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MARCH 7, 2018 | VOLUME 88, ISSUE 20

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growth the department has seen under Rodriguez.

“He’s developed a set of values – philosophical values, department policies. When I came here, there were only four or five (policies)… there’s

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about 60 now,” he said.

Some of these policies include the creation of the Emergency Management Team, revamped Public Safety officer training and arming Public Safety officers, among many others.

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Chief of Public Safety Edgar Rodriguez will complete seven and a half years at Quinnipiac on May 1.

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Quinnipiac Chief of Public Safety Edgar Rodriguez has accepted a job as the associate vice president and chief of public safety at Providence college, effective May 1.

During his seven and a half years working at QU Rodriguez spent three as chief of Public Safety. He managed to implement many of the components that have made the department what it is today.

Assistant Chief of Public Safety James Nealy is familiar with the work that Rodriguez has done in that time.

Nealy and Rodriguez were classmates together at the Connecticut State Police Academy, and have remained close ever since.

Nealy explained that Quinnipiac’s Public Safety department grew to be so effective because of Rodriguez’s leadership.

“In order to be successful in an environment like this, you have to have supervision, training and policies and procedures. He instituted that,” Nealy said.

Nealy went on to explain the vast

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Rodriguez himself believes his greatest accomplishment in his time at the university has been the overall growth of the culture within the department.

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Public Safety Chief, my first initiative was to change the Public Safety department culture, which reflects what the department believes in as an organization,” he explained.

“These beliefs are reflected in the Public Safety department’s recruiting and selection practices, policies and procedures, accountability, training and development, and ultimately, in the actions of its officers.”

Rodriguez was also responsible for implementing sergeants at the university.

Nealy described that other departments, including those from other universities, have come to Rodriguez to seek advice.

“He’s professionalized this department so impressively… People are calling him and asking ‘How do you do these things?’” Nealy said. “We train with the state police, Hamden, North Haven and Cheshire. We do some training with Yale PD, Fairfield and University of Hartford. We have that expertise, and those people are calling us. They’re using our model to

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MAJOR Sociology YEAR Senior A: “I’m going on a service learning trip to the Dominican Republic with the school.”

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MAJOR Finance YEAR Senior A: “I’m going to San Diego to look at a law school out there. I applied and I hope I get in. I find out in the next week (whether I get accepted), so hopefully it works out.”

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Blue lights on campus may not be the most efficient system for emergencies

By NICHOLAS SLATER Associate News Editor

The blue lights that surround campus may not be the best way to get a hold of Public Safety in the case of an emergency.

Public Safety suggests that all students download the free mobile app, Rave Guardian.

The app allows every students to essentially have a blue light in their pocket. Rave Guardian provides a platform in which students can call friends, public safety or local police with the tap of a button. The app also allows students to send tips to Public Safety if they see anything suspicious.

Additionally, there is an timer feature which allows students to give themselves a time frame to get from one location to another. If the student is not at the destination by the end of the timer, public safety is automatically called and an officer is sent to the spot.

“It’s a free app, so why wouldn’t you want to have it on your phone?” Training Officer Bradley Bopp said.

Students may be hesitant to download the app because they feel as though Public Safety is watching over them.

“The apprehension comes in as we’ve heard many many times is that Big Brother is watching,” Sergeant James Moniello said with a laugh, “That is not what it’s used for.”

The app, as well as the blue lights, are to be used for emergencies.

“The blue lights are for emergencies,” Moniello said, “but they also double as just a call box.”

There is a red button on the light that is used for emergencies and another to use the call box. Each of the 61 lights is tested before every school year to make sure they function properly.

Even still, the lights can go out, but that does not mean the emergency button and call box are not functional. Moniello and Bopp encourage students to report to dead bulbs to Public Safety in the blue lights so they can put in a work order

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The Rave Guardian app allows students to contact Public Safety, friends or the local police at the press of a button. with facilities.

The 61 lights are spread out around Quinnipiac’s three campuses. There are 17 on Mt. Carmel, 28 on York Hill and 16 on North Haven, according to Bopp. The lights are generally placed in parking lots, in the York Hill parking garage and on the way to the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).

Students have used both Rave Guardian and the blue light network because they get locked out of their dorm, or need a door unlocked elsewhere, according to Moniello. If a student needs to get into a building, calling the generic Public Safety phone number will do the trick.

Bopp shared success stories about the Rave Guardian app, stressing that it does in fact work.

“It works, there just (aren’t) a lot of people using it,” Bopp said.

Likewise, not many students use the blue light system seriously. While misdials and pranks are pulled on the lights, Moniello could

only recount one time when the lights were used in an emergency in his 21 years in Public Safety.

The lights are not only for emergencies, however, they are also a source of information.

On top of Rave Guardian and the blue light system, Public Safety also offers a service to accompany students across campus. Again, Moniello and Bopp stressed that the escort service is for emergencies only. “(This service) is not a shuttle service,” Moniello said.

While the blue lights are visible around parking lots, there are noticeably none on the Quad.

Placing lights on the quad would affect Quinnipiac’s aesthetics, according to Moniello. This is where Rave Guardian comes in.

The app will not only preserve Quinnipiac’s landscape, but also save money. Without having to buy new light systems, and run phone lines underground, Rave Guardian allows students to have a custom blue light on them at all times.

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Joining the Revolution Quinnipiac follows the movement in support of high school students rights

By HANNAH FEAKES Managing Editor

High school students can now participate in the National School Walkout, a national protest for gun control measures, without jeopardizing their admission to many colleges and universities, including Quinnipiac.

The university has reassured applicants that if they get suspended during the National Walkout, it will not negatively impact their admissions process.

The National School Walkout will take place on March 14 at hundreds of high school campuses. Students will leave school at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes, in honor of the 17 lives that were taken at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, according to the Women’s March Youth EMPOWER website This protest is in response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14 and all school shootings prior to ensure the safety of schools in the future. It is a call for gun-control measures, including a ban on assault rifles (AR-15), according to USA Today.

Quinnipiac’s official Twitter account tweeted its public statement on the issue on Feb. 27.

“Quinnipiac University is a community that supports students’ rights to express themselves peacefully,” the tweet read.

“Students who are disciplined for peaceful protest or productive civic engagement can rest assured their admission into the university will not be adversely affected.”

Greg Eichhorn, associate vice president of admissions and financial aid, was part of the final decision to make a statement on behalf of Quinnipiac to support students participating in walkouts. He worked in conjunction with the other admissions staff, public affairs and the integrated marketing group about where and when to release that statement.

Originally, Eichhorn was opposed to making a public statement.

“I will be honest, my first impression was that I didn’t feel a need to (make a public statement) because (supporting those students) is the right thing to do,” he said. “We have done that historically, so why do we need to make a statement of what we believe in and what is the obvious just to put it out there?”

Once the cause got bigger, more colleges and corporations started supporting it. Eichhorn said that if Quinnipiac didn’t release a statement, it would’ve looked like the only institution that was not in support of the cause.

“Whether it is this particular issue or others, (Quinnipiac) would always support students that would be in supporting causes in a peaceful manner,” Eichhorn said. “We would never penalize a student for voicing their concerns in a peaceful manner.”

This walkout has become a topic of controversy and although high school administrations are aware of the movement, some do not support it.

Schools have threatened students with suspension if they participate in the walkout.

Curtis Rhodes, superintendent for the Needville Independent School District in Texas said that if his students participated in any type of protest or awareness, they would be suspended for three days, ac-

cording to USA Today.

“Life is all about choices and every choice has a consequence whether it be positive or negative,” Rhodes said. “We will discipline no matter if it is one, 50 or 500 students involved. A disruption of the school will not be tolerated.”

USA Today reported that over 250 colleges and universities have tweeted their support of these students and reassured them that even if they get disciplined for the walkout, it will not be used against them throughout the admissions process.

“We actually want students who are active,” Eichhorn said. “We don’t want students who are passive and sit in the back.

Someone that is an activist, proactive and supporting a cause no matter what that cause is is someone we would want to add to the community.”

to participate in if I were still in high school,” she said. “I’m interested in going to the March For Our Lives on March 24, I think if it were during classes and I went and skipped class and my teachers were to turn around and mark me down and take away my credit or something, I would be pissed, I don’t think that’s right.”

Hickey said that if she were still in high school and participated in the walkout, got suspended and then got her acceptance from the school of her dreams rescinded, she would not take it lightly.

“I’d be mad and angry, I would reach out to them and say, ‘Listen this was for a cause that almost everyone in the world is paying attention to,’” Hickey said. “It’s something we need to focus on and I did my part and stood up for what I believe in. I think that it is horse shit to take an acceptance away. Great and successful people have gotten to where they are today because they make their voices heard.

If universities look down on, how are any of us going to grow up to be successful.”

Prospective students are required to fill out the Common Application in order to be considered for college acceptance.

This application asks prospective students if they have ever been suspended from school. Students are provided with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ box and they must be truthful.

“Have you ever been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at any educational institution you have attended from the ninth grade (or the international equivalent) forward, whether related to academic misconduct or behavioral misQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY TWITTER conduct, that resulted in a disciplinary action? These actions could include, but are not limited to: probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from Other Connecticut colleges have joined the institution,” according to www.comin on the movement. monapp.org.

UConn tweeted its support of the naStudents have to answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ tional walkout as well. and must answer truthfully. If students “UConn would like to assure students check yes, they must provide an explanawho have applied or been admitted to the tion for what happened. university that disciplinary action associThe application continues by asking stuated with participation in peaceful protests dents if they have ever been convicted of a will not affect your admission decision in misdemeanor or a felony. If the answer is any way,” the tweet said. yes, students must provide an explanation.

Yale University followed suit.

Eichhorn said that when an admissions “We encourage students to be vocal counselor sees that a student was suspendwhen they see an opportunity for change ed in high school, the reaction is to get an in our institution and in the world,” Yale explanation on what happened. tweeted. “… To punish our applicants for “After getting an explanation, (the rest (participating) would go against the very of the admissions process) is based upon beliefs that make Yale such a special place the severity of the issue,” he said. “We get to study.” very few suspensions, the ones we do get The American Civil Liberties Union are fairly minor.”

(ACLU) tweeted to students, educating Although Eichhorn saw some mild reathem on the regulations for punishment. soning for suspension at his last institution, he “Schools can discipline you for miss- never saw any suspensions for demonstration. ing class,” the tweet said. “They can’t “The only thing I can recall from my punish you with a harsher punishment for previous institution were social media protesting than for another reason. If your violations of school policies and matters school does that, the ACLU wants to hear where someone inappropriately said somefrom you.” thing that was misinterpreted,” he said.

Rachel Hickey, a junior physical therEichhorn said that because Quinnipiac apy major thinks it is fair for Quinnipiac supports an active student body on camto publically support high school students pus, the university also supports active who stand up for what they believe in and high school students. particiapte in the walkout.

“The more dynamic our campus is, the “I think it goes along with freedom better off we are,” he said. of speech, I think it’s fair that students admissions status does not get penalized because it is something that I would want

“Students who are disciplined for peaceful protest or productive civic engagement can rest assured their admission into the university will not be adversely affected.”

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@Cornell “Disciplinary action resulting from responsible engagement in non-violent protest will not jeopardize admission to Cornell...”

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“We encourage students to be vocal when they see an opportunity for change in our institution and in the world.To punish our applicants for [participating] would go against the very beliefs that make Yale such a special place to study.”

@Harvard “We stand in support of every high school student who chooses to participate in peaceful protests, such as the March For Our Lives and the National School Walkout Day, or who thoughtfully and respectfully exercise their freedom of expression.”

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Respect is the new R-word

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Students and their buddies speak about harmful effect of using the R-word

Wednesday, March 7 Mathematical magic show Professor of Mathematics M ​ ichael Nabel will perform a mathematical magic show on Wednesday, March 7, at 5 p.m. in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater on the Mount Carmel campus. Nabel is a professor of Mathematics and a longtime member of the Society of American Magicians and the Psychic Entertainers Association. He has taught math for over 40 years at Quinnipiac and continues to excite his students with the combination of magic and math. This event is free and open to the public.

Nambale water project fundraiser The Quinnipiac Rotaract Club will host a raffle in order to raise funds for the Nambale Magnet School Water Project. Tickets will be available for purchase on Wednesday March 7 from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at the Carl Hansen Student Center tables. Money raised will be donated to the Nambale Magnet School in Kenya, Africa. The funds will be used to build and maintain a well that will support all the students and staff at the school.

St. Baldrick’s postponed Quinnipiac’s annual St.Baldrick’s event that was set to take place on Wednesday, March 7 has been postponed due to weather forecast.

The postponed date is unknown at this time.

Sunday, March 11 Connecticut science fair Quinnipiac will host the Connecticut Science Fair on Sunday, March 11 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center room 119.

The Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair is a yearly and statewide event open to all 7th through 12th grade students residing, or enrolled, in Connecticut schools and Fishers Island. An important objective of the program is to attract young people to careers in science and engineering while developing skills essential to critical thinking.

Monday, March 12 Spring break writer’s retreat All faculty and professional staff are welcome to join the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Research and Writing Institute on a two day retreat. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to escape everyday responsibilities and dedicate two days to making substantial progress on a writing project. The retreat will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Peter C. Hereld House on March 12 and 13.

Due to space considerations, participants will be enrolled on a first come first serve basis.

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Students and their buddies gather in the Mount Carmel Auditorium for the Spread the Word to End the Word event on Monday March.

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Everyone knows the harmful impact of being called names. This is especially true for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Quinnipiac Best Buddies, however, aims to spread awareness about the harmful impact of the r-word and to end inappropriate use.

Quinnipiac Best Buddies is part of an international organization that pairs individuals who have intellectual and developmental disabilities with college students. Quinnipiac Best Buddies works with a number of host sights or transitional programs around Connecticut. These transitional programs consist of people with IDD who have just graduated high school but are not working yet. The main goal of the program is to teach people with intellectual and developmental disabilities about job skills, community skills and independence. Students who join Quinnipiac Best Buddies have the option of becoming a buddy or an associate member.

The main goal of “Spread the Word to End the Word” was to bring awareness to the harmful impact of using the r-word in casual conversation. The event is an outlet for individuals with IDD and Quinnipiac

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students to voice how the word hurts them through creative channels such as singing songs and giving speeches.

Quinnipiac students and their buddies casually strolled into the Mount Carmel Auditorium on Monday night, giving each other hugs and taking pictures with one another. A table was set up at the entrance with free wristbands and a colorful piece of paper enticing those to enter to sign their names. At each seat there were stickers with the quote “Respect is the new R-word.”

The sense of community and inclusion was prominent as the crowd continued to grow larger.

The event starts with a poignant video of a girl named Amber with IDD being paired with a buddy named Ali. The video portrays the importance of the buddies in people’s lives who have IDD. Students and their buddies then approach the podium at the front of the room and tell anecdotal stories or show short videos about the fun times they have shared together and illustrate the impact of their friendship.

Some of the activities the buddies do together involve dressing up for Halloween, getting food together, and karaoke.

Angie, one of the buddies, exclaimed in her speech, “We all want to be treated with respect. We want friendship, jobs and to be treated like

everyone else.”

A common misperception about people with IDD is that they are unable to perform normal tasks. The buddies at “Spread the Word to End the Word” broke this stereotype. Some own individual businesses and conduct their own radio shows.

The r-word is an outdated medical term that was removed from medical language by former U.S. president, Barack Obama in 2010 when he signed “Rosa’s Law” bill. The bill removed terms such as “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from federal health, education and labor policy. New terms that use people first language such as “individual with an intellectual disability” and “intellectual disability” became the appropriate terms to describe an individual.

Nick Donohue, President of Quinnipiac Best Buddies commented, “We aim at ending the use of the r-word as a starting point toward creating more accepting attitudes and communities for all people. Using the r-word can lead to negative attitudes and actions towards people with disabilities.”

According to senior Vice President of Quinnipiac Best Buddies, Erin Schirra, using the r-word equates adjectives such as “dumb” or “stupid” with people with intellectually and developmentally disabilities.

“Throughout time, our society has utilized the r-word and incorporated it into our day-to-day language,” Schirra said. “I don’t think a lot of people realize the impact the r-word has on a lot of people in our community.”

These labels that are used to describe people with IDD are politically incorrect and dehumanizing.

“It takes our society a step back,” Schirra said. “We are trying really hard to help people speak in politically correct terms and having inclusive language and inclusive thoughts. We are really making strides in regards to the word and the role of people with IDD and I think that when people use the r-word in day to day language it takes all the steps we’ve taken and it brings it back.”

Quinnipiac Best Buddies fosters these important friendships between students and individuals with IDD and facilitates a relationship that is lifelong.

“Taking someone’s voice away from them is so damaging but once you give someone their voice back, even if they don’t want to talk, but once you give it back to them and they have it, they know that they are heard and that people want them to be there” Schirra said.

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move forward.” Rodriguez first came to the university in 2009, following 23 years with the Connecticut State Police.

As for the personal connection between the two, Nealy explained that it was Rodriguez that recruited him here to Quinnipiac.

“He said ‘Hey Jimmy, look, I need to do what I need and I can’t do it without the right team,” Nealy said.

Nealy stressed the importance Rodriguez has placed on teamwork and accountability within the department.

“No matter how talented you are,

you have to have a team to get you from where you are to where you want to go,” he said. “He is a transformational leader. He makes departments like this better. This place really runs itself… everybody knows what the expectations are, what the rules and regulations are. They know that they have to take ownership of what they do.”

Nealy finds it to be no surprise that another university wanted to put Rodriguez in charge of their public safety department.

“A leader is a person who has a vision, can explain that vision to you and empower you as well in moving toward that vision. That is one of the

reasons that people are so attracted to him,” Nealy said.

Despite doubt from others, Rodriguez managed to take the public safety department to heights it had never reached before, according to Nealy.

“The control center has been updated. We’re connecting with the one up top in case something happens…

None of that would have been done without him,” Nealy said. “We went armed even though people told us we wouldn’t be able to do it. When you have a plan, and know how to get there, you make it work. “ On a personal note, Nealy will be disappointed to see Rodriguez go, but is thankful for the opportunity he had

to work alongside him at the university.

“For me, it’s very difficult to see him go, but he’s done his thing here,” Nealy said. “He put it together, got it running and it runs itself. He’ll be a hard man to replace.”

In a notification sent out to the university, Executive Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson explained that the university will now undergo a search for a new chief of Public Safety.

“A national search for a new chief of public safety will begin immediately, and we hope to have the next chief in place as soon as possible,” Thompson stated in the notification.

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Quinnipiac and Chartwells partner up for One Million Acts of Good campaign

By MARIA SPANO Staff Writer

Chartwells and Quinnipiac organizations teamed up to contribute to the One Million Acts of Good movement on Feb. 28. A station was set up in the Upper Cafe across from Revolution Noodle and Sushi from 2 to 4 p.m. for students to attend the event and fill empty boxes with food to be donated to charity as a part of the movement.

The act of doing a good deed and posting it to social media was started last September by Ellen Degeneres and General Mills’ Cheerios. They partnered up to create the One Million Acts of Good Movement.

The movement was created to inspire people that one act will make a difference in an individual’s life or the community as a whole. They would be broadcasted on Degeneres’ daytime talk show as well as her social media platform, Ellentube.

Degeneres did this in the hopes that it would inspire people from all different places and backgrounds to spread goodness in society. Anyone is allowed to share their acts, some are even featured on her talk show.

“Whether holding the door open for someone or giving someone a compliment, Cheerios and Ellen want to encourage people to embody their slogans, ‘Good goes around’ and ‘Be kind to one another,’” Erika Conaci, an executive board member who helped facilitate and monitor

the event, said.

Anyone is able to do this and express their acts of kindness, and this left a perfect opportunity for the Quinnipiac community to get involved and benefit those who are less fortunate.

“We are very excited to be joining this movement. We have heard great things about this event and how it can greatly help people in need,” Leean Spalding, director of dining services for Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services, said.

“It is important to all of us at Quinnipiac and within Chartwells to give back to the community.”

Students who attended the event were encouraged to post on social media to promote the event and emphasize their good deeds.

“I think it’s really good that Chartwells is doing this,” Liana Calandra, a sophomore business student, said. “They obviously don’t have to but it’s good to see that Quinnipiac cares about giving back to the community outside of our school,” Students are proud to be at a school that promotes community service to help neighboring communities.

Chartwells is planning to expand its dining programs to over 280 college campuses that the company serves so there can be more community service events and free pop ups.

By being involved in the One Million Acts of Good Movement, Chartwells is prioritizing its plans to move for-

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Students across campus are encouraged to create boxes of nonperishable food items to be donated to New Haven nonprofits. ward and give back to the community it has served since Quinnipiac 1986.

Anyone within the university community was given the opportunity to fill small boxes with food such as granola bars, Cheerios, chips and handwritten

notes of encouragement. Professors, students, Chartwells employees and others attended this event. The boxes that were created are being donated to AIDS Project New Haven, New Reach and Columbus House, which are three local non-

profit organizations.

The organizations involved in making this possible were the QU Dining Experience, Office of Community Service and Big Event.

“Chartwells reached out to us and asked if we wanted to help. We thought that this was a great event and we are glad that Chartwells asked us to be a part of it,” Conaci said.

Chartwells provided the food that was being donated in the boxes.

In total, 300 boxes were created in the two hour timespan and are being donated to the three New Haven nonprofit organizations.

“I think that this is a great way to get involved in the community surrounding Quinnipiac,” Josh Hertel, a sophomore computer information systems major, said. “The opportunities each of us are given to be a part of the surrounding community and to make a difference in someone’s life is one of the many reasons I decided to come to QU.” There are more community service events similar to this being planned in the upcoming semesters in order to encourage students to be proactive in giving back to others during their time at Quinnipiac.

Events like the One Million Acts of Good Movement are able to show students that even a simple good deed such as filling boxes with small food items can make an impact on a person’s life for years to come.

Political Communication courses offered for Fall 2018 semester

By ALEXA NIKITAS Staff Writer

The Media Studies department is now offering two special courses in Fall 2018 semester for School of Communications (SoC) students interested specifically in politics.

The Political Science and Media Studies department will be collaborating to teach Political Communication (MSS349/PO348). SoC Dean Mark Contreras will be teaching Media Decision Makers (MSS400).

“One of the great things about political communication is that it’s an interdisciplinary field that brings together political science, history, rhetoric, media studies, journalism and strategic communication,” Professor of media studies Lisa Burns said.

Students interested in taking Political Communication must have taken and completed Intro to American Government (PO131). To reserve a spot in either of the classes, students must email Burns to request a seat before Wednesday, March 21.

Political Communication consists of two sections with two different topics. MSS 349/PO 348 focuses on the political communication in the Trump era.

“This course explores the relationship between media and politics in the U.S. with a focus on how political communication strategy and media coverage of politics has changed since the 2016 presidential election cycle,” The course description said in an email sent to all SoC students.

Topics include the history of political communication, the importance of image-making and image management strategies, the role of political

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School of Communications students can register for political communications classes during the upcoming registration period. reporting, the impact of social media and the current state of our mediated political culture in the Trump era.

The course pays particular attention to the 2018 midterm elections and the early stages of the 2020 presidential race.

PO 348/MSS 349 focuses on the persuasion and propaganda in political communication.

The course will focus on a series of questions revolving around the core dilemma of political communication within a free society: persuasion and propaganda. Stuents will work to determine how we reconcile a free society’s need for persuasion with the anti-democratic dangers of propaganda, this according to the course description sent in an email to all SoC students.

Students will gain knowledge about key historical cases of how national leaders and activists in Europe

and America use political communication with special attention on the 2018 U.S. and state election campaigns unfolding before us in real time, according to the course description.

MSS 400 is a course taught by Contreras. “In this course, students will examine the multiple factors that impact the decision-making of media industry leaders past and present. Topics include understanding the personal forces affecting leaders’ decisionmaking processes; analyzing how media companies respond to large media consumption and revenue shifts; appreciating the role an individual can have on a company/industry; and understanding the influences on public vs. private/family ownership.”

The course description says in an email sent to all SoC students, “The course will feature several guest speakers with expertise in the industry or with the companies

being discussed, which include Apple, Netflix, ESPN, Hearst, Wall Street Journal, NPR, MSNBC, Saturday Night Live, E!, HGTV, Food Network, and many more!”

Burns and Professor of political science Scott McLean hope the political communication courses will raise awareness about these changes, the techniques used to manipulate Americans and how to use political communication more efficiently, according to McLean.

“I am deeply concerned that the result is a deepening of the ‘culture war’ so that in many parts of life, conservatives and progressives do not simply disagree on issues, but they do not recognize a common set of facts as ‘reality’,” Professor Scott McLean said.

McLean and Burns hope the political communication courses will raise awareness about these

changes, the techniques used to manipulate Americans and how to use political communication more efficiently, according to McLean.

Burns and McLean regularly teach the political communication classes.

McLean uses his political science background and Burns uses her communication view to teach the courses, according to Burns.

Burns and McLean decided to run their courses at the same time and link them together. The professors plan to meet a couple of times during the semester and may even collaborate to do an assignment.

“For students who want to work in politics, this is a great chance to develop the skills they will need to be effective communicators. Aspiring reporters will learn the important role journalism plays in our political system,” Burns said. “For those who don’t know much about politics, it’s a great way to learn about it. There’s no prior knowledge necessary. And for everyone, understanding the nuances of political communication makes us more informed citizens who can analyze the political messages that bombard us each day.”

He also commented on how political actors have become highly sophisticated in how they can both persuade and manipulate audiences for political leverage, according to McLean.

“Political Communication is an extremely relevant class especially in today’s political climate and it can help start conversation on our campus about media and communication,” Freshman and English major Anna Ciacciarella said.

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Bring it home

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament should not be played at a neutral site Peter Dewey Opinion Editor

This past weekend, the Quinnipiac men’s and women’s basketball played in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Tournament to determine which team would go to the NCAA tournament.

The tournament was played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York, as it has been for the past four years.

That needs to change.

The Times Union Center’s capacity is about 17,500. Yet, this past weekend, most of those seats remained empty through the championship games on Monday.

Both the men’s and women’s teams of the MAAC played in a virtually empty arena, as very few fans made the trip.

Although Quinnipiac offered a fan bus to interested students, there was still very little support and a lot of empty seats at the women’s basketball championship game on Monday.

There was very little support for any of the teams outside of Siena, who plays its home games during the regular season at the Times Union Center.

Siena was the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team’s first

round opponent, and at a tournament that is advertised to be played at a neutral site, this is wildly unfair to give a team a home court advantage. “(Siena) posed a great second half challenge for us but again just really proud of our guys the way they withstood their run and were able to get it done on the road,” Quinnipiac men’s basketball head coach Baker Dunleavy said postgame. “For us to get a road win in our last true road game of the season was a big deal to us, we took great pride in that.”

Despite being the higher seeded team, the Bobcats didn’t have any home court advantage against the lower seeded Saints.

This is just one part of the problem.

In non-Power Five conferences, it is hard to attract a lot of fans when games are played at a neutral site, because the fan base simply isn’t as strong, and many of the schools are smaller in student body population.

Sure, the ACC, Big East and SEC can sell out regardless the arena they play in, but that’s because their top programs ae consistently competing for national championships.

In the MAAC, only one team is even getting a bid to the NCAA Tournament, never mind contending for the title.

Canisius sophomore guard Isaiah Reese offered his thoughts on the matter via Twitter the next day, after Canisius, a heavily favored No. 2 seed lost to Quinnipiac in the quarterfinals.

“The conference tournament needs to be on campus,” Reese wrote. “Playing in front of 250 people in an arena that fills 17k is pointless. Look at the environment of the Radford/Liberty or Florida Gulf Coast University/Lipscomb games. That atmosphere is love. (This has nothing to do with our loss).”

Reese has a point. Let’s take the Radford vs Liberty game for example.

Those two teams play in the Big South conference, and the conference tournament is not played at a neutral site, but rather at the home arena of the higher seeded team, according to BigSouthSports.com.

Radford, who won on a game winning 3-pointer, played the game on its home court since it was the higher seed, and the arena was packed.

Carlik Jones hit the game winner for Radford.

“It’s one of the greatest feelings ever,” Jones said postgame, according to ESPN. Being able to play in front of a home crowd, with fans who are truly invested in the team, is more important than playing in a huge arena with no fans.

Also, for these smaller conferences like the MAAC that usually only have one team making the NCAA tournament, sometimes having the games at a neutral site can give lower seeds an advantage.

This year, the semifinals on the men’s featured No. 7 Quinnipiac, No. 6 Fairfield, No. 9 Saint Peter’s and No. 4 Iona. The top three seeds, Rider, Canisius and Niagara all failed to win a game.

Iona won the tournament for the third consecutive year, but it could’ve have been much different had the higher seeds been awarded with a home game for their better records in the regular season.

The MAAC clearly wants to make the conference tournament a big event, but sometimes allowing teams to play closer to their fans is better than sticking players on a big stage with no support.

What Reese said is true, the atmosphere in arenas for other conference tournaments is love, but in the MAAC that is simply not the case.

Why you should be watching Major League Soccer

Soccer is one of the most played sports in the United States. Yet, Major League Soccer (MLS), is not recognized with the same enthusiasm, advertising or stardom as other sports organizations.

Soccer is the most universal and accessible sport in the world. Even still, the U.S. doesn’t appreciate it as much Staff Writer as baseball and football.

In 2017, about 7 percent of Americans said soccer was their favorite sport to watch. This percentage is close to even with baseball, which has declined drastically over the past couple of years, according to a poll conducted by Gallup. Conversely, over 15.86 million people played some sort of competitive soccer in the United States in the spring of 2017, according to Statista.

If soccer is such a prominently played sport in the U.S., then why isn’t anyone watching?

The MLS was officially formed in 1995 and started in 1996 with 10 teams from cities around the country. As years progressed, MLS did not grow in popularity like the organization had planned.

In fact, only recently did viewership of games dramatically increase. Last season, there was a gross total of 23.6 million views, an increase of 41 percent from the 2014 season, according to Sports Business Daily.

The rapid increase in people watching is primarily due to the contracts made with ESPN, FOX and Univision, which all had significant impact on spreading the popularity. In addition, new teams added to the Eastern and Western conferences has brought big name city teams into the running, with them a large following. More and more people are starting to watch MLS, which is attracting more professionals to play in the U.S. In 2001, there were only ten teams in the league and now there are a total of 23, with the plan of settling at 28 within the next couple of years. The MLS is introducing new teams every year including David Beckham’s new Miami FC. This allows

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him to bring in big name players that are linked to him from his personal success as an athlete.

Will this be the move that breaks out the MLS? With a big name like Beckham running a team in the MLS, maybe more players will choose the U.S. as their athletic destination instead of European countries.

So why should you tune into MLS this season?

Well, there are a few reasons.

MLS is beginning to attract younger, prospective players with the opportunities to move on to more popular leagues in Europe. For example, Tyler Adams, a 19-year old midfielder (and occasional right back) from New York, is currently a starter for the Red Bulls and has two appearances with the U.S. men’s national team.

Adams started 22 of his 24 games played in the regular season and played a total of 1,994 minutes, according to mlssoccer. com. He immediately started to attract interest from European leagues, but chose to compete in the MLS for the 2018 season.

“I think that I can play a big role going forward,” Adams said during an interview with MLSsoccer.com. “A lot of other young guys probably have their eyes set on that as well. Now it’s getting on the field, getting experience, and moving forward.”

In addition, Andre Blake has been in the running for best goalkeeper in the MLS for the past two seasons. The 27-yearold Jamaican international player is the starting goalie for the Philadelphia Union.

Blake broke records last year, recording a season save percentage of 70 percent and an impressive 1.31 goals against allowed (GAA).

“Right now my main focus is Philadelphia,” Blake said during a conference call with MLS reporters according to MLSSoccer.com. “I’m not worried about the future. I’m gonna live in the now and continue to work hard and make my performance speak for itself.”

Like Adams, Blake had the opportunities to go play in Europe but chose to stay and play in the MLS. Major League Soccer has also attracted big named players like Beckham, most known for playing with Manchester United and Real Madrid, former Barcelona and Atletico Madrid player

David Villa, former U.S. national team captain Clint Dempsey and so many more. These names have brought a higher class of playing style to the pitch as well as fans from all over the world to tune into these players’ MLS matches.

Originally, the MLS was considered a “retirement league” where players came to wind down their career. Now, it is becoming one of the most popular and competitive leagues in the world.

Didier Drogba, former Chelsea star and recently retired from soccer after playing for the Montreal Impact and Phoenix Rising, compared the difficulty of the MLS to the English Premier League.

“It’s a different challenge [in the U.S.]. People think it’s easy to play there,” Drogba told Reuters in an interview. “Believe me, it’s more difficult than playing in the Premier League because of the travel. It’s a growing league and I think it’s going to be one of the most important and decisive leagues in the world in a few years.”

MLS has grown exponentially in the past few years in viewership, talent, and competition. It is a league that should be highly recognized across the country. Soccer is a world-renowned sport that needs more attention in the U.S. The season officially started Saturday March 3rd and will continue until the regular season ends in mid-October. You can catch games on ESPN, FOX, Univision, and local sports channels.

Every team and player dedicates a lot of time and effort into playing an entertaining and competitive 90 minutes of soccer.

Support a local team or find one that is interesting from across the country.

I really enjoy the MLS because I have the opportunity to go to my favorite team’s matches and watch them play in person.

Unless I traveled abroad, I would not be able to watch my favorite teams in the European leagues play live. The MLS allows me to bond with a community who shares a love of my team by going to matches and enjoying the atmosphere of a professional soccer team.

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The food-mood connection

Focusing on nutrition to improve mental health As someone highly susceptible to stress, anxiety and bouts of depression, learning how to prevent and cope with my negative Staff Writer emotions can be quite challenging. A few months ago, however, I started focusing on my diet and my life completely changed.

Despite the growing body of research on the link between food and mood, the impact of nutrition is often neglected in mental health treatment efforts. Many mental health professionals don’t even realize that the Western-style diet, which contains an excessive amount of unhealthy fats, refined sugars and carbohydrates, actually damages the brain.

“You can’t separate the mind from the body,” Robert Lechler, president of the Academy of Medical Sciences told The Daily Telegraph.

“Our model of healthcare is outdated. We have a separation. Mental healthcare is delivered by mental health professionals, psychiatrists, mental health nurses and so on, often in separate premises from where physical health care is delivered and that is simply wrong and we need to find ways to ever more closely integrate and train amphibious healthcare professionals who can straddle this divide.”

There is ample scientific evidence to support Lechler’s claim.

“Diet is the only way the brain gets what it needs to make the chemicals we call neurotransmitters,” Integrative Psychiatrist Henry Emmons, MD, author of The Chemistry of Calm

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told Experience Life magazine.

A diet high in processed foods, especially refined carbohydrates and sugars, increases gut inflammation, which prevents the brain from getting sufficient amounts of serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine and gamma-aminobutyric acid.

All of these chemicals convey signals throughout the nervous system, including the digestive tract, which is also the birthplace of many neurotransmitters and is where 95 percent of the serotonin in the body is produced, according to Experience Life magazine.

Serotonin is the brain’s “feel good” chemical that helps control mood, appetite and sleep. Eating sugary snacks spikes serotonin levels before they rapidly fall even lower.

“That’s why we crave carbohydrates and sweets when we are stressed,” Emmons said.

This coping mechanism is counterproductive because refined carbohydrates and sugars cause insulin to drive sugar from the blood into the cells, which results in a low-blood-sugar crash that feels like anxiety and fatigue. The National Institute of Mental Health finds that people with depression often have below average levels of serotonin.

“What we take into our body today becomes our brain of tomorrow,” Emmons added.

I was previously unaware that improving my eating habits would significantly alter my emotions and elevate my spirits. Sure, junk food made me feel great for a moment, but in reality, it made me feel worse in the long run. It’s the same as self-medicating with a drug. Refined sugars and carbs have a powerful effect on the reward centers of the brain. They release a large amount of dopamine and function similarly to drugs of abuse like cocaine and nicotine.

For the past two months, I’ve minimized my

intake of sugar and carbohydrates and started practicing what I call anti-anxiety eating. Since then, I’ve noticed extreme improvements in sleep, motivation, emotional resilience and energy. In my experiences, eating healthy enhances my ability to engage in productive activities, like exercise, which also improves brain health. Procrastination leads to stress and anxiety and now I find myself more focused in the classroom and efficient in managing my time. I just feel better.

Before I shifted to a diet rich in unprocessed meats, eggs, fish, fruits, vegetables and nuts, if I was told not to eat a candy bar, for example, I’d reply with something like, “Leave me alone, it’s fine. One candy bar isn’t going to kill me.”

Clearly it didn’t kill me, but there are huge flaws with that approach.

While eating healthy does in fact increase life expectancy, I should have been thinking about nutrition in terms of quality of life, not longevity.

After eliminating these damaging foods, I started to feel better on a daily basis, both mentally and physically. Sugar is an addictive substance, and one candy bar likely leads to another. That’s why when I ate too much and tried to stop, I got headaches and cravings, and more often than not, I’d give in to those cravings.

Refined carbs also led to rapid spikes in blood sugar and insulin levels. Foods like bagels, pizza, pasta, white bread and anything else containing flour, lack nutritional value because they’re stripped of almost all fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Most whole grain breads usually aren’t made with actual whole grains, since the grains are processed into flour. The bottom line is that even though some breads might be less bad than others, they all spike blood sugar to unhealthy levels.

Now I’m rarely tempted by such harmful

foods, and the more I stay away, the easier they are to resist.

Not only are symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression largely preventable by avoiding refined carbohydrates and sugars, but eating foods with the right nutrients releases the chemicals that make us feel good.

I’ve replaced these poisons (as I like to call them), partly with foods containing Omega-3 fatty acids, which can be found in certain fish, nuts, avocados and more. Omega-3’s improve brain health and stabilize blood sugar. Foods with antioxidative properties, like blueberries, nuts and leafy green vegetables, reduce gut inflammation and promote brain health as well.

It’s really easy to find the healthiest foods to eat once you are aware of the benefits. All it takes is the internet and a little bit of research.

One of the hardest parts about committing to a healthy diet, however, is thinking that it’s okay to eat a sugary snack for dessert because everything else you ate was nutritional. No it probably won’t kill you, but you will never see the full effects of what good nutrition can do for your mental health if you don’t cut it out completely.

What’s the worst that will happen if you don’t eat anything bad for an extended period of time?

Nothing. You will only feel better and begin to crave healthy foods you once found unappealing because your body is now used to them.

Sugar and harmful ingredients are hidden in almost everything, so it’s important to question the nutrition facts provided on a package.

There’s one simple saying I have: if it’s processed, put it back.

I used to live off of sugar and carbs. Now I avoid them at all costs, and life has never been better.

The Chronicle Talk Back Project The Quinnipiac Chronicle has started a weekly text conversation with students. Each Friday, look for our flyers with a different question. The questions will vary; we will ask about emotions, QU, the Hamden community and current events. All you have to do is text the keyword of the week to the number (203) 349-9741 to join the conversation!

Q: What makes you, you?

A: I did Girl Scouts all through high school and am now a Girl Scout for life.

A: I’m a proud lesbian.

A: Holding up signs at the hockey games.

A: What makes me unique is my ability to always be myself. Not a lot of people can always be true to who they are. What makes me me is being me and never losing that.

A: People say I’m funny and I like that a lot about myself.

Since students will be off campus next week for Spring Break, this week’s question will be released on Wednesday March 7. Here is a sneak peak at the next question! Text WALKOUT to (203)-349-9741 to join the conversation. Look for the flyers around campus on Wednesday!

Next issue’s question:

Q: If you were still in high school, would you participate in the National Walkout?

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Acting out

Theater professor Tom Schwans shares his life as an actor and how he breaks Quinnipiac students out of their shells

By ADRIANNA LOVEGROVE Staff Writer

Professor Tom Schwans entered stage left into the world of theater before he was in high school. Schwans was introduced to the world of theatre by his sister. While she preparing for her role as the high school teacher in “Up The Down Staircase,” a young Schwans would practice as a character that he would soon yearn to play.

“I don't remember his name, but he was a greaser-punk,” Schwans said. “It took place in the 60s. It was very much like ‘Grease.’ Everyone wants to do 'Grease.' And I got to help her learn her lines and I really wanted to play this like Danny Zuko type character.”

When he finally started high school, all he wanted to do was play basketball. But when his English teacher, who was also the theater director, approached him and suggested he audition for the upcoming school play, Schwans figured “why not.” That year he landed his first role as Peter Van Pels in “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

The feeling of performing live is very real and in the moment, according to Schwans.

The process of putting on a show either works or it doesn’t.

“Onstage you rehearse a lot and and you go through it and you have a process,” Schwans said. “The very least it's the week and it’s everybody in the same room, working together to make this thing happen and then you step out [onto the stage] and you're in front of an audience and you go and it's either happening or it's not.”

Unlike Hollywood, where there’s multiple takes and editing, the theatre does not give an actor a second chance to get it right.

It’s do or die. Despite Schwans’ talents, that pressure weighs on him.

“There is a moment where I stand backstage and I can't remember my first line and ask myself, ‘What if I don't go out there?”

Schwans revealed. "If backstage is far enough away from the actual stage, I'm usually pacing and making sounds and just trying to breathe.

One of the things I teach in my 'Acting I' class [DR160] is that we're afraid but we do it anyway. What I do is I take a deep breath in and I walk out on stage and I pray to God.” One quote that helps him through the stage fright is by Ray Bradbury, an author and screenwriter, reading, “First you jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.”

On top of the fear of stepping out on to the stage, is the fear that follows an actor off stage. The fear of failure.

Schwans explained that the hardest part about being an actor is the uncertainty, but that uncertainty and the thrill of it all is also satisfying.

“The fact that it's unstable,” he said.

“The fact that it's always changing. The fact that you always have to be on your game.

You have to ask friends for jobs. You have to ask friends for money, not to pay the bills but to run the theater company. But it's also the best part of it, the fact that it's not stable and then it's always changing.”

Rejection is a large part of acting. It is an inevitable aspect of life that everyone tries to avoid. But for an actor, they live in

a bubble filled with the constant possibility of rejection. That disappointment can often be earth shattering.

Schwans approaches rejection from an opposite angle. Instead of the actor depending on the casting crew, he describes the casting crew as desperate.

“Actors walk into a room for an audition and say ‘I have this problem I need this job,’” Schwans explained. “‘You will cast me and you will solve all my problems.’ But in reality, you don't actually have a problem.

The people on the other side of the table have a problem. They have a play and they need to cast. They already put a lot of money into the fact and sold tickets usually to a play they don't even have yet."

Schwans went on to explain just why he remains so confident in audition situations.

"They need you," he said. "You are the solution to the problem. So if I can walk into a room with that, ‘Oh this isn't my problem this is your problem. Here's my solution to your problem. And if you don't like my solution it doesn’t feel like a rejection,’ It feels like, ‘Oh you just didn't like my solution? That's fine.’”

“The fact that it's unstable... But it's also the best part of it, the fact that it's not stable and then it's always changing.”

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THEATER ARTS PROFESSOR

In addition to teaching at Quinnipiac, professor Schwans currently runs a theatre company, called The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project, that he formed during his time at Brown University. His company now runs out of New York City, where he currently resides.

Schwans is also an adjunct professor at Fairfield University. Right now, he is directing a play at Fairfield called “The Spitfire Grill,” a musical following a woman’s reimmersion into society after being released from prison. “The Spitfire Grill” currently stands as Schwans’ favorite play.

He also directed the screenplay “Doubt” at Quinnipiac last fall.

He has become an influential member of the Quinnipiac family. He is involved with the programming of the theater department, he teaches in the acting and directing curriculum and he also directs for the MainStage season, according to the theatre program director, Kevin Daly.

“He's a talented actor in his own right with an immense amount of professional experience that he generously shares with our students,” Daly said. “He's a demanding professor that really challenges his students to be their best and I can see how much our students respect him and enjoy working with him. The strength of our program is the people we work with— and he's a big part of that.”

When he began teaching at Quinnipiac in

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Tom Schwans attempts to break Quinnipiac students out of the mindset of doing things 'right' and instead encourages them to explore their creativity when acting.

2009, he found himself having to break his students out of their molds. His students were set on getting everything “right,” he said.

“What’s interesting about the Quinnipiac student is that they are very goal oriented, very set in ‘how to do something right,’” Schwans said. “And as an artist… there is no 'right' because we’re creating art, and there is sort of an exploration and you can’t look at something at the end and go, ‘Oh I can do that,’ Well sure, because someone already did that. You can mimic that, but you can’t do it.”

One tactic he came up with to break his students out of that one track mindset is his singing policy. If you arrive late to class, he requires you sing the reason you are late in front of the entire class. By doing this, his students are forced out of their comfort zone, where there is no right or wrong.

“It's an exercise based on opening yourself up to the possibilities of being actually personal and real in a moment,” Schwans said.

“What college really is is, ‘I want the best possible outcome for the least amount of effort.’

Most students realize quickly that they don't have to be smart to get A's, they just have to

please the professor. So you become good at playing the game of being a student.”

Once the students break that barrier, where they feel like they can’t do it, the singing becomes easier.

“So the singing policy is really getting up in a realm of where you can't do it or that there's a right way to do it and what it turns into is an expression of you getting to say what you really want to say.”

When he’s not in a classroom, he is in the theatre. This summer, he will be involved a play called the “The Tin Woman,” which follows a woman who will undergo a heart transplant, a take on the well known Tin Man from “The Wizard of Oz.” He also works with medical students, often playing psych patients in simulated scenarios. Right now though, he is devoted to the Fairfield production of “The SpitFire Grill.”

“I'm immersed in it,” Schwans said.

“That's one of the things that happens. You eat, breathe, sleep all of it and if you don't love it when you're doing it it's torture.”

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Spoons up

By NICHOLAS SLATER & ALEXIS GUERRA

Move over Ben & Jerry’s, you've got some competition on campus. A new gelato delivery service has hit campus, catering to any student’s sweet tooth.

Gelato Q is an on-campus gelato business started by freshman entrepreneurship major Michele De Palo and sophomore marketing major Chris LoMonaco.

Gelato Q’s mission is simple: bring a quality dessert to its customers.

“I’m just a kid from Rome that wants to bring good gelato here,” De Palo said.

De Palo made his first delivery on Feb. 20, and now the company has filled over 100 orders.

Gelato Q began as a two-man operation in the Irma residence hall building, that offered three

flavors of gelato. Over 12 days of business and Gelato Q grew to a campus-wide delivery service, launched two more flavors and expanded its headquarters to Old Village.

Parents have begun placing orders for their student’s birthdays and fraternities have contacted them for larger orders. The company also hosts giveaways on their Instagram account for their customers.

The gelato itself is made in New Haven

by Gelato Giuliana, a small manufacturing company run by an Italian gelato maker.

With Giuliana, there are 48 flavors available, according to De Palo. Gelato Q plans to expand its flavors based on what the customers want through Instagram polls. Currently, De Palo and LoMonaco pick up the units from Giuliana in New Haven, but hope to have the gelato

delivered as the size of their orders increase.

De Palo and LoMonaco began their collaboration two weeks ago in an entrepreneurship class where De Palo brought in gelato samples to materialize his idea. This plan to sell gelato has been in the making for two years, according to De Palo, who noticed a lack of gelato in America after he moved from Rome in 2015.

De Palo and LoMonaco have brought their roommates into the business as well. De Palo’s roommate, entrepreneurship major Vazul Hites, runs finances for Gelato Q, among other duties.

LoMonaco’s roommate, sophomore J.D. D’Elia, does delivery for the business.

Gelato Q has two freezers (one in Irma and one in Old Village) where it keeps the units.

The freezers are low-wattage and run like mini-

fridges, according to LoMonaco.

Aside from the taste, Gelato Q is proud of how convenient the service is.

“You don’t have to change out of your pajamas to get some [gelato],” LoMonaco said.

Orders can be placed through Instagram direct message (@_gelato_q) any day of the week. Gelato Q currently offers five flavors: Roman vanilla, chocolate, blood orange, pistachio and espresso. Payments of $9 a pint can be made through Venmo or cash. Gelato Q also offers a $6 option if you preorder the gelato for Friday night.

As the business continues to prosper, De Palo and LoMonaco plan to not only expand the number and variety of flavors Gelato Q offers, but also expand the service to the York Hill campus.

Our views on Gelato Q Gelato Guiliano

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Roman Vanilla

Pistacchio

Nicholas Slater:

NS: Wow, was pistacchio a nice surprise. The flavor was not overbearing, and the chunks of pistachio added a little crunch to the creamy texture. 5/5 AG: For not being a huge fan of pistacchio, I was impressed by how much I enjoyed it. The texture and taste of the pistachio wasn’t overpowering would atlike to welcome back all. 4/5

The Roman Vanilla was very creamy and had a richer flavor compared to basic vanilla flavors. 5/5 Alexis Guerra: Roman Vanilla was not your average vanilla ice cream flavor. It was the perfect amount of sweet unlike other vanillaflavored desserts. 5/5

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Blood Orange

Espresso

NS: Blood Orange stole my heart. The sorbet- NS: esque texture was a nice change from the other the creamy flavors. The orange and raspberry blended well together and popped on the taste buds. 6/5 AG: Blood Orange wasn’t as creamy as the other flavors due to it being dairy-free. I thought it tasted refreshing. It’s a flavor I would order for warmer weather. 3.5/5

Personally not a coffee guy, but Espresso had a nice robust flavor, not too powerful.

(Robust is a coffee term, right?) 5/5 AG: The Espresso gelato was my favorite out of the four flavors that I tried. It tasted fresh and sweet despite the coffee aftertaste. 5/5

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Oscar turns 90

The 90th Academy Awards focus on inclusivity and history

By LINDSAY PYTEL

Associate Arts & Life Editor

The 90th annual Academy Awards, or the Oscars, stunned audiences with its noticeable inclusivity and sense of nostalgia.

Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars on March 4. The show opened in black and white, the same way it began 90 years ago.

His opening speech was focused on the history of the Oscars, the importance of the movie industry and the people in it—a theme he kept coming back to throughout the night. Kimmel made sure the focus stayed on that theme, making light-hearted jokes, but never going too far over the top. The biggest joke he made was about giving away a jet-ski for the person who gave the shortest speech.

Kimmel’s laid back attitude was comforting when most award shows tend to be overly focused on being as political as possible.

That’s not to say he didn’t reference some important issues we’re facing right now in the United States including sexual harassment and the #MeToo Movement. For instance, Kimmel referred to the Oscar statue and why everyone in Hollywood loves it.

“Oscar is the most beloved and respected man in Hollywood. And there’s a very good reason why,” he said.

“Just look at him. Keeps his hands where you can see them.

Never says a rude word and most importantly, no penis at all.

He is literally a statue of limitations, and that’s the kind of men we need more of in this town.”

Inclusivity was also a major theme of the night. In the past the Oscars have been criticized for its undiversified list of nominees and winners in each category. The trending hashtag #OscarsoWhite in 2017 expressed the disappointment in the lack of diversity amongst nominees and winners. This year, it was much different.

Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph addressed the phenomenon while presenting the short-film Oscars.

“We are so happy to be here but a little nervous too, because a few years ago people were saying that, ‘Oscars were so white,’” Rudolph said.

Rudolph then mentioned that since then there has been a lot of

progress made to take back that statement.

"But when we came out together we know some of you were thinking, ‘Are the Oscars too black now?’" Haddish said.

Rudolph then commented on the true lack of change in the Awards.

“But we just want to say, ‘Don’t worry,’” Rudolph said. “'There are so many more white people to come.'”

This year the Oscars did honor many diverse artists, including Jordan Peele, who is the first African American to win “Best Original Screenplay” for his movie “Get Out." Another winner was “Coco” for “Best Animated Film,” where producer Lee Unkrich thanked Mexico for the win during his speech. “‘Coco’ would not exist without your endlessly beautiful culture and traditions,” Unkrich said. “With ‘Coco’ we tried to take a step forward toward a world where all children can grow up seeing characters in movies that look and talk and live like they do. Marginalized people deserve to feel like they belong.

Representation matters.”

The most talked about acceptance speech, however, was Frances McDormand’s win for “Best Actress,” for her role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” bringing it back to the empowerment of women.

“If I could be so honored to have all the female nominees in every category stand with me in this room tonight,” McDormand said. “Look around ladies and gentlemen, because we all have stories to tell and projects we need to be financed... I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen, ‘Inclusion rider.’”

Kimmel, however, wanted to do more to honor the people who go to the movies. So, he grabbed famous stars including Gal Gadot, Mark Hamill and Lupita Nyong’o and walked over to the theater across the street where a group of people were seeing a first screening of Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time.” The audience was stunned when the celebrities walked in with snacks and finding out that they were on the Oscars.

“We were talking about our appreciation for people who go to

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Celebrities celebrated diversity and inclusivity at the 90th Academy Awards Ceremony. the movies, and that is you guys,” Kimmel said.

The Oscars even went on as to making history for presenters. Daniela Vega is the first transgender individual to present an award at the Oscars.

“Thank you for this moment,” Vega said. “I want to invite you to open your hearts and your feelings to feel the reality, to feel love. Can you feel it?”

Honoring 90 years, timeless actors and actresses like Eva Marie Saint and Rita Moreno presented awards, adding to the sense of nostalgia. Emotional montages of past movies and past winners were also shown during important moments of the night— including before presenting the awards for “Best Supporting” and “Best Actor and Actress.”

Major winners of the night included Allison Janney for “Best Supporting Actress” for her role in “I, Tonya,” “Best Supporting Actor” Sam Rockwell for his role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Best Actor” Gary Oldman for “Darkest Hour” and “The Shape of Water” for “Best Picture.”

Comedy and crime collide in “Little Shop Of Horrors” Renowned dark musical took center stage at Quinnipiac this weekend

By ALIZA GRAY Staff Writer

Quinnipiac got a little bit scarier this weekend as the hit musical “Little Shop of Horrors” took the stage in the Theater Arts Center.

“Little Shop Of Horrors” is a horror-comedy rock musical that began as an Off-off Broadway show in 1982. The term “Off-off Broadway” is used to characterize productions that began in New York City’s more informal venues and are typically more experimental in style than Off-Broadway productions. In the years that followed the show was produced and ran across the U.S. abroad and was even adapted into a film by the same name in 1986.

Quinnipiac’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” has been in the works for over a year, when director James Noble sat down with Theater Program Director Kevin Daly to discuss what musical they should tackle for the spring 2018 semester.

“It’s about trying to find work that showcases students’ talents but that also challenges them and stretches them a little bit outside of their comfort zone,” Daly said.

This year’s production was surrounded by especially high levels of anticipation, as it is the first of Quinnipiac’s spring musicals to debut in the Theater Arts Center, which opened in fall of 2017.

“It’s a game changer,” Daly said of the Theater Arts Center.

“We can do things in this building we could never have done before. I think it will attract prospective students and make our program with our current students that much better.”

As soon as the lights dimmed, the audience’s attention is immediately captured by the appearance of three doo-wop singers, portrayed by Kit Katriel, Regina Gunther and Nicole Mawhirter.

The trio sang the play’s title and warned the audience of the horrors that lay ahead. Their dazzling smiles never wavered, as they snapped their fingers and sang sweetly, making their warning much more sinister. All of this irony and intrigue made for a memorable start to a remarkable performance.

The opening scene brings the audience back to the 1960s, inside the seedy floral shop that acts as the backdrop for the vast majority of play’s events. Mushnik’s is located in Skidrow, a squalid section of New York City where, “depression is the status quo.”

On the brink of bankruptcy, Mr. Mushnik, played by senior theater and media studies double major Ryan Devaney, the floral shop owner, is ready to close doors for good. That is until his employee Seymour, played by senior film, television and media arts major Louis Napolitano, introduces him to Audrey II, a peculiar plant he picked up that he’s certain will generate enough curiosity to draw in more customers.

Seymour is right. Audrey II, whom he named after fellow floral shop employee and eventual love interest Audrey, played

"Little Shop of Horrors" was the first spring musical performed in the new Theater Arts Center. by sophomore theater and media studies double major Lauren Salatto-Rosenay, peaks everyone’s curiosity. Soon Mushnik’s is busier than ever and Seymour gains recognition for discovery Audrey II, a plant unlike anyone in Skidrow had ever seen before.

Early into the production Audrey II’s dark secret is revealed; it doesn’t feed on sunlight and soil like your typical houseplant.

Instead, it has an insatiable thirst for human blood.

Seymour is taken aback when he makes the discovery, but the odd plant is bringing Mushnik’s so much business that he chooses to indulge the homicidal plant.

Soon Seymour begins to kill just to satisfy Audrey II’s evergrowing appetite. The man-eating plant’s first victim is Orin Scrivello, played by sophomore theater major Paul Zopatti, Audrey’s sadistic boyfriend.

Eventually, Mr. Mushnik and even Audrey fall victim to the killer plant’s bloodlust. Seymour, more famous than ever, is driven mad by his guilt. The play concludes after a helpless and regretful Seymour flings himself into Audrey II’s jaws.

The plot of the production might be dark and twisted, but the experience of watching its events unfold is anything but frightening. Throughout the two-hour performance the audience is almost constantly laughing. The black humor of the play is delivered expertly, keeping everyone in stitches.

In terms of comedy, perhaps the most impressive performance is that given by Zopatti.

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Throughout the play Zopatti portrays several characters, however, his primary role is as the perverse greaser-turned dentist who dates Audrey prior to being devoured. Zopatti’s animated and outrageous portrayal of Orin Scrivello DDS, and every other role he plays, enthralled the audience.

One of the most exceptional performances was given by an actor who the audience never even saw. Nicholas Fetherston, a freshman theater major acted as Audrey II’s puppeteer.

Bringing the “Horror” in the “Little Shop of Horrors” to life was no small feat, as Fetherston spent the two-hour production sweltering inside the murderous plant.

The music of “Little Shop Of Horrors” was a character in and of itself. From the distinctive sound of 1960s rock and roll to the ironically upbeat doo-wop, the soundtrack of the production was center stage.

Each actor gave a spectacular vocal performance, particularly Salatto-Rosenay. She belted a tune about her character Audrey’s intense desire to leave the squalor of Skidrow behind and settle in the suburbs. She sang of mundane things like mowing the lawn, chain link fences and “the smell of Pine Sol,” but in such a stunning way that those everyday sights and smells sounded like the things of fairy tales.

Delightfully quirky and funny, “Little Shop of Horrors” was an unforgettable production carried out by an immensely talented cast and crew.

March 7, 2018

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Breaking up with spring break

By ADRIANNA LOVEGROVE & CHARLOTTE GARDNER

Spring break is portrayed to be one of the most epic times during students’ college years. Vacations to exotic places, meeting the love of your night or drinking the day away are some of the many images that have been created about the infamous school break.

Pop culture has idealized the seven-day period in many movies and TV shows.

In 1986, MTV launched its first "Spring Break" special in Daytona Beach, enforcing the reputation of drunken debauchery with an abundance of sexual behavior. The movie “Spring Breakers” directed by Harmony Korine, details the wild spring break of three college girls who end up being transformed into drug lords during their vacation. In “22 Jump Street,” pals Schmidt and Jenko party on a whole strip of beach with a crowd of riotous teens celebrating their spring break. Coincidentally drug lords are also involved in this movie too.

But how true are these depictions? Colleges don’t seem to have a big role, if any, when it comes to spring break. And most students are completely fine with just relaxing at home with their family to get a break from the challenges of school.

So how has spring break become transformed into a never-ending and often hazardous experience? These media representations have caused many to take spring break up to the next level and have caused many to test their limits when it comes to how risky they can make their behavior.

“If you watch every movie that has something to do with spring break, everyone’s drinking and going crazy so I feel like people think that that’s what they need to do,” sophomore psychology major Kayla Hoesly said.

In result, many dangerous scenarios have happened.

Most of all with a danger of binge drinking on spring break according to Forbes.

“Binge drinking is probably one the most concerning of all activities that college students engage in while on spring break,” Dr. Eric Collins, addiction psychiatrist, said in an interview with Forbes. “It is always on the minds of parents who ultimately know that it goes on.”

Binge drinking for a man is consuming more than five drinks within two hours and a woman consuming over four

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drinks within two hours.

In a study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the majority of college students binge drink, and during spring break it goes to the extreme. One study conducted by the American College of Health reports that on average, men will drink 18 drinks a day and women will drink 10 a day during spring break.

“I think a lot of kids are really stressed out during the year so they go out and they binge drink to try and relax,” sophomore biomedical science major, Amanda Norman said. “I know it’s definitely been a problem for college students.”

Binge drinking can have serious effects including alcohol poisoning, which needs immediate medical attention.

“It could be especially [dangerous] when you’re going to a place you’re not familiar with, something dangerous could happen that could put your life in jeopardy,” junior mechanical engineering major Kevin Osei said. “The rate’s very high because people could get roofied or drugged or people could slip something into your drink.”

Many deaths occur for college students because of hazardous behaviors.

“Every year, not just during spring break, thousands of kids are injured and 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries.” Forbes reported.

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Spring break is notorious for drunken hookups. Most people will be making their decisions while slightly intoxicated. While it’s important to practice safe sex, it goes beyond just STI’s and preventing pregnancy. Spring break also forces students to face the topic of giving sober consent and being sober enough to ask for consent.

Officials have reported an increase in sexual assault and battery during spring break, although it usually goes unreported.

The County Sheriff of one of the most popular spring break destinations, Panama Beach, Florida, Major Tommy Ford said it is important to report sexual assault, even if time has passed. After an assault, it is imperative to report it quickly so the police can collect as much evidence as possible.

"Many times the victim does not know the suspect other than having met that person hours to days earlier,” Ford said in an interview with WJHG-TV. “So it’s very hard to identify who the suspect is. Also they have alcohol related issues, which impair the ability to recall the circumstances or certain key detail. You may have delayed reporting which hinders our ability to collect the appropriate evidence. So working sexual assault during this time period is a challenge.”

So while spring break can be full of fun and amazing memories, there are precautions that should be taken. One week of care free fun, doesn’t have to end in a lifetime of regret.

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Making an 'Impact' Quinnipiac’s Panhellenic Council wins Gamma Phi Beta’s ‘Community Impact Award’ for its ‘Panhellenic Pride Week’

By LINDSAY PYTEL

Associate Arts & Life Editor

Quinnipiac’s Panhellenic Council for sorority life won the Gamma Phi Beta Panhellenic Community Impact Award at the Northeastern Greek Leadership Association (NGLA) Conference in Pittsburgh on Feb. 24.

“I was so excited when they announced Quinnipiac had won,” Panhellenic Vice President of Scholarship Cassandra Hardy said.

“As a sister of Gamma Phi Beta, I was especially excited because my sorority was recognizing the past years work of our Panhellenic Council.

It was great to see my sorority giving back to Greek life on our campus.”

The “Impact” award included a $250 grant and a plaque with “Gamma Phi Beta International Sorority College Panhellenic Award Presented to Quinnipiac University Panhellenic” written on it.

“Gamma Phi Beta Sorority presents annual Panhellenic Awards for successful College Panhellenic programs that promote a positive Greek image to the faculty/administration, campus and community,” according to the organization’s official website.

President of Gamma Phi Beta at QU Katlyn Carr says that the organization's headquarters recognizes a Panhellenic community every year, even at schools that don’t have a Gamma Phi Beta chapter.

“I was lucky enough to be at International Headquarters when we received this news and it was such an honor,” Carr said. “Our Panhellenic Council is doing wonderful work and deserves to be recognized for it.”

Quinnipiac’s Panhellenic Council is made up of individuals from different sororities on campus responsible for making sure all the women in Greek life are upholding the expected standards and are helping to organize events and programs that bring the QU community together, according to the 2017 Panhellenic President Samantha Eisenberg.

“From holding biweekly Panhellenic meetings open to the entire Panhellenic community, to our monthly scholarship competitions, to events that bring women together, we focus on the betterment of women in our community and building relationships with women of different organizations,” Eisenberg said.

Over 1,200 students from 107 schools attended the NGLA conference, according to the NGLA Conference Committee. Gamma Phi Beta specifically recognized QU’s Panhellenic Council for its “Panhellenic Pride Week” that took place from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 2017.

“Our selection committee felt that Quinnipiac's Panhellenic community best exemplified the award criteria for successfully planning and implementing a program that positively enhances the Greek image,” Gamma Phi Beta Managing Director of Marketing and Communications Maureen Walker said in an email.

“Panhellenic Pride Week” was organized by Eisenberg, and she said the purpose was to group together different chapters on campus and to take part in programs to encourage working together towards a common goal.

“I worked super hard on the application for the award – and the program itself and to know that we actually won made me feel like my hard work paid off and made me feel like our program truly made an impact to the community,” Eisenberg said.

Eisenberg mentioned the application process took a while to complete. It consisted of a description of the program, its goals, participants and a letter of recommendation—to name a few.

“It wasn't that it was so important that we won, but it just made it feel more real and that the program really did make a difference,” Eisenberg said. “Since those who choose the award weren't there (or) don't go to Quinnipiac, it just made me feel really good because they were able to see the

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The Quinnipiac Panhellenic Council received the Gamma Phi Beta Panhellenic Community Impact Award on Feb. 24 at the NGLA Conference. difference it made without physically seeing it.”

Panhellenic President for 2018 Emma Horn attended the NGLA conference and said she was overjoyed that Quinnipiac’s council had won that she stepped out of the award ceremony early to FaceTime Eisenberg to tell her the good news.

“My reaction was immediate tears as she is someone I have admired and loved since the moment I met her,” Horn said. “She transitioned me into my role as president and made it very clear (that) ‘Panhellenic Pride Week’ was her child. She put in endless efforts to make the week flawless.”

“Panhellenic Pride Week” consisted of many programs including making blankets for the pediatric unit of Yale-New Haven Hospital and food trucks on the quad to raise money for Circle of Sisterhood (the National Panhellenic Council philanthropy) – along with many other efforts.

One of the programs during the week was Penny Wars where students tabled in the Student Center working together to be the group who had the most donated pennies and the winners got $100 towards a charity of their choice, according to Eisenberg. Proceeds for this program also went to Circle of Sisterhood.

“The goal of tabling was to have one person of each organization there at the same time so women would meet people outside of their chapter,” Eisenberg said.

Over the entire “Panhellenic Pride Week,” the Panhellenic community raised over $1600, according to Eisenberg.

“Throughout my term I knew I wanted to somehow leave a legacy in the Greek community and this program was the way to do it,” Eisenberg said.

Facebook turns to face recognition

By CHARLOTTE GARDNER Associate Arts & Life Editor

We all know the “My FBI agent is watching me through my camera” meme that has taken over Twitter recently. But it may have to be changed to “my 'FB' agent is watching me through my pictures.”

Facebook announced that it was taking its facial recognition technology, created in 2013, to the next level by using the recognition for other reasons than tagging people in pictures. The recognition system will be used to, “find photos you’re in but haven’t been tagged [in], help protect you from strangers using your photo and tell people with visual impairments who’s in your photo or video,” according to a userwide notification sent out by Facebook.

The statement ends with: “You control face recognition. This setting is on, but you can turn it off any time, which applies to features we may add later.” This message has made many users worried and has prompted many publications to publish articles solely based on how to turn off the setting.

What makes this announcement cryptic is the fact that this setting has been turned on for many users without their knowledge.

Although Facebook spokesperson Rochelle Nadhiri states that the setting isn’t defaulted, many users are using the facial recognition setting based on their previous settings before the system was updated.

“The new setting respects people’s existing choices, so if you’ve already turned off tag suggestions then your new face recognition setting will be off by default,” Nadhiri said in an interview with Wired. “If your tag suggestions setting was set to ‘friends’ then

your face recognition setting will be on.”

Facebook’s facial recognition isn’t the only method of surveillance they use to collect data from their users. The site also tracks your “likes” on the platform and how you use the site.

“We collect the content and other information you provide when you use or share services, including when you sign up for an account, create or share, and message or communicate with others,” Facebook stated in its privacy policy. “This can include information in or about the content you provide, such as the location of a photo or the date a file was created. We also collect information about how you use our Services, such as the types of content you view or engage with of the frequency and duration of your activities.”

Examples of this collection of data include if you watch a video concerning sports and then many other sports videos show up on your wall or if you like a page about “The Beauty and the Beast” and then many other pages related to “The Beauty and the Beast” pop up in your suggestions.

But the site doesn’t just collect this data, they sell it. Facebook takes data surveyed from users and then they sell it to advertisers as a way of giving users more relevant ads, according to Facebook.

“People also tell us they want more control over the ads they see,” Facebook Newsroom stated. “Starting soon in the US, we will also include information from some of the websites and apps you use. This is a type of interest-based advertising, and many companies already do this.”

The statement was followed up with

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Users can edit facial recognition settings, despite the feature being enabled by default. information about how to opt out of the “ad preference” feature by using the Digital Advertising Alliance opt out. However, this feature is also another that Facebook has seemed to implement under the noses of users.

Many users have become worried about these new technological features that collect data.

“Yeah, Facebook is really scaring the heck out of me with the face recognition crap,” Twitter user @dianarchin tweeted.

Another shared their concerns.

“PSA: update your Facebook privacy settings to disable face recognition,” user @ Boringstein tweeted.

This technology of facial recognition faced massive backlash after Apple released their iPhone X, which uses facial recognition to unlock the phone.

Apple introduced Face ID as a safer way to gain access to personal information stored

on the phone.

“Face ID is a secure and private new way to unlock, authenticate, and pay,” Apple said in a statement on its website.

“The Face ID feature is the dumbest thing Apple ever come up with @Apple,” tweeted user @AnnaFlaviaaa.

If your facial recognition setting is turned on and you don’t want to take part in the facial surveying, go to Settings, then go to Face Recognition and click “no” after the question “Do you want Facebook to be able to recognize you in photos and videos”.

As we advance into the realm of technology and the progress it will make in the future, facial recognition seems to be one of the most controversial trends. This being said, it shows no signs of coming to an end and seems that it will become heavily used in the years to come.

March 7, 2018

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Quinnipiac men’s basketball freshman guard Rich Kelly showed a knack for clutch performances this season

By PETER DEWEY Opinion Editor

This season, with the game on the line, Quinnipiac has constantly turned to one player — freshman point guard Rich Kelly.

If you look Kelly up on Twitter, you’ll find that his name is “Richie Drama.”

Whether that nickname is self-proclaimed or not, Kelly sure has a flair for the dramatic.

While his first season didn’t end the way he would’ve wanted with the team losing to Fairfield in the MAAC semifinals on Sunday, it was one in which Kelly turned some heads with his play.

Kelly’s latest late game heroics came this past Friday in the MAAC Tournament against No. 2 seed Canisius. His layup with under ten seconds to play gave the Bobcats a 72-69 lead, which held up as the final after Canisius couldn’t convert at the buzzer, sending the Bobcats to their first MAAC semifinals since 2014.

But what prompted Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy to call his freshman point guard’s number with the game on the line?

“He could tell by the look in my eyes,” Kelly joked when asked if he told Dunleavy he wanted the ball on the last play against Canisius. “Nah, whatever he calls, I run. I was just hoping he would call something for me and he did, so it worked out well.”

Dunleavy may not have decided by the look in Kelly’s eyes, but he had seen him succeed in this spot before.

“It was really similar to our game at Columbia where they had been really aggressively in all of their pick-and-roll coverages,” Dunleavy said. “[Canisius] was just really hesitant to bring another defender to [Kelly], so we just kind of ran the same play where we got him a layup at Columbia and to his credit he was just really aggressive with it.”

Just like at Columbia, where he hit a driving layup with just four seconds left for the win, “Richie Drama” put the game on ice for the Bobcats. “[Kelly] is a great example,” Dunleavy said. “His confidence has grown. Early in the year I worried if he would be able to hold up physically. I think he hit a little bit of a slump during the year, just physically and energy-wise, and now he’s completely bounced back and it’s cool to see.”

That slump ended around Feb. 17, when Kelly dropped a career-high 40 points in a

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Kelly stepped up his game as the season progressed, scoring in double figures in four of the last six games of the season, including two of the three MAAC Tournament games. double overtime loss to Fairfield. The Stags, the Bobcats opponent in the MAAC semifinals and who ended their season Sunday may have pulled out the win, but Kelly’s performance is still on head coach Sydney Johnson’s mind.

“First of all [Quinnipiac] has a really good player [in Kelly],” Johnson said of Kelly’s 40-point performance earlier this year against the Stags. “He exploited us.

It was on me in terms of we were respecting his drive and having him prove that he could shoot.”

Kelly proved just that. He torched Fairfield from beyond the arc, going 7-for-12, including the game-tying three in regulation, as well as two more to bring the Bobcats back from down five in the first overtime.

“Definitely just confidence in reps,” Kelly said after that game. “I practice a lot of those shots, I hit them a lot in practice. This year I have not been shooting the ball well, to my standards, or probably anyone’s standards, but I know I can hit those, so I was comfortable shooting it.”

Not only is Kelly confident in himself, but the coaching staff is as well. After the

40-point performance, Dunleavy emphasized his work ethic as the main factor.

“I think we all know [Kelly] had it in him,” Dunleavy said. “I think sometimes as a first year player you can go through ups and downs a little bit and if you look just strictly at his numbers you would see a down, but I just think he’s been very consistent in his approach. He’s come to work every day, so this was coming. Not in terms of the exact numbers but just him having a break out game.”

Kelly has shot 39 percent from the field and 31.7 percent from 3-point range this season. His 11.1 points per game (PPG) were second on the team and his 4.7 assists per game (APG) led Quinnipiac and was fourthbest in the conference.

Not bad for a freshman point guard.

“Rich has done a great job for us all year,” Dunleavy said. “He’s been in a tough position as a freshman to have the ball in his hands and be a point guard. He’s grown throughout the year, I think he’s done a great job for us and I think these experiences will carry forward for him.”

He may not be the biggest or most ath-

letic guy on the court, but that doesn’t stop him from making a major impact. Part of the reason that Kelly always seems to have the ball in his hands at the end of the game is because of his great ability to maintain the pace and the flow of the game.

“He really controls the game,” Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos said after Quinnipiac defeated the Saints in the first round of the MAAC tournament on Thursday. “You would’ve picked him last in pickup if you walked both [Siena and Quinnipiac] out there. That says a lot about the kid.”

Kelly’s veteran-like calmness and composure has been noticed by his teammates as well.

“He’s good,” senior guard Cam Young said when asked about Kelly’s ability to communicate and direct the team while on the floor. “He gets us into all of our sets, offense or defense.”

As the year has progressed, Kelly grew as a leader for the Bobcats, always directing traffic from his point guard position and improving as a vocal leader as well.

“I think communication is big with being comfortable with everyone,” Kelly said. “It takes time to build that. You have to build trust.”

Now, with the Bobcats forming even more of a bond over this tournament run and Kelly playing a crucial role, that trust is stronger than ever.

“I think we’re really like a family at this point,” Kelly said. “I know we’re a new team, with like six or seven new guys, so it took awhile but we really bonded over the season, and we’re at the point where we can say anything to anyone on the team and they know it’s coming from the heart and that we’re just trying to help them.”

The Bobcats exceeded expectations in Albany, partly in thanks to big performances from Kelly, who averaged 13.7 PPG in the tournament.

If the Bobcats are in another nail-biter, they know who wants the last shot.

“I want the ball for my own ego, I guess,” Kelly said with a laugh. “I’m confident in myself to make the right play, but really as long as we get a good shot off, I’m fine with whoever has the ball.”

Dunleavy and the Bobcats are confident too, especially if the ball is in No. 15’s hands.

Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse rolls past New Jersey Institute of Technology

By SEAN RAGGIO Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team defeated the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on Saturday at the Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium by a final score of 18-6.

“I thought we came out, played really well coming out of the gate,” Quinnipiac head coach Eric Fekete said. “It was a tough week last week coming off the loss and we talked early in the week about the need to respond every time and to be able to endure losing and then handle winning. It’s a good time when they’re locked on and they’re hungry and they’re moving in one direction it’s a very good group.”

Several Bobcats had multi-point days, including freshman attack Jake Tomsik with a three-point outing, as well as junior attacks Mike Fletcher and Foster Cuomo, who each had seven points. “[I] didn’t try to do too much, just tried to find space off ball and the guys got me the ball,” Cuomo said. “All credit to my teammates today.”

Those seven points, four of which were goals, helped to propel the Bobcats (2-2) to an enormous first half lead. By the end of

the first half the Bobcats were ahead of the Highlanders (0-6) 16-1.

With a lead of that magnitude, players could start to take their focus off the game.

But it’s this focus and playing a complete game that is often a subject that comes up at practice, according to Fekete.

“Big leads are not our friend, we’ve struggled sometimes being up,” Fekete said.

“One of the things we talk a lot about is each game is four quarters, but we have 148 quarters to play in the season so we have to keep moving all the time.”

Another stat that fell in the Bobcats’ favor was that of faceoffs won. They finished the tilt with 23 won to just four lost.

“I’ll give [NJIT] coach Esposito a lot of credit and our wing guys,” Fekete said. “[Senior midfielder Will Vitelli] does a lot of the work, he’s the backbone of the operation.”

With a lead so large, it’s natural for subs to get more playing time. With that playing time came some late penalties, as the Bobcats finished the game with five penalties for 4:30. That’s not something that’s concerning, in regards to his bench players, according to Fekete.

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Saturday’s 12-goal margin of victory was the largest for the Bobcats since April of 2010.

serve to play,” Fekete said. “I’ll keep them on no matter what.”

One Bobcat kept off the scoresheet on Saturday was senior midfielder Brian Feldman. Feldman is in search of his 100th career goal, which would make him only the fourth player in program history and the first in the last 16 years to accomplish this feat.

“The guy’s been snakebit, I think he hit like three pipes today, he hit three last

week,” Fekete said. “I think everyone’s like ‘let’s just get him this and move on to what we have to do next.’”

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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 5, Yale 1 – Friday Scott Davidson: 1 goal, 1 assist QU 4, Yale 1 – Saturday Odeen Tufto: 1 goal, 1 assist MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 67, Siena 58 – Thursday Rich Kelly: 18 points, 5 rebounds QU 72, Canisius 69 – Saturday Cam Young: 17 points, 11 rebounds Fairfield 74, QU 64- Sunday Young: 24 points, 7 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 83, Monmouth 44 – Friday Carly Fabbri: 19 points, 3 assists QU 82, Rider 62 – Sunday Aryn McClure: 24 points QU 67, Marist 58 – Monday Jen Fay: 23 points, 10 rebounds MEN’S LACROSSE QU 18, NJIT 6 – Saturday Foster Cuomo: 5 goals, 2 assists WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU 16, Hartford 4 – Wednesday Ashley Bobinski: 2 goals, 3 assists QU 11, Sacred Heart 8 – Saturday Allison Kuhn: 3 goals Hofstra 13, QU 4 – Tuesday Bobinski: 2 goals BASEBALL Gardner-Webb 5, QU 1 – Friday Gardner- Webb 6, QU 2 – Saturday QU 13, Gardner- Webb 3 – Sunday ACROBATICS & TUMBLING QU 284.01, King Univ. 254.635 – Saturday SOFTBALL Bucknell 12, QU 9 – Saturday Towson 4, QU 1 – Saturday St. John’s 9, QU 0 – Sunday

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MEN’S LACROSSE QU at Fairfield – Tuesday, 3 p.m.

QU vs. Wagner – Saturday, 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. Sacred Heart – Saturday, 12 p.m.

BASEBALL QU at Old Dominion – Friday, Saturday, Sunday WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NCAA Championships – Friday, Saturday SOFTBALL QU vs. Southern Illinois – Friday 2 p.m.

QU vs. Maine – Friday 4:15 p.m.

QU vs. Saint Joseph’s – Saturday, 2 p.m.

QU vs. Bethune-Cookman – Saturday 4:15 p.m.

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March 7, 2018

GAME OF THE WEEK

Quinnipiac women’s basketball wins second straight MAAC Championship The Bobcats are heading back to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years

By CONOR ROCHE

Associate Sports Editor

The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team repeated as Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Tournament champions and won its third in four years following a 67-58 victory over Marist on Monday in Albany.

“I thought it was a great game, a great matchup,” Quinnipiac head coach Tricia Fabbri said. “Marist has had such a good year this year and our two previous matchups were single-digit, overtime, double overtime (games) and I think on the women’s side (of the bracket) the matchup that everyone was looking forward to.

They got a great game.”

The win completes a perfect 21-0 season for the Bobcats in the MAAC to give them their first back-to-back conference tournament championships in school history.

“I’m excited that we were able to do something that we haven’t done before in going back-to-back,” Fabbri said. “We’ve been really good in the odd years, so now in [2018] we break through in an even year.”

As for what happened in the game itself, the Red Foxes went toe-to-toe with the Bobcats for the first 36 minutes of the game, even leading at halftime, 35-34. But with 3:42 remaining, with the Bobcats leading 55-53, senior guard Carly Fabbri knocked down a 3-pointer to put the Bobcats up by five.

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Junior forward Aryn McClure scored her 1,000th career point in the first half of Monday’s MAAC Championship game.

After Marist junior guard Maura Fitzpatrick made a pair of free throws on the next Marist possession, redshirt junior forward Jen Fay knocked down a 3-pointer to put the Bobcats up 61-55 with 2:56 remaining and the Red Foxes never came within a single score for the rest of the game.

After scoring just four points on shooting 2-for-8 in the first half, Fay’s 3-pointer capped off a strong second half to give her a game-high of 23 points and 10 rebounds to secure her the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. “[Quinnipiac associate head coach Mountain MacGillivray] said in practice that if you miss the first 10 shots, you’re always going to shoot the 11th one,” Fay said. “Even at halftime he told me don’t stop shooting and I said, ‘I won’t’ and finally some went down.”

However, Fay was close to not playing. She revealed that she had a

left knee injury and talked to coach Fabbri about the possibility of not playing. One team official even said that she was in tears from the pain.

“Yesterday in the game, she came down just awkwardly,” Tricia Fabbri said. “She’s had some pain in the back of her leg that she’s been working out over the last couple of weeks. So, besides Jen being named MVP, the real MVPs were Dr. Wong, who traveled with us, Becky Miller, our athletic trainer, and our student trainer, Kelsey McDonough who did a fantastic job on working on Jen yesterday after the game and into this morning. We weren’t sure even in shootaround (if she was going to play).”

But that wasn’t going to stop Fay from playing for something she had been working on all season.

“I woke up, I wasn’t really feeling great and my mind wasn’t in it,” Fay

said. “My teammates were supporting me and it’s the championship game, it would take a lot for me not to play. So, I was just going to go out there and once the adrenaline started pumping and started sweating a little bit, there was no way I was coming out.”

Fay wasn’t the only player that the Quinnipiac training staff had to work on on Monday. Junior forward Aryn McClure left the game midway through the third quarter with an apparent leg injury before checking back in later in the quarter and hurting her right leg when she went up for a rebound.

McClure laid on the floor for several moments to a silent arena before being helped off by her head coach and a team trainer to the locker room.

But McClure came back in late in the third quarter. Coach Fabbri revealed that McClure had cramps.

She finished the game with seven points and nine rebounds and was also named to the All-MAAC Tournament team along with Carly Fabbri.

Of course, the most significant part of the win is that the Bobcats will now get to play in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season and the fourth time in program history. In 2017, Quinnipiac gained national spotlight during the tournament as it advanced to the Sweet 16 before being knocked off by South Carolina.

The Bobcats will not know their next opponent until March 12.

RUNNIN’ THE POINT

Stepping stone season for men’s basketball

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Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy finished his first season at 12-21.

By LOGAN REARDON Sports Editor

The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team was never supposed to end the season where it did.

The Bobcats were picked to finish 11th in the MAAC preseason poll.

They lost seven of their 14 players from last season. The starting lineup was filled with new faces.

Still, Quinnipiac made it to the final four of the conference tournament, the MAAC semifinals, before falling to Fairfield 74-64 on Sunday night.

“Anytime your season comes to an end, it can be brutal, especially when you feel like you’ve built a close bond with your team. That’s certainly the case with this group,” Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy said.

“We had our moment in the locker room after the game. It’s hard to finish this way, but I couldn’t be more proud of what we built and what we’ve become together.”

The Bobcats finished the season just 12-21, but after reaching the

MAAC semifinals in his first year at Quinnipiac, Dunleavy accomplished something that hadn’t happened in four seasons.

Like any season, Quinnipiac went through its ups and downs. There was the opening day win over Dartmouth to begin Dunleavy’s tenure. Then, there was four losing streaks of three games or more. The Bobcats started MAAC play 6-4, but finished just 7-11.

“This was a cool run for us, not because we won two games in the MAAC, just more so that we came together through adversity,” Dunleavy said. “One of the hardest things for us to do as a staff was to convince our guys that we could get better even though we had a tough schedule down the stretch, we lost seven of eight, but I thought we were getting better all the way through. This doesn’t happen by accident.”

All season Dunleavy has preached how he doesn’t want to use record to indicate the progress of his team, and

he didn’t waver from that after his season came to an end.

Throughout the MAAC Tournament, it was freshmen, guard Rich Kelly and forward Jacob Rigoni, that stepped up for the Bobcats. Kelly has been a leader for this team all season and been a key part in many victories. Rigoni averaged 9.8 points per game (PPG) for the season and scored in double figures in the last five games to close the year.

While Kelly and Rigoni definitely played a huge role this season, senior guard Cam Young was the Bobcats’ best player all year. Young averaged 18.8 PPG and 6.8 rebounds per game (RPG) en route to breaking the Quinnipiac men’s basketball Division I singleseason scoring record at 622 points and an All-MAAC Second Team selection.

What Young did this year after playing eight minutes last year was remarkable. A simple change in coaches altered the course of Young’s Quinnipiac career. “[Dunleavy’s] meant a lot to me.

He’s really pushed me,” Young said.

“Of course people know that I can score, but he challenged me in other ways like trying to get me going defensively. He brought the best player out of me. The stuff that I showed this season is a tribute to him and I just really appreciate it.”

While the loss stings for the team, it is clear that the program is in good hands moving forward.

That kind of relationship that Young and Dunleavy had shows just that.

In only one year together, Dunleavy formed bonds with his players that will never be forgotten.

“I told (the seniors) that what this program does become going forward, they’ve set the foundation for,” Dunleavy said. “Everybody

that’s coming back and everybody that’s coming in has a huge responsibility to carry forward what these seniors, Cam Young, Chaise Daniels, [graduate student] Alain Chigha and Greg Tarca, have built.”

The foundation has been set. The 2017-18 season will go down as the first step toward a greater goal. Winning two MAAC Tournament games is huge for the men, but this team should look to the women’s team for inspiration. The level that Quinnipiac women’s head coach has gotten that program to is what Dunleavy should shoot for.

Talking with coaches and other journalists at the MAAC Tournament in Albany, it is clear that Dunleavy is highly regarded.

Like Dunleavy said, replacing those four seniors will be difficult.

They each offered a value to this team whether it be on the court or in the locker room.

The incoming freshman class includes four guards, Tyree Pickron, Matthew Balanc, Tyrese Williams and Savion Lewis. The way that these players are integrated will be key in the early success for 2018-19.

“It’ll be different (this offseason),” Dunleavy said. “We kind of hit the ground running last summer and it was a little hectic just doing everything at once. So I think we have a little bit of a foundation set here, but we have a lot of new bodies coming in, a lot of new players. The new guys will have to learn our program and what we want our culture to be. We’re excited for that challenge.”

The challenge of getting better again next season awaits Dunleavy and the Bobcats, but the future is buzzing with hope after this season’s unexpected late run.

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Clockwise from top left: Sophomore forward Paige Warfel and junior guard Edel Thornton pose together moments after the victory; the team storms the court and celebrates immediately following the final buzzer; Bobcat teammates embrace during the postgame celebration; head coach Tricia Fabbri yells in joy to the crowd after cutting down the net.

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The men’s ice hockey team has won a playoff series in all 13 seasons since it has joined in ECAC Hockey.

Men’s ice hockey freshman forward Odeen Tufto became the sixth freshman to score 40 points in a season in Saturday’s win.

Senior men’s basketball guard Cam Young scored 622 points this season, the highest in Division I program history.

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Women’s basketball redshirt junior forward Jen Fay scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the MAAC Championship Game vs. Marist. Her 19 points in the second half helped catapult the Bobcats to the title and gave her the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

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Survive and advance

The Bobcats move on to the ECAC Hockey Tournament Quarterfinals against No. 1 seed Cornell following a weekend sweep over Yale in New Haven

By JUSTIN CAIT Web Director

For the first time since the 2005-06 season, the Quinnipiac men’s hockey team was on the road to start the ECAC Hockey Tournament.

The No. 9 seed Bobcats started off the best-of-three first round series against Yale with a 5-1 win on Friday night, then completed the weekend sweep over No. 8 seed Yale on the road after a 4-1 win on Saturday night.

On Saturday, the Bobcats (16-16-4) piled 30 shots on goal and received four goals from four different players, while both freshman forward Odeen Tufto and sophomore defenseman Brogan Rafferty recorded (one goal, one assist) multi-point nights.

Freshman goalie Keith Petruzzelli made 20 saves in his second consecutive start and the Bobcats accomplished their defensive goal of shutting down Yale’s (15-15-1) leading point-scorer Joe Snively, who was held to no shots on goal on the night.

“We were definitely keen on Snively,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said.

“We wanted to make sure we were going to have layers with him and every time he beats a guy, there’s a second guy and if he beats him there’s a third. I thought we frustrated him and did a good job both nights.”

In the first period of play, the Bobcats heavily out-possessed Yale, controlling play in their offensive zone for the majority of the period. However, despite throwing 11 shots on net, Yale goalie Corbin Kaczperski was rock solid, stopping every shot he faced.

Quinnipiac’s offense continued to dominate into the second period, but began to find results at 4:11 on its second power play opportunity of the night.

At the tail end of the man-advantage, Tufto made a no-look backhand pass from beneath the goal line to find a wide-open Chase Priskie, who made no mistake for his 11th goal of the season.

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The Bobcats outscored the Bulldogs 9-2 in two games this weekend and went 3-1 against Yale in four matchups this season.

Tufto’s 32nd assist of the season was one that came with a batch of program milestone as well.

He tied Brian Herbert’s (‘03) record (which was set in the 1999-00 season) for most assists as a freshman, became the first freshman since Sam Anas (‘16) in 2013-14 to record at least 40 points in a season and is now just the sixth Bobcat to score 40 points or more in his freshman year.

“It’s nice,” Tufto said of his achievements. “When you have good teammates and good coaches who give you opportunities like that it helps to be successful.”

Seven minutes later, Tufto found the

back of the net for a goal of his own. Senior forward Tanner MacMaster threaded the needle from one hash mark to the other, where Tufto snapped a shot past the blocker of Kaczperski for his ninth of the season and a 2-0 lead.

The Bobcats continued their commanding night midway through the third period when Rafferty danced his way around Yale defenseman Billy Sweezey, made a quick move on a partial breakaway and snuck a backhand shot past Kaczperski’s five-hole to make it a 3-0 game.

“I made a risky move to the middle and

it worked out,” Rafferty said of his fourth goal of the season.

However, with their season on the line, the Bulldogs refused to go down without a fight. At 13:22, Yale forward Kevin O’Neil narrowed the Bobcats’ lead to 3-1 off a quick wrist shot from the top of the right circle.

But that was the rest of the even-strength scoring on the night.

The Bobcats stayed sound defensively, blocking eight shots in the third period before sophomore forward Alex Whelan scored his second empty-net goal in as many nights to solidify a 4-1 victory and a series sweep over Yale.

“We knew coming in that it’s hard to end a team’s season and I think we were all hyped for it,” Tufto added. “We knew they were a little down, so we could jump on them early and when we did, we took over offensively.”

With the win, the Bobcats move on to the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals, in which they will travel to Ithaca, New York to face the ECAC Hockey No. 1 seed and nationallyranked No. 2 Cornell.

While Quinnipiac is 0-2 in its regular season meetings against the Big Red in 2017-18, both games have been decided by one goal. The first meeting on Nov. 3, was a 2-1 loss at Cornell and the latter was a 1-0 game on Jan. 6 in Hamden.

The low-scoring affairs are in part due to Cornell freshman goalie Matthew Galajda, who is third in the nation in terms of save percentage (.941) and leads the nation in both goals against (1.49) and shutouts (8).

“It’s a really good team. Their committed and their goaltender is the differencemaker,” Pecknold said on Monday. “He makes saves. When you’ve got a .941 (save percentage) you’re going to win a lot of hockey games, so we’ve got to find a way to score some goals and defend well on the weekend.”

Quinnipiac men’s basketball falls to Fairfield, season ends in the MAAC semifinals

By PETER DEWEY Opinion Editor

The March magic ran out for the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team as it fell to Fairfield 7464 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) semifinals on Sunday in Albany.

The Bobcats didn’t go down without a fight.

Despite trailing by as many as 12, they battled back to take a one point lead with under eight minutes to go in the second half.

“Our guys, like we have all year, kept coming,” Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy said. “They didn’t quit. They were talking to each other as they came off the court and in the huddles. I was really proud of them.”

The Bobcats got off to a slow start for the second consecutive game, and Fairfield’s sophomore guard Ferron Flavors Jr. made them pay. Flavors, who led the Stags with 21 points and a game high 11 rebounds, hit four of his first five 3-pointers to help the Stags gain an early advantage.

While Quinnipiac was able to hold AllMAAC First Team senior guard Tyler Nelson under 20 points, he was efficient, going 5-for12 from the field and 6-for-6 from the line en route to 19 for the game.

“Fairfield from the last time we’ve played

them they’ve gotten better, we’ve gotten better,” Dunleavy said. “They took it to just one more level than we could.”

Even though the Bobcats were able to claim the lead in the second half, Fairfield got multiple big shots from senior guard Jerome Segura to re-take the lead for good. Segura was also key in stopping the Bobcats freshman point guard Rich Kelly, as he held him to just seven points on 2-of-14 shooting.

“Defense is one of my roles on this team,” Segura said. “The coaches came up with a great defensive game plan and I just went out there and followed it. We changed the game plan the third time around and it worked. [Kelly] went 2-for-14. [Kelly] is a great player but I think our adjustment really got under him and it worked.”

Quinnipiac got a big game from senior guard Cam Young, who broke the school’s single season Division I scoring record with a game-high 24 points, giving him 622 total.

Quinnipiac will graduate four seniors, including Young, forwards Chaise Daniels and Alain Chigha [a graduate student] and guard Greg Tarca. With the loss still fresh, Young elaborated on his feelings of leaving the program.

“It sucks knowing I’m not going to be able to go to war with my guys,” Young said.

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Senior guard Cam Young had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the season-ending loss.

“It puts me down a little bit, but I love the way that we ended our season. I feel like we fought all season and that’s something people can say about us.”

As for this group, Dunleavy wouldn’t change a thing.

“The game didn’t end the way we wanted, but proud of our group,” Dunleavy said. “[There’s] no other group I would rather coach.

I thought they were awesome.”

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