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Khoda Senior Honor Society releases 2016 revision to Bylaws and Constitution

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Alex G, acclaimed by Rolling Stones Magazine as an “indiepop prodigy,” performed a set featuring songs from his new album, “Beach Music,” in Jacobus Lounge last Friday night.

WCPR organized the concert and collaborated with the Stevens Audio Engineering Club to broadcast the event live online.

Hexdog, an indie rock band on campus consisting of vocalist and bassist Emma Murphy,

drummer Rushabh Naik, guitarist Kenny Rexer, and vocalist, keyboardist, and glockenspiel player Andy Waldron opened the show with their debut performance of both original and cover songs. Waldron connected his keyboard and an old TV to a video synthesizer, producing visuals that corresponded with the band’s music.

Philladelphia-based pop punk group, Thin Lips, played next and showcased some upbeat songs from their 2015 EP “Divorce Year.” Audience member Max Cool remarked that “their

showmanship and stage presence is really impressive.”

Finally, it was time for the headlining artist to perform.

As Alex G and his band took the stage and started to play, listeners were transported to a more intimate jam session setting. The artist’s style of singing introspective lyrics, turning to face his drummer and guitarist as he strummed out the melodies meant that those in attendance were somehow both included in the performance and watching from afar, captivating the audience.

The most recent Khoda constitution and bylaws are available for download on the Stevens Khoda website as of March 2. Ordinarily hidden from normal view, the now accessible documents shed some light onto the senior honor society’s core functions and beliefs.

Despite the public mission statement of unifying and improving student life, Khoda’s motto is strikingly simple: leadership. This extends all the way to their insignia, which is a Lion sitting upright

on a short pedestal. The Iranian word “Khoda” is imprinted in Nastaʿlīq script on the base, which can translate to “lord” or “god.” Khoda’s bylaws further detail its purpose, aims, and duties. Their stated goal is to “insure that student organizations are properly administered.”

Over the years there has been much speculation over the society, with rumors ranging from Khoda being a group of students who actively report Honor System violations to Khoda being a committee of event planners who spark

see KHODA • Page 6

Recommendation system takes first in SCSC’s first CodeJam

The Hunting Ground: Sofia Karasek speaks

by NAMANKITA RANA Staff Writer

On Thursday, the brothers of Delta Tau Delta and the sisters of Sigma Delta Tau held a free screening of The Hunting Ground, a documentary about sexual assault on college campuses. Although the movie has been a subject of The Stute before, something was new this time around: the screening was followed by a discussion with Sofia Karasek, an anti-sexual violence activist. She was also unfortunately a subject in the movie, having been assaulted by an upperclassman during her freshman year at UC Berkeley — a man who got off scotfree and now goes to Harvard.

Karasek was also featured this past weekend during Lady Gaga’s performance of “Till It Happens To You” during the Oscars, a performance that was widely hailed as an incredibly powerful one for sexual assault victims and allies. Some highlights from the question and answer session include the fol-

lowing: Karasek believed that the key to preventing the wrong mindsets from forming early on in regards to rape culture requires affirmative consent education as early as middle school. She praised the initiatives started by programs like “Yes Means Yes” as being a step in the right direction.

She was also asked about her performance with Lady Gaga at the Oscars and the impact she felt it had. Karasek said that she was happy that the performance moved so many people, but more importantly, gave people the courage to admit to their friends and family that they had been sexually assaulted, with Lady Gaga herself being one of them. She also said that she hoped the performance would help start discussions in Hollywood about the often unhealthy way sex is portrayed onscreen.

Rape, she also revealed, is most often perpetrated by college athletes. The numbers vary from institution to institution, but sexual assault

committed by athletes ranges between one-fourth and onefifth of all rapes. At Harvard, that number is projected to be nearly one-third of all campus rapes. Unfortunately, the discrepancies from campus to campus make it too difficult to quantify.

That’s not to simply vilify male athletes however; Karasek also said that onesixth of all men assaulted will be assaulted under age 18, usually when they are kids and usually by a relative they know.

One-of-thirty-three men will be raped while in college, and one-third LGBTQ students are sexually assaulted in college.

Most men will be assaulted by other men, and men are far more likely to be assaulted as a man than to be the assaulter.

However, toxic masculinity and expectations for men to be “tough” often prevents male victims from speaking out, especially if the perpetrator is a female.

see HUNTING • Page 6

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by OLIVIA SCHRIEBER Outreach Chair

Kevin Doherty was named the winner of the Stevens Computer Science Club’s newest event, CodeJam, this past Wednesday night. Ben Iofel and Khayyam Saleem, who worked as a team, took second place and Bradford Smith took home third place.

The submitted software projects were voted upon on Wednesday at the closing ceremonies. Anyone in attendance at the closing ceremony was

allowed to vote for the best project. SCSC offered prizes including mugs, t-shirts, and figurines all centered on GitHub to the winners and others in attendance.

CodeJam was inspired by the concept of GameJams, which are events held by game development organizations such as Ubisoft and Rockstar Games.

“The basic idea is to build a software project in the allotted amount of time, working with the provided theme,” said SCSC President Jason Gardel-

see CODE • Page 6

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Don’t make things “the one” Giving up and letting go

Roving Reporter What would your Techfest ‘16 proposal be?

Review: Frankie and Ava’s

Polling Pierce What is your favorite Leonardo DiCaprio movie?

OPINION 2-3

PULSE 4-5

Virtual Reality in film

Front page articles continued

No escaping surveillance Student Spotlight: Jess Castiglione

Wrestling wins first NCAA regional championship Women’s basketball gear up for NCAA tournament

Russel explains who maintains the internet

Revisit NYC neighborhoods

Alumni in law panel

Two letters to the editor

Brown named ECAC coplayer of the week

NEWS 6-7

OPINION CONT’D 8-9

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Opinion The Stute Editorial

Forage ahead: you’ve got options Whether it’s the pursuit of romance or fiscal stability, the kneejerk promotion of one person or job to the status of “the one” is the most troublesome and difficult instinctual reaction to rewrite, especially because it can be so consuming and debilitating. These practices have always existed, and many are often able to suppress them.

However, in my senior year I am realizing that, with the imminence of employment becoming more critical, I cannot be beholden to one particular job that I have mentally framed as a “the one.” This is applicable to all facets of life at Stevens and beyond, especially in careers, love, and campus involvement.

Something I often to say to our staff writers and photographers here at The Stute is that the order of priority for them goes: themselves first, academics second, and The Stute last. This may seem contradictory, especially if one’s leadership philosophy is centered solely (and selfishly) around the exclusive betterment of their organization without regards to its members.

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tion or immobilize them, whether the obligation has created toxic conditions, or the student has drummed up a mental block in their heads.

For example, I am in the process for applying for a full-time position. About a week ago, I saw this as the only opportunity I would have at post-Stevens stability — “the one.” Having gone through a process of refining my resume and redrafting cover letters for this position, I’ve come out not only more confident and ready that I can land the position but also optimistic that getting hired elsewhere is not a leap of faith; it is a very real and attainable goal.

In fact, rewind four years and I might have told you that I let “the one” get away, and that I would never find a significant other again. None of this is true, and we all know that. but often we let ourselves feel helpless and desolate because there appears to be no more options in the immediate future. In fact, I know many students that did not have their cross-hairs on Stevens when they graduated high school and thought having to settle here was irrecoverable. Now, for some of those students, it is hard for them to imagine themselves anywhere else.

I cannot confidently say that everything happens for a reason, but thus far I have realized that “the end” is like “the one”: an irratio-

nal and misleading concoction that we have devised in our heads.

It may be easy to get comfortable with an ideal outcome for a job or dating search, creating a false security that prevents any progress, but that comforting image isn’t based in reality.

Apply for other jobs, talk to more people, and join more clubs, but do not let a great opportunity take hold as the only one. If you feel an obligation to take part in an organization, but realize it has destructive consequences for your body or psyche, then assess what you are doing for that organization and what it is doing for you.

Obligation and loyalty in campus involvement often overlap, but the key difference between the two is that the former doesn’t care for your well being and the other should. Do not shirk on your responsibilities but ensure that when you undertake them you are not doing so because you feel you have to. Perhaps your time in that organization is up, when the passion is gone, and if you stay put without moving ahead, then you’re only hurting the organization and yourself.

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This past week has definitely been a busy one. To start, I decided to take bio as my first science elective, and I can now say that I made the right choice. Biology has always been a strong suit of mine, and when we learned that we were having a test on the first seven chapters

in the book, I was relatively calm. Sure, the night before and right before the exam I was a bit nervous, but overall I knew that if I thought everything through I should do fairly well.

I had my biology exam on Tuesday, and once that was over, I felt a bit more relaxed.

This, however, was short lived because after that I had to prepare for my interview for a position as a counselor for the Stevens Summer Programs.

I had actually attended the Stevens Summer Program when I was a senior in high school.

Since then, I had always wanted to be a counselor because I saw the

effect they have on the students that attend the programs. Because of my counselors when I attended, I had become passionate about obtaining a position as a counselor myself for the programs that occur on campus during the summer months.

I really wanted to do well on the interview to become a counselor.

When Wednesday came around, and it came time for the interview, I was both excited and a bit nervous for what was to come. Going into the interview, I didn’t really know what to expect, but afterward, I felt confident about how it went. I knew that I had nothing to

worry about and that even if they didn’t hire me, I tried my best. After all, trying your best at something is all that you can do.

The last thing that was worrying me a bit this week was a mechanics quiz that I had on Friday. I was a nervous because physics isn’t really my strong suit, but luckily I had found someone to help me out with the material. With the help, I knew I was definitely going to do well on the quiz.

With my biology exam, physics quiz, and interview complete, I was definitely happy on Friday afternoon, for my hectic week was finally over.

Senioritis

Giving up and letting go

by JOSEPH BROSNAN

5/5 Civil Engineering Major

You know how when you were little, and you were playing in the playground, and then your mother told you to stop, and you couldn’t help but whine, “Just five more minutes?” That is how I feel about a lot of things right now.

I am really bad at “letting go” or “giving up” on things. I never liked people touching my belongings growing up, and, even now, when I cede my stuff to other people for monetary transactions or otherwise, I find it difficult to not feel twangs of emotional discord. I think: “They won’t be as good to it as I was,” “They’ll break it,” or, “What if they don’t do it right?”

I feel this way about The Stute. I started on my journalistic career in my freshman year, a few weeks into the game for personal and stupid reasons. I grew attached, I grew stronger at what I

did, and eventually, over a very long and natural process, grew to be one of the backbone elements of The Stute.

From 2014 to 2015, I held The Stute up on my shoulders like Atlas, redefining portions of the organization and revamping processes and procedures that affect the club to this day. During that period, I helped, guided, and trained a lot of the staff that run the paper now. Some more than others. A good number of members just needed a little coaxing.

Then, in the Spring of 2015, I followed the natural cycle of rebirth within The Stute, and

handed my title of editor-in-chief down to another. The executive board was reborn, and immediately I knew I was going to have issues coping with the void.

What do I mean by that? Well, let me give an anecdotal example: Every time I go to sign my name in an email, my hands default to “Joseph A. Brosnan [Enter] Edito [Backspace]...” I really filled into that position, and then I left it. But my body and mind never really did. Even though I distanced myself from the new executive board to try and let them grow

see LET GO • Page 8

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82 Days until Commencement

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Technically Speaking

How VR could change moviegoing forever

by TARIK KDIRY

Freshman Software Engineering Major

This week has been a very special week for the film industry worldwide. With the 88th annual Oscars hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this past Sunday, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s legendary best actor win for his role in The Revenant, the industry has been pretty busy. Unfortunately for me, the Academy has made it almost impossible to see how they do all of their virtual reality production, starting from the Red Carpet and ending

with the announcing of the film of the year, so I decided to further explore the VR potential in film.

As explained in one of my previous articles, the world of virtual reality is mobilizing and finding its way into the hands of ordinary people — people who enjoy movies, books, music, or all of the above. During the Academy awards, some words about bringing movies to VR systems have been tossed back and forth. CNN has even released an article or two this week explaining the advances in film-watching with VR. At first, I thought to myself, “No way, the moviegoing experience is a special thing as a whole.

The experiences starting from the ticket purchase to the plot debate afterward are all sacred.”

It turns out I may be wrong.

If you saw the Oscars

in its entirety, you may have noticed the commercials. At least three different companies have had a commercial involving VR and movies coming together.

Furthermore, these commercials were repeated, annoyingly enough, multiple times in between nominations. One of the commercials involves Samsung’s new phone. Apparently customers that purchase the new Galaxy S7 early will also receive the Gear VR from Oculus. It appears that companies are beginning to transition into the VR realm in order to attract customers.

What could this mean for movie theaters? I personally cannot come to a conclusion. My best guess is, in the future, movie theaters will involve less sitting and watching and more VR usage, as discussed by CNN Entertainment.

Judging from my per-

Actor William H. Macy in an advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

sonal use of VR devices, I cannot see a world where the current devices can replace the sensation of physically going to a movie and seeing the talent of the studio creating the movie frame by frame on a big screen. But that’s the thing, discussing current VR experiences is short-sighted. I am the first person to advo-

cate that innovation is always possible, if not inevitable. At this rate, it would seem that anything is possible and a world where VR usage replaces wide theater screens may not be so crazy.

As ticket sales are flattening and streaming services such as Netflix are flourishing, it may be time for movie the-

Samsung

aters to try new ideas.

There is technology out there that is learning how to bring the experience of moviegoing to the household, or rather, to the actual face of the consumer. Unless companies like AMC or Cinemark find a way to replicate VR or invest in the industry, more and more movie theaters may become obsolete.

Scientific Curmudgeon

Researchers discover amazing surge in scientific hype!

by JOHN HORGAN

Director, Center for Science Writings

These are tough times for scientists. As funding has flattened or declined, the competition for grants and glory has grown increasingly fierce. In response, many researchers are

touting their work more aggressively.

That is the implication of a new study by three biomedical Dutch researchers. The authors examined the frequency of 25 positive words— from “amazing” and “astonishing” to “unique” and “unprecedented”-in abstracts listed in the biomedical database PubMed between 1974 and 2014. Here is how they summarize their results in the British Medical Journal, BMJ: The absolute frequency of positive words increased from 2.0% (1974-80) to 17.5% (2014), a relative

increase of 880% over four decades. All 25 individual positive words contributed to the increase, particularly the words “robust,” “novel,” “innovative,” and “unprecedented,” which increased in relative frequency up to 15,000%. Comparable but less pronounced results were obtained when restricting the analysis to selected journals with high impact factors. Authors affiliated to an institute in a non-English speaking country used significantly more positive words.

As the authors themselves note, their results dovetail with the finding

Cuisine Corner

Frankie and Ava’s Italian Eatery

by KATRINA GUIDO

Sophomore Physics Major

Having quietly appeared on Washington Street towards the end of last semester, Frankie and Ava’s Italian Eatery deserves more attention than it has received. Perhaps it’s because the Eatery is yet another Italian restaurant/deli/pizzeria, and people just don’t really care; but here’s why you, my lovely reader, should: their food is decent and inexpensive.

Yes, I know I’ve broken my “no Washington Street rule” yet again, but technically Frankie and Ava’s is new, so no

real issue there. Despite being Italian, this takeout, delivery, and dinein place located between Second and Third Street seem to fill a niche that was not really filled before.

Walking in, the seating is rather sparse, but the whole minimalist thing definitely works to create the nice, yet casual atmosphere of a café. That ambiance manages to mix with the deli look of the menu, consisting primarily of sandwiches listed on boards on the wall and pizzas and other various items on display on the counter. Somehow, it all manages to work.

My partner and I decided on the buffalo chicken balls (super Italian, right?), Zecki wrap, and signature pizza. Whether dining in or doing takeout, all orders are placed at the register. A short while later our food was ready.

First, the pizza: with

soppressata, long hot peppers, provolone, and homemade mozzarella, each bite had the bold, but not overpowering, heat of the peppers and the spicy and saltiness of the soppressata complemented by the creamy taste of the provolone and mozzarella. Disappointingly, the pizza was a tad bit oily and the crust was crispy but lacking in flavor. Perhaps we are spoiled with all of the brick oven pizza joints in Hoboken to the point where I can’t properly appreciate a pizza without that distinct charcoal flavor, so the lack thereof didn’t place them at the top of my favorite pizza places list. However, $10 for a pizza with gourmet toppings to feed two people is nothing to discount.

My partner happens to have a love of all things buffalo chicken, so of course we had to try the fried balls of pulled

of epidemiologist John Ioannidis that “most published research findings are false,” as he put it in a blockbuster 2005 paper. Ioannidis has suggested that increased competition among researchers is leading to increased confirmation bias and exaggeration, if not outright fraud. The Dutch researchers write: Although it is possible that researchers have adopted an increasingly optimistic writing approach and are ever more enthusiastic about their results, another explanation is more likely: scientists may assume that results

and their implications have to be exaggerated and overstated in order to get published… The consequences of this exaggeration are worrisome since it makes research a survival of the fittest: the person who is best able to sell their results might be the most successful. It is time for a new academic culture that rewards quality over quantity and stimulates researchers to revere nuance and objectivity.

Right. That’s about as likely as world peace.

P.S. This Wednesday, March 9, Steven Gimbel, who is a truly unique

HOURS of OPERATION Mon. – Sat. 11 a.m.–9 p.m.

Sun. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. chicken.

Surprisingly, they were actually good super filling but good.

Crunchy on the outside, and moist on the inside, they kept their shape and were not overly oily. My partner agreed, stating they were a great new take on the buffalo chicken concept.

The wrap, complete with chicken cutlet, prosciutto, mozzarella,

philosopher of science, will give an unprecedented talk on Albert Einstein’s little-known, astonishing career as an engineer. The event begins at 4 p.m. in Edwin A. Stevens Hall, room 222, a fantastic space for lectures.

John Horgan directs the Center for Science Writings, which is the coolest part of the College of Arts & Letters, which is the coolest part of Stevens. This novel column is adapted from one originally published on his innovative ScientificAmerican.com blog, “Crosscheck.”

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roasted peppers, arugula, and balsamic, was good but not amazing. The cutlet was pounded thin but wasn’t overly tender and the mozzarella was not as creamy as it could have been. Perhaps it could have used a tad bit more balsamic to tie everything together. But again, for $8.50 the size and quality are nothing to scoff at.

Now you, the reader, may be asking yourself why I said you should know about this place.

Again, the answer is simple: the prices are great for this high quality of food. Do takeout or delivery if you’re on the go, or dine-in if you’re looking for a casual yet nice date spot. I know that I will certainly be heading back.

Katrina Guido

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Campus Pulse

Roving Reporter What is your Techfest 2016 proposal?

“Bring back Smashmouth.”

“How about we have a rock band?”

“An ‘80s rock band.”

Tyler Tisdale

Brandon Wong

Benjamin Gilman

“I’d love to see Kanye West.”

“I’d love to see Chance, the rapper.”

“Country.”

Joe Puciloski

Brian Valarezo

Kevin Leddy

Polling Pierce

Where the Duck?

What was your favorite Leonardo DiCaprio movie?

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Pearls of Wisdom Hello, beautiful ducks; sorry I missed you last week, but I was a bit under the weather. My fault — comes from eating anything I feel like instead of taking the time to pick and choose foods that I know are good for me.

I’ve noticed a lot of you students doing the same thing. Running in to grab a few cookies and a cup of coffee, complaining how you have to study and prepare for a bid test. It’s really terrible how some of us take our health for granted. I know school is very important to you but believe me when I tell you: your health is the most important part of your life, because without a healthy body, you cannot function the way you should.

It’s so imperative that you take the time to sit down to a healthy meal and take the time to relax afterwards. At least three healthy meals a day will give you the energy you need and the nutrients your body needs to stay healthy and keep going. Most of our illnesses and health issues can most certainly be avoided if we would just take the time to take better care of ourselves. Take it from me, someone who knows.

Love from your girl,

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large events, such as RAGE. Either way, the small group of students who comprise the Khoda Senior Honor Society hold tremendous influence, if only by virtue of their preexisting positions on campus.

Traditionally, offers to join Khoda are extended to one rising senior from each of the longstanding organizations on campus: the Student Government Association, Ethnic Student Council, Honor Board, 1870 Society, Student Faculty Alliance, and The Stute.

Other active students from fraternities and sororities are also considered for membership, but vary by year.

Membership is always

Hunting

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Karasek had three phrases that she uses when addressing someone who has confessed to being raped: “I believe

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capped at 12 students, but can be lower if one or more selected students reject their offers to join. While the SGA President, ESC President, The Stute Editorin-Chief, and Honor Board Chairman are “typically given special consideration and oversight” for the Khoda membership, none of them can stand on the Khoda executive board while they hold their positions in their respective organizations.

In addition to their rituals, the membership of Khoda must hold a “Safety Walk” and a “Koffee Klatch” each semester as part of their efforts to address failing infrastructure on campus and hear concerns from the Stevens faculty. According to schedule data found on Stevens Virtual

EMS, Khoda meetings seem to take place on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, alternating between the Calder and Alumni conference rooms in the Howe Center. Meetings are generally closed, with the room being guarded by the Sergeant at Arms.

However, an open invitation can be passed to any undergraduate student following a unanimous decision by the Khoda membership.

New members are notified of their installation in Khoda during what are called “Tapping and Initiation Ceremonies.”

Upon graduation, every member of Khoda confers Alumni membership status, which is lifelong. The full list of alumni and honorary members can be viewed at stevens.edu/khoda/ alumni.

you”; “It’s not your fault”; and “You’re not alone.”

The point of those three phrases, she explains, is to help validate the victim’s emotions and let them feel that they are being cared for.

To learn more about the The Hunting Ground to

learn more about the sexual assault epidemic and what is being done. If you or someone you know has any sexual assault concerns, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Kristie Damell on the 10th floor of the Howe Center or at kdamell@stevens.edu.

Russell looks at net neutrality from a new perspective

Code

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Gardella. For the club’s own CodeJam, students had one week and had to work within the GitHub API. API stands for “Application Programming Interface,” which is an interface that software provides for interaction and data

retrieval. Those competing had to interact with GitHub, which according to Gardella is “a website for remotely hosting software projects that makes working in teams a lot easier.”

In total, SCSC received four submissions. Doherty’s winning submission was a recommendation system them analyzes projects a user has favorite

on GitHub, and recommends other projects that they might be interested in.

“We want to facilitate student involvement and healthy competition in the [Computer Science] community,” said Moenika Chowdury, SCSC Secretary. “[Participants] really can do whatever they want which is the beauty of this competition.”

Photo courtesy of Jason Gardella From left ro right: secnod place team Ben Iofel and Khayyam Saleem, third place Bradford Smith, and first place winner Kevin Doherty.

Alumni return to talk about experiences after pre-law

by IAN PORADA Staff Writer

Net neutrality is both a relevant and prevalent issue at Stevens, where nearly 10 percent of graduates go immediately into work in the technology/telecom industry, and, as a university of mostly tech-savvy millennials, all students have some stake in the future of the web. But, the problems of net neutrality are not as black and white as they are commonly presented.

On Wednesday, March 3, Associate Professor and Director of the Science & Technology Studies program at Stevens, Dr. Andrew Russell hosted a humanities forum on “Maintaining the Internet: Information labor and the dangers of network neutrality.”

To start, Russell introduced the distraction of “innovation orientation” in technology studies. Russell explained how innovation is often over-emphasized as the means and the end, and how this folly drives the extremism that has polarized net neutrality as a political issue. As The Stute previously covered in a January 2014 piece on the FCC’s net neutrality rulings, net neutrality is associated with two distinct ideals: either the internet has proven itself as an innovating technology and must be preserved by net neutrality, or net neutrality must be avoided in order to allow natural technology improvement and further investment. Russell,

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Andrew Russell

however, took the stance of a realist and focused on the material maintenance of the internet rather than the innovative future optimists expect.

Thus, Russell asked the question: “Who are the maintainers of the internet?” To which he answered: the physical workers maintaining the material of the internet, or technology experts, engineers, and security guards. The internet is often idealized as an immaterial utopia of egalitarian socialism, but, in fact, it is a physical network, dependent on physical resources and physical maintenance.

Considering the internet from this new perspective of maintenance over innovation, Russell then found new implications on the future of net neutrality. As a realist, Russell believes we must focus on the maintainers. He brought up the point of engineering unions, the voice of internet maintainers, who want to avoid net neutrality in order to keep their jobs. Russell did not make an explicit, evaluative statement

on the morality of net neutrality; he focused more on the insights of his new perspective and how these conflict with traditional net neutrality arguments.

These conclusions have serious ramifications for a technical school, especially one that prides itself as the “Innovation University.” At its most broad, Russell is questioning institutions that present themselves as innovation-centric, rather than focused on the more realistic problems of maintenance.

Furthermore, Stevens functions as its own internet service provider (ISP) and must make similar decisions as telecom giants like Time Warner and Verizon. Russell’s materialist conclusions ask the question, “is Stevens prioritizing a future of innovation over the raw issues of justice at hand?”

Humanities forums are recurring CAL lectures.

For those interested, Ben Ogden will be presenting “The Risk of True Confession: On Literature and Mystery” on Wednesday, March 9, in Morton 324 (Richardson Room).

On Thursday, March 3, the Stevens Alumni Association hosted an Alumni Pre-Law Panel in Bissinger. The panel consisted of Stevens alumni Basam Nabulsi (class of ‘79), Scott Charney (‘93), and Sophy Sedarat (‘04) with alum Joseph Garvey (‘71) as moderator. The panel was designed to teach students about the importance of the law, what the law is about, and interest students in a possible law minor. Though everyone on the panel was a lawyer, they have all used their law degrees in different ways and come from very different backgrounds, giving the audience a look at the many faces of the law.

The alumni were very honest about the work a law degree and career would entail. During the beginning of the event, Garvey told the audience “[Law] isn’t really a business, it’s a practice.”In business, one works to accomplish a certain task using tried-and-true method. The law, on the other hand, tests one’s patience with difficult clients and cases,

subjects one’s schedule to the will of judges and trials (in fact, scheduled panelist Nima Ameri (‘08) had to cancel at the last minute because of an ongoing case), and presents a unique challenge with each case. Furthermore, law school is a very different world from technical schools like Stevens.

At Stevens, professors try to help and nurture students, teaching them what they need to know in the clearest way possible. Law school, on the other hand, takes away students’ safety nets, makes the material more nebulous, and makes tests more difficult and worth far more.

Yet even though law is difficult, it presents a number of advantages and opportunities. Both Nabulsi and Charney said that the technical skills involved in engineering compliment the communication skills used in law, making one well-rounded and better fit to tackle challenges than many of their colleagues. Sedarat, who is also an adjunct professor teaching Constitutional Law at Stevens, said law opens up doors that one might have never imagined, stating “If I didn’t have a law degree...I would

have never had the opportunity to teach on a university level.” Even if one chooses not to become a full-time lawyer, pre-law is a very beneficial minor. It provides one with skills and a title that one can always turn to for a career, and the skills one gains in communication and negotiation can be invaluable in day-today life. In addition, the difficulties one faces in law school is not worthless: the legal world is rough, and school helps prepare students for the resistance they will face once they leave.

The Alumni Pre-Law Panel was an enlightening event. It showed that law can be a very rewarding field and that there are many paths to go down in the legal world, from intellectual property to criminal law to divorce law (all of which are fields that the panelists and moderator themselves work in). Garvey expressed that he and the other panelists hope the event would get students interested in pursing a pre-law degree, but that “even if they decide not to pursue one, we want them to consider the impact of law on their daily and professional lives.”

around campus, hoboken, and beyond Vending machines with healthy options don’t accept Duckbills

by MARYIA SPIRYDONAVA Staff Writer

Students may have noticed new, shiny vending machines in various places over campus, like Hayden Lounge and the third floor of Babbio Center. These new machines now allow much

healthier snack options like humus, Naked drinks, and Pure Leaf teas. Although these snacks might come at a higher price, they do take credit cards. However, they do not accept Duckbills. So what prompted the addition of these new vending machines and why

do they not take duck bills? Well, according to Anthony Blazini, the Director of Residence Life, said that Stevens is constantly looking for new healthy options. So when Stevens was offered healthier vending machines by a soda company, Stevens couldn’t refuse.

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Super Smash Bros. rankings indicate feirce competition

by EVAN BEDSER Staff Writer

Although many students bring high-end PCs, laptops, and consoles to the Computer and Console Gaming Society’s LANs, there is a dedicated sect of players who lug heavy CRT TVs and Gamecubes to compete in their favor-

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To this dedicated group of competitors, Melee is more than just a game.

They practice daily and compete in tournaments, both locally and intercollegiately (“The Melee Games”).

If you would like to learn more and/or join the Smash Bros commu-

nity, the “Stevens Smash Crew” will be competing at the upcoming Epic LAN this Saturday or the weekly Thursday LANs, both at 9 p.m. in Babbio 122 or 104.

For more information, check out the Stevens Smash YouTube channel.

Below are the current power rankings as of last months Epic LAN.

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without me, I couldn’t help but still feel the need to be an authoritative figure — a position I am absolutely not entitled to be in.

Even now, I am spending a good portion of each day pondering the future of The Stute, my legacy in a way, wondering who will be the next executive board members. Who will take over when Frankie Guarini and Dennis Stewart graduate? Will they care for The Stute as tenderly as I did? Will they whip the freshmen into shape before they get too boisterous like a few bad eggs I met in the past?

What if they don’t have the proper layout skills?

What if they can’t handle the stress of the weekly impending deadline and bickering staff?

These questions plague me, but I have to remind myself time and time again that this is not my problem. I am not the editor-in-chief anymore. I am simply a 5/5 civil engineering student. What happens to The Stute is, and no longer should be my concern. I should not allow myself to lose sleep over it, and I shouldn’t waste my time trying to

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solve problems that are no longer mine.

But I can’t.

I am sure that I am not alone in this situation, giving up power and then feeling blank without it. But at the same time, I see no path in the foreseeable future that doesn’t involve stress and heartache as I push myself to grow outside and away from my organization.

It is strange when I show up and everyone knows me but I no longer know them. Too much time spent away from my colleagues and they are different people than those who joined me in my 2014-2015 crusade.

That, and a whole new batch of talented and eager freshmen, all of whom must have heard stories of the days of yore with me as the head honcho (this is totally my vanity speaking, but I digress).

All I have to do is say my farewells, and silently fade into the future, but, gosh, that seems impossible.

It might feel impossible, but it is probably the best course of action.

Be there as is necessary, but only in the shadows — not acting or watching, just being present. If I am no longer needed, I did my job right.

Even so, I still feel... empty.

Always Right

There is no ‘“opt out”

by DENNIS STEWART Senior Cybersecurity Major

You might think you’re safe from tracking by the likes of Google and Facebook if you don’t have an account with these companies, but new advances in technology are making it impossible to escape their reach.

Let’s start by looking at new applications of old technology. Photos taken by most cameras (and phones) include Exif metadata. “Metadata,” or data about data, was a term coined in 1968. Exif was standardized in 1995. Exif files include the time and date the picture was taken.

They may also include the photographer’s name, software used to edit the photo, and the model and settings of the camera. Most phones (and some cameras) will also record latitude, longitude, and altitude, taken from the device’s GPS. I’m not opposed to

phones and cameras logging to Exif data. It can be a useful tool when you’re learning to be a photographer. I’ve found pictures online of cities and national parks, wondered “Where is this?” and checked the coordinates stored in the metadata against Google Maps.

If you don’t want others to read it, Exif files are easy to edit or remove. Many sites, such as Craigslist, eBay, Facebook, and Imgur will automatically remove Exif data to protect their users’ privacy. The issue is that most people are unaware of Exif, and what sites do with the data before stripping it.

When you sign up for Facebook, LinkedIn, or many other sites, you will be asked to import your email address book and phone contacts. These sites use that information to find friends already using the service and spam the ones who don’t. In 2013, a Facebook bug exposed over six million “shadow profiles.”

These profiles collected information on users who did not have Facebook profiles.

Facebook is also a pioneer in facial recognition.

Machine learning algorithms are fed “tags” made by users, enabling them to automatically suggest who the people in a photograph

are. Facebook users can also tag people without accounts.

The facial recognition software, combined with Exif data and shadow profiles, gives Facebook a tremendous amount of information about non-users, who likely are unaware this data is being collected.

A new paper published by Google researchers details a method of determining the locations in photographs, called PlaNet. PlaNet uses neural networks to crossreference photographs with data from Street View to determine their location.

Even without Exif data, Big Data can figure out where you are.

To tell the truth, I feel like giving up. I used to be

worried about Google analyzing my email. Today, I still am registered for a Gmail account dating eight years back. To paraphrase Australian hacker Zoz, it doesn’t matter that I don’t use Gmail; my friends do, so Google reads my emails anyways. I have a Facebook account where I mostly just lurk; employers think you’re “weird” if you don’t have one, and I’ve got a few friends who won’t communicate any other way.

I’ve joked with friends about scrapping all my electronic possessions, dropping out of Stevens, and living in solitude deep in the wilderness or in a monastery. It seems like nowadays, that’s the only way to truly opt out.

Google Google’s PlaNet divides the world into 26,263 cells. Neural networks compare photographs with Street View data to determine which cell they were taken in.

Through Adversity, The Stars

Starring: Jess Castiglione

by MIA HILDEBRANDT Freshman Mechanical Engineering Major

Jess Castiglione, a freshman biology major originally from East Brunswick, NJ, has been a dancer since she was three-years-old and has attended the Rockettes Summer Intensive Dance Program for the past five summers. Jess is following her dreams both on stage and in the classroom.

In addition to training as a dancer and aspiring to become a Rockette, Jess is also a double bassist in the Stevens Orchestra, and also teaches tap dance classes and sings. While she loves the stage, Jess also enjoys watching live productions, especially on and off Broadway shows , like “West Side

Story,” “The Lion King,” and “Beauty and the Beast.”

Jess grew up being constantly surrounded by music and dance, despite the fact that neither one of her parents has a background in dance. The dance story begins with Danny, Jess’ oldest brother, who is three years older than her. Danny ended up loving ballet, and thus became the first dancer in the Castiglione clan. As the youngest of three, Jess looked up to her brother and wanted to be just like him, so her mom put her in ballet and tap dancing classes, as well.

Through her newfound love of ballet and tap, Jess turned her focus to training to be a Rockette. At age nine, Jess fondly remembers watching the Rockette show and smiling and then suddenly began to cry due to the sheer beauty of it all.

In that moment, she knew that one day she wanted to be on that same stage making a little girl feel the same way she had in that moment.

Like a science, dance is technical. There is chore-

ography that every dancer must follow in a routine.

The same is true in any science, like biology, especially in experiments, where every step is critical. At the same time, dancing and science are creative pursuits that require imagination and risk-taking. Looking to explain new phenomena or creating a new dance all requires an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and determination.

Jess, both a biology major and devoted dancer, melds her interests in the two by being both technical and creative simultaneously. Jess has always had an interest in biology and has come to realize that it is similar to dance because both require the memorization of various steps so that everything can come together to form a complete picture.

What Jess likes most about dancing is “that you can express yourself. The adrenaline, the music, everything! It’s gotten to the point where I hear a song on the radio, and I am choreographing to it in my

head.” Thus, music is a place to temporarily escape and find solace.

In the grand scheme of things, life is in many ways like a performance. It is how people can perceive and understand you. Jess explains that when performing, her nerves are crazy and that she does not like to mess up when she dances. Yes, that is the perfectionist side of her coming through, but a lesson she has learned through her dance career, which can also be translated to everyday life, is the importance of living in the moment.

“Leave your heart on the stage,” Jess explains.

“When I step on stage, the lights are shining, I’m doing what I love, and the audience is supporting me.

It’s a great feeling. I feel at home.”

Through her many years of ballet and tap training, Jess has learned a lot about life and balancing everything. Time management, passion, and learning that there is always room for improvement have all been valuable lessons for her.

Lastly, some parting advice from Jess is that, “It is possible!” When it comes to dreams, do not limit yourself. Time management is of utmost importance. Jess suggests to make a schedule. For aspiring dancers in particular, she suggests

that especially when you are feeling stressed, that is a great time to go dance.

And of course, never give up!

If you are a star, please contact me at mhildebr@ stevens.edu. Per aspera ad astra!

Courtesy of Jess Castiglione

Letter to the Editor

The hype is real: I saw the new website This past Wednesday I was invited to view the new Stevens website. For what, I’ll leave unlisted — you’ll see soon enough. After viewing the website on desktop and mobile, all I could mentally manage to say was, “It’s about damn time.”

I don’t want to spoil the surprise of the new site (too much) and my privilege of having seen it early, but I can confidently say that this university has finally gotten the website it deserves, to the point where the website may even deserve a better university! I

kid, but that’s how impressive the site was.

The design was modern and clean, boasting a clean white background that emphasizes the signature Stevens red, and generally used black. To my joyous surprise, the Stevens logo was actually split into two,

with the “Stevens Institute of Technology / Innovation University” text flanking the shield and castle logo, which is inverted in white on a red badge. Beyond that, I’ll keep my descriptions of the rest of the site terse and veiled: there is a much easier way for new-

comers to Stevens to access the site; the homepage is slick and boasts cool features; access to clubs’ information has been improved drastically; and Stevens events and “fast facts” are displayed so strikingly that current students may even want to read them.

I know this reads as an ad, but I have received no compensation. :( The website is 15 years overdue and I am excited for the future generations of Stevens. I just hope that the university’s offerings live up to the standards it set with the new stevens.edu.

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Across the Hudson

Letter to the Editor

Enjoying the rain

by DAVID ROGERS Freshman Mechanical Engineering Major

For all the great things about the tri-state area, there’s much left to desire in terms of the weather— especially during winter.

Sure, cities like Boston and Chicago have worse winters, but New York winters are still lengthy, snowy, and make us long for the couple months of heavenly sunshine and beach-going known as summer. This winter has been quite different. There was Winter Storm Jonas, whose snow melted within a week, and the weather has been anarchy ever since then. One day it was 34 degrees with scattered showers, the next day there was a cold weather alert, and the week after it was 56 and sunny.

On one of the rainy days last week, I went to SoHo for some school projectrelated business. After I was finished, the rain had cleared up, and I figured I would go through Washington Square to get back to the PATH. Usually you can see the Empire State Building from the end of 5th Ave at Washington Square which, despite being a bit touristy, is cer-

tainly a view to appreciate. However, as soon as I got to the park, I only saw rain clouds. Just my luck.

I got my umbrella out and continued walking.

By the time I got to 14th St, it had stopped raining again. I got a small coffee and went to Union Square.

People were still out with their friends, dogs, or boyfriend/girlfriend. I somehow managed to find myself very relaxed, even though I should have been worrying about when the next scattered shower would be. After having my few minutes of peace in Union Square, I continued my trek to the Christopher St. PATH station, which required going through the neighborhoods I was most familiar with - Chelsea and the Village. Again, it started raining.

At this point, I wasn’t expecting anything fun or unusual. It was raining, I had to rush back to campus to edit The Stute, and

I was going through the same old neighborhoods, so I wasn’t going to find anything cool that I could check out later. I was wrong. On my route to the PATH station, I found two new pizza places and a new chocolate place, although I couldn’t stop at any of those.

Thinking about that day made me realize how easy it is to get distracted and enjoy yourself in the city.

Even though the weather was miserable, I was going through neighborhoods I already knew. There was no exploring to do, and though I eventually had to rush, there was still plenty for me to enjoy. I wasn’t simply walking to the station on ‘cloud 9’, there was enough to keep me alert.

Neighborhoods in the city never fully go stale, eventually something will change. A new store will open up, the seemingly endless construction will finally be finished, or the

neighborhood may just feel special that day for no particular reason.

To everyone who goes to the city fairly frequently: if a neighborhood seems to be getting old, take a break from it for a couple weeks and go back to it afterwards. The neighborhood’s probably completely new. It’s also great to go to places you don’t frequent; I rarely go to Chinatown but absolutely love it when I do go there (aside from the days when the streets smell like seafood vendors) because I never know what I’ll find.

If you rarely go to the city, I have two words of advice if you want to have fun: get lost. Seriously, just get off the PATH or subway somewhere and look for something that catches your fancy. Obviously, this advice only applies in the safe neighborhoods. Don’t do this in East New York or Mott Haven at 3 a.m..

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Girl Talk

The politics of gender

by NAMANKITA RANA Freshman Undecided Engineering Major

Disclaimer: Although this article is political in nature, I have tried to keep the discussion strictly to gender and the role it plays in politics. This is not an in-depth policy assessment of any candidate.

It’s hard to remember, but just a few years ago, everyone loved Hillary Clinton. When she stepped down as US Secretary of State in January 2013, her approval rating stood at what the Wall Street Journal described as an “eye-popping” 69%. That made her not only the most popular politician in the country, but the secondmost popular secretary of state since 1948. For a while, she seemed invincible.

And then, of course, she decided to run for

president. And that, it seems, is where the problems began.

How can we explain the currently “unlikable” Clinton of today with the adored politician of yesterday? There’s a simple pattern: Clinton’s public approval drops whenever she campaigns for a new position, then it soars when she gets the job. And it’s not Clinton alone who’s been a victim to this gender-specific trend. Liberal favorite Elizabeth Warren was also famously trashed in the 90’s, called “unlikable” and “a know-itall”, before finally eking out a narrow win in her bid for Senate. And once she got there — well, the rest is history.

Today, less than 8% of Americans say that they would not vote for a female candidate. But that doesn’t mean that we no longer judge political candidates based on gender. As far as Clinton and Warren go, we seem to really dislike them when they run for office.

Why is that? Part of it is what the very act of campaigning stands for.

Campaigning is not succeeding. It’s asking for success, for power. Campaigning is claiming that

you are better than the other candidates — in other words, it’s off limits for women. And that conclusion seems pretty accurate, especially considering that women often find self-promotion difficult even outside the realm of politics.

But campaigning is hardly the only double standard that exists. For example, both Clinton and Sanders have declared they favor paid maternity leave, sick leave, and equal pay.

What sets them apart?

A lot of it is style, not substance. Sanders can shout his message and wave his arms without hesitation. Clinton can’t.

If she appeared as angry at the “system” as he is, she would be dismissed as an angry, hysterical woman; a sight that makes voters nervous.

And there’s more. Clinton is criticized almost nonstop for her tone and appearance. Bernie, for his part, yells, curses, spits, rocks the hair of a mad scientist, and has probably worn the same suit ten times (seriously), but faces no backlash. Clinton is called a flip-flopper, even though Sanders became a Democrat only when it was

politically convenient.

Clinton’s experience brands her “establishment,” even though her opponent has been in Congress longer. She is seen as untrustworthy and someone who “plays the game” when people conveniently forget that, as a woman, there is no other way to climb the ranks other than to “play the game.” She’s under pressure to release her paid speech transcripts when no male candidate, including Obama, has ever been asked the same. In short, she’s been under thinly-veiled sexist attacks for decades — something that has made her cautious, which, of course, makes her “untrustworthy” yet again. It’s a never ending

negative feedback loop.

When Sanders talked about how Gloria Steinem called him an “honorary woman” and how he had oh-so-humbly “accepted that title,” I remember cringing to myself. Because whether anyone would like to admit it or not, there’s no alternate universe in which a female Bernie Sanders would survive to serious political candidacy without being buried alive in political attack ads. It’s fine to say that you sympathize with women’s issues, and Sanders clearly does, but calling yourself an “honorary woman” really crosses a line. Because, until you’ve had to deal with systemic sexism and the tests of charac-

ter that come with it, you have NO idea what it’s like to be a woman in a system that’s designed against you.

At the end of the day, it’s fine to not support Clinton for policy-based reasons. No one is saying that she gets a free pass from answering difficult questions. But it’s important to be aware of the subtle, insidious sexism that the public perpetuates towards her and women like her, and call it like you see it.

Just because she’s a woman, her courage to campaign for a job that matches her level of talent is called “ruthless,” “ambitious,” and “selfish.” I say — let’s cut that BS out. It’s time to get back on policy.

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Varsity Sports

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Wrestling captures program’s first NCAA regional championship

LEXINGTON, Va. (February 28, 2016) – Behind a record-setting 39-point margin, the No. 19 Stevens Institute of Technology wrestling team won the program’s first ever NCAA East Region Championship Sunday in Virginia.

The 137 total points also set a regional record as the Ducks bested top-five finishers No. 10 The College of New Jersey (98 points), Ursinus College (88 points), Delaware Valley University (87.5 points), and Ferrum College (84.5 points).

The Ducks placed nine in the top-six, six in the top-three, and sophomore No. 4 A.J. Kowal’s won the title at 184.

Head coach Joseph Favia was named Head Coach of the Year, while assistant Anthony Bonaventura was named Assistant Coach of the Year.

Junior No. 10 Rob Murray finished as the runner-up at 125, senior Ryan Wilson placed third at 141, sophomore Zach Wilhelm placed third at 149, junior No.

Brown named ECAC Co-Player Of The Week SSI – Sophomore Megan Brown of the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s basketball team claimed ECAC Upstate Co-Player of the Week honors Tuesday.

On Monday, Brown was named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week after claiming E8 Tournament Most Valuable Player.

Brown shares Co-Player honors with Clarkson University forward Ashley Loggins.

In the E8 tournament, Brown averaged 15 points and nine rebounds over the two games. Against Nazareth College in the semifinals, Brown scored a career-high 19 points while pulling in seven rebounds.

The Maryland native followed that up with an 11 point, 11 rebound performance in the championship game, making her eighth double-double of the season.

Wilhelm pulled-off the 4-0 decision shutout to take third.

At 165, Navickas advanced to the final with a fall in 5:23 over Hubert Alston of Ferrum, before falling in the final by a 6-3 decision to No. 4 Nick Herring of TCNJ. Maher fell in the semi by a 10-4 decision to No. 2 Zach Roseberry of Delaware Valley, but responded with a 45 second pin in his first matchup of the consolation bracket. Maher continued the momentum in the third place match with a 3-2 decision victory over Ralph Bernardo.

Senior Vic Del Monico placed fourth at 157 after winning by fall in 2:58 prior to falling in the third-place matchup, while junior Danny Moore took sixth at 197.

Sophomore Phil Woods finished fourth at 174 after an 8-1 decision victory in the consolation.

The six Ducks who qualified will begin their national championship pursuits on March 11 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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5 Colin Navickas took second at 165, and senior Tyler Maher placed third at 285. Along with Kowal, each have qualified for NCAA Nationals for the first time in their respective careers.

The six qualifiers is the most for the Ducks in program history, breaking the previous high of three set in 2010 and 2015. Kowal is the sixth individual champion in program history.

After a pair of falls Saturday, Kowal earned his trip to the final Sunday via a 10-0 major

over Dan Wojtaszek of TCNJ. Kowal faced-off against No. 9 William Gockel-Figge of New York University in the final, winning by injury default.

Murray advanced to the final after a 13-3 major over Gettysburg College’s Noah Malamut, before falling in the final 10-6 to Chris Tan of Ursinus. The semifinal major was the seventh of the season for Murray.

Wilson tallied his second fall of the regional in his first match of

the day in 4:27, before advancing to the third place match via an 8-2 decision over Christia Hoogheem of Ursinus. Once there, Wilson edged Delaware Valley’s Tim Ambacher with a hard-fought 3-2 decision to clinch the nationals appearance.

Wilhelm fell in the semi by decision 7-4, but promptly advanced to the third place match via a pin in just over a minute over Gettysburg’s Quinn Merrigan.

Matching-up with TCNJ’s Steven Schneider,

Women’s basketball gears up for NCAA tournament SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology women’s basketball team will be hosting the NCAA First and Second Rounds this weekend.

TOURNAMENT INFO FDU-Florham and SUNY-Geneseo will square off at 6 p.m. before the Ducks and SUNY-Old Westbury meet at 8 p.m. The two winners will meet Saturday at 6 p.m. with a berth to the Sweet 16 on the line.

E8 REWIND The Ducks claimed the Empire 8 Championship with a resounding 70-44 win over Ithaca College last Saturday.

Senior Kaitlyn Astel scored a game-high 21

points to lead the Ducks to victory, after scoring 19 the night before in a semifinal win over Nazareth College.

WHAT CAN BROWN DO YOU FOR Sophomore Megan Brown collected a slew of awards this week.

On Saturday, she was named Empire 8 Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player.

Brown also collected E8 and ECAC Player of the Week honors.

EG TOURNEY TEAM Junior Erica Guketlov was named to the Empire 8 Conference AllTournament team after averaging 11 points and 4.5 assists over the two

games last weekend.

DUB DUB Brown recorded a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds in the E8 Championship last Saturday. The Maryland native averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds over the two games, and recorded eight double doubles this season.

KAIT IS GREAT & RAND IS GRAND Astel and classmate Miranda Ripken were tabbed First Team AllEmpire 8 last, while Astel was also named Player of the Year for the second straight season.

GET SPORTY Senior Dylan Krause

was named the Stevens Sportswoman of the Year, which is an honor given to one representative from each E8 institution who best represents the ideas of competing with honor and intergrity.

OLD WESTBURY REPORT The Panthers claimed the Skyline Conference this year, topping The Sage Colleges 57-43 in the championship game.

Jasmine Robinson leads OW with 16.2 points per game to along with 99 steals.

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Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Men’s Volleyball Men’s Baseball Woman’s Fencing Equestrian Men’s Wrestling Men’s Volleyball Women’s Basketball Men’s Track and Field Women’s Track and Field Men’s Tennis Woman’s Wrestling Basketball Men’s Fencing Men’s Lacrosse Men’s Volleyball Basketball Women’s Lacrosse Men’s Lacrosse

Carthage College Nazareth College St. John Fisher College Medaille College William Paterson University NIWFA Championships All-Region Show NCAA Baruch College Ithaca Fastrack Last Chance Invitational Fastrack Last Chance Invitational Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA NJCU Not Stated Opposing Sports Team New York University NJCU FDU-Fordham FDU-Fordham

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ON DECK IN SPORTS

Friday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

THE COLLEGE AT OLD WESTBURY 8 p.m.

Hoboken, N.J

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

TUFTS LAST CHANCE

TUFTS UNIVERSITY TBD Medford, MA

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

TUFTS LAST CHANCE

TUFTS UNIVERSITY TBD Medford, MA

Saturday EQUESTRIAN AT WILLIAM PATERSON SHOW 8 a.m.

Pompton Plains, N.J.

MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 1 TUFTS UNIVERSITY 12 p.m.

Hoboken, N.J.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE AT ROWAN UNIVERSITY 1 p.m.

Glassboro, N.J.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL NO. 8 ELMIRA COLLEGE 1:30 p.m.

Annandale-OnHudson, N.Y.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL BARD COLLEGE 4 p.m.

Annandale-OnHudson, NY

BASEBALL RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK 4:00 PM Hoboken, N.J

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