SE TON HALL MAGA ZINE | WINTER 2023
SHU IN THE NEWS “We’re at a place now culturally where we’re re-evaluating how much we value women’s sports. Seeing things like this, it’s ’if you build it, they will come.’” Jane McManus, executive director of the Center for Sports Media, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” on the importance of women’s sports in reference to more than 92,000 fans packing the University of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium for a women’s volleyball game.
“It’s a new, exciting journey, and for the parents, they should be there every step of the way. ... But realizing their role is going to change just a little bit, going from actually running the plays to maybe being more of the coach on the side.” Vaughn Calhoun, assistant vice president and dean of the Center of Academic Success, U.S. News & World Report, on how parents can support their child’s transition from high school to college.
“There’s a distancing, a sense of alienation, of wondering where your future is going to be, that comes from leaving the homeland, from leaving Italy.” William Connell, La Motta Chair of Italian Studies, PBS Think Tank with Steve Adubato, discusses the history and impact of Italian-American migration.
“After you treat them for just a few seconds, that plant grows faster than untreated seeds. … The results are remarkable.” Jose Lopez, College of Arts and Sciences, BBC Future, discusses plasma physics and using electrical horticulture to increase agricultural yields.
“What we must fear is not the suffering migrants coming to our cities, but the lack of compassion that is dangerously being cultivated on a daily basis even in the hearts of those who claim to know Christ.” Nancy Enright, director of the University Core, Today’s American Catholic, discussing the biblical imperative to have compassion
Poet Performance
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arlos Andrés Gómez brought his unique verbal talents to the University Center on October 3, presenting a program of spoken word and poetry that explored issues of diversity, equity and inclusion relevant to the Seton Hall campus. The interactive session, hosted by the Pre-Professional Advising Center, invited those attending to identify ways to make the University more culturally responsive, affirming and accessible, especially for historically marginalized people.
Gómez, a former social worker and publicschool teacher from New York City, is a Colombian American poet, speaker and actor who has become an equity and inclusion strategist, performing at hundreds of colleges across the country and venues around the world. His books include the memoir Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood. He has been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and in the Spike Lee movie Inside Man.
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