The Quinnipiac Chronicle Issue 27, Volume 82

QUChronicle.com May 1, 2013 Volume 82 Issue 27 Proud recipient of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors' award for 2012 & 2013 College Newspaper of the Year

Arts & Life Student’s commitment to service, page 14

May Weekend ‘fairly calm’

opinion Senior sendoffs, pages 8-9

Sports What Title IX means for university, page 20

QU reaches proposed Title IX settlement

By JULIA PERKINS News Editor

Last weekend, students celebrated the end of the year in honor of what used to be the university-sanctioned event May Weekend.

Although Chief of Public Safety David Barger described the campus as “fairly calm” over the weekend, he said a male student was arrested on Friday for Breach of Peace after he knocked on doors at the York Hill campus.

There were also a number of parties in offcampus Quinnipiac and non-Quinnipiac housing, according to Barger.

“The local police department monitors all sorts of social media in the area so they were actually very well aware of where a lot of this was going on, so they called us and told us where some of the parties were going on in town,” Barger said.

Public Safety, who increased security over the weekend, also took alcohol from underage students entering campus or at on-campus parties, Barger said.

“We actually received a great deal of information from working with the Hamden police department,” he said. “They were out within the neighborhoods and saw a number of our students coming to campus with alcohol.”

Public Safety checked students’ bags and cars throughout the weekend. According to Barger, Public Safety officers have probable cause to check students’ bags when they can see the outline of bottles.

Some students, however, felt that this measure was too extreme.

“I brought my visitor this weekend and they checked all of her personal belongings and I just kind of think it is a big invasion of privacy,” sophomore Tracey Hummel said. “I feel like it is for a good reason that they’re checking and they want everyone to See may weekend Page 3

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Quinnipiac volleyball head coach Kristopher Czaplinski talks to his team in a huddle in one of the team’s games in 2012. Under a proposed agreement, the volleyball team will be in place for at least the next three seasons.

By MATT EISENBERG AND JULIA PERKINS

Quinnipiac recommitted to the women’s volleyball team on April 26 when it settled Biediger, et al. v. Quinnipiac University, a lawsuit filed by members of the team. Athletes on the volleyball team sued in 2009 after the university tried to eliminate the team and replace it with competitive cheering.

With the proposed settlement, the university agreed to keep the volleyball team for the next three years, Vice President for Public Affairs Lynn Bushnell said. U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill still must approve this consent decree. The university will notify female athletes about the agreement and the athletes will be able to submit their objections or approvals of the consent decree, according to Jonathan Orleans, an attorney from Pullman and Comley LLC who represented Quinnipiac female athletes. Underhill will consider this feedback and approve or disapprove the consent decree on June 20, Orleans said.

“We on the plaintiff side, and presumably Quinnipiac, think that the decree is fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the class,” Orleans said. “We think that it should be approved and we’re very hopeful that the judge will approve it.”

The consent decree will be in effect until 2016, in which time the university should be in compliance with the federal law Title IX, Orleans said. Title IX, which started in 1972, is a law that requires that schools have equal opportunities for females and males.

“I think we accomplished a lot for female athletes at Quinnipiac,” he said. “I mean, if you just go through the consent decree and see all of the various benefits for women’s athletes that the university has committed itself to provide and the money it has promised to spend.”

The university will add scholarships to several women’s sports teams, including the women’s cross country, women’s rugby and women’s track teams. All women’s sports will receive at least half the number of scholarships allowable by the NCAA. Under the settlement, the university will implement a policy requiring gender-neutral allocation of summer, fifth-year, and other extra athletic financial aid. The university will also not create any additional men’s teams unless it creates additional women’s teams that provide at least an equal number of athletic participation opportunities.

The university’s facilities will also go under renovation because of the settlement. Quinnipiac will spend at least $5 million to improve

athletic facilities other than the TD Bank Sports Center that its women’s varsity sports teams use. It will also construct an indoor track & field facility for practice and competition that will meet NCAA standards for hosting indoor meets, and will upgrade its field hockey and women’s rugby facilities.

“The agreement with respect to fields and facilities improvement were all things the University had already planned to do but were delayed because of the litigation,” Bushnell said.

“Both women’s and men’s facilities and fields require and will receive significant upgrades.”

Quinnipiac will spend about $450,000 annually improving its women’s athletics program by hiring more coaches and athletic support staff, providing greater access to athletic training and conditioning services and increasing coaches’ salaries.

The court will appoint a “referee” to help implement and monitor the university’s compliance with the obligations.

“If the university remains in violation of the law [in 2016], then the university could be sued again at that point, but certainly we all hope that won’t be necessary,” Orleans said.

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The second floor link of Building 1 to the parking garage on the North Haven campus will be demolished after commencement this summer.

The North Haven campus hosts the School of Medicine, health sciences, School of Education and soon the School of Law. The health sciences on this campus closely work with handicapped residents in its pro-bono clinic, VISION. As these clients arrive, they may park in the parking garage and enter Building 1 through the second floor link walkway, shielding them from any bad weather. But after commencement this summer, this link will be demolished.

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“We haven’t officially started this yet, but we are beginning to prepare for demolition in the building and putting in some blockade, Vice President of Facilities and Capital Planning Salvatore Filardi said.

The walkway was originally used by Anthem—Blue Cross Blue Shield, before it vacated the building, and when the parking garage was for Anthem employees only up until October, according to Filardi.

The parking garage opened up to students, faculty and staff this year, allowing them to utilize the walkway.

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Though it is a convenient and a faster way into the building, the walkway must be demolished as part of the master plan for the campus.

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Professors across campus are integrating technology, including smartphones, in their classrooms.

A Student Watch study conducted by OnCampus Research in Ohio showed that more students are using their smartphones during classes and for coursework than in previous years.

A fall 2012 study showed that 71 percent of college students indicated that they were using a smartphone. Only five months later, a similar study was done showing that nearly 80 percent of students owned a smartphone. This was approximately a 10 percent increase in a short amount of time.

Quinnipiac University also has seen an increase in the use of mobile devices on campus.

According to Vice President–Chief Information and Technology Officer Fred Tarca.

Currently with an undergraduate population of 6,500 students, there are more than 25,000 wireless connections of more than 200 varying brands accessing both the BobcatNet and Guest networks; many of these being from mobile phones, he said.

Additionally, the university recently subscribed to an app that allows students to use Blackboard on their smartphones. There were 342 students this past month alone using the app, according to Tarca.

However, Tarca said Quinnipiac has not promoted the app, so some students, like freshman Lindsey Doane, are unaware of the app.

“I would love to get Blackboard right on my iPhone,” Doane said. “It would be really convenient for classes and registration.”

Although the university is subscribed to the app, the app store charges students $1.99 per year or $5.99 for unlimited use.

Students can find information about how to download and use the app on MyQ. Professors at Quinnipiac have also seen an increase in the number of smartphones that students have and are encouraging students to use their smartphones when necessary.

“I actually encourage them to use their smartphones and laptops,” Professor of Com-

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munications Phillip Cunningham said. “In some ways however, students are showing resistance to it.”

Cunningham said although students have their smartphones and laptops with them during class, he will ask them to define a word and they will look at him with blank stares when they could easily resort to Google for the answers.

“Students will have their computers or smartphones right there and they won’t look it up,” Cunningham said.

Technology is growing rapidly and both students and professors are searching for means to keep up with the growth.

“I think he keeps up with the growing technology, making students really use it to their advantage,”said Jennifer Porka, a student of Cunningham’s last semester.

There are some classes where technology is almost a necessity, and others where it is not really needed, according to Professor of English Len Engel.

“I just don’t feel that technology is necessarily needed in English classes,” he said.

As an English professor, Engel does not use

technology within the classroom. He prefers his students to read the various texts in print where they can annotate and highlight directly in the margins. He does encourage students, however, to look up word definitions while they are reading outside of the classroom.

On the contrary, Professor Cunningham said that he is comfortable reading PDF files on the computer rather than having the text in print form.

“I have grown accustomed to reading things online, but sometimes it seems that the students still haven’t,” Cunningham said. “As a relatively young professor, I have been able to grow with the technology because I was a student not too long ago.”

As time evolves, Cunningham and Engel both agree that smartphones will become an important part of colleges.

Professor Cunningham believes that as Quinnipiac University continues to grow, the use of technology will continue to grow for students and professors alike.

“In order to distinguish this university from others we are going to have to have a sort of full integrated technology use,” he said.

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Beyond the Bobcats

By Susan Riello A rundown on news outside the Quinnipiac campus

Man charged with use of ricin as a weapon

50 survivors found in Bangladesh building rubble

Boston Bombing victims leave hospitals

James Everett Dutschke, a 41-year-old man from Mississippi, has been charged with possession and use of a biological agent as a weapon after letters with grains of ricin were sent to President Barack Obama and other government officials. Ricin is a potentially lethal poison made from castor beans, and caused panic as the letters were discovered soon after the Boston Marathon bombings.

The letters are unrelated, but the investigation will continue as Dutschke is expected to appear in a U.S. District Court this week.

More than 360 people were killed after an eight-story building collapsed in Bangladesh last Wednesday. While many families are still desperately searching for their missing loved ones, 50 more survivors were discovered and rescued on Friday, including a woman, who gave birth under the debris, and her newborn infant. Fire service officials lowered food and water into the rubble in order to sustain the survivors until they were rescued. The rescue process has caused rescuers to delay their plans to use heavy cranes and equipment to remove the debris.

Two weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, hospital officials say that the number of people being treated for injuries is steadily dropping. Three were killed in the bombings, while the estimated number of injuries has reached more than 260.

Victims were sent to 26 different hospitals in the area. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which also treated bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev, currently has six out of the original 20 patients following the attack; all six are in good condition. Tsarnaev was moved on Friday from the hospital to a federal prison medical center.

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Proposed court agreement ‘significant’ for Title IX

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Logan Riker, one of the volleyball players, is among five players who sued Quinnipiac University in 2009 for Title IX reasons.

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wanted to cut volleyball, the team’s budget was $70,384, not including coaches salaries and athletic scholarships, according to the Biediger, et al. v. Quinnipiac University case brief from 2009.

The university will pay $15,000 to Stephanie Biediger, Kristen Cori-

naldesi, Kayla Lawler, Erin Overdevest and Logan Riker, the volleyball players who brought forth the lawsuit, within 30 days of the Court’s final approval of the consent decree in satisfaction of individual claims. It will also pay and the Class Counsel $1.9 million for attorneys’ fees and costs of litigation.

The university planned to cut the volleyball program in 2009 along with the men’s golf and men’s track and field teams. The men’s golf and men’s track and field teams were eliminated, but the volleyball team sued to keep the program.

“I think all of us took that on knowing we would not just be helping volleyball, we would be helping all the athletes there and across the country because this was a case of national importance,” said Robin Lamott Sparks, Quinnipiac’s former volleyball coach who helped push the case to court when the university attempted to rid the program.

In 2010, Underhill ruled that Quinnipiac could not get rid of the volleyball team because that would mean the university would not provide the same athletic opportunities for men and women. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld Underhill’s decision in August 2012. Quinnipiac then added the acrobatics and tumbling and women’s

golf in 2010 and women’s rugby in 2011 to try to satisfy Title IX requirements, according to a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut.

On March 4, 2013, Underhill ruled that Quinnipiac still could not eliminate the volleyball team because women’s rugby and acrobatics and tumbling did not provide women with the same competitive opportunity as men, according to the press release from the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut.

“The competition test is one aspect of that that was clarified through this case that makes clear that the level of competition that are provided to men’s team and women’s teams have to be equivalent,” Orleans said. “That is a significant precedent that was set in this case.”

The university will now decide whether or not to get rid of the acrobatics and tumbling team, Bushnell said.

“Given the judicial rulings regarding acrobatics and tumbling in which the Court has ruled that Acrobatics and Tumbling is not in its view an approved NCAA sport for Title IX purposes, the University will have to review its status and continuation going forward,” she said. “The University currently sponsors only NCAAapproved intercollegiate sports and not club sports.”

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May Weekend safety measures cause student dissatisfaction May Weekend from cover be safe, but I think what they are doing now is just a little excessive this year.”

In addition to being worried about alcohol, Public Safety was concerned for students’ safety in light of the explosions at the Boston Marathon and the anticipated increased number of visitors, Barger said.

The explosions gave Public Safety a “heightened sense of security,” Barger said. Quinnipiac is located between Boston and New York, where one of the Marathon bombers admitted he would have headed next. Since the university is becoming better known, Public Safety wanted to be more vigilant, he said.

“I know a number of students will read this and say we’re way off the chart, being way too careful, that this is just subterfuge to find alcohol,” Barger said. “No it isn’t.

We’re trying to be as proactive as we can, knowing that we’ll have a greater influx of people, not just on this weekend, but on every weekend from here on out.”

Some students, like sophomore Emily Maggio felt that looking for

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“I think they’re using Boston as an excuse to check more people’s bags and find more alcohol,” she said. “It was just convenient timing for them.”

Others, like sophomore Nicole Dow, appreciated that Public Safety was on alert due to the Boston Marathon explosions.

“No one wants to be on a campus where it’s dangerous,” she said. “You want to check cars, make sure there’s no bombs, no guns, no nothing, yeah, that’s understandable.”

However, she felt that Public Safety’s other security measures were taken too far.

“The way I see it, security is here for us and it’s supposed to benefit us,” Dow said. “I’ll feel more comfortable if security is walking around and goes ‘Hey, be safe.’ I’m going to have so much more of a time and like the school so much more, but if security is going to come up to me and hassle me about a water bottle … Severe incidents have happened at this school because of May Weekend, but they have to understand that not every student is like that.”

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Boiler implodes in School of Business

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A boiler imploded in the basement School of Business just before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Associate Vice President of Public Relations John Morgan.

According to Hamden Fire Marshal Dennis Harrison, the implosion was due to a buildup of gas in the boiler. Wednesday, state boiler inspectors, along with the Hamden Fire Department, facilities workers and a Hamden building official,

will determine what the exact ignition source was, Harrison said.

According to Morgan, students and professors evacuated the building immediately and no one was hurt. Three facilities workers were replacing a different boiler next to the one that imploded at the time of the implosion, Harrison said. These facilities workers were sent to the Yale-New Haven Hospital Occupational Health Plus/Worker Health Solutions occupational health facilities as a precaution, Morgan said.

The boiler was located in the north side of the building, and there is no structural damage.

Associate Professor of Journalism Margarita Diaz was in her office at the time of the implosion.

“I heard a very loud bang,” Diaz said. “Then a few seconds later the alarms went off and we started getting people out of the building.”

Senior Eliza Dox was also present in the building.

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The Hamden Police Department and Fire Department arrive at Quinnipiac Tuesday afternoon after a boiler explosion in the School of Business. alarms started going off and it was a mad dash out the door,” Dox said.

“I thought it was a bomb because of everything that’s been going on.”

Former basketball player wins business plan competition By julia perkins News Editor

Graduate student and former men’s basketball player Garvey Young has found a way to combine his interest in business and his love for sports. Young developed a social branding website called DraftSpot, which makes the athletic recruitment process more efficient by connecting athletes and coaches.

On April 12, Young won the $5,000 first prize in the School of Business’ Business Plan Competition for DraftSpot, which is currently in its pre-launch phase.

The projects in the Business Plan Competition are judged on the viability of the business and the passion of the students, according to David Tomczyk, assistant professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, who advised the judges in the competition.

DraftSpot takes advantage of recent NCAA rules that allow coaches and athletes to communicate, Tomczyk said.

“There’s no other service out there right now that actually does that and so he is using the most recent rulings,” he said. “He’s keeping up to date with all that and he’s allowing players to create a personal brand.It allows people to build up, not only their brand, but also a following.”

Young’s enthusiasm for his idea shone through when he presented his plan to the judges and was one of the reasons he won, Tomczyk said.

“He did a really solid presentation,” Tomcyzk said. “You can tell that he’s really passionate about this, largely because he’s an athlete himself, so this is something that’s really near and dear to his heart.”

As a student-athlete, Young has experienced some issues with the athletic recruitment process that he believes DraftSpot solves.

“I’ve noticed that a lot of talented athletes never get to make it to the next level because of the lack of exposure and I’ve noticed that a lot of coaches often are very talented at finding talent, but often need to work on connecting with their athletes,” Young said. “I think [DraftSpot] is a product that is very needed and fixes a very significant problem in the recruitment.”

Young first came up with the idea for DraftSpot for a final project in his computer science class in the spring of 2012.

“I kind of had that moment where I realized every experience in my last five years has prepared me to develop this product, the last ten years, my whole sport’s career,” he said. “And everything started to click.”

Young worked on the business plan for DraftSpot last summer.

Then Young took this business plan into his ENT 410 Business Plan Creation class last semester where he worked on the project with his classmates Ethan Rees, Kyle Cook and Diana Hernandez, to compete in the Media Innovation Collabora-

tive Business Plan Competition. The team took first place in this competition, as well, Young said.

Rees, Hernandez and Cook did not have time to continue with DraftSpot, but Cook said he recognized its potential from the beginning.

“I knew it was going to be one of the top ideas in the class because of how much [Young] had prepared already,” Cook said. “You could see the passion he had for it. He is a college athlete so he has really good insight, really good connections.”

However, Young’s basketball career took a downturn when he tore all the ligaments in his ankle during the 2012 basketball season. Young went from scoring an average of 10.3 points per game to an average of 5.3 points per game. Despite this, Young believes these struggles helped him in the long run.

“I wasn’t allowed to play as much toward the end of the season, but instead I kept slowly progressing with the business plan to the point where I was able to win the competition in the spring,” he said. “My experience after my ankle injury have prepared me for future trials, future situations.”

Young said that these setbacks will benefit him as he continues to work on DraftSpot while playing basketball with the FIBA International Basketball Federation.

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Former men’s basketball player Garvey Young developed the webite DraftSpot, a website to connect prospective student-athletes and coaches. at balancing both [basketball and DraftSpot],” he said.

Young will continue working on DraftSpot, but will take a break in June when he volunteers as a teach-

er in Ghana. Afterward, Young will prepare DraftSpot for its beta test in the fall where Quinnipiac student athletes will be participating in the beta test.

Faculty, students petition walkway demolition North Haven from cover

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This walkway on the North Haven campus connects Building 1 and the parking garage.

Students, staff and faculty are petitioning for it to stay.

takes it away. So it’s really just a design element,” Filardi said. “There will be a main entry that will serve the law school; [the walkway] really interrupts all of that.”

According to Filardi, the new addition will have an entry to the School of Law that will push out, thus making the walk shorter from the parking garage to the entrance of the building.

The North Haven Campus currently has two parking lots and one garage. The first parking lot is closest to the School of Education, the second parking lot is directly across the School of Medicine and the parking garage is closest to where the School of Law will be.

However, the closest parking spots to the main entrance of the center for medicine (Buildings 1 and 2) are currently occupied by the construction workers, Graduate Physical Therapy student Michael Lesse said.

Lesse is concerned for the clients he and other students work with, as well as some professors and staff members, that have difficulty walking.

“Save our Walkway” petitions have made rounds around the North Haven Campus in recent weeks. The petitions were initiated by professors and signed by faculty and students in protest of the plan to demolish it.

“You can see that everyone is using [the walkway], it’s the main way in and out,” Lesse said.

Those in protest of the demolition plans have contacted Filardi with their concerns. Once the university is sure of the exact plan, Filardi said those involved in the plan will meet with the associate deans and professors of the North Haven Campus in an open forum to better explain their decisions and address their concerns.

One concern for the North Haven Campus is handicap accessibility, including handicapped parking, Lesse said.

To help with that concern, around nine new handicap parking spots were created closest to Building 2 no more than 200 feet from the building for coding reasons with automatic door openers waiting to be installed.

The School of Law building is

completely under construction, creating a construction zone up to the main entrance of the School of Medicine that people must go around.

Certain areas in the North Haven Campus will be under construction in the next two years with plans to relocate the bookstore and changes to Building 4, which is located behind the parking garage, Filardi said.

Building 4 will house a fitness center, a health center, a Public Safety dispatch, information services (IT) and storage.

“The construction we’re doing today is really to give us the facilities that we need to be successful in the future with the programs that we have or the programs that we’ve instituted,” Filardi said.

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Senior sendoffs

Our graduating seniors say goodbye and reminisce about their time with The Chronicle and give their advice to students.

Former Editor-in-Chief Michele Snow

What to say with my last words in The Chronicle? Writing this piece was tougher than creating 27 issues of this newspaper. At one point I thought I might write my sendoff completely in emojis.

But turns out I have some real things to say.

Thank you.

First to the reader. Sometimes we take our readership for granted, but it is incredible that so many of you pick up our paper every week and look forward to what we’re putting out there. It means so much to us and we wouldn’t be anywhere without you.

And of course to the staff. I have thanked my staff so many times in the past three weeks, but I’ll do it again in print. Makes it official.

The students that showed up to Chronicle meetings every week put themselves out there, left their dorm rooms and did something with their time and talents. They even discovered new talents. Whether they signed up the first week of freshman year, a few semesters into college or came in as a senior, each of them was a crucial piece of this year’s puzzle. You wouldn’t see such a strong Chronicle each week without the contributions of all these wonderful people.

My advice for them is the same as my advice for any student reading this.

Be passionate.

Find out what you’re good at and what you love and pursue it with as much passion as you can (yes I’m going to say muster) muster.

Make room in your life for things you want to do along with things you have to do. I joined the paper to copy edit, but it turned out I was

better at design and even better at managing other editors. I found my place here. Technically I found it in the old Chronicle office, then in the trailer (ahh fond memories of that double-wide), and finally in the media suite.

That said, this was a tough job.

Tougher than I expected. And I’m about to drop a cliché but I wouldn’t change a minute of it. Through two historic natural disasters, championships won and championships lost, and the heartbreaking tragedy in Newtown that touched our community, we proved and exemplified that when it comes to news, it’s better to be right than it is to be first. I thank all of you who had a part in helping me uphold that value.

It was all worth it.

Each editor-in-chief approaches the role differently. All I hope is that this year, The Chronicle was something you were excited to pick up. I hope we made you say “wow,” or “you have to see this,” or even “they should have done this instead.” I hope The Chronicle

helped someone learn what it is they love to do, because that’s the most important thing it has given to me.

So many have asked me this month if I am emotional about ending my term. The honest answer is no. It’s time to move on, it’s the nature of college. You learn, you grow up, you get replaced, you move on. Four years is a short time. It goes by quickly and I was lucky to have this opportunity. But it’s all over and it feels right.

I congratulate all of my fellow Quinnipiac seniors who are looking back on some incredible accomplishments right now and I wish the best of luck to those who still have time left here. Four years at Quinnipiac won’t just give you a degree, it will give you confidence, empowerment, and the spirit to go out and chase your dreams.

And now if you’ll excuse me, it’s time for me to chase mine.

me into their single room, sheet metal huts, who with few possessions of their own still happily offer me their food, because what do we have in life if we do not have happiness and friendship?

I didn’t believe Quinnipiac would foster a community, I didn’t believe I fit in when I was referred to as the “earthy one” because I drink tea before bed, revel in pomegranate season each Fall and wear Carhartt. Yet here I am, a bit shell shocked that these four years flew by, a bit apprehensive to leave my community.

I like to think that I’m well rounded, understand humility and exemplify courage.

I’ve learned a great deal both in and out of the classroom. Especially that no single person on this planet has the authority to make me feel as though what I believe in and what I work for is worthless, and to stand strong with my convictions and cast aside any doubt that I do not deserve the best.

As often as I say I cannot wait to move

on to life after college (joke, I’m staying for grad school), Quinnipiac has led me to the greatest experiences, the greatest lessons learned and the people I can’t imagine not having in my life.

Countless hours worrying that I wasn’t going to fit in, wasn’t going to be accepted (sorry for crying on the phone, Mom), were hours wasted. Quinnipiac didn’t hand me a group of friends or community into which I fit, but by putting myself out there, taking chances, signing myself up, taking a leap of faith, I found my college family.

I am so proud of my friends for what they’ve each accomplished and I am proud of myself, for being myself and finding people who accept me rather than changing who I am. My Quinnipiac community is unique to my experiences and me and I wouldn’t take back anything. Good luck to you, future Bobcats, I hope your community is as worthwhile as mine.

become the best writer I could and to show my dedication to the paper. After going abroad first semester junior year, I rejoined the paper as associate sports editor and became even more dedicated as a member of the e-board as my love for the paper and the people who work on it reached a new level.

When I joined the paper, I had many goals but the two that meant the most were to become the sports editor and to cover an NCAA basketball tournament game. I am pleased to say I was able to accomplish both as well as a National Championship game, something I never thought Quinnipiac would be involved in for any sport.

Covering division I athletics at this school has been an unreal experience. As a sports fanatic, covering games and writing features put me as close to the action as possible. Although I wasn’t talented enough to play in college, I still had the Chronicle as my team. Every time I covered a game or

wrote a story it was like I put on the jersey for my team and I always wanted to do the best for my team.

What I learned writing for the paper over the course of three years is invaluable and it taught me things that I never learned in class. The relationships and contacts I have built are ones that will I will never forget. It has been an honor to work so closely with people who are so passionate about a shared interest.

Thank you to all of the athletes and coaches who have let me interview them over the years. And an even bigger thanks to Director of Athletics Jack McDonald and the sports information staff of Ken Sweeten, Tony Distasio, Maxx McNall and Beth Buckholz. You guys have been extremely helpful in setting up the interviews and I’m sure you are just as happy as me to not exchange several emails every week.

Former Senior Managing Editor Anna Brundage

When I came to Quinnipiac for orientation it preached community and acceptance. I was skeptical. I was different: I grew up on a farm, summering in Acadia, Maine, hiking, fishing, photography, ice curling, hockey watching. To this day I have never dyed my hair and I’ve used a straightener once. I was the odd (wo)man out. What community?

Now here I am, four years later, not entirely sure I’m OK with leaving this com-

munity.

I joined The Chronicle craving an outlet for my love of photography and a group of people who at least shared an interest in my major. I signed myself up for a trip to Africa because I was determined to see a world completely different from my own. I organized trips to Providence and Pittsburgh to support a team I’ve watched since the days Brandon Wong graced the ice at the first TD Bank North Sports Center (capstone moment was meeting him at Dick’s this weekend). I joined Kappa Delta as a founding sister because I strongly believe that everyone one deserves to be confident and believe in his or her self worth.

I witnessed a team skate with pride after accomplishing a monumental goal and I witnessed the same team skate with dignity after a tough loss. I still see the narrow dirt streets of the Langa Township, and smell the burning trash piles. I still see the wide toothy smiles of the local people welcoming

Former Sports Editor Joe Addonizio

If you told me during my senior year of high school that I’d write for my college newspaper I would said “yeah right.” The same could be said if you told me I’d write for it freshman year of college and especially if you said I was going to be sports editor

my senior year.

But if you told me this, you would have been right.

After my freshman year, I seriously considered transferring from Quinnipiac. My girlfriend at the time was still in high school and held me back and didn’t let me experience the college lifestyle or adapt from living away from home.

One way or another, I ended up coming back in the fall of 2010 and the first thing I did was get involved. I went to the first Chronicle meeting of the year and immediately started writing.

I hated writing in high school. English was always my least favorite class yet I came to Quinnipiac as a print journalism major because I knew I wanted to do something with sports and this was the best path to take in my opinion.

My sophomore year I covered an average of three games each weekend to try and

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Former Co-editor of Arts & Life Catherine Boudreau

Being co-editor of the Arts & Life section this year has felt like raising a child with Christine Burroni, my friend and also a co-editor.

We frequently referred to it as “our baby,” and although it’s cliche, there’s no better way to describe it. This includes, but is not limited to, the initial uncertainty and excitement when taking responsibility of the section last April, the afternoons spent planning it’s future, the anxious nights we stayed up waiting for it to come home (also known as articles posted in Google Docs), the time spent discussing how to make it better, and finally, our mixed emotions of nervousness and relief after releasing it into the world each Wednesday, and now passing it on to new leadership. Was it all worth it? Without a doubt. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Being a co-editor of Arts & Life has been the source of some of my proudest moments.

Together, our staff has highlighted the many achievements and stories unique to the Quinnipiac community, published a paper through two storms and won numerous awards for our work. I’ve watched our staff grow together, as well, improving the publication and ourselves each week. I’m amazed by the talent that surrounded me nearly every day, and playing a role

in shaping The Chronicle has been an honor. I can’t thank this year’s staff enough for teaching me how to be a better writer, leader and communicator. I wouldn’t trade the experience for any amount of free Froyo from Froyo World... or sushi from Kumo.

And although it’s bittersweet leaving the paper that defined much of my college experience, we have handed it off to an amazing team.

To Callie Tufts, Shannon Corcoran and Sarah Anne Harris- I know you’ll do a fantastic job and keep the section shining. I’ve seen each of you grow so much as writers, and am proud of everything you’ve accomplished. To the rest of the writers of Arts & Life that kept coming back each week- you made my position so much fun as we laughed about the most random topics, and thank you for your hard work. The new staff is led by Katherine Rojas, Matt Eisenberg and Katie O’Brien, three of the most dedicated people I’ve met during my four years with The Chronicle. There’s no doubt this paper is in great hands.

I am taking with me the countless memories and skills from being a part of The Chronicle, and will apply them to my future. Joining the paper has taught me as much, if not more, about journalism than my classes, and solidified my desire to pursue a career in this field. My hope for other students is that they, too, find their passion and niche while in college, as I did with this organization. And finally, don’t be afraid to take risks. I had no idea what I was doing when I volunteered for my first writing assignment at The Chronicle my freshman year (I think I wrote about preventing the flu.) But that choice soon led to unforgettable opportunities both academically and professionally.

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Former Associate News Editor Daniel Grosso

My time at Quinnipiac has been short, unfortunately my time at The Chronicle has been even shorter. I joined the newspaper at the start of the 2012 spring semester, and wish I could have been a part of it since my first day at Quinnipiac.

My advice as I leave Quinnipiac is short and simple. I know it’s been pounded into our heads since the first session of QU 101, but getting involved in the Quinnipiac community is of utmost importance.

The student media family welcomed me with open arms last January, and never for a second did I feel like an outsider. Being involved in student media made the final year and a half of my college experience my best.

The opening of the new student center gave student organizations a place to live, and it gave me a place I was always welcomed.

I want to advise those members of the Quinnipiac community who are not yet involved to at least see what Quinnipiac has to offer. Please do not be shy, go out and find an organization that works for you. Quinnipiac has a plethora of clubs, media organizations, fraternities, sororities, religious groups and

many more. There is truly something for everybody.

When I first arrived at Quinnipiac I was not sure how I would fit in, and it took me too long to find my niche. My college experience has been incredible, and my only real regret is not joining The Chronicle sooner.

Student media helped bring out the best in me. Working closely together, I formed close relationships in a very short time with many members of The Chronicle and other student media organizations. Whenever I walked in the media suite in the student center I was greeted with smiling faces and a group of friends.

I could not have asked for a better experience with Quinnipiac’s student media and I implore anyone who is still unsure about involvement to check out what this school has to offer. Cast out some lines and see where you fit in, there is a very good chance you’ll find your niche and a group of close friends.

This is probably as sentimental as I ever will be, and I know that when I look back at my time at Quinnipiac I will have fond memories of my time with The Chronicle. I made some terrific friends, shared many laughs and was accepted into a close family. When I graduate next month I will walk with many of my friends from student media, but I know I will be leaving many others behind.

Leaving Quinnipiac is bittersweet, but I know that The Chronicle is in terrific hands next year. The Quinnipiac community will continue to enjoy the best college newspaper around, and the incoming freshmen will have an amazing organization and family waiting for them when they arrive.

Former Copy Desk Chief Cassie Comeau

Eighteen days.

Eighteen days left on campus. Eighteen days left of my collegiate career. Eighteen days left until graduation.

To be honest, I’ve been counting down since day 86. I’m ready for graduation. I’ve been ready since spring semester started.

What I’m not ready for, however, is leaving Quinnipiac. It’s been my home for the past four years. I’ve had many highs — and even the occasional low — here. I’ve made some great memories and some even greater friends.

How am I supposed to sum up a sendoff to all of that in just 300 words?

The truth is I can’t. Some of my best memories have taken place on this campus.

When I first came to Quinnipiac, I never

expected it to leave much of an impact on me. Sure, I was moving away from home, but it was still school. Needless to say, I was proved wrong. I used to be one of the shyest people I knew, and while I’m still shy, it’s not nearly as bad as it once was.

Since I started college — or since I made the decision to go to QU where I knew no one — I’ve put myself out there. I joined the Chronicle freshman year and stuck with it until we switched e-boards three weeks ago. I became a founding member of Pi Beta Phi (joining a sorority was never something I thought I’d do in college). On top of that, I’ve tried another dozen clubs that I unfortunately didn’t stick with.

It was because of Quinnipiac that I had the opportunity to do all of that. It offers so many clubs to try out and so many activities to participate in. It gave me the chance to branch out from the norm and to step outside my comfort zone. It gave me the chance to try new things and meet new people.

I don’t regret any of it. Except for the fact that I never won at bingo. And now I never will.

erine Boudreau. I’m so happy that we got to work together this year. You are such an inspiration and I can’t wait to see your name and byline all over the industry in the future.

Although our time as co-editors is over, I’m beyond confident that our new Arts and Life Editor, Callie Tufts, along with her associates will keep the section filled with amazing content and continue to produce standout stories.

The Chronicle has instilled skills and characteristics in me that I will take with me as I move on into the high-paced, professional world. I can’t thank this organization enough for always answering every question and always keeping me motivated. Each and

every staff member, past and present, has helped me strive to be a better journalist and I can’t thank you all enough.

I’ve realized that with time comes transformation—and I’ve definitely witnessed my own throughout the past four years. The people I’ve met, and the lessons I’ve learned has given me independence and empowerment, most definitely shaping who I am today. And although its all coming to a close, I can’t help but look back with a smile, but I can walk forward with confidence knowing that I can achieve anything I put my mind to.

And for that, I can only thank Quinnipiac. The most beautiful place I had the privilege of stepping foot on everyday.

Former Senior Managing Editor Samantha Epstein

If you know me well enough, you know I’m a girl of many words. I can talk about anything and everything, but I am struggling to find words that describe my time with the Chronicle.

At the end of my tenure with the Chronicle, I could not be more thrilled to pass the torch to next year’s editorial board. I was counting down the days until I could sunbathe on the Quad with the rest of the Quinnipiac population, instead of watching longingly from the chaos of the media suite on Tuesday’s deadline. (And of course that day

has come and gone, and not an ounce of sunlight has shined down upon Hamden!)

I want to say that I miss all of it, but I don’t. I love the memories for what they are, and I wouldn’t change a second of my time on the paper. It changed me for the better; it helped me grow up and be responsible for something on a weekly basis. But if there was one thing that changed me the most, it’s the people I had the pleasure of working with these past two years.

The strangers I met at my first editorial board meeting in the fall of 2011 have become my family. We’ve laughed together, we’ve cried together. We’ve gotten into arguments and played countless practical jokes on each other. Thinking about parting ways with these people makes me not want to graduate college.

And even though I would do anything for my friends on next year’s e-board, Hannah, you still can’t call me with questions about the Chronicle.

Former Co-editor of Arts & Life Christine Burroni

For the past three years, I’ve read the “senior sendoffs” of the outgoing executive board and I can’t even fathom that the time has come for me to write my own.

I started at The Chronicle at the very beginning of my freshman year when I decided

to write an outspoken and premature rant of QU101. To this day, I have no idea where I got the guts to write that and can’t help but laugh when thinking about it now. From there I shared my views on every bit of celebrity gossip, health trend and reality TV scene, which translated into my love of Arts and Life.

Writing and being an editor for this section between last year and this year has provided me with incredibly valuable (and amazing) experiences. Who wouldn’t love writing about all of your favorite topics? Seriously I’ve had some of the best memories during my time with A&L. With that, I have to thank my partner in crime this year, Cath-

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In an increasingly health-conscious society, frozen yogurt has replaced ice cream as the frosty dessert of choice.

The “froyo” craze has spread like wildfire, and has even gained adoration from health fanatics because the treat is a less fattening, probiotic enhanced version of ice cream. Since summer is almost here, more people are going to be craving something cold and sweet and, as the froyo lover that I am, I decided to visit two nearby locations, Froyo World and Peachy Keen, to find the best frozen yogurt in Hamden.

Froyo World is the king of flavor variety. There are exactly 12 choices which may make the flavor decision process stressful to the point of a possible anxiety attack. I’m just joking. But seriously, is it possible to have too many choices? 5/5 Peachy Keen, on the other hand, only has six flavors to choose from, and each time I visit there seems to be the traditional “Original Tart” flavor, as well as a generic chocolate yogurt. Despite the limited selection, Peachy Keen is still able to cater to most customers. 2/5

Froyo World’s toppings are crazy. You can put cheesecake cubes, nutella flavored syrup, even cookies on your frozen yogurt. While I like to keep my dessert simple with a few pieces of sliced fruit on top, I have to say the toppings at Froyo World are mouth watering, and their creative options earn them a top rating. 5/5 Peachy Keen’s toppings are also impressive, although they don’t have quite as many syrups to put on top of the frozen yogurt. Peachy Keen has a larger selection of fresh fruit, which it adds a healthier spin to this dessert. 4/5

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Froyo World: 18/25

Peachy Keen plays a variety of generally pleasing music that does not make me want to rush out of there as soon as I buy my frozen yogurt. That’s a plus. And the establishment is literally a five minute walk from campus. It can’t get any better than that. 5/5

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Peachy Keen’s on the other hand is more thick and creamy, which helps it hold its own against the mountains of toppings you are bound to add. (5/5)

Peachy Keen: 20/25

Froyo World is clean and has nice mirrors so you can watch yourself eat, but I simply cannot stand listening to the country music that they constantly play. Froyo World also loses points for not being within walking distance of campus, located about 10 minutes away in Hamden Plaza. 2/5

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Peachy Keen and Froyo World have amazing flavors, and both deserve a 5/5 for this category based on taste. However, there is always the question of texture. Froyo World’s yogurt can often seem somewhat runny and watered down. (3/5)

Whenever I go to Froyo World, my friends are shocked at the register by an unexpectedly high price. They spend a lot more on toppings than they realize and don’t get their money’s worth out of it (3/5) Froyo World and Peachy Keen have the same prices for their frozen yogurt, 49 cents per ounce, but Peachy Keen gets a higher rating in this category (4/5) because it doesn’t offer a lot of heavy toppings that will ultimately raise the price of your purchase.

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Campus Couture Photo and Story By Caroline Moses

Heather Pullis

Stevenson Hawkey

Year: Freshman Major: Accounting

Year: Freshman Major: Communications Undeclared

Culture shock

By Samantha Moore

Snoop Dogg celebration gone wrong

To celebrate National Pot Smoking Day, the rapper held his annual Snoop Lion 420 Festival in Los Angeles. The police arrived at the festival due to a large number of people, fire access issues, noise problems and a van without a permit transporting people to a parking lot. Since Snoop cooperated, no arrests were made.

Saying no to the nudes

Shirt: Brooks Brothers Jeans: Levis Shoes: Vans

One Direction’s, Niall Horan, turned to Twitter to clear up confusion about naked photos that were recently released on the internet of a man in the shower that were said to be Horan.

Horan stated on Twitter: “That’s not me by the way in that pic!

I’d be happy with biceps like that though to be fair!”

Jacket: Macy’s Dress: Pacsun Sandals: Wet Seal Sunglasses: Ralph Lauren from Sunglass Hut

“I like to change it up from the regular all-soccer stuff.

Some days I like to look nice so I thought I would add a little excitement. My style inspiration is Kevin Smolar.”

Trouble for Teen Mom

MTV’s “Teen Mom” troublemaker Jenelle Evans and her husband, Courtland Rogers, have been arrested for drug possession. The two were arrested for heroin possession, possession of paraphernalia and assault of each other. Each had a jail bond of $20,000. While Evans has been released, Rogers is still being held.

“I just think about the weather and what type of day it is and I coordinate my outfit to that and how I’m feeling. I follow all these fashionistas on Instagram so they’re always my inspiration!”

Rave

SGA “Before I graduate I want to” chalk boards

Paltrow named Most Beautiful

People Magazine named Gwyneth Paltrow as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman this year. Paltrow took over the cover from last year’s winner, Beyonce. Paltrow told People Magazine that she owes her beauty regimen, specifically her fitness plan, to helping her receive this honor.

Wreck

Obnoxious odor on Bobcat Way

Afflect living ‘Below the Line’

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In a time where finals are giving students gray hair and migraines, professors are sending out study guides and roommates are getting on our last nerves, it’s time to think about the future, the fun future that is...

What do I want to do before I graduate?

That’s a loaded question, especially for our seniors graduating in two more weeks. The most time that current undergraduates have is 3 years, and in those three short years, it may seem difficult to realize all of the goals that you want to accomplish. Most students focus on their schooling, their extra-curriculars, and their social lives, but what about the marks that they will leave here at QU? How will we be remembered when we graduate?

SGA put out chalkboards on monday afternoon with sidewalk chalk and the open ended sentence “Before I graduate I want to...” and left the rest up to any student who happened to walk by. Some students filled in the blanks en route to their classes.

Some people wrote down their hopes and dreams (or ridiculous antics involving the infamous Java John). Some were ambitious “Cliff jump off of sleeping Giant” and others were simple “To make dean’s list.”

Whether an outlandish goal or a fairly modest one, our rave of the week goes to SGA for making QU students think about their goals, instead of their infinite to-do list. This was a great way to show QU’s creativity and ambition. Great job SGA, keep that QU spirit alive!–A. Wagner

Spring is in full bloom here on the Quinnipiac campus! The grass is greener, the flowers are blossoming and gorgeous trees line the paths.

However, as pretty as these trees may be, they smell disgusting.

Students all over campus are complaining about the odor these trees are producing. After years of experiencing the smell, they are commonly -albeit rudely- referred to as “vagina trees” because of their rotten fish smell.

Sure, they’re really pretty and Quinnipiac is all about the beautiful scenery but couldn’t they have picked a plant that smelled like, I don’t know, actual flowers? It’s one thing to look good but smelling good is just as important.

Do you want this campus to be known for smelling like rotten fish?

That’s a real concern considering the amount of these trees present on campus. As spring progresses and the blooms begin to drop the scent is becoming almost inescapable, particularly around the dorms on Bobcat Way. Students don’t want to walk around campus wafting in the smell of dead fish. If you haven’t already noticed, it’s not exactly pleasant. There are plenty of flowers that can look and smell good. Isn’t the whole point of a flower to smell good? Whose idea was it to plant these trees? Maybe Quinnipiac should invest in a new gardener. – J. Esposito

Oscar Winner Ben Affleck is the latest Hollywood star to join the Global Poverty Project of Live Below the Line. The Live Below the Line campaign helps raise awareness for poverty by having people donate $1.50 a day for food. Affleck tweeted about his participation stating: “1.4 billion people live on less than $1.50/day. I’m joining Live #BelowTheLine on behalf of @ easterncongo. Will you?”

Backstreet’s Back, Alright!

The 90’s boy band is back in the headlines after receiving the 2,485th star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. The five-member ensemble have sold more than 130 million albums worldwide in the 20 years of their career.

“Aside from my wedding day and the birth of my daughter, this is hands-down the best day of my life,” A.J. McLean of the band said.

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THIS IS ME

Making a life out of service to others

Alex Kriz, a sophomore psychology and legal studies major, collects extra meal plan money to put toward supporting local food banks.

Sophomore makes volunteering a vital part of his life

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NAME: Alex Kriz HOMETOWN: Northborough, Mass.

Major: Psychology and Legal Studies Year: Sophomore

By Andy Landolfi Associate News Editor

tomping on the brakes, sophomore Alex Kriz brought his car to a screeching halt. Without a second thought, he jumped out of the car and took off running across the highway toward a car that was engulfed in flames.

“That’s just what made the most sense at the time,” Kriz said. “To make sure everyone was alright, I guess.”

Approaching the burning car, he heard screams coming from further down the road.

As he approached the area where the noise was coming from, he could see a man lying on the ground, and it soon became clear that he wasn’t breathing. Using the skills he learned working as a lifeguard at YMCA, he got down on the ground and began performing CPR until an ambulance arrived.

Two minutes after the paramedics arrived, the man was breathing.

He walked away with nothing more than a broken shoulder, but more importantly, he walked away with his life.

That night, Kriz chose not to give his information to the man he saved. He did not want the recognition. Going out of his way for someone else was something he had always done, and he did not believe his actions that night should be treated any differently.

Kriz, a lifelong Massachusetts resident, has spent much of his life doing voluntary service for others.

“I would rather volunteer at something than have it as a job because volunteering means so much more to me,” Kriz said. “I’m not just saying that to say it, I’m saying it because it’s actually true.”

Kriz’s long history of volunteering began when he started to help organize and set up events at his childhood church, Saint Anne’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese, in Marlborough, Mass. He also began helping in an annual charitable walk in his community to support finding a cure for cystic fibrosis.

That was just the beginning.

Today, Kriz is involved in numerous organizations that involve volunteer work, mostly involving children. Kriz enjoys working with children and intends to be a second or thirdgrade teacher after college. It was not the job he always envisioned himself having, he said, but now he could not imagine doing anything different. The people close to him believe he

“I would rather volunteer at something than have it as a job because volunteering means so much more to me.”

– Alex Kriz will make a great teacher.

“We don’t have enough male role models for children and I think he’d be a great one,” said Alejandra Navarro, Assistant University Editor and advisor of G.L.A.S.S. Kriz is an executive board member for G.L.A.S.S., or Gay, Lesbian and Straight Supporters, which is an organization that offers a nurturing environment for all students regardless of their sexual orientation.

Kriz currently spends his summers volunteering at Camp Sunshine in Maine. According to Camp Sunshine’s website the camp is dedicated to offering children with terminal illnesses, and their families support, joy and hope throughout the various stages of a child’s illness.

“It’s just an incredible thing to see [the children] so genuinely happy about everything even though they’re probably in the worst circumstance anyone could ever be in,” Kriz said. “It’s something that many adults don’t come to realize. How to be truly happy about something and truly appreciate somethings in

your life.”

In addition to Camp Sunshine, Kriz is an active volunteer in Restavec Freedom Alliance. Members of this organization go to Haiti and visit orphanages that house children who were saved from being sent into slavery.

“It was our job to make them feel like they are the greatest things in the world, and actually just go and love them and make them know that they are a real awesome person no matter what,” Kriz said.

Upon his arrival in Haiti, however, he feared that the children would not like him.

He needn’t have worried.

“The kids loved him,” USA Program Director of the Restavec Freedom Alliance Ellen Donohue said. “He will be a teacher that every child will look back upon when they are adults as someone who changed their lives. I believe that he did some of that in Haiti.”

Kriz also spends time volunteering as a gym teacher at a local private school. He still recalls the reaction of a group of elderly nuns who worked at the school when he approached them and offered his assistance.

“They were so excited that I wanted to help them because they were like, ‘we’ve always wanted a volunteer gym teacher because we are so old and can’t do anything with the kids,’” Kriz said smiling.

Along with this, Kriz spends time volunteering as a tutor for children in a non-profit literacy center in New Haven.

Understanding that the end of the year means extra meal plan money, Kriz is hoping to create a program at Quinnipiac to use that money to serve others. Kriz is currently working toward creating a program where students collect leftover meal plan money to buy bulk food items to distribute to food banks in Hamden and New Haven.

Kriz came up with the idea when he noticed how many students had a lot of extra money on their meal plans.This money would normally just end up going back to the school at the end of the year, he said.

It’s a program that he hopes to start before he transfers to a new school this fall. Kriz is already involved in four organizations on campus, but always wanted to start his own. He hopes to leave a mark on Quinnipiac even after he leaves.

Although the program is still unofficial and only about a week old, Kriz has already managed to raise about $5,000.

With the numerous volunteer programs that Kriz participates in, he has even bigger plans for the future. After graduating college, Kriz intends to teach in Haiti for a year, then

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come back to the United States to be a teacher for Teach Across America. After this he hopes to teach in Italy for a couple of years. Then, once back in the United States, he plans on joining the Peace Core for two years.

“When you’re a doctor, you save people’s lives. When you’re a teacher, people normally think, ‘oh, well you teach kids.’ You change kids’ lives, you don’t save their lives, but you change them for the better,” Kriz said.

For right now, Kriz is perfectly happy with what he is doing day-to-day. Each day, he embraces the opportunity to help others, and maybe even teach them a thing-or-two.

One day he was going on a long run through a park. While he was running, he could see a young boy struggling to learn how to ride his bike. The boy and his mother were trying to figure it out, but it appeared that it was just not happening.

Forty-five minutes later, as Kriz was on his way back from his run, he saw that the young boy still hadn’t figured out how to ride the bike. Kriz offered his help.

Within 25 minutes, the little boy was finally able to feel the wind blow through his hair as his feet moved the petals forward. The child jumped off his bike and ran to Kriz and hugged him as he began to cry tears of joy.

“That’s the greatest thing that’s happened in a long time,” Kriz said. “Whenever I teach a kid something new, and they are trying to learn how to do it, I like to be that person who can help them get to it, and when they finally get it, seeing that look on their face; there is nothing like it.”

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Summer Concerts

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Mountain Jam Hunter, N.Y. June 6-9

With school quickly coming to an end, Quinnipiac University students have plenty of free time to check out some of the concerts that are heading to the East Coast!

Boston Calling Boston City Hall May 25-26

Country Music Fest August 23-24

Taylor Swift

Foxborough, Mass.

July 26-27

Jonas Brothers Atlantic City, N.J. July 26

Boston Calling

Quinnipiac University is home for many students from Massachusetts.

Many of these students can find pleasure in attending the Boston Calling music festival on May 25 and 26. Saturday performances include FUN, The Shins, Matt and Kim, and Cults. Sunday performances include Of Monsters and Men, Caspian, RA RA Riot, and The National. It is held at the City Hall Plaza. A one day pass for the show is $75 and a weekend pass is $130.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift will be headlining her “RED” tour this summer, with British singer Ed Sheeran, best-known for “The A Team” as an opening act.

Swift is playing across the nation, and has local shows in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 13, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 19 and 20, and Foxboro, Massachusetts on July 26 and 27. On stubhub.com, the cheapest tickets available are $49 and the most expensive tickets are $14,118 for a luxury suite.

Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers will be “Burning Up” the stage during their first world tour in three years. Among the local shows are performances at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York on July 20, the Bank of America Pavillion in Boston, Massachusetts on July 22, Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on July 23, and the Borgata Event Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 26. On stubhub.com, tickets are ranging from $109 to $1,056.

Warped Tour Scranton, Pa. July 7-16

Van’s Warped Tour Mountain Jam This year’s Warped Tour will host bands such as 3Oh!3, Forever the Sickest Kids, Never Shout Never, Relient K, Sleeping with Sirens, The Summer Set, and We Came as Romans, among others. The outdoor concerts are held on different stages, so you can choose which concerts to attend. Concert locations for the tour include PNC Banks Art Center in Holmdel, New Jersey on July 7, Comcast Center in Boston, Massachusetts on July 11, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New York, New York, and the Toyota Pavilion in Scranton, Pennsylvania on July 16. Tickets are $47.50.

The ninth annual Mountain Jam will be held on June 6, 7, 8 and 9 in Hunter Mountain, New York.

Mountain Jam allows concert goers to camp out for four days in tents, and see performers including The Lumineers, Dispatch, Widespread Panic, and Amy Helm. Single day tickets are $79 and it costs extra to camp out at the festival.

Country Music Fest

Kenny Chesney and Eric Church will be at Gillette Stadium on August 23 and 24, as a part of the New England Country Music Festival.

Individual tickets are priced at $55 and up.

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A cappella goes overboard in the piazza

By Jessica Colarossi Staff Writer

With all the shenanigans of May Weekend, it is easy for on-campus events to be overshadowed, but those who decided to stay on-campus last Friday night were given a musical treat with Boston-based a cappella group Overboard. The five singers put on a personal and soulful performance with a mix of modern day tunes and classic favorites that brought audience members to their feet.

“I feel like we’re in a living room with you guys in your comfy leather chairs while we sing!” Overboard member Caleb Whelden said.

The rest of the members, Nick Girard, Johanna Vinson, Donovan Davis and Eric Morrissey all agreed.

The show was hosted by Quinnipiac University After Dark (QUAD), and organized by Performance Chair Cassie Klatskin. With a lot of planning in advance, the Carl Hansen Student

Ernest in Love at QU By sarah harris Associate Arts & Life Editor

Quinnipiac’s Theatre department had their spring musical this past weekend. The show was called “Ernest in Love” by Anne Croswell and Lee Pockriss. Drew Scott directed it and it was spectacular. It takes place in the Victoria Era of London. The stage had a beautiful set with flowers everywhere. The costumes were original and beautiful. The actors all spoke and sang in British accents.

Center Piazza was able to provide a relaxing and cozy atmosphere that was perfect for a latenight performance. There were cookies, candy, refreshments and other small souvenirs for the audience and performers to enjoy.

The group itself emerged in 2006, going from a weekend side project to a full time commitment. While some former members were not able to keep up with the rapid progression due to other jobs, outside singers filled in the spots.

Currently, the newest member is Eric Morrissey who joined this past December.

“We are perpetually on tour,” explained Johanna Vinson, who is the first female vocalist to ever join Overboard.

The bulk of their tour locations are colleges and universities as well as a cappella festivals all over the country. Soon Overboard will be traveling overseas to South Korea for a two-week tour.

They have already been a featured entertainment for the likes of American Idol, PUMA and Mit-

subishi, as well as on The CBS Early Show, and have caught the attention of the global a cappella community.

Overboard currently has six albums out, their most recent being “Help!,” released in 2009. It is a 23 track collection of Beatles songs, featuring “Come together,” and “Help!” both of which they performed at Quinnipiac. They also performed many modern songs, such as Justin Timberlake’s “Mirrors” and “Pump It” by the Black Eyed Peas. According to Vinson, some of the group’s favorite songs to perform are “You Give Love a Bad Name” by Bon Jovi and “Skullcrusher Mountain” by Jonathan Coulton.

“My personal favorite is ‘25 or 6 to 4’ by Chicago,” Vinson said. “It is very challenging so it takes a lot of ‘musical nerdiness’ to sing.”

No matter what the group is singing, the energy is always high and their notes are always perfectly in pitch. They are able to show their versatility in style and musical genre with their

50 plus song repertoire. From classic rock to contemporary hip-hop, Overboard was able to blow the crowd away and fill the Piazza with music. From a far, one would think someone was blasting songs from a stereo; when in reality every sound you hear is coming from the member’s mouths.

“We are always learning new music,” bassist Donovan Davis said.

Davis sang bass with a range so low it is hard to believe that a bassist isn’t hiding behind the stage making the same sounds. His rare voice quality brings something special to Overboard, as does the group’s beat-boxer Nick Girard. The sounds he makes perfectly resemble the percussion heard from a drum set. During the show, he taught the audience how to make those sounds and put them in a pattern. Some audience members were also able to come up to the stage with him and show off their newly learned skills.

“I didn’t realize how much talent the Quinnipiac Theatre program had. I was so surprised that everyone could sing so well! I was pleasantly surprised with the show,” said Freshman Alexis Glazewski.

Ernest(Joe Kohle) falls in love with Miss Gwendolen( Emily Seinbert)and asks her to marry him. She says yes to Ernest but her mother, Lady Bracknell, (Ilisse Gomez) does not agree with her choice because Ernest was adopted or rather left in a bag at a train station.

Ernest goes to Algernon’s(Gerard Lisella) house where Algernon accuses Ernest of having a double life. Ernest does in fact have two names. He is “Ernest in the city and Jack in the country”. Algernon then comes clean of having a fake friend Mr.Bunbury that he uses

to get out of awkward situations such as leaving town to visit his sick friend Mr.Bunbury.

Algernon finds out about Ernest’s ward Cecily(Michelle Ayrapetyan) who lives in the country. Algernon pretends to be Ernest, Jacks brother, and goes to meet Cecily in the country. Cecily believes that Ernest(Algernon) is Jacks brother and thinks that he is “wicked” in a good way. When Jack comes to the country and finds Algernon pretending to be Ernest he is not happy, but Algernon threatens to tell Cecily that Jack doesn’t have an actual brother named Ernest.

All ends well with a plot twist and lots of love. Gwendolen comes to see Ernest(Jack) and she and Cecily meet but when they both start to discuss that they are engaged to Ernest,

they find out Jacks and Ernest’s true identity.

Gwendolens mother comes to find Gwendolen and meets Cecilys teacher, Miss Prism (Ashley DiFranza) where they both realize that Miss Prism was taking care of Lady Bracknells sisters baby and left him at a train station by accident. Ernest ends up being Algernon’s older brother and Lady Bracknells nephew! The girls end up taking the boys back and all is well!

“I’m not that into musicals or romance but I thought the show was really funny and I would definitely recommend others to see it,” said Freshman Jack Brady.

The hard work that has been put into the show has definitely paid off. The cast has been practicing since late March.

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The Rundown BASEBALL Dartmouth 12, QU 0 – Wednesday Wagner 3, QU 2 - Friday Derek Lamacchia: 9 IP, 3 ER, 6 K’s Ryan Nelson: 2 hits Wagner 3, QU 1 - Saturday Chris Migani: 2 hits Wagner 8, QU 7 - Saturday Forrest Dwyer: 2 hits, 2 RBIs Nelson: 2 hits Wagner 10, QU 9 - Sunday Vincent Guglietti: 4 hits, 3 RBIs Nelson: 2 hits, 2 RBIs ACROBATICS & TUMBLING Fairmont State 267.05, QU 264.54 - Thursday QU 275.03, Azusa Pacific 269.945 - Friday Oregon 277.885, QU 273.655 - Saturday MEN’S LACROSSE Robert Morris 9, QU 7 Saturday Michael Sagl: 1 goal, 1 assist SOFTBALL Bryant 9, QU 8 - Saturday Lauren Salgado: 2 hits, 2 RBIs Alex Alba: 2 hits Braynt 8, QU 0 - Saturday Brittney Cyr: 1 hit CCSU 9, QU 0 - Sunday Jordan Paolucci: 1 hit CCSU 10, QU 2 - Sunday Courtney Solt: 2 hits, 2 RBIs

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Year of the champions The 2012-13 Quinnipiac athletics season was filled with memorable moments

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The Quinnipiac men’s soccer team saw its first regular-season championship in 2012, clinching the title by defeating Fairleigh Dickinson 3-0 in the final game of the season. Senior William Cavallo netted two goals in the victory, while Philip Suprise added a tally of his own, later finishing with nine on the year. The Bobcats finished with an 8-1-1 conference record in 2012; their first winning season since 2009. – B. Lipiner

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A 21-game unbeaten streak, an ECAC regular-season title, and a national championship appearance highlighted the 201213 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey season. The Bobcats unbeaten streak lasted from Nov. 9, 2012, to Feb. 15, 2013. Quinnipiac sealed the ECAC the same night, due to a Yale loss and the remaining games dwindling. After securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament, the Bobcats defeated Canisius, Union, and St. Cloud State to face Yale in the national title game. – B. Lipiner

games to watch BASEBALL QU (10-29, 5-15) vs.

Massachusetts (10-24, 4-11) – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU (10-29, 5-15) at LIU Brooklyn (15-26, 11-9) – Friday, 3 p.m.

QU (10-29, 5-15) at LIU Brooklyn (15-26, 11-9) – Saturday, 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

QU (10-29, 5-15) at LIU Brooklyn (15-26, 11-9) – Sunday, 1 p.m.

MEN’S LACROSSE QU (6-7, 3-2) vs. Robert Morris (7-6, 3-2) – NEC Tournament Thursday, TBA. SOFTBALL QU (15-31, 8-8) vs. Manhattan (16-20, 7-9) – Thursday, 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.

QU (15-31, 8-8) at Robert Morris (16-20, 7-9) – Saturday, 12 p.m., 2 p.m.

QU (15-31, 8-8) at Saint Francis (Pa.) (16-20, 7-9) – Sunday, 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

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A 30-3 record and a Northeast Conference Championship finalized Quinnipiac’s last season in the NEC. Similar to the men’s ice hockey team, Quinnipiac women’s basketball also recorded a lengthy unbeaten streak, its lasting 22 games.

Furthermore, the Bobcats became the first program in Quinnipiac basketball history to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament, after dropping Saint Francis (Pa.) in the NEC Championship, 72-33. – B. Lipiner

WOMEN’S RUGBY QU (14-0) vs. Winona State, National Semifinal at Stanford, Calif. – Friday, 12 p.m.

WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK QU vs. NEC Championship – Friday and Saturday

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The only team to go undefeated, Quinnipiac women’s rugby went 11-0 in its fall season, including a Tri-State Tournament Championship in a 22-14 win at Albany on Nov. 18, 2012. In the spring season, women’s rugby has recorded three wins en route to the national semifinals. Quinnipiac will take on Winona State on May 3, aiming to become the first Bobcats squad to win a national championship. – B. Lipiner

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High flyers

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Clockwise from the top left: sophomore Jenna Quenneville flips during the team routine in Saturday’s NCATA Championship vs. Oregon; freshman Montara Tomasetti is tossed into the air; freshman Taylor Johnson does a backflip.

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times softball has been shut-out this season, twice this weekend.

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women’s lacrosse players who were named to the nec allconference team this past week.

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SHOTS ON GOAL MEN’S LACROSSE took SATURDAY AT ROBERT MORRIS, ITS LOWEST OF THE SEASON.

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Nelson led the Bobcats this past week by hitting .368 (7 for 19) with two RBIs and a run scored. Nelson went 2 for 4 in the second stint of Saturday’s doubleheader, then 2 for 4 again on Sunday’s series finale against Wagner.

Tomasetti was named NCATA Rookie of the Year last weekend, while performing well in the Acro and Pyramid heats against Oregon in the NCATA Championship on Saturday.

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Men’s lacrosse preps for NEC playoffs Bobcats to face Robert Morris for second straight game

By BEN DIAS

Associate Sports Editor

For the last three years, the men’s lacrosse team season has ended in heartbreak. Each year, the Bobcats have fallen short of their goal: to win the Northeast Conference title. After losing to Mount St. Mary’s in the NEC championship game in 2011, the Bobcats made the semifinals in 2012, but were ousted by Bryant.

This season, Quinnipiac (6-7, 3-2 NEC) hopes it can finally get over the hump and win the NEC championship. The winner of the conference title game is also granted an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament.

“Going into the playoffs, we are very confident,” junior goaltender Gill Conners said. “Yes, we lost to Robert Morris but their offense is one of the most powerful in the NEC, and we kept them under 10 goals which is very hard to do. I believe we are playing at our best right now and we are ready to show it going into the playoffs.”

Against NEC foes that qualified for the postseason tournament, Quinnipiac lost to Bryant 17-7, beat Sacred Heart 13-12 in triple overtime after Sagl’s gamewinner, and lost to Robert Morris, 9-7.

“In the NEC there is no better team than the others and this season has shown that,” Conners said.

“Whoever shows up to play on the day of the game will win. Once playoffs start, everyone is 0-0. Whoever shows up to play this next week will win the NEC no matter what their record is.”

Bryant is the host school and the No. 1 overall seed after going 4-1 in conference play. Robert Morris owns the tiebreaker with the Bobcats taking the No. 2 seed, while Sacred Heart is the four seed and will play

the Bulldogs in the first semifinal at 1 p.m on May 3. The Bobcats then will face off at 4 p.m. The championship game will be held on May 4 at 1 p.m.

The 2013 regular season has been an atypical one for the Bobcats. Quinnipiac made plenty of noise early on as it started 3-0 for the first time since 2008 and was ranked No. 20 in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Poll for the first time in program history.

A tough month of March, however, saw the Bobcats struggle as they lost five consecutive games, losing four by two goals or less.

The Bobcats have a well-balanced offense led by sophomore attackman Michael Sagl. Sagl leads the Bobcats with 44 points, on 22 goals and assists. Sagl ranks third in the conference with points per game with 3.38 and fourth in assists per game with 1.69.

Quinnipiac boasts four other players with 20 or more points. Senior midfield captain Basil Kostaras is tied for second on the squad with 25 points along with Brendan Wilbur and Pat Corcoran. Kostaras has scored 18 goals and added seven assists. Wilbur has recorded 17 goals and eight assists, while Corcoran has 15 goals and 10 assists. Matt Diehl has collected 23 points on 13 goals and 10 assists. Dylan Webster has corralled a team-high 104 ground balls good for second in the conference only behind Bryant star Kevin Massa’s 194.

Massa is also the conference leader with a 71.0 faceoff percentage. Webster is fifth in the conference in faceoff percentage with a .489.

“It’s very simple when it comes to Bryant, we need to win faceoffs.

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The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team will enter the Northeast Conference playoffs as the No. 3 seed and face Robert Morris in the semifinals. Bryant and Sacred Heart also qualified for the NEC playoffs.

They killed us at the X last game and that needs to be fixed,” Conners said. “They are a good defense but our offense is better. On the defensive end, we need to play hard and tough but also smart at the same time by staying out of the penalty box. We need to play four quarters and not let up.”

The Colonials have the best offense in the NEC with 11.92 goals per game, also placing second in the league in shots on goal with 22.50 per game.

Bryant is the least penalized team with 2.12 minutes a game, and also has the best penalty-killing unit.

The Bobcats are second in the

conference in fewest turnovers per game with 14.77 and have caused the second most turnovers per game with 8.85. Quinnipiac’s defense can be attributed Conners. Conners has been honored with NEC Defensive Player of the Week four times. Conners leads the conference in saves made with 179, save percentage with .563 and in saves per game with 13.77.

“It is very important to not only have a good goaltender in the playoffs, but also a hot one,” Conners said. “There are plenty of goalies out there that may not be having the best season but when it comes to the playoffs, it’s anyone’s game. That’s when you see the best goalies play-

ing at their best times.”

Conners says that the he has stressed the whole year to the team, that the team who shows up on game day, will win the NEC. The junior college transfer, who won two national championships at Onondaga Community College as part of the National Junior College Athletic Association, believes that five things are important in the playoffs.

“Tough defense, explosive offense, confident goalkeeping, winning the war at the faceoff and, most importantly, whoever has the most heart will the be the winner,” Conners said. “That’s what the playoffs comes down to.”

Landmark proposal:

The parties to Biediger v. Quinnipiac have agreed to settle issues related to Title IX. Here are some of the key points that come with the proposed settlement:

By: Matt Eisenberg

Scholarships

Coaches

Increased salaries

Several of Quinnipiac’s women’s sports teams will receive additional scholarships, including the volleyball team, women’s rugby team, women’s cross country team and women’s track & field teams.

Quinnipiac will hire new coaches for its women’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams.

Currently, there is only one coach for the women’s cross country and track teams.

The university will increase the salaries of women’s sports coaches to no less than the median salaries in their respective sport in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, projected to be at least $450,0000 per year.

Facility improvements The university will spend up to $5 million to improve athletic facilities, other than the TD Bank Sports Center that its women’s varsity sports teams use.

Competition test This test will determine if male and female athletes have the same competitive experiences as each other in order for the sport to qualify under Title IX specifications.