[The Stute] November 13, 2015 (Issue 11, Volume CXIII)

Reflection and Reform As the United States honors its veterans and Hoboken reassesses its infrastructure’s legacy, Stevens looks to reform Student Life operations.

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Student Life hires new RSO financial coordinator

Washington Street: the plan to revitalize Hoboken’s ‘Main Street’

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by TYLER ROMEO Staff Writer

Brielle Melillo was hired by the Office of Student Life last week to fill the role of fianncial coordinator. She is tasked with assisting campus organizations with budgeting and other financial matters, previously a responsibility of other employees in the office or to the auspices the organizations’ student leaders. Melillo’s responsibilities will include executing university financial processes that campus organizations participate in, such as submitting purchase orders or check requests. She will also facilitate organizations’ financial growth, and ensuring organizations spend more reliably and efficiently. Melillo has already begun working with both student organizations and other university administrative staff towards the goal of improving the efficiency of financial processes. SGA President Matthew Hunt said “The SGA is very excited for Brielle to be here,” and that she “will be a more definitive, more specific help financially [for RSOs].”

Melillo was hired after an interview process that took place over the past few months. A job description was sent out, with input from the SGA Cabinet, and eventually two candidates were brought in for in-person interviews. Both candidates— Melillo being one—were interviewed individually by Assistant Dean of Students Kristie Damell and Dean of Students Kenneth Nilsen. They were

then interviewed by Hunt, SGA Treasurer Patrick MacLane, and Jane Gilbarty and Christopher Shemanski from the Office of Student Life. Hunt and MacLane also assisted with developing the questions that would be asked in the interview.

Melillo’s hiring was in response to a number of recent changes in financial requirements of student organizations imposed by the Office of Finance as a result of changing governmental compliance and reporting requirements. “It’s about management and disclosure, and lifting that veil and asking where the money is going,” said Nilsen. The Office of Student Life believes that the addition of Melillo to their staff will assist in bridging the gap between procurement and student organizations. Previously, the process for submitting a purchase requisition— which is now encouraged as a replacement for use of purchasing cards due to better auditing capabilities—involved multi-stage approvals. A requisition required approval from multiple staff in the Office of Student Life, including Nilsen, before it was submitted to the Office of Procurement. The new procedure will involve only three steps, with Melillo as the gateway.

The Office of Student Life is also looking into working with student organizations, as well as other parts of the administration, to agree upon common vendors to be used for specific goods and services.

Some vendors, such as B&H

Photo Video, and soon Amazon and Home Depot as well, have the ability to tightly integrate with Stevens’ financial system Kuali. The integration allows administrators like Melillo to choose items from a special internal catalog and reference those items specifically on a purchase requisition. This eliminates the need for a more formal purchase order process and streamlines the purchasing process. Even for vendors that do not support this integration, Stevens and student organizations thereof may be able to receive more competitive pricing from vendors that Stevens has made deals with. The Office of Student Life plans on using student organization feedback to find specific hot spots of purchasing, such as custom T-shirt printing, that may benefit from the use of a single vendor with special negotiated pricing.

Nilsen also said they want to look at locally sourced options, as well as vendors that “are more aligned with the University’s missions and goals … by buying locally, we can impact the community greater.”

In addition to facilitating financial efficiency, Melillo will also be assisting with planning and accountability for student organizations. According to Hunt, one of the SGA’s goals is to make budgeting “more specific, more reliable, and more repeatable.” Melillo will be working closely with the SGA Cabinet, whose meetings she has already attended, as well as the Senate standing commit-

see OSL • Page 6

hobokennj.org

by JOSEPH BROSNAN Staff Writer

Washington Street is the main artery road in Hoboken, a hub of activity, transport, and commerce. It is also built on heavily aged infrastructure in dire need of repair and rehabilitation.

Mayor of Hoboken, Dawn Zimmer, has been pushing to convert this primary street into a “complete street,” in addition to its rehabilitation.

A “complete street” is a style of street that accommodates all people of all ages in all modes of transportation. In a complete street, there is a healthy balance of parking, driving lanes, bike lanes, and pedestrian pathways. With the new bike share program that Hoboken has adopted, Hoboken has seen an increase of bike users, who currently either bike on the sidewalks, which is very unsafe for pedestrians, or on Washington Street itself, which is very unsafe for the bikers.

A protected bike lane is currently being proposed as the best solution to this problem, however some council members are wary of its effect on

existing traffic. The inclusion of a bike lane (currently proposed as 4 feet wide in each direction for a total width of 8 feet) would reduce the two 17-foot driving lanes to 13 feet. The councilmembers assume that this will restrict traffic.

However, as T&M Associates—the municipal engineering company for the project— pointed out, reducing the width of the road will ultimately lead to more structured driving, less double parking, and less backups. In addition, to the inclusion of bike lanes, there are plans to incorporate green infrastructure (the specifics of which are still being discussed) and to completely replace the 150-year-old water lines that run underneath Washington Street. T&M Associates is currently looking into options to minimize stormwater runoff to the drainage inlets on Washington Street.

Dr. Elizabeth FassmanBeck, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering, made suggestions to include a permeable asphalt that both doubled as

see WASHINGTON • Page 6

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: True camaraderie School spirit (or lack thereof) Smartphone 3D scanning

Roving Reporter What superstitions do you believe in?

Review: Sri Thai

Polling Pierce How many classes have you missed this semester?

OPINION 2-3

PULSE 4-5

Newly elected SGA presidential ticket International MASKerade Cabaret Night

Prime minister’s cabinet is 50% female

Soccer and field hockey claim chapionships

Iris van Herpen injects science into fashion

Colin Phillips named Player of the Year

SGDC Game Jam starts

Student Spotlight: Zachary Shakked

On Deck in varsity sports

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The crowd roars for all Last Saturday I was half-sick, half-exhausted, and when I finally woke up, none of my roommates were around. The evening was quiet, except for the intermittent bursts of cheering capped off by a loud, repeating horn. For the time I was conscious, I heard this horn two times, which equated to women’s soccer capturing the Empire 8 Conference Championship, along with field hockey and men’s soccer earlier that night.

For athletes and Stevens sports supporters alike, this was an unforgettable moment of triumph.

For a majority of the Stevens campus, this was a just an event, maybe memorable if a friend or two were on a championship team. For the past three years, I’ve been in the latter group, but this year I felt a part of the former one, even if I weren’t in the stands cheering the Ducks on.

How did I feel part of something that I’ve never been involved in? I was able to tap into a side of me that’s been dormant since I was an early teenager. By seeing someone I knew grow ex-

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traction of the always dangerous Stevens cynicism.

Women’s soccer, field hockey, and men’s soccer won Empire 8 Championships—that’s actually really cool. Sure, there’s no academic tinge to these victories, and thus won’t get the studentwide recognition that the Solar Decathlon did (scales of magnitude notwithstanding). However, even if you are among that disinterested majority, understand that an athlete’s victory is not a marker of your exclusion. Don’t let past biases define the present like I have. Let them go and cheer a little.

Congratulations again, women’s soccer, field hockey, men’s soccer, and all participating Stevens sports teams in this past weekend’s Empire 8 competition.

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cited, advertise the games, and ultimately make their friends and other Stevens students excited for and proud of them, I saw the side of competition that professional sports fans have smeared with unbearable obnoxiousness and nauseating elitism.

When I hear Yankees fans (including six-years-ago me) claim that “we” won a game, or shout at others that “their team” sucks, I can’t help but get incensed. My sports fanaticism has matured to the point where sports teams I follow don’t define who I am, nor do they mean I am any better or worse than anyone else. However, the often ignored part of sports—especially at Stevens—is camaraderie, and their inherent ability to unite people, sometimes to a fault.

The perception of the athletes/ non-athletes or sports fans/nonfans division is a reality, and that is due to extremists on both ends.

Seeing the positives of Stevens sports successes at the individual level was a much-needed bias check for me—an overdue ex-

by GABRIELLE McCORMACK Freshman Software Engineering Major

As a newly elected member of the Honor Board, I have come to learn many of the fine details of the board and how it is run, along with how each meeting is conducted. In order to learn all of this, it has been necessary to attend many helpful, but sometimes long, training sessions. This, along with the topics that must be discussed at the meetings, often calls for a “day off” or a break from these heavy topics.

What better way for the board to do so than to have an Honor Board bonding day?

Many thought that this was a great idea, and

as a result, most of the Honor Board with myself included went mini golfing on Pier 25 in Manhattan this past Sunday.

We decided to leave at 11 a.m. and take the train into Manhattan, where we walked down to Pier 25 near the World Trade Center. I had never been in that area, so going there for the first time was definitely very exciting for me. On the pier, there was a park, a playground, and the mini golf course where we were going to play.

Once everyone got their clubs and golf balls, we started playing.

Everyone was having a great time joking around and playing the game; it was definitely a great break from both the stresses of the week and the seriousness of the meetings on the Honor Board. It was especially great for me because I feel like I got to know my fellow members a lot better than I knew them be-

fore, and it has made me more comfortable in this new environment.

After we were finished playing, we walked through Battery Park and went to Shake Shack during its busiest time of day. Soon after, we decided to make our way back to Hoboken through the trusty subway services.

After about an hour of MetroCard dilemmas, creepy subway dwell-

ers taking pictures of us, and a long walk through Hoboken, we finally got back on campus.

Overall, this was a great experience for me and I am very glad that I had the chance to get to know my fellow members of the Honor Board, people that I will be working with closely for the year to enforce the utmost honor and integrity within our school.

Senioritis

A critical look at morale on campus, events, and festivals

by JOSEPH BROSNAN

5/5 Civil Engineering Major

If my previous columns stirred up some controversy, I apologize in advance for the waves I am about to make.

Let’s take a moment to

talk about school spirit at Stevens. Truthfully, in the past few years, I haven’t seen a lot of it.

There are groups at Stevens such as the SGA and Gear and Triangle that like to host events to try to boost school spirit and morale. Good for them— they are trying really hard to motivate and instill pride into the rest of the student body who often falls into the endless cycle of pessimism and un-enthusiasm, a group of people I seem to have been representing a bit this semester.

But, from the perspective of other students, these attempts really feel like a ruse. When I see the RAGE events happening, I scoff. I see everyone smiling and having fun, but I don’t get that vibe of genuine school spirit. I feel like everyone is trying too hard, which takes away from the authenticity of being proud of Stevens. (Many are likely weighed down by some of the things I have mentioned in other columns.

There is a lot at Stevens to be upset about that

can often outweigh the happy feelings.)

I am bringing this up because it was a point of contention between Matt Hunt and Vinny Raimondi during the SGA Presidential Debate, and I was really upset that the debate ran so long and that I had to leave halfway through. Hunt and Raimondi have differing and strong feelings about RAGE, Techfest, and Boken.

Before I continue, I am going to reiterate something: I said “in the past few years” in regards to

school spirit—I, and fellow five-year students, can recall Boken of the Living Dead, which, in my mind, was literally one of the coolest things I had ever been a part of at Stevens. It was crazy, exhilarating, and spread out. It was also totally disruptive to campus activities, but I don’t think I minded that much back then. Some people didn’t like it; “this is childish,” they said, but oh well.

You can’t please everyone.

Boken of the Living Dead really sung to me

in terms of what Boken should be, and how it should be viewed by students on campus: It was pervasive, and practically everyone knew about it. It was long, taking the course of a school week and involved a lot of different clubs connected to a common theme, with prizes and rewards for the overall event.

Sound familiar? Oh look, that is the formula for RAGE! The same exact thing, but the consistent theme is “Stevens is

see WOES • Page 9

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Technically Speaking

Eora puts high precision 3D scanning in the palm of your hand

by TARIK KDIRY

Freshman Software Engineering Major

Eora 3D’s developers ran into a problem: Finding an affordable yet effective 3D scanner. Unable to find one, they have decided to create one themselves. This unique start up team is revolutionizing 3D scanning by bringing it to the mobile world. With

one tap of a finger, eora will complete visually impressive scans that can later be viewed, edited, and shared.

The eora 3D Scanner is swiveling device with a green laser that clamps onto a phone. It uses an iPhone or Android device’s optics to capture and process data from the laser.

The team boasts that this has made their scanner much less expensive than other alternatives.

Unlike other scanners, eora does not require a turntable. The app can put together multiple scans from different angles to form a solid image. There is also an optional wireless

turntable that connects via Bluetooth.

Eora’s goal is set at $80,000 by Nov. 18; currently they have generated approximately $556,000 from almost 2,000 backers on Kickstarter. The public can pledge the minimum of $255 for one order set to be shipped June of next year, and those that pay at least $419 can expect an early shipment including some accessories by April 2016. eora will be available on the App Store and the Google Play Store in the near future. If the quality of the scanner is as impressive as the price, 2016 may prove to be a very exciting year.

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Scientific Curmudgeon

The Gould Effect: when a science journalist dislikes a scientist

by JOHN HORGAN

Director, Center for Science Writings

In my last column, I confessed that my personal feelings toward proponents of a scientific claim affect my judgment of the claim. I focused on cases in which my feelings were positive. That is, I like the proponent.

Things can get even knottier if I dislike the advocate of a claim, theory, worldview. I call this the “Gould effect,” but I could have called it the Gell-Mann effect, Prigogine effect, Edelman effect, Popper effect, and so on. Many of

my subjects have irked me. My dislike of Gould, however, had an especially strong impact on my assessment of his oeuvre.

Gould, who died in 2002, was an influential paleontologist who challenged conventional Darwinian theory.

He was the co-inventor of punctuated equilibrium, which holds that evolution proceeds not gradually but in fits and starts. Critics dubbed punctuated equilibrium “evolution by jerks.”

When I interviewed Gould in 1995, I found him to be brilliant but pompous. In a profile for Scientific American (which I expanded for my book The End of Science), I mocked Gould, summing up his view of life—which dwelled on evolution’s randomness—as “s**t happens.” I quoted Gould’s Harvard colleague and

archenemy Edward Wilson comparing Gould to a squid, which when attacked “escapes in a cloud of ink.”

I felt a bit guilty for roughing up Gould, because I admired his ferocious assaults on biological determinism past and present. Gould contended that fields such as sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics implicitly justify racism, sexism and other evil isms by emphasizing the biological bases of behavior.

I therefore stuck up for Gould in 2011 when he was accused of presenting faulty data in his 1981 book The Mismeasure of Man. Pointing out weaknesses in the accusation, I urged readers to check out Mismeasure, which “abounds in evidence of how science can become an instrument of malignant ide-

Cuisine Corner

Sri Thai (234 Bloomfield St.)

by KATRINA GUIDO

Sophomore Computer Science and Physics Major

A short walk from campus to the corner of Third and Bloomfield will take you to yet another hidden Hoboken gem—Sri Thai.

Surrounded by residential buildings, the three or so tables inside suggest that Sri Thai primarily deals with takeout and delivery orders.

Deciding to try out their use of online ordering sites like GrubHub and Seamless, I went to Seamless to check out Sri Thai’s menu. They so kindly list their most popular menu items up

top, so from there I chose vegetable spring rolls (vegetable paw pia) and red curry with chicken (kang dang). Then from the rest of the menu I chose ginger beef (nau khing) and, for a sweet finish, fried bananas with honey.

I ended up making all of the meal decisions this time because my partner, not being too familiar with thai food, asked me to choose for him (not that I’m an expert on Thai, not even close).

On a side note, as a general rule never be afraid to try new cuisines, read the descriptions, ask questions, and take a risk. You might just discover your next favorite dish. Now, back to the review.

Seconds after placing my order, I received confirmation that my order was received by Sri Thai and that my food would be ready in 20–30 minutes. My partner and I

arrived at Sri Thai about 25 minutes later, the friendly woman at the register asked for my first name, handed me my order, and we were on our way.

My first reaction when pulling out the food was “This is it?” For a total of $35 (about $10 for each of the meals and $6 each for the spring rolls and fried bananas) I was expecting quite a bit of take-out. Sri Thai did not meet that expectation.

Removing the lids though, the delicious scent of ginger and spice that filled my dorm was enough to make anyone salivate, and this time was one of the few when the flavor was strong enough to match. Biting into the tender chicken of the curry, the flavors of coconut and spice filled my mouth in a very pleasing combination.

Lovers of strong spice will be disappointed as this dish had just enough

ologies.”

A few caveats: First, I don’t necessarily fault subjects for arrogance.

Many scientists—Gould included—are justifiably haughty, because their achievements are extraordinary. And pride can be a positive trait, if it helps a scientist to keep hacking away at a thorny problem.

Francis Crick, whose collaborator James Watson famously accused him of never being “in a modest mood,” was arrogant in this positive sense. Crick possessed enormous self-confidence, but his ego didn’t cloud his judgment. If you could point out legitimate flaws in his hypothesis, he’d drop it and search for a better one. Crick’s goal was truth, not glory.

But arrogance can blind scientists to weaknesses in their assertions. I found that to

be true of Gould, when he was dismissing criticism of punctuated equilibrium. The trait was even more pronounced in others I interviewed, notably complexity theorist Ilya Prigogine and immunologist-turnedneuroscientist Gerald Edelman. These Nobel laureates were too entranced by their own ideas to see them objectively. Or so I suggested in my profiles of them.

The Gould effect poses another complication: Jerks often make more vivid subjects than nice guys. When physicist Murray Gell-Mann derided science journalists as ignoramuses, I thought, “Yes! This is great stuff!” I couldn’t wait to start writing about him. I felt the same way when philosopher Karl Popper, smiling at me as if I were a disabled child, told me that my question (Is his

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Likewise, though I could not see any actual pieces of ginger in the beef, I could still taste quite a bit of the spice throughout the entire dish. The portions were small, but the flavor was big.

After I have just finished raving about the main dishes, you may be

falsifiability principle falsifiable?) was “silly.”

Also, if a subject condescends to me, I feel freer to be mean to him or her in print.

The opposite of the Gould effect is what could be called the Bethe effect. Hans Bethe figured out why stars shine and headed the theoretical division of the Manhattan Project.

He was as great as a scientist can be. But he was so nice! And I couldn’t find anything in his career to fault. Writing about Bethe, I felt like a public-relations flak.

If all my subjects were unlikable, my job would be much easier.

John Horgan directs the Center for Science Writings, which is part of the College of Arts & Letters.

This column is adapted from one originally published on his ScientificAmerican.com blog, “Cross-check.”

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thinking the rest of the meal was great too, and well, that depends on who you ask. My partner thought the spring rolls and fried bananas were great. I, however, thought both were way too greasy. Yes, I do realize that in order to fry food, oil is required, but that doesn’t mean the end result has to be overly greasy. I suppose

I will leave the verdict on those items up to my lovely readers.

Sri Thai is better quality than your average Asian take-out, hence the slightly higher prices, but both my partner and I felt full after finishing the meal. As aforementioned, I am no Thai expert, but I definitely think Sri Thai is worth a try.

Katrina Guido

Campus Pulse

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Roving Reporter

What superstitions do you have?

“I’ll do bad if I spell the Honor Code correctly.”

“Breaking mirrors.”

Felix Zhang-Xu

Kevin Fonque

“The cards in Magic pre-release packs are better than the cards in regular packs.”

Gary Marshuetz

“Friday the 13th’s always go well for me.”

“Karma.”

“Friday the 13th is unlucky.”

Jeremy Dell

Rushabh Nark

Pia Om

Polling Pierce

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tee on accountability, to monitor RSO funding. For now, she will act as the coordinator for actions and investigations taken by the Senate accountability committee, including assisting with audits of RSO finances. However, Hunt says that the “The accountability [committee] wants to shift away from au-

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dits toward facilitation.”

Cited as a long-term goal by both Hunt and Nilsen, Melillo will eventually help with tracking how money was spent and for which events. This will be used to provide feedback on how to change spending for future events, as well as how to facilitate organizations achieving future goals they might have, which aligns with recent SGA policy that RSOs must use the OrgSync Checkbook tool to

track spending actuals for events and capital improvements. Dean Nilsen says he wants Melillo to find “ways that students can better use the current services we have.” Melillo will also be responsible for analyzing student organization spending, and categorizing the spending into financial categories, such as food or travel.

“Brielle comes with a lot of banking history, working at investment banks,” said Nilsen. Previously,

Melillo worked as a manager at Bank of America, where she directed ten employees with a budget of about $5 million. Before that she was a banker, and before that a teller, at JPMorgan Chase and Co. Melillo is hoping to bring use her financial experience to help students with processes they are not familiar with. When asked about her new position, Melillo said, “I love it here. It’s so beautiful.

The students are nice.”

Washington Continued from front page

an element of “green infrastructure,” and as a sound dampening element, something mentioned by another member of the Stevens Community.

While all of these renovations and improvements are taking place, T&M Associates has plans to also redo

the signaling on Washington Street, which will greatly improve the flow of traffic on the street. All of these plans are still in the preliminary phase, but Mayor Dawn Zimmer urges all members of the Stevens Community to actively participate in conversations regarding the future of Washington Street, reminding us that we are residents of Hoboken, too.

English Language Communications Dept. hosts International MASKerade Cabaret Night

by RAMMI KAMOURH Staff Writer

In celebration of International Education Month, the English Language and Communication program hosted International MASKerade Cabaret Night on Saturday evening. The event was open to all members of the Stevens community, including faculty and staff, and showcased the variety of cultures found in the graduate student population.

Throughout the night, attendees, many of whom were dressed in masks, enjoyed a variety of cultural performances by members of the graduate student

body. These performances included the playing of culturally unique instruments such as the Chinese Zither, and singing acts including the performance of Bollywood songs. There was also a buffet of several different ethnic foods and a photo booth for people to take pictures of themselves wearing their masks.

The entire event was a creative mixture of different types of entertainment for all members of the Stevens community to enjoy.

“We want to showcase our international graduate students so people can get to know about who they are and their culture.” said Sophie Hales, Coordinator of

the English Language and Communication program.

Hales also discussed the low profile of graduate student events on campus, and said that MASKerade Cabaret Night was an opportunity to bring graduate students together and encourage their involvement on campus. “They do organize their own events, but we wanted to organize an event that brings them all together.”

As much as the event brought together different cultures, it brought together different members of the Stevens community. Assistant Coordinator of English Language and Communication Helene Beck accurately de-

Lee Vinsel discusses the history of cars, risks, and regulatory standards

by FARHANA BEGUM Staff Writer

It does not take an expert to recognize that Americans are fascinated with cars. They can be a luxury or necessity in the American lifestyle. However, what many may not know is that the history of the automobile is one filled with stories and lessons concerning risk, regulation, and performance standards. Assistant Professor Lee Vinsel talked about these very issues in a comical manner in order to engage his audience about his upcoming book.

A knowledgeable historian with a sarcastic sense of humor, Vinsel was able to attract both students and faculty to his talk this past Wednesday during one of the College of Arts and Letters’ Humanities Forums. He divided his talk into four categories: background, basic picture, story time, and conclusions. In a playful mood, Vinsel decided that a Powerpoint slide showing his beard would be the best way to convey his academic background and research on cars and performance standards.

While getting laughs from the audience, he described his dissertation work at Carnegie Mellon and expressed it as his initial spark of knowledge on the subject.

From there Vinsel proceeded to describe “the basic picture.” He concluded that regulation influences technological change. This history can be seen as a “series of waves or moments, where groups of people problematize different parts of the car and then different groups solve the problem,” Vinsel said.

There are waves with action and retraction and then periods when nothing happens until another problem arises. There is a social process of technological risk regulation which can also be divided into four steps: problem identification, reformation of expert communities, governance mechanism, and resolution, typically through standardization. Standardization is often used because it works in America. According to Vinsel, standardization is “fundamentally liberal.” A test is created, and organizations are asked to pass or beat the test in whatever style they chose. For example, a car is expected to pass inspection, but how the car passes inspection is not questioned. This leaves room for companies to come up with different ways to solve a problem.

From there Vinsel entered into the “story time” part of his presentation in which he expressed as his favorite. Beginning with

the horseless carriage in 1893, Vinsel walked his audience through the various stages of regulation and standardization of the automobile. Some examples he mentioned were standardization of traffic rules, traffic lights, and headlights. He then began to discuss the rise of impact biomechanics, when people began to study how forces in accidents affect the human body. This, of course, led to more regulation and standardization of the automobile. He stated that history shows that industry always fights back when regulations are implemented—it always try to weaken them.

However, when regulations are set and companies are forced to adhere to them, automobile companies do research and create new innovative ways to “pass the test.” Vinsel argued that this leads to progress and technological innovation.

“When successful, regulations can cause technological innovation,” Vinsel said. Industries do create new knowledge. Vinsel says, this lesson can be applied to any issue that needs to be addressed today. The industry must be forced to follow new standards and regulations. That is the method to get the changes we want. “Neat these people with heavy sticks,” Vinsel said.

scribed it as a “cross between departments”. Not only was the event open to everyone, but it was also put together by different groups and individuals.

One of the night’s musical performances was by five undergraduate Music and Technology majors. The Audio Engineering Club, an undergraduate student organization, managed the event’s sound requirements.

This was English Language and Communication’s third time running the event, and the coordinators said they were excited to host it again next year and to expand the amount of cultures celebrated.

Ellen Drennan

Stevens Game Design Club starts week-long Game Jam

by DAVID OVSIEW Staff Writer

This past Friday marked the beginning of the Stevens Game Development Club’s Game Jam. In a Game Jam, participants work alone or in teams to make a game in seven days. The only creative requirement is a single word that each game must reflect. Other than that, the details of each game are up to the creators.

The game doesn’t even have to be a specific format; it could be a video game, board game, party game, or anything else the creators wish.

With so much freedom, SGDC Game Jams always allow for tremendous creativity.

At the announcement ceremony, club president Kevin Quigley thanked the contestants for coming, noting that this was the largest Game Jam in SGDC history. Reminding everyone that all outside work must be credited, he announced this Game Jam’s theme: extract. Contestants then broke into groups and dispersed, brainstorming games based on “extract.” Some talked about extracting targets from combat zones, others about espionage,

and others about ZIP files.

All submissions for Game Jam must be in by 7:01 p.m. on Friday November 13th. At that time, SGDC will meet in the student lounge on the third floor of the Lieb building. Contestants will present their games to an audience, which will then playtest and vote on which game was the most fun, among other categories.

Students who are not general members are also welcome for their unbiased opinion.

To learn more about SGDC, the club can be reached at sgdc@stevens.edu.

around campus, hoboken, and beyond Newly elected president to choose cabinet soon

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by TYLER ROMEO Staff Writer

The results of the 2016 SGA presidential election were approved by the Senate elections committee this week. Matthew Hunt and Jessica Smith won by a margin of 115 votes, claiming the presidency and vice presidency respectively for the next year. This election marks the first-ever SGA president to serve two consecutive terms in office. 671 students voted, or 22% of the undergraduate student body. Over the next month, Hunt and Smith will be choosing the other proposed members of their Cabinet, who need to be approved by the Senate before they can take office.

As of this writing, Hunt is expected to choose Jacob Vanderbilt for the position of Treasurer, but has yet to decide on who to choose for his Secretary and the Chairman on the Committee of Student Interests (CCSI).

The voter turnout for this election is significantly lower than previous years.

The 2013 election, which is the most recent presidential election with more than one candidate, experienced a voter turnout of more than 30%, with 830 students voting. The year before that, 1,080 students voted, accounting for 45% of the student body. Hunt said that while he is proud that so many students voted after two years of unopposed elections, there is a “political apathy that’s been devel-

oping over the past couple of years,” and that “one of our goals for the next year is increased voter population.”

Hunt will be working closely with Julia Defilippis, the chair of the Senate standing committee on public relations, to increase voter turnout for future elections.

Hunt also elaborated on a number of other goals he has for his second year on the SGA Cabinet. This year Matt wants to work on “commanding the respect and the cooperation of the administration.” Matt has been forging relations with key administrative staff and wants to parlay them into relationships with the SGA itself.” Farvardin has a new initiative for departments to seek student input … and Dean Nilsen has facilitated

that and told them to use the SGA.” Hunt and Smith also have visions for how to use their cabinet to transform the Senate and SGA processes.

Smith, whose role as vice president entails the oversight of Senate committees, plans to define mission statements for each committee. As Hunt described it, “[We want to] develop what we are as a committee, what we want to be, and how do we get there.”

Smith will be sitting with each committee next year in order to answer these questions and improve the effectiveness of the Senate as a whole.

For the treasury, Hunt sees Vanderbilt as a “policyoriented person [who] runs things by the books,” and

is hoping to have him continue current SGA Treasurer Patrick MacLane’s work of codifying the guidelines and budgeting processes for RSOs. Hunt’s goal is to make budgeting more repeatable and formalized, so it will be consistent across years.

While a secretary has not yet been selected, Hunt hopes to have his secretary work with Angelo Shambilides, the current speaker of the Senate, to improve the efficiency of the Senate.

Hunt said, “we are still at a point now where the Sunday [Senate] meetings are not what they could be.”

Specifically, Hunt wants to focus on providing more value in the documentation the Senate produces, which is something that Shambilides and the future secre-

tary will work on.

Finally, for the CCSI, Hunt is “looking for someone who can step back, and not see the CCSI [position] as it has been in the past, but what it could be.” As the leader of the RSO sub-committee heads and representatives, Hunt is looking into how to utilize that, and how to formalize RSO procedures.

A big goal will be formalizing the expectations of sub-committee heads and representatives, including possible requirements of attendance at RSO general body meetings or executive board meetings.

Hunt and Smith will take office at 12 p.m. on January 19, the first day of classes in the spring semester, as prescribed by the SGA Constitution.

Students begin to raise money for RFL at Paint It Purple

by NAMANKITA RANA Staff Writer

Last week, the Steven’s Relay for Life Chapter held its annual Paint It Purple Event!

The Stevens RFL chapter is helping support the American Cancer Society and its ongo-

ing mission is to saves lives from cancer by helping people get well, helping people stay well, and helping fund initiatives for finding cures.

Stevens RFL works in four directions: advocacy, cancer education, Relay for Life, and survivorship.

According to RFL Treasurer

Elena Piper, “Paint the Campus Purple Week was meant to raise awareness about the importance of continuing the fight against cancer. We decorated the campus with purple ribbons and raised money from collecting donations outside of Pierce. We also had a pizza delivery fundraiser

The Link hosts scrapbooking event

by DAVID OVSIEW Staff Writer

On Thursday, November 5, The Link hosted a scrapbooking event in Hayden lounge. The yearbook society provided all the equipment one could need, such as colored paper, stickers, markers, and even a

color printer so that students could add custom designs to their scrapbooks. Ever the gracious host, the Link also provided free food, including mozzarella sticks that were quickly devoured by hungry scrapbookers.

The event was thrown to provide students, especially freshmen, with a chance to apply their

creativity and record memories of their past two months at Stevens.

The scrapbooks might be thought of as a miniyearbook for students.

This is the only event the yearbook society will hold for the rest of the semester, as they will now focus all their efforts on making this year’s yearbook.

David Ovsiew

Campus Cursive, StevensTHON send letters to spread good feelings

by ANDREW WALDRON Staff Writer

When deciding what to write for Thursday’s Letter Writing Party, junior Anu Sapkota had plenty of options. Suggested material for patients of the Children’s Specialized Hospital ranged from understandingly restrictive to unabashedly punny.

Writers were cautioned, “Do not write ‘get well’ because some of the children receiving these cards suffer from chronic or fatal medical conditions,” while jokes were recommended, “Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot!” (assuming this card was not intended for a nasal surgery ward). Sapkota

ended up choosing a favorite of hers attributed to Donald Duck, “Happiness is the richest thing we will ever own.”

Tellingly, this sentiment was indicative of the intentions behind the event. “Usually we have ‘More Love Letters’ send us people in need of good spirits,” relayed Matt Hall of Campus Cursive. Farhana Begum chimed in, reiterating that “this time we’re doing it a bit different–Kristen [Allocco, Eboard member of StevensTHON] approached us about coming together for an event.”

With Campus Cursive providing the supplies and Chipotle-catered food, the newly-formed StevensTHON was more than elated to co-host.

They also promoted

their upcoming 24-hour dance marathon to raise money for children with long term disabilities.

Fellow Eboard member Richard LoGatto emphasized, “We’ll be on our feet signifying that we’re representing their constant struggle and raising awareness.”

Those wishing to help both of the organizations in their charitable pursuits can look forward to Campus Cursive’s “Good Luck on Finals” near the beginning of December and the aforementioned StevensTHON planned for midApril. With over seventy letters sent out, Stevens students showed that, when given the chance, we can give out the richest thing we own to those who deserve such a currency.

as part of PCP where we delivered Pizza to students on campus for a small delivery fee on top of the cost of the pizza. We raised over $230 last week! All the donations and proceeds are going to our total goal for the Spring Relay for Life of $30,000!”

For anyone who is inter-

ested in getting involved, you can email the club at relayforlife@stevens.edu or join Relay For Life on Wednesday, November 18 in Burchard 118 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for their FREEZE event! Learn about cancer prevention and easy ways to self-screen. Also, enjoy sandwiches and ice cream!

Schept interprets sacred Jewish texts through the ‘Feminist Ethics’ lens

by FARHANA BEGUM Staff Writer

When one remembers reading Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, one may recall Shylock, the merciless Jewish moneylender who has a very strict and rigid idea of justice. Shylock demands a pound of flesh in return for lending the character Antonio money. One may also recall Portia, an innocent yet clever Christian who delivers the “quality of mercy” speech in an attempt to sway Shylock into showing compassion. Shakespeare’s work is just one example of how history has repeatedly interpreted Judaism to see God and the Judaic law as strict, rigid, and merciless. Psychology professor Susan Schept argued against this interpretation and instead stated that Jewish texts speak many times of mercy and care. Schept spoke on her reading of Jewish texts through a feminist lens, and argued that many of the ideas of justice, mercy, and compassion in these works are aligned with Carol Gilligan’s work in the field of “Ethics of Care.” This past Wednesday during the CAL Humanities Forum, Schept left the audience understanding the “Jewish” interpretation of justice, an idea very different from the western interpretation and more aligned with the feminist concept of morality.

Schept named two sources of impetus that drove her interest and research in this particular field. One was the work

of psychologist and ethicist Carol Gilligan, who established the foundation of “Care of Ethics.”

Prior to Gilligan, ethicist Lawrence Kohlberg wrote about peoples’ levels of moral development.

Kohlberg detailed three levels: pre-conventional, conventional, and postconventional. During the pre-conventional level, one’s morality is based on an obedience-punishment system. A person obeys the law because he will be punished if he doesn’t. During the conventional level, one works in an authority and social-order system—a person follows the law because it is the law. Finally, at the postconventional moral stage, one develops universal ethical principles that can be applied to various situations. Kohlberg concluded that women are stuck at level two and are too emotional to develop a proper sense of justice with universal concepts. Gilligan’s work argues against this interpretation and states that women have different approaches to morality and justice, and that they are by no means underdeveloped. Women have a more “context-specific approach where they use care as a basis for decision-making rather than overarching principles,” said Gilligan.

The second source of motivation for Schept’s research was her “continuing anger at scholars who misrepresented concepts of God in Jewish sacred texts.” Schept provided many quotes from various scholars that described the Jew-

ish God with words such as vindictive, malevolent, racist, and bully. She also quoted several sacred texts to state evidence of compassion and mercy in the Jewish works.

Schept explained that in Jewish scriptures ideas of care and justice are woven together: Justice is based on context rather than universal rules, and there is a focus on repair of relationships and remediation. Schept argued that “feminist ethics align with Jewish ideas of justice, mercy, and care.”

Citing several examples from the Torah and other works, Schept provided evidence that Jewish scriptures encourage the Hebrew term “hesed,” meaning care.

For example, Noah’s wisdom was in his focus on the feeding schedule of the animals in his ark.

He stayed up all night to make sure every animal ate and therefore was considered just and righteous. Schept also pointed out that statements such as “an eye for an eye” were never interpreted literally by rabbis.

In fact, the death penalty was only allowed for a punishment if there were two eyewitnesses that observed the act, and the wrongdoer understood the consequences of their actions. Overall, Schept concluded that although justice is present both in Jewish texts and in feminist morality, it is not the western interpretation of justice that is universal and detached. Instead, feminist ethics and sacred texts state justice is to “be never dispassionate and always context-driven.”

Meet the Veterans of Stevens

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Stevens students drilling on campus near the current lower campus gate house, in their patriotic, extracurricular role as “doughboys” during the Great War, circa 1917-1918.

by OLIVIA SCHREIBER Outreach Chair

The military history of Stevens Institute of Technology can be dated back to the 19th century, with Edwin A. Stevens contributing much to the design and construction of ironclad vessels for the United States Navy. His passing willed for the creation of Stevens, a place that would soon become one of the top engineering universities in the country. With the recent passing of Veterans Day, it is important to note the strong influence that the military has had on institute and what the university is doing to support veterans interested in obtaining a Stevens education.

For a long time, Stevens has served as the forefront of innovation for the mili-

tary. Davidson Laboratory has had strong Naval ties; many of the technologies and advancements made in coastal engineering can be attributed to those who work at Davidson. The Experimental Towing Tank (not to be confused with the maneuvering basin on Hudson Street) proved to play an integral part during World War II, as the lab was primarily serving the American war effort.

Stevens has extended its services and innovation to all realms of the military and is committed to educating those who have served.

The Stevens Veterans Office was formally reactivated in 2008 and has, according to Marine Veteran and Academic Director of the Stevens Veterans Office Dr. Donald Lombardi, helped over 100 veterans or veteran-dependent individuals receive an education from

Stevens.

The Stevens Veterans Office is maintained primarily through Dean of Student Development and Enrichment Programs Deborah Berkley and Dr. Donald Lombardi, the Faculty Liasion. The Office is supplemented with the help of Mia Ellis, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Transfer Coordinator, Amanda Mendez, Assistant Director of Domestic Recruitment for Graduate Admissions, and Michelle Patrón, the Assistant Director of Student Financial Services.

The Post-9/11 GI Bill offers higher education and training benefits to veterans and their families who served in the military after September 11, 2001.

Individuals who served an aggregate period of 36 months active duty are entitled to 36 months of edu-

cation, at the expense of the government. There is a catch. “The level of funding is equivalent to your home state’s tuition,” said Dr. Lombardi. For a veteran from New Jersey, the government would be obligated to pay an amount equivalent to Rutger’s tuition. Stevens, as a private university, would not fall under this category. However, veterans can pursue private higher education via the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The Yellow Ribbon Program is a provision under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. It is available for degree-granting institutions such as Stevens and provides for the Department of Veterans Affairs to partially or fully fund tuitions that exceed the established parameters set under the bill. Because Stevens is not a public university, veterans have often

come through the university via the Yellow Ribbon Program because of its financial benefits.

Stevens Institute of Technology, in addition to being one of the top-ranking institutes for engineering and return-on-investment, can also boast that it was the first school of its category to receive the Yellow Ribbon designation from the United States Government in the New York and New Jersey Metropolitan Area.

Currently, there are 44 total veterans on campus, 22 of which are students. A majority of the students are in graduate programs, but many of the undergraduate veterans who have passed through Stevens have esteemed track records. Marine Sergeant Ben Choe is one such example. As an engineering management student, Choe was the 2011 recipient of the Student

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Worker of the Year Award for his exemplary work in the Stevens State of New Jersey Healthcare Grant Program. Ryan Bridge, now an Associate at Jefferies and Company, was a rifleman and squad leader in the Marine Corps. While at Stevens, he boasted a 3.8 GPA and was a twotime NCAA Division III AllAmerican and AcademicAll American wrestler. The list of veterans’ accolades goes on and on.

A student’s path to Stevens does not always stem from high school, as many of the university’s successful student-veterans have shown. In an attempt to better educate the student body about the university’s veteran services, The Stute reached out to several of the veterans on campus to hear how their experiences in the military paved the way towards Stevens.

Dr. Donald Lombardi

Dr. Donald Lombardi is currently an Industry Associate Professor in the School of Business. After skipping a year of high school, Lombardi entered Fordham University as a 17-year-old. Dr. Lombardi was intrigued by the Marine Corps Officer Program as he entered his sophomore year, and enlisted in the last year of the draft. He attended officer training bootcamp in the summers and was the youngest 2nd Lieutenant to be commissioned in the 1970s at only 20 years old. “This position came with a lot of responsibility,”

United States Marine Corps said Lombardi. He served in an elite unit as a Communications Officer and was in a position that demanded leadership. He gave five years of active duty, and applied his GI Bill benefits to his graduate degrees. Dr. Lombardi is most proud of the GED Proficiency Program he developed while working in Human Affairs. “I developed a program for Marines who dropped out high school and wanted to get their GED,” said Lombardi. This program, as well as his originally-designed Base Community Relations Program, are still

in use today. Following his years in the military, Lombardi worked at two major corporations in various roles. Prior to Stevens, Lombardi was a professor and the University Director of Planning and Development at Seton Hall University and is the author of 12 books on healthcare management.

“The Marine Corps and Stevens Students are very similar,” said Lombardi. “They share four important attributes: pride, accountability, commitment and trust.” Lombardi currently serves as the Faculty Liaison in the Stevens Veterans Office.

Ralph G. Giffin, III

Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives Ralph Giffin went into the military after high school with the intent of using his GI Bill benefits to his college degree. He entered the Navy, and was involved in submarine service for six years. He worked on two different submarines, and while deployed, played a role in acoustic intelligence. “Acoustic intelligence was employed to identify ships, other submarines, and other items that made noise in the water. Our purpose was to better understand these items’ capabilities and operations.” Deployments were often long; the submarine was often deployed for periods of

United States Navy 6 months, and Giffin remembers a period of 110 days without resurfacing. He remembers his time on the submarines were long stretches of boredom “punctuated with times of sheer terror.” However, he distinctly remembers the people he worked with and the cohesiveness they displayed amongst each other in those stressful times. “It was as if you become different people,” said Giffin. “Everyone would come together from the boring times [to] rig the ship for quiet and everyone [did] their job like an orchestra.” After his six years in the Navy, Giffin went on to work for IBM. He ultimately gained

Jason Fersa hails from New Jersey and is currently studying Mechanical Engineering. He graduated high school in 2006 and ended up moving to Orlando, Florida. In May 2007, Fersa enlisted in the Navy and traveled to Great Lakes, Illinois for boot camp. After his training, Fersa was stationed in Jacksonville, where he trained for his position. “I worked on the P-3 Orion, an anti-submarine aircraft,” said Fersa. He was in Jacksonville for four years and was deployed twice in that time period. “Wherever the aircraft went, I went,” said Fersa. While enlisted, he was deployed to Sicily and Djibouti, Africa, each for six months. Djibouti is right on the border with Somalia, and one of their missions included searching for Somalian pirates.

Fersa’s time in Florida ended in 2011, after which he moved to

United States Navy Southern Maryland for two years. While there, he worked on a total of 4 different aircrafts, includingthe P-3 and H-60 helicopters. Amid his work for the Navy, Fersa found time to work on his Associate’s Degree in Engineering. He had begun taking classes in Jacksonville and finished his degree in Maryland in 2013. After his contract ended, Fersa knew he wanted to attain his Bachelor’s in Engineering degree. “I applied to three different schools in the area: Stevens, NJIT, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn,” said Fersa. “I was accepted to all three, and after I did some more research, I knew Stevens was the right place for me.” Fersa attends Stevens via the Yellow Ribbon Program, so the Department of Veteran’s Affairs and Stevens are collectively paying the difference between NJ

a position as Vice President at Lockeed Martin in Orlando when a colleague asked him if he’d like to be on the Board of Advisors for the new Systems Engineering program at Stevens. Instead of pursuing a transfer to Texas, Giffin came to Stevens and has been here for the past 10 years. “The military gives [you] leadership at very young age. Being responsible for parts of submarine [was] a heady task for a 20-year-old and that stayed with me.” When he interfaces with the Stevens Veteran’s Office, he usually takes an initiative to interact with the student veterans, especially former submariners.

Jason Fersa

in-state and Stevens’ tuition. He entered Stevens in January of 2014 and took 16 credits each for the spring, summer and fall 2014 semesters and will be done with his Bachelor’s at the end of next semester. Fersa believes his military background better prepared him for Stevens’ rigorous curriculum. “When I was in the military, I was always on call, even when I was not at work,” said Fersa. “The same level of dedication is needed [at Stevens], and that carried forward with me.” Fersa is considering a position at NAVAIR, which serves the nation and the Navy by developing, acquiring, and supporting naval aeronautical and related technology systems. “Most of what I did in the Navy was regulated by NAVAIR, “said Fersa. “It would be interesting to work on the opposite side.”

Opinion Woes

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great!”

I find it interesting to note that, after Boken of the Living Dead, Boken sort of faded off the map. It got smaller, it was a little broader, but involved less clubs, and usually had some eclipsing event (go figure, this was after the “success” of Return to Glory, the Techfest of 2012). So, what I can infer from all of this is that somehow Techfest 2012 was seen as a success, when it totally wasn’t, turn-

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ing off many, many RSO leaders and replacing a line of small events with a big “all-encompassing” event that honestly scares me away every time, because screw dance parties and concerts. The SGA and Gear and Triangle, or whatever committee is formed to manage Boken, restructured Boken to mirror the new Techfest. Both suffered, and to increase school spirit, someone “invented” (recycled old Boken, rather) RAGE, which was Boken, but without an interesting enough theme.

Okay, so, how to fully

tackle this problem...

Old Bokens were successful because they had these themes that had everyone get together for. By reaching out to RSOs to host themed events, someone in the Anime Club watching some themed anime could feel a mild connection with the campus, who had other RSOs like IUA hosting some sort of appreciation event of the same theme. This is obviously an exaggeration, but the concept is what matters. A singleevent concert can only draw people who like concerts. Two smaller events from two differ-

ent clubs, connected by a common theme, draw a larger audience, once you incorporate more RSOs, of course. If there is any success to RAGE events, it is this.

However, we had that in the old Bokens a lot more than in RAGE, whose theme, as I have said before, is to unify students in pride of our school. It is unnecessary.

I felt more a part of the Stevens Community cornering survivor Shane Arlington in the Hayden Parking lot with a horde of fellow zombies than I ever have in my fourand-a-half years of being a student here.

I am fine with Techfest being as it is, a one to two-day event with a big concert or something.

That’s fine. It could be better, but whatever.

RAGE should go away, and we should get back our old Boken. They are literally the same thing, except Boken had a legacy of being awesome, and RAGE is new and borrowing too many ideas from old Boken. If you got a good theme together, and built a week long festival around it, I guarantee that people will be happier than some stupid concert that can only appeal to so many students.

I feel like everyone gets so focused on doing RAGE, Techfest, or Boken just because we should have it, but don’t really focus on how to optimize school spirit from these series of events. I know that very soon there is going to be an open meeting with the SGA regarding the fate of Boken for this academic year. If you want to do something about the state of lack of school spirit, please attend. The open meeting is scheduled to take place on December 6.

Like all SGA meetings, it’s on a Sunday night at 7 p.m. in BC 122.

Girl Talk

Not With Those Shoes

Canada’s prime minister

Iris van Herpen: when fashion

My father raised me… to respect and defend everyone’s rights, and I deeply grounded my own identity in that…”

The designations Trudeau has given aren’t nominal positions, either– the female ministers in his Cabinet will be handling serious issues and have real power. This includes Jody Wilson-Raybould, appointed as justice minister and attorney general, former journalist Chrystia Freeland, who is in charge of international trade, Jane Philpott, the new health minister and Maryam Monsef, who fled Afghanistan as a refugee 20 years ago, will oversee the democratic reform portfolio.It’s important to note, too, that the women — and men– Trudeau has appointed come from very diverse backgrounds, adding further to the range of experiences he will have to strategically draw from.

So why does any of this matter?

Well, Trudeau’s appointment of 50% women comes at a time when few countries are willing to recognize the low levels of female participation in political spheres. Women make up just 25% of Washington’s Cabinet of 16. In the UK, women represent one-third of the cabinet.

Finland is known to enjoy the best female representation in the world, with 10 out of 16 ministers being women, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. ( Finland is also known for its economic stability and well being. Coincidence? I think not.)

Canada, with the new appointments, now ranks on joint-third place, alongside

more common to the realm of science fiction, is the process of transforming a planet to closer resemble Earth, usually with the intention of sustaining life. In her fall collection Hacking Infinity, van Herpen plays with the changing terrain of the human body by using light materials that move with the body as well as hard, geometric shapes that alter it’s silhouette.

The circle shows up repeatedly throughout the collection as a tribute to van Herpen’s planetary inspiration, yet the sheer materials also allow for the shape of the human body to show through the garments.

Unique to this collection is a fabric containing weaves of extremely light, translucent stainless steel that have been hand burnished to create a nebula-like pattern of colors.

Any color seen on these garments is the result of the fabric being precisely burned at varying temperatures. As if van Herpen’s fashion couldn’t get any more geek chic than metal dresses, she is also known for using 3D printing in many of her masterpieces. The shoes from Hacking Infinity were created in conjunction with Japanese designer Noritaka Tategana and feature cantilver heels with soles made up of stacked,

appoints a 50% female cabinet

by NAMANKITA RANA Freshman Undecided Engineering Major

Canada’s new, young prime minister, Justin Trudeau, is kind of hot. I just gotta get that out there.

But now that that’s out, it’s worth admitting– he’s got much more than looks on his side.

Trudeau made some serious waves in world politics last week. He did what no other G7 country has come even remotely close to doing — after being sworn in as PM, he appointed a 50% female cabinet. Replying to a query on why he chose to make the cabinet gender equal, Trudeau, in a soundbite that later sparked off dozens of internet memes, famously replied, “Because it’s 2015. It’s time.”

He continued further and added, “It’s an incredible pleasure for me to be before you here today to present to Canada a cabinet that looks like Canada.”

Well said, prime minister!

Unlike a number of actors, singers, politicians and high profile figures lately, Trudeau has also not shied away from associating himself with the term ‘feminist’. Rather,Trudeau has proudly declared his support for the equality movement, stating “Yes. I am a feminist. Proud to be a feminist. My mom raised me to be a feminist.

France and the European principality of Liechtenstein. On the other hand, there still remain countries like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan who have no women representatives on their cabinets.

Having women representatives in the political sphere DOES make a difference,especially in the long run. Having diversity is important for any organization, as anyone who’s been in a leadership position would know. Women inherently have different experiences than men, and thus bring that diversity of experience and leadership with them. But there’s also the fact that women also make up roughly 50% of the population.

The lack of representation that exists in most countries is a huge disservice to that half of the population. Without female representation women’s specific interests and rights are not so easily protected.

It’s the reason why antifeminist bills, like the defunding of Planned Parenthood, are so easily able to gain traction in Congress.

Finally, the appointment of a gender balanced cabinet means huge things for young girls across Canada.

After all, girls cannot be what they cannot see– so having new, powerful women step into the political limelight means a whole new world of role models opened up to a generation of young girls who would have not seen any otherwise.

So yes, Canada’s new Prime Minister is hot. But like a true feminist, I’m sure he’d be glad to know that, looking at him, we saw so much more.

meets technology

by HOPE BRANDES

Sophomore Visual Arts & Technology Major

At the school of innovation, nothing can escape the scope of science, not even fashion. Dutch designer Iris van Herpen has been pushing the boundaries of fashion ever since she graduated as a fashion designer from the Arnhem school, ArtEZ, in 2006.

You might recognize her creations on the cover of Bjork’s Biophillia album or in Beyoncé’s music video, “Mine.”

Van Herpen releases two collections per year, each of which is always based on some sort of scientific or natural process. Her most recent collections for fall/winter 2015-16 and spring/summer 2016 feature works inspired by terraforming and the living tree bridges of India, respectively. Basically, anyone wishing they could live their life as a science fiction film should aspire to dress like a van Herpen model.

Terraforming, a term

3D-printed crystals with laser-cut leather stretched over the top.

Just as exciting is van Herpen’s newest collection for spring, Quaquaversal, which was inspired by the tangled mazes of tree roots that have been used to grow living bridges in India. Once again she uses 3D printing to create intricate meshes out of geometric tessellations. At the center of the show, however, was Game of Thrones’s Gwendoline Christie, who laid on her back on a round concrete table while a dress was 3D printed live on her body.

The mechanical arms weaving the mesh around her were magnetically grown by the Amsterdam based artist, Jolan van der Wiel.

From perhaps one of the most interesting and boundary-breaking designers of today, Iris van Herpen’s work covers a variety of background from fashion to science and technology to art.

Though perhaps a bit too far from Stevens, her work can finally be viewed stateside at the Atlanta, Georgia High Museum of Art. The exhibit includes 45 of her works from 15 collections that include such innovative materials as umbrella ribs, boat filament yarns, metal gauze and, of course, 3D printing.

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Student Spotlight

Sophmore Zachary Shakked develops app for Instagram Analytics

by IAN HIPSCHMAN Staff Writer

Sophomore Zachary Shakked, became interested in Instagram analytics over the summer, and found an app that provided him with some basic stats.

Shakked, who develops iPhone apps in his spare time, was not impressed

and decided to make his own Instagram analytics app, aiming to the best of it’s kind on the market.

Shakked worked on his application, Command Center for Instagram, the app for months before submitting it to the App Store.

The application was accepted by Apple on his first attempt. The app in question is a powerful tool, able

to determine average likes and comments per post, the best days and times to post photos, the impact of using hashtags, and more.

The sophomore spends about three hours a day working on improving the existing features and adding more. And while all other Instagram analytics apps come at a cost, Command Center for Instagram

is free. In just the two weeks since the app has been live, it’s got over 500 users, many of whom are the social media managers or marketers for large companies.

Shakked sees two potential user bases: personal use and business use. Individuals who want to become “Instagram famous,” or simply get more likes

on each photo, can thrive with the app. Command Center also has a multitude of features designed specifically for businesses, such as projected growth over time, and the ability to research competitors’ best posts and the hashtags they’re using.

Instagram is a valuable tool for businesses, one that generates a significant

amount of revenue. Those businesses are always eager to explore new methods of analytics to better understand their followers, and Shakked has created a tool allowing them to do just that.

Command Center for Instagram Analytics is available now, for iPhone only, on the App Store, free of charge.

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Balanced Bowls Energize Your Day!

by Jillian O’Neil, Dietetic Intern Reviewed by Alexa McDonald, RD, CDN Campus Dietitian Did you know that November is National Diabetes Month? Creating a balanced bowl at meals is a sure way to aid in diabetes management and the prevention of Type 2 diabetes, which most often occurs later in life. A balanced bowl is a one-dish meal that has the right balance of flavor and nutrients as well as 30-45 grams of carbohydrates and greater than 5g of fiber for a reasonable amount of calories and sodium!

To ensure a steady blood sugar and energy levels throughout the day – as well as improve your overall health – choose whole grains as a carbohydrate base for your bowl. Healthy options include quinoa, farro, bulgur, barley or brown rice.

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Thanksgiving Harvest Feast & Food Drive This November, join us in supporting Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Annual Food Drive by bringing any nonperishable food items to Pierce Dining Hall. Simply bring your donation and place in the collection area while swiping in for a meal from Monday, November 16th to Thursday, November 19th.

With whole grains, you’re also adding fiber into your meal! Fiber is important for many health benefits – including weight maintenance by providing satiety, decreasing cholesterol levels, promoting regular digestion, improving immunity and regulating blood sugars. The daily recommendation for most healthy adults includes 38 grams for men and 25 grams for women.

Incorporating greens into your balanced bowl is also a great way to add extra nutrients and fiber to your diet while keeping the base of your bowl lower in calories. Healthy options include: spinach, kale, mesclun mix, arugula and romaine. A great tip is to choose half a whole-grain base and half a greens base for an extra-healthy balance!

Protein is key in this dish for providing the long-lasting energy by slowing digestion while keeping you full and satisfied. Excellent suggestions include lean options – such as chicken, fish, turkey, hard-boiled eggs, beans, tofu, edamame, and chickpeas.

Personalize your balanced bowl with healthy toppings that are sure to add the crunch or creamy finishing touch that your pallet enjoys!

Healthy suggestions: one tablespoon of nuts or seeds; a quarter cup of your favorite sliced fruits, or one tablespoon of avocado – for extra healthy calories, fats and fiber! Dressing with oil, vinegar and spices is a delicious way to wrap up the dish!

Relax and enjoy with friends while giving thanks during our Thanksgiving Harvest Feast Celebration from 4:30 to 9:30 PM on Thursday, November 19th.

As the final opportunity to bring a donation item, you will receive a discounted meal of $7 in addition to the satisfaction of helping your community – including the Hoboken Homeless Shelter. We look forward to seeing you then!

“One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America is a goal that is literally within our grasp.” Jeff Bridges

Celebration of Veterans Day Veterans Day was a hit at Pierce Dining Hall this past Wednesday, November 11th. The dining hall was decorated and everyone loved the finishing touches - from the entrées to the decorated desserts and make your own sundae bar! The Stevens community enjoyed a delicious meal while remembering the men and women who serve our country and give their lives all around the world.

• Veterans Day became a national holiday in 1938 and is celebrated every year on November 11th.

• There is an estimated 21.9 million veterans– about 430,000 in New Jersey alone.

• While often confusing the two holidays, • Veterans include those serving in the US Veterans Day celebrates and thanks all Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and service members (both alive and passed on) Coast Guard. while Memorial day is for reflection of those who have passed while in their line of duty.

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Varsity Sports

Friday, November 13, 2015 • Page 11

Stevens soccer and field hockey claim 3 E8 Championships, look toward NCAA Titles

by FRANKIE GUARINI Editor-in-Chief

Men’s soccer, field hockey, and women’s soccer claimed three Empire 8 Athletic Conference Championships in a span of six hours Wednesday, November 7. Now, the Ducks look toward their respective NCAA 2015 Division III Tournaments in hopes of securing three NCAA Division III Championships.

For men’s soccer, the first of the Ducks to claim an Empire 8 Championship, defense was the ultimate deciding factor in their 1-0 victory over Ithaca College.

In New York, The Ducks outshot Ithaca 12-6 in the first half, with senior Carson Pryor scoring the first and only goal of the game (and his 16th of the season) at the 24-minute mark, assisted by sophomore Tommy Dorsay.

The final shot count was 19-17, the Ducks con-

tinuing to outshoot and defend against Ithaca for the shutout championship victory.

Men’s soccer will face Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) on November 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship Tournament.

Second of the Ducks to secure an Empire 8 Championship, field hockey captured its first Empire 8 Championship since 2010, defeating Ithaca 4-1. After sophomore Cassidy O’Hearn scored the Ducks’ first goal, Ithaca answered back four minutes later to tie the game. Early in the second half, senior Dailyn Brook scored a goal to put Stevens in the lead, 2-1. Sophomore Victoria Alvarez and Brook scored a goal apiece throughout the remainder of the second half, extending the lead and ensuring the second Empire 8 Championship

for the Ducks.

Field hockey defeated Mount Holyoke College 3-1 in the first round of the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship Tournament this past Wednesday and advanced to the second round. The Ducks are set to face No. 4 Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA on November 14 at 11 a.m.

Closing out the eventful November 7 night for Stevens was the final Empire 8 Championship for the Ducks, in which women’s soccer defeated Ithaca 2-1 to win its first Empire 8 Championship since 2011. The Ducks were first to strike when senior Kristen Goncalves converted a penalty kick into a 1-0 lead at the 17-minute mark. Five minutes later, freshman Zisi Komar extended the Ducks’ lead, 2-0. Early in the first half, Ithaca’s Kelsey King converted a penalty kick to halve the Bombers’ deficit. Despite the efforts of Itha-

Men’s basketball set for 2015-16 season

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SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s basketball will be looking to build on its 12-win 2014-15 campaign this season, starting Friday with the season-opening Scranton Tip-Off. BACK IN THE FOLD Junior Patrick Barron and senior Alex Lorenz are the Ducks top-two returning scorers after averaging 12.5, and 8.3 points per game respectively last winter. Barron will serve as one of the Ducks top shooting threats this season, while Lorenz will be looked upon to provide scoring and rebounding in the paint.

Senior Kevin Zychowski will provide the Ducks with another perimeter shooting option, while juniors Thomas Ahern, Logan McDonald, and Michael Signer will each be looking to compete for minutes in the Ducks frontcourt.

WELCOME BACK

After missing all of last season with injury, junior Evan Klimchak is back to lead the Ducks from the point guard position this winter. Klimchak starred for the Ducks his freshmen season, finishing third on the team in scoring, second in assists, and second in free throw percentage.

SOPHOMORE IMPACT Sophomores Jayson Winick and Chris Cosgrove saw the most action as freshman last season, combining to average just over eight points per game in 23 and 24 games played respectively.

Sophomore Austin Marchese also made an impact in the 20 games he saw action in, while sophomores Thomas Cook, Frank Amari, and Alioune Diane will all be looking to break into Stevens’ regular rotation.

Sophomore Jonathan Li will also be competing

for minutes after transferring to Stevens this summer.

NEW DUCKS Stevens will welcome four freshman into the mix this season in Jack Engel, Kevin Florio, Conor Barron, and Ryan Coffey. Each will look to earn playing time in head coach Bobby Hurley’s rotation.

KEY DATES After opening on the road with two games in Scranton, the Ducks will host Kean University on Nov. 11 for their home opener. The conference portion of the schedule starts on Jan. 3 with a road game at Ithaca College, while defending E8 champion St. John Fisher College visits Canavan Arena on Jan. 23.

FOLLOW THE ACTION To follow the team all season long, check stevensducks.com for game previews, recaps, and box scores.

ca goaltender Beth Coppolecchia, who had 13 stops, the Ducks maintained their 2-1 lead and won Stevens’ third 2015 Empire 8 Championship that day.

“It’s a significant event for our teams and athletics at Stevens to have such a strong start to the 2015-16 academic year,” said women’s soccer Head Coach Jeff Parker. “To have every single team from the men’s and women’s cross country and soccer

teams, from field hockey to men’s golf, equestrian and women’s volleyball vying for the top spot of their conferences including conference titles and NCAA tournament appearances is truly remarkable.”

Women’s soccer will square off against Lesley University this Saturday at 5 p.m. in the DeBaun Athletic Complex, the first round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament.

ON DECK IN SPORTS

Friday MEN’S BASKETBALL vs URSINUS COLLEGE, 5:30 p.m., Scranton, PA

Saturday MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY at NCAA ATLANTIC REGIONAL, 11 p.m., Geneseo, NY

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY at NCAA ATLANTIC REGIONAL, 11 p.m., Geneseo, NY

Men’s soccer Colin Phillips named Player of the Year SSI – Stevens Institute of Technology men’s soccer senior Colin Phillips was named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Year Wednesday, in addition to eight other all-conference nods for the Ducks.

Phillips is the eighth consecutive Duck to be given the honor, joining current seniors Harrison Kane and Carson Pryor.

Kane joined Phillips on the first team, while Pryor, senior Joe Cellitti, junior Patrick Masur, junior Jay Mikula, and sophomore Tommy Dorsay were each named to the second team. Senior Matteo Sturla and junior Mike Renna were named honorable mentions.

FIRST TEAM Phillips recorded career-highs with 14 goals, seven assists, and 35 points including a conference-leading five game-winning goals.

The point total led the team, while Phillips was one of just three Ducks to start all 20 games this season.

Kane anchored a Stevens defense that led

the conference in goals against average, while also contributing to the offense with one goal and three assists. The all-conference nod is the fourth of Kane’s career, and the second in-a-row as a first-teamer.

SECOND TEAM Pryor led the Ducks with 16 goals this season, culminating with the E8 Championship’s most valuable player award last weekend.

Cellitti and Mikula combined for 26 points to play crucial roles on the Ducks attack, while Masur played an important role in 20 starts in the Ducks midfield.

Dorsay joined Phillips and Masur as the only Ducks to start all 20 games, providing stability on the Ducks backline while also contributing to the offense with seven assists.

HONORABLE MENTION Renna made 56 saves to go along with six shutouts as the Ducks starting keeper, while Sturla scored three times in 20 appearances.

FIELD HOCKEY

vs URSINUS COLLECE, 11 a.m., Collegeville, PA

MEN’S SOCCER

vs RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, 7:30 p.m., Waltham, MA

WOMEN’S SOCCER

vs LESLEY UNIVERSITY, 5 p.m., Hoboken, NJ

WRESTLING vs ITHACA COLLEGE, 12 p.m., Wilkes-Barre, PA

WRESTLING vs WILKES UNIVERSITY, 12 p.m., Wilkes-Barre, PA

WRESTLING vs YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 12 p.m., Wilkes-Barre, PA

MEN’S BASKETBALL vs TBD, TBD, Scranton, PA

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Campus Bulletin

Friday, November 13, 2015 • Page 12

Events

GBM Times

Friday Nov. 13 Fresh Comedians, 6 p.m., Jacobus Lounge by Stand-up Society Nutella Night, 6 p.m., Babbio Atrium by Italian Club Arcadia, 8 p.m., DeBaun Auditorium by SDS Fast & Furious Movie Night, 9 p.m., Pierce Dining Hall by EC Saturday Nov. 14 Arcadia, 2 p.m., DeBaun Auditorium by SDS Arcadia 8 p.m., DeBaun Auditorium by SDS Sunday Nov. 15 Sunday Breakfast, 11 a.m., Hayden Lounge by RHA The Lion King on Broadway, 1 p.m., NY by EC Foster Love Sweet Case Build, 3 p.m., Jacobus by Phi Sig Sig Monday Nov. 16 K-Pop Dance Night, 9 p.m., Jacobus Dance Studio, KSA Tuesday Nov. 17 Castle Point Cravings, 1 p.m., Bissinger by Delta Phi Epsilon Cross Stitch, 9 p.m., Babbio 204 by Knitting Club Homework Hangout, 9 p.m., Babbio 321 by NSBE/BSU Wednesday Nov. 18 FREEZE!, 1 p.m., Burchard 118 by Relay for Life Undergraduate Ethics Bowl 2016, 2 p.m., Morton 103, G&T Panera Bread Fundraiser, 4 p.m., 103 Washington by Sig Delta Tau Thursday Nov. 19 Writing Your Personal Statement, 1 p.m., McLean 414 by AED MPHC Climbing Trip, 3:30 p.m., by Climbing and Mountaineering Epic Rap Battles of Stevens, 8 p.m., Hayden Lounge by MGC Sig Ep Info Session, 9 p.m., Morton 103 Friday Nov. 20 Diwali Show, 7:30 p.m., Walker Gym by IUA DaD Thanksgiving Party, 9 p.m., Jacobus Lounge by EC

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ARTS/MUSIC ETHNIC ENTERTAINMENT OTHER

UPCOMING SPECIAL LIGHTING Credit: Empire State Realty Trust

Nov. 17

Nov. 18

2015 Radio City March of Dimes and World Prematurity Day Christmas Spectacular

Nov. 19

SGA Senate Meeting, 7 p.m., Babbio 122

SUNDAY

SITTV, 5 p.m., Red Door outside Humphreys IEEE, 9 p.m., Babbio 219 SHPC, 9 p.m., Peirce 116

MONDAY

Hillel, 9 p.m., Babbio 104 ESC, 9 p.m., Babbio 122 Knitting Club, 9 p.m., Babbio 204 Italian Club, 9 p.m., Babbio 220 AIAA, 9 p.m., Babbio 319 College Republicans, 9 p.m., Babbio 320 NSBE/BSU, 9 p.m., Babbio 321 Irish Association, 9 p.m., Kidde 360 Off Center Improv Practice, 9 p.m., Peirce 116 The Stute, 9 p.m., Jacobus 212A SHRC Minibots, 1 p.m., Babbio 319 Archery Club, 8 p.m., Athletic Training Center EC, 8:45 p.m., Peirce 216 Christian Fellowship, 9 p.m.., Babbio 104 StevensTHON, 9 p.m., Babbio 110 SDS, 9 p.m., Babbio 319 Feel Good, 9 p.m., Babbio 320 Investment Club, 9 p.m., Babbio 321 Torch Alliance, 9 p.m., Peirce 218 WCPR, 9:30 p.m., Basement of Jacobus TECHnique, 9:30 p.m., Jacobus Dance Studio The Stute Layout, 5 p.m., Jacobus 212A C2GS LANs, 9 p.m., Babbio 122 MESA, 9 p.m., Babbio 202 CSA, 9 p.m., Babbio 210 SASE, 9 p.m., Babbio 221 EWB, 9 p.m., Babbio 310 ESW, 9 p.m., Babbio 320 SPS, 9 p.m., Burchard 430 S[CS]C, 9 p.m., EAS 230 SUMAC, 9 p.m., Morton 105 Stevens Stand-Up Society, 5 p.m., Peirce 126 Chess Club, 5 p.m., Babbio 110 Anime Club, 9 p.m., Burchard 118

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