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QUChronicle.com May 2, 2012 Volume 81 Issue 26

SPORTS

Opinion

Athletes of the Year, page 17

Chronicle seniors say goodbye, pages 8-9

RAIDED 12 arrested, 71 issued infractions at Whitbag By PHIL NOBILE Senior Writer

Local police arrested 12 underage drinkers and issued 71 infractions at Whitney Bar & Grille after a raid last Wednesday night. According to Hamden Police Captain Ronald Smith, 83 people were found to be under 21 inside the facility. “Sporadically, the Hamden Police Department does this throughout Hamden at various bars,” Smith said. “We happened to conduct the check this past Wednesday and found 83 individuals underage.” The 12 arrestees were charged with age misrepresentation for having fake identification on their persons as well as simple trespass. They were released on a written promise to appear in Meriden Superior Court on May

Arts & Life

Quinni-con attracts fans of all ages

Students surprised by unannounced, increased security By KATHERINE ROJAS News Editor

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Whitbag, a popular Wednesday night destination, was raided this past week by Hamden Police.

11. The other 71 students received infractions for simple trespass. Although Smith did not confirm if the underage kids were Quinnipiac students, a list of the individuals involved was provided to the university. Quinnipiac has declined to comment on the matter according to John Morgan, associate vice president for public relations. “Underage drinking is a serious problem,” Smith said. “What goes with that are kids driving drunk. Quinnipiac has had several students struck by vehicles. It is a public safety issue that will always need to be addressed.” Whitney Bar & Grille, known to most Quinnipiac students as Whitbag, attracts customers primarily through their Whitbag Wednesday night karaoke. While Smith told the Chronicle that the raid was a routine com-

pliance check, Whitney Bar & Grille Owner Leslie Gullo said her establishment was targeted specifically. “Based on the fact that the police told me that for two weeks they’ve had two undercover officers, I would say that it was planned,” Gullo said. “They had all semester to do this, any of the places on the Whitney mile. But they chose, in my opinion, a very wrong night.” Gullo and her family have owned the establishment for years, and, according to Gullo, have followed protocol with checking identification and turning away minors. Despite police assuring Gullo that she was following proper procedures for checking idenSee whitbag Page 3

Relay for Life successful despite May Weekend

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Relay for Life raised $72,123.19 for cancer research Friday night and more than $500,000 in its five years at Quinnipiac. By DAN GROSSO

Associate News Editor

The Quinnipiac community continued to show its support for cancer research as 670 participants attended the university’s fifth annual Relay for Life, raising $72,123.19 for the cause. Walkers came out to the American Cancer Society-sponsored event on Friday, April 27 and walked well into Saturday morning. The Relay teams raised $64,000 before the event began, and raised a

See pages 10-11 for top Instagrams and tweets from May Weekend

total of $72,123.19 after a night of fundraising and selling food, raffle tickets, bracelets and glow-necklaces. The event has raised more than $500,000 in its five years at Quinnipiac. “I think it’s great for QU to come together and walk towards a common purpose,” freshman Neha Molhotra said. Last year, Relay for Life fell on a normal weekend; however, this See relay Page 2

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See pages 18-19 for the top moments in QU sports for 2011-2012

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Starting last Thursday afternoon and continuing through the weekend, security increased its efforts in preparation for May Weekend by subjecting students to bag and trunk searches if they were walking across or driving onto campus. In last week’s Chronicle article, Chief of Security & Safety David Barger said security would treat last weekend as any other weekend because the university does not recognize May Weekend. “Security was heightened a bit after the article that was published in last week’s Chronicle,” Barger said. “[The article] said that a number of students were getting geared up for the weekend, T-shirts, this that and other things. So now we look at that and go ‘whoa, maybe we do need a few more officers here’ because of that.” According to students, security presence was not the same. Instead, security spent the weekend checking students’ bags and car trunks, telling students who were outside to pour out their cups. Sophomores Brian Blake and John Daly were walking to their residence halls on Bobcat Way returning from class Thursday night and were stopped by security, who searched their backpacks. “I understand that the Constitution doesn’t apply to us; we sign our rights away when we said we would come here because it’s a private institution, but consistency would be a little appreciated along with a little bit of probable cause,” Blake said. “I understand they have the right to do whatever they want, but I don’t see the reason for it. “There needs to be a good student-security-administration relationship, without that I feel like you don’t have any school community.” Barger reaffirmed on Tuesday that security followed its normal procedures this weekend, treating it like any other weekend. “We do this from time to time through both semesters, but it doesn’t seem to draw as much attention because I think it’s that whole now urban legend of what May Weekend is, or what it was,” Barger said. Hamden police also heightened off-campus surveillance to “keep the good reputation intact,” Barger said. “That went on last year during the same time, that same weekend,” Barger said. “The only thing that we did that was significantly different was we instituted the bicycles.” The security performances were not different on both residential campuses, according to Barger. See security Page 6


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