Harvard 29-18, they failed to pull away from the ninth-place team in the conference.

Quinnipiac head coach Cassandra Turner

was thankful to come away with a point.

“In moments where we needed it, we had people step up and make plays and that’s what we’ve been talking a ton about,” Turner said.

“We’re happy we were able to hang on to get that tie.”

The Bobcats bounced back the next night with a 3-1 home win over Dartmouth, the tenthplace team in the ECAC, and built on that with a 2-0 away win over sixth-place Colgate on Jan. 13. “[The Bobcats] talk about limiting shots and they have really aggressive goals. It’s really neat to see,” Turner said following the team’s victory over Dartmouth. “They especially set some good gaps today.”

Quinnipiac’s momentum was not enough to defeat Cornell in Ithaca on Jan. 14 as the Bobcats lost, 3-2, to the No. 8 Big Red. Cornell is currently third in the ECAC with a 9-3-2 conference record.

Quinnipiac played its last game of the break on Friday when it traveled to Merrimack. The Bobcats tied the Warriors 2-2 behind goals from senior Emma Woods and freshman Kenzie Prater.

Junior T.T. Cianfarano (12 goals, 9 assists) and sophomore Melissa Samoskevich (8 goals, 13 assists) lead the team with 21 points apiece.

Meanwhile, starting goaltender Sydney Rossman is 14-6-4 on the season. The senior

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Junior forward T.T. Cianfarano races up the ice in women’s ice hockey’s win on Nov. 5. holds a .919 save percentage and the fifth-best goals against average in the nation at 1.54.

The Bobcats are currently 15th nationally in team offense, averaging 2.59 goals per game.

Meanwhile, they are tied for second in team defense, allowing just 1.44 goals against per game.

Quinnipiac has the sixth-best power play

percentage in the country at 17.89 percent and the 20th-ranked penalty kill in the league at 85.2 percent.

Including Tuesday’s matchup against Princeton, the Bobcats are set to begin a three-game Ivy League homestand, hosting Brown on Feb. 3 and Yale on Feb. 4.