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September 22, 2010
New to QU this year By Mary-Catherine Dolan
Sarah’s Style Corner
Scene Editor
Fall semester always brings with it all things new. New room assignments or housing, new roommates, new classes and new professors. But returning for their Fall 2010 semester, Quinnipiac students were greeted with more than just the standard semester changes. The university went through several major upgrades and aesthetic changes over the summer.
The Rocky Top Student Center The brand new student center for the residents living at York Hill opened the first week of classes. The lodgethemed student center contains a cafeteria, a fitness center, several study lounges and conference rooms, a post office and some administrative offices with sweeping views of Connecticut and the Long Island Sound.
Crescent Townhouses This year, juniors and seniors were given the option to live in the newly constructed townhouses next to the Crescent residence hall on the York Hill campus. The townhouses are modeled after the ones in Village on the Mount Carmel campus but come equipped with a fully-functioning kitchen. Picking up where the Village townhouses end in 690, the Crescent townhouses begin with 720 and line the back wing of the Crescent.
New Café Q Students have watched the construction of the cafeteria on the Mount Carmel campus for more than a year. It is finally open in this semester and can now accommodate the entire student body. With added seating on two floors, the cafeteria has gained extra square footage for din-
ing students as well as food options. The Café now offers The Kitchen, Thumann’s Healthy Deli, Pizza Fusion, Coyote Jack’s Grill, Yan Can Cook (Chinese), Naked Pear Café (healthy organic cuisine), and The Coffee Shop, featuring barista-made Seattle’s Best coffee drinks.
The Admissions Offices
The first floor of the Echlin Center on the Mount Carmel campus is the new home of Undergraduate admissions. The office has brand new furniture and much more room for tours, info and displays. The Echlin Center used to service all the health science classes, which are now held at the North Haven campus. The long term plan is to expand the Arnold Bernhard Library into where the old admissions office used to be.
New Location for Help Desk The Media Services center on the first floor of the Arnold Bernhard Library is the new home for the Help Desk. The E-stars will now be servicing QU students and their IT problems from Media Services. The old Help Desk location in Tator Hall is now the QU Seminar Center, where faculty and students can meet to discuss anything and everything
about the three seminar classes.
The Rave Wireless System As part of Quinnipiac’s Mobile Program and the Office of Safety and Security, the Rave Guardian service includes a virtual campus escort and a panic security call feature. Any student, faculty or staff member can access the Rave Guardian system via their cell phone when they are making a trip across campus and feel they need security. They text in their expected arrival time or leave an additional voicemail about the trip. If the student, faculty or staff member does not “check in” at their expected arrival time, the Rave system will send out their phone number, photo, and voicemail or text message to their GPS tracking system. The panic security call feature allows a student, faculty or staff member to be connected with QU Security with the press of one button. Students should access MyQ for information on signing up for this free security program.
1,678 Freshmen! Quinnipiac’s largest class size ever has inhabited the Mount Carmel campus to begin their four memorable years of college.
Campus Couture NAME: Joe Mauti AGE: 19 YEAR: Sophomore HOMETOWN: Middletown, N.J. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
Blue and black T-shirt and gray jeans from Pac Sun, black and blue sneakers from Zumie’s, To Write Love On Her Arms bracelet, Voted Most Random bracelet, and a Keep a Breast bracelet
STYLE INFLUENCES: “Music is overtly influential in my wardrobe. I’m the bassist of the QU band Voted Most Random and I think my clothes really reflect that.” --by Stephanie Osmanski
METRO-STYLE
photos: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
New York hosts annual Fashion Week By Sarah Rosenberg Staff Writer I have always liked to think of fashion as an attribute of culture. The fashion capitals of the world, from Paris to Milan, always seem to showcase styles representative of their customs and what makes their city beautiful. New York is no exception. Just a train ride away, New York City offers a tribute to fashion that is echoed over international boundaries; the life of Manhattan and all its wonders, its modern trends, and hip atmosphere is constantly reflected in Fashion Week. It is not just a fashion show or an art exhibit, it is a magnificent homage to the fashion world. Fashion Week praises fashion and all its craziness, but more importantly, its impact on the way we live today. It influences how we look in the morning and what we shop for. This year’s Fashion Week made its debut on Sept. 9. It was an affair that lasted all week long and presented fashion that is sure to be idealized for the next year. Hosted by Mercedes-Benz and unveiled at New York’s Lincoln Center, it was nothing short of impressive. Lincoln Center is legendary; it is a cultural element of New York that is known worldwide. The designers for Spring 2011 were showcased for fashion’s cult followers, the Carrie Bradshaws, the “Devil Wears Prada” wannabes, the artists, the fans, and the local New Yorkers, who are no strangers to the hype of Fashion Week. The most notable designers, as well as some up and coming names dressed their models in their newest designs. Anna Sui, Betsey Johnson, Nicole Miller, Tracy Reese, Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, Narcisco Rodriguez, L.A.M.B., and Elie Tahari were just a handful of designers that added to their repertoire of revolutionary creations.
The show kicked off with the Project Runway Theatre, and later in the same day, presented past winner Christian Soriano’s designs. The Global Glam Collection, inspired and derived by the W Hotels, featured a line of clothing inspired by the latest International W hotels from London to St. Petersburg. Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku line, L.A.M.B., and IVANAhelinski were the last two lines to end the week-long festivities. A mixture of classic designers, whose style many have come to love and appreciate, and new faces rounded out the Spring 2011 collections that are destined to defy this year in fashion. I have a dream of attending Fashion Week. I have an even bigger dream of working for the show; the rush, the racing around to perfect lineups and outfits, and the instant gratification of watching a model you’ve worked with reveal the outfit for the artist who made it possible, who made the images and ideas in their mind come to life, is alluring. Danielle DiMarino, a junior business major, attended Fashion Week working for designer Charlotte Ronson. No matter how small her responsibilities might have been, every task she performed impacted the exhibit of Ronson’s new line. “I assisted the stylist Natasha Royt during the show’s run through. Once we were at Lincoln Center, I guided the dressers hired by Mercedes to make sure they knew how to dress each model. I was also assigned my own model to dress,” she said. DiMarino was also assigned the job of sewing any tears or damages and handling the garments to ensure their quality was maintained for the show. Despite the responsibilities that may have rested on her shoulders, the end result was worth it all. “I was so stressed when my model had to change her outcontinued on page 16