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APRIL 29, 2015
VOLUME 85, ISSUE 27
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President John Lahey made a surprise appearance and speech at a Delsole Street party hosted by WiGo on Saturday.
Wherever WiGo, Lahey goes
By SARAH HARRIS and TARA O’NEILL
Eight years ago, President John Lahey banned May weekend from the Quinnipiac campus. That ban didn’t stop more than 400 students from attending an off-campus party on sponsored by the app WiGo, however. The ban also didn’t stop Lahey from making an appearance at the party to give a speech and take pictures with students. “And you guys are living proof that May weekend still exists,” Lahey said in his speech during the surprise appearance. “I love you
all, have a great weekend and stay safe.” On Saturday, April 25, WiGo or “Who is Going Out,” an app used to make social plans on college campuses, held a party on Delsole Street in Hamden for Quinnipiac students. WiGo came to Quinnipiac after the school made it to the final four in the WiGo Madness tournament. Students poured out over the lawn and onto the street. The event was originally scheduled to be on Washington Street where WiGo student ambassadors live, but the party was relocated after Student Affairs reached
out to the students and asked them to not have the event, according to residents of the Washington Street home. Seniors Connor McNamara, Rich Borek and Nick McCloskey then volunteered to host the party. They said they were surprised by the amount of students that showed up. “We did not expect it to be what it was, we thought it was seniors only, and it clearly was not,” McNamara said. Every neighbor The Chronicle interviewed said they did not have a problem with the party and spoke fondly of the resident
students. “Let me tell you something, these guys are so good. Connor [McNamara], the day before, talked to me and my wife, and talked to us in the morning,” said Jose Vazquez, the students’ next door neighbor. Former Student Government Association Student Body President Mostafa Elhaggar reached out to Lahey and invited him to the event at Washington, according to Kenny Pilanski, a resident of the Washington Street See WIGO PARTY Page 4
Panhellenic changes recruitment to Labor Day weekend
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Panhellenic sorority recruitment will be sooner and much quicker in the fall 2015 semester, according to Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Courtney McKenna. Women interested in joining a Panhellenic sorority will be able to complete recruitment during Labor Day weekend, instead of having the process spread out over two weekends later in September, McKenna said. This change comes just two years after recruitment was moved to the fall semester. The university used to hold recruitment during two separate weekends to get the three necessary days needed for recruitment without interfering with class schedules. Holding recruitment during Labor Day weekend will allow it to be completed in just one weekend, rather than two, according to McKenna. Carli Costello, the former chief recruiting officer for Kappa Alpha Theta said the one-week
hiatus in the middle of the recruitment process can cause unease for potential new members. “Having to wait an entire week to find out if they are going to get asked back to their top choice [or choices] can be extremely nerve wracking,” Costello said. “Recruitment is supposed to be one of the most exciting weekends for potential new members, not one in which they are really anxious or worried.” McKenna said when recruitment was held on two weekends, they had it on two separate campuses because there weren’t enough large rooms on either campus to accommodate all of the students. But now that Panhellenic sorority recruitment will be held during Labor Day weekend, McKenna said recruitment can now take place solely on the Mount Carmel campus. “Because we do it that very first weekend, none of those intramurals and none of those [gym and dance] classes have started yet, so we have access to use the dance studios, which we normally wouldn’t have access to,” McKenna said. “And we wouldn’t have to have two sets of
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facilities staff working for two weekends.” This change also means that the Panhellenic Council will not need to spend as much money during recruitment because they won’t need to spend money for shuttles to transport the members and potential members to and from the York Hill campus.
“We are trying to make it a more user-friendly process... I think it will be really good and really beneficial.” – COURTNEY MCKENNA DIRECTOR OF FRATERNITY AND SORORITY LIFE Sophia Giuffrida, a junior in Alpha Chi Omega, said the change in location is better, but that having the event on Labor Day weekend isn’t. “I think it’s better that it’s all on main [campus] because it’ll probably go faster and flow
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easier,” Giuffrida said. “As for the three-day weekend, I don’t think it makes sense because it’s technically during a holiday and it’ll be a more hectic weekend.” This earlier recruitment has one downside, according to McKenna: lack of extra time to inform potential women about recruitment. “It does require the Panhellenic council, as well as my office, to think differently how we communicate to incoming students about recruitment because it is a quick decision,” McKenna said. She said they intend to inform students and provide insight into recruitment during admitted students day and orientation, as well as through emails and social media. The Panhellenic Council and McKenna decided this was a step in the right direction for recruitment because it provides a more complete experience. “We’re really trying to make it a more userfriendly process,” McKenna said. “I’m very excited. I think it will be really good and really beneficial.”
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