QUChronicle.com February 6, 2013 Volume 82 Issue 16 Proud recipient of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors' award for 2012 College Newspaper of the Year
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Orientation Lahey, administrators discuss changes leaders to be paid
State of the QUnion
By NELIANA FERRARO Staff Writer
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Quinnipiac President John Lahey speaks at last week’s State of the QUnion in the Carl Hansen Student Center. By JULIA PERKINS Associate News Editor
President John Lahey highlighted plans to move the Law School to the North Haven campus beginning next summer, making it a graduate campus. He also discussed additional changes to Quinnipiac in the State of the QUnion with other administrators last Wednesday night. “Certainly the high point of the year was the accreditation of our new medical school,” Lahey said. “It is a very significant development in terms of Quinnipiac’s standing … and the ultimate value of your degree.” In the summer of 2014, the School of Law will move to the North Haven campus, Lahey said. This will enable the School of Law building on the Mount Carmel cam-
pus to be used for undergraduate classes, clubs and studying, he said. “The Law School building will be the equivalent of building three Echlin Centers or three Lender Center buildings,” he said. Lahey suggested that by moving graduate classes to the North Haven campus, there will be more parking available on the Mount Carmel campus. With the growing student population, the administration is also looking at increasing the number of residence halls on the Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses, especially for seniors. “Most of the growth in the future is going to be at the graduate level, but we are committed to building more dormitories [and] Residence
halls, particularly for seniors, to get more seniors on campus,” Lahey said. “Any feedback … the student body can give us as to where and what type of residence halls would be most attractive … would be very helpful to us.” Lahey also explained that he hopes to expand into Hamden and give the area a “more collegiate look.” “We’re looking to acquire Ives Street up to Mount Carmel,” Lahey said. “We would like to acquire as many things that makes sense to us. We are having active discussions with private developers to build a more collegiate inn there.” Lahey predicted that as the econSee qunion Page 4
Orientation leaders will be paid $1,500 each to run activities and prepare admitted students beginning this summer, according to administrators. This decision to pay orientation leaders came after the university added an additional orientation session in June, according to Assistant Dean and Director of the Student Center Daniel Brown, who also runs the orientation leader program. The money for the new salaries will be supplemented through the orientation budget, according to Brown. “We should be paid for what we do because it is very time consuming,” sophomore orientation leader Cierra Ponzo said. “You have to be very organized, be very on top of everything and it’s a big part of the university.” However, fewer people will be accepted into the program because of the new orientation leader’s salaries. The number of people accepted in the past was flexible with 117 orientation leaders last year. Yet, only 80 students will be accepted into the program this year, according to sophomore orientation leader Tammy Nguyen. This will create even more competition for the fewer positions available. Ponzo said it was understandable to cut the number of orientation leaders. “For paying, it’s kind of like a lot to give that amount of people that amount of money,” Ponzo said. In the past, there have been four orientation sessions overall, with
three in June and one in August. This year, there will be one more session added in June to accommodate a bigger freshmen class, according to Brown. The sessions will also take place during the week. These changes would require orientation leaders to stay at the university for three weeks in June and one week in August. In June, one week would be dedicated to training. The four orientation sessions in June would take place over two weeks, according to Mr. Brown. “The level of commitment we’re asking of them is a lot different this year,” Brown said. “When the opportunity was provided to be able to compensate them you know why not try to do that?” Incoming freshmen students will have the same quality of program and the same amount of food as past years. The orientation sessions will be more centered on academics and introducing freshmen to college learning. “Coming in, I was just excited to become an orientation leader ever since I came onto campus,” Nguyen said. “I knew I wouldn’t be paid. [But] I’m afraid that more people would want to apply because they are getting compensated.” Nguyen said the process of becoming an orientation leader “is a fair playing field now. It’s anybody’s game.” Brown said they are still looking for the same type of people for the job. Some of the main qualities See orientation Page 3
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The days of endlessly scouring North Lot for a parking space or waiting for a shuttle could soon be over. Quinnipiac’s Department of Public Safety is exploring new options to relieve students, faculty and Quinnipiac staff members of these day-to-day woes. Chief of Quinnipiac’s Department of Public Safety David Barger said the department may soon up its technological game and is looking into the usage of two new apps at Quinnipiac. Barger said Public Safety is working with Adirondack Solutions, the same software company
that helped develop the new parking decals in the fall, to help track available spaces in Quinnipiac’s parking lots. Ohio University currently has a system in place that Barger said Quinnipiac may emulate. “They barcode all of their decals, so when you come into a parking lot, the officer at the gate swipes your barcode,” Barger said. Public Safety officers could scan the barcodes when cars enter and leave the parking lots, allowing them to keep a running tally on available spaces. This new system could save officers time and be more
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numerous acts of vandalism including broken ceiling tiles, smashed windows and torn hallway decorations, according to residents and resident assistants. Residents say it is beginning to negatively affect the image and reputation of the residence hall. “Vandalism is something we see now and then, not something we see everyday or every weekend,” Chief of Public Safety David Barger said. “Vandalism has been greater this year in Commons vs. other years. We have gone semesters, and even years, without ceiling tiles being punched out.” “Vandalism negatively reflects on all the students who live in Commons,” Barger said. “It gives students a negative connotation that goes
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dalism were smashed-in ceiling tiles this past fall semester, according to Barger. A few tiles on the first and third floor, along with most of the tiles on the second floor, were broken into pieces and left on the hallway floors. “Ceiling tiles rarely need to be changed,” Associate Vice President for Facilities Operations Keith Woodward said. “A ceiling tile only needs to be changed if they were damaged somehow, either through vandalism or perhaps a leak.” This past weekend, students were brought in for questioning about the incident after other students came forward with information. Barger has See Commons Page 3
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The Commons residence hall has experienced recent damages, including broken ceiling tiles and excessive littering.
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