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Ethnic Student Council presents Unity Showcase to celebrate “Breaking Borders”

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Stevens Ultimate crushes TCNJ and Rider in at sectionals, advances to regionals

by RAMI KAMMOURH Staff Writer

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by ELLEN DRENNAN Staff Writer

The Ethnic Student Council (ESC) hosted the 2016 Unity Showcase to celebrate the different cultures represented by multicultural organizations on campus. This year, the theme was “Breaking Borders: The Road to a Better Tomorrow.” The clubs were asked to create a performance that conveyed the different types of borders their culture has faced throughout history.

An audience of over 300 people attended, making this event a huge success for the Ethnic Student Council. Tommy Daly and Yonaida Brito served as the Masters of Ceremonies, helping to transition between acts with well-placed jokes and puns.

The following organizations participated in this year’s Unity Showcase: the Filipino Association of Stevens Tech (FAST), the Chinese Student Association, the Black Student Union, the Korean Student Association, the Stevens Irish Association, the Indian Undergraduate Association, and the Latin American Association.

Participating groups were asked to prepare a performance to highlight important aspects of their culture and history, with a focus on the theme of “Breaking Borders.” These performances combined live skits with cultural arts and visual media. Here’s a rundown of the RSOs and their sketches: FAST told the story of a Mary Poppins–esque nanny who helps to fill the generational gap between two artistically talented

children and their traditional, strict Filipino father.

The Chinese Student Association explored traditional gender roles, as well as the ancient Chinese conflict with the Huns.

The Black Student Union danced to Beyoncé’s “Formation” as a montage of events and important figures in black history played in the background.

The Korean Student Association juxtaposed traditional Korean values with modern global thinking. Their narrative follows a young man who dedicates his life to tae kwon do but experiences conflicting feelings when a foreigner joins his family’s dojang.

In their first ever Unity appearance, the Stevens Irish Asso-

see BORDERLESS • Page 7

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Last Saturday, Stevens Ultimate defeated both TCNJ and Rider University. The two wins led the team to claim the Metropolitan New York Division III Conference and poises them for a strong start at the Metropolitan East Regional Conference.

The first of Saturday’s two games was against Rider University. Stevens came out strong, leading 8-1 by halftime.

The team played well defensively as well as offensively, and won 15-1 in a blowout.

The next game was against TCNJ, and required the team to put in more effort. Stevens was down 4-1 early in the game, but rebounded and finished the second half 8-6. The team took control during the second half and won the game 15-11.

Now that the team has won their sectional conference, they will advance to the regional competition. This is the first time the team has made it to the Metropolitan East Regional Conference since 2013, and the team is up against strong competitors such as Colgate and Hamilton Universities. In order to advance to the Nationals, the team will need to win the regionals. “We have a lot of momentum behind us; we’re playing fluidly and have great chemistry,” says Colin Aitken, president of the Ultimate team.

“We have errors we need to fix, but that’s what practice is for.”

With a strong finish in sectionals, the team is optimistic going into regionals. “I think the biggest thing we has gotten us this far this year is our team

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LAA increases cultural awareness through food

College of Arts and Letters welcomes new professor of psychology

by OLIVIA SCHREIBER Staff Writer

Ashley Lytle has just been announced as the newest addition to the College of Arts and Letters. Following the retirement of Professor Susan Schept, who has been a psychology professor at the university for over 30 years, Lytle will officially begin her professorship come this fall semester.

Dr. Andrew Russell, Interim Dean of CAL, headed the search committee for a new psychology professor and noted that the position was filled not only because of Professor Schept’s retirement, but also because of popularity and “growth potential” in the area of social sciences.

Ashley Lytle hails from Depauw University in Greencastle, Indiana where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in sociology. She noted that in many ways, Depauw is similar to Stevens. “[Depauw] is very similar in size with a similar focus on interdisciplinary fields,” said Lytle. She went on to obtain her Master’s degree in Psychology at Stony Brook

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University, where she will be finishing her PhD this spring.

Her area of research explores how stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination influence academic, social, and health outcomes.

Lytle offers a unique perspective having taken a small repose from academia by working at a market research company in between earning

her Master’s and PhD. “[My company] worked with some pretty big clients, like Apple, Lowes, and Disney. We focused predominantly on consumer feedback on different products” said Lytle. Russell notes that both her teaching experience as a professor at the undergraduate level and as an

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The Latin American Association hosted its second annual Around the World in 22 Bites event this past Tuesday.

Named for the 22 countries of South America, the event showcased the diverse and delicious flavors of Latin America in both its food and dance.

The celebration attracted over 100 students to eat and dance over the span of two hours.

The night started with a speech from Romulo Quilicho, the newly-elected president of the LAA. During his speech, Romulo explained that the event was not just about food, but a desire to spread cultural awareness across the Stevens student body. Romulo noted that despite making up only 5% of the student population

at Stevens, minorities are still a vital part of the Stevens community and it is important for people to know the heritage of others. He also said that the LAA seeks to further integrate itself into the Stevens community so that everyone may enjoy the unique culture they bring. “We want to treat people as family, and the best way we know how to is through food,” said Romulo.

After the opening speech, guests swarmed the tables of food laid out across one of the walls. LAA acquired all the food for the event either through local restaurants or their own members, featuring dishes from Central America, Northern South America, Central South America, and the Caribbean. The dishes included flan, arroz chaufa

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Share your happiness Wanting to like Stevens

continued CSA Dim Sum Night

Three Letters to the Editor

Women’s lacrosse wins

DIY Festival wear

First in women’s 4x800 relay

Food review: Panello

Polling Pierce What is your favorite temperature?

Unity Showcase Featurette

Spotlight: Rob Whipple

Women’s track and Field enters top 25

OPINION 2-3

PULSE 4

NEWS 6-7

OPINION CONT’D 8-9

SPORTS 10

Protesting ride sharing

Kan Cancer

Must-try donut shops

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Enjoy the good moments, and remember them It is so easy to get caught up in the things that aren’t great at Stevens. Just pick up any issue of The Stute and you’re sure to find a variety of complaints covering academics, extracurricular, and Greek life. We receive letters to the editor whenever something really bad happens, and it’s a great way to voice concerns (see page 9). I have had a lot of moments when I just really strongly disliked this school and I used my column to say so. However, I think that students should feel free to use this platform when something is really great and making them happy, too.

I really like to read the archives we have in the office in my spare time, and I think that as we write Stevens history each week we should have some opinion content that really captures and shares our happy college memories. With that being said, I want to share how happy I was to attend Unity Showcase for the first time and Accepted Students Day. A friend asked if I wanted to go to Unity, and I almost blew it off for a trip to the mall. I thought it was going to be like any other cultural event with a lot of food, some flags,

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music, and little dancing (see page 6). I had no idea that it was actually going to be a night of meaningful entertainment that would literally give me chills! The first thing I appreciated about Unity was that I saw new faces up on stage — because it’s really easy to keep going to the same type of events with the same friends or executive board of a club representing. Then the costumes, choreography, and voice overs were a clear product of many hours of hard work that just created beautiful and cultural stories that did a great job fighting against stereotypes and breaking down.

The Ethnic Student Council then presented awards and there was so much friendship and appreciation shown — it was really touching.

Beyond that, so many family members attended the event to support the students on stage. It was just a really special night and I can’t wait for next year’s.

I have done table-sitting at Accepted Students day and Club Fair before, but this one felt different and was actually really enjoyable for me. I took a camera and went around snapping pictures and I realized how much I like our small

community. I knew most of the other students at nearby tables, and, instead of taking shifts, a lot of them just hung out together for the two hours. With music playing and everyone smiley and proud to be representing their organization to “future ducks,” it was a good time both days. It was really nice when President Farvardin came through with the presidential puppy, Martini. There was beautiful weather, free food, and Stevens pride.

I really hope that in the future we could get something like RAGE to work well so we can have more of these large scale, all-RSO-inclusive events just to casually hangout all together and share our interests with the rest of the Stevens community. And I hope that when that does happen, we can keep these good memories alive in The Stute.

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Freshman Software Engineering Major

As everyone reading may or may not know, last week was Accepted Students Weekend for Stevens Class of 2020.

Unfortunately for me, I was unable to go to my own Accepted Students Day last year, so it was great to see the festivi-

ties that I had missed the year before. Even though it is different being an enrolled student looking on at the accepted students, I could empathize with them. I could feel how both excited and nervous they were to be here at Stevens, knowing that they would be spending the next four or five years working toward their degree of choice.

I was lucky enough to be working both the Honor Board and the Cyber Defense Team tables at the student club and activities tables under the large tent on Palmer Lawn. It was certainly a beautiful day to be

standing outside for a few hours, with a strong breeze and the warm sun beating down onto the lawn. Once the first few accepted students began walking through, I could clearly see that both the parents and the students were impressed at all of the clubs and organizations that Stevens has to offer. As people began coming over to the cyber defense table, I met more and more new students with similar interests. I even saw a few new Software Engineering majors, which is very promising considering how new the major is. I made sure I spoke to them and gave a few

pointers about their first year at Stevens.

Soon enough, my shift was over and the club fair was drawing to a close.

It was certainly great to meet the new students and learn a few of their interests. It makes me so happy to see the promise in the new students who have committed to Stevens, and I am excited to see what they bring to campus next year. It feels almost surreal that just a few short months ago I was in their shoes, and now in the blink of an eye there is a new class of fresh faces waiting to see what Stevens has to offer during their freshman year.

Senioritis

I just want to be happy with Stevens

by JOSEPH BROSNAN

5/5 Civil Engineering Major

Last week was Accepted Student’s Weekend, because, like CPAC, sometimes you just need an extra day.

Traditionally, I have loved Accepted Students Day. All of the excited students rushing in to see what wonders await them at Castle Point.

But I don’t feel excited anymore. In fact, I almost feel a little resentful. It’s either that, or pity. These poor chumps don’t know what they’re getting themselves into - not one bit.

Financial mismanagement is rampant if hidden, the administration ranges from tolerable to outright horrible, and our latest and greatest building can’t keep itself from falling apart.

With ever-increasing tuition, ever-shrinking benefits (goodbye laptops, goodbye extra classes!) and living costs greater than probably 95% of all other college options in the nation, why would you ever want to come to Stevens?

Why did I? I was in it for the swimming - which I re-

alized later didn’t mean all that much in the long run.

That, paired with a lower fitness level of my peers contributed to me leaving the program. I definitely stayed for the Co-Op Program, but they’ve cut back on the opportunities (probably to save money) and I am left with staff from the former Office of Career Development that I either don’t click with, or just haven’t had time to get to know. Many friends stayed for extra classes, but I get this feeling that they’ll start cutting into that too.

You can’t come to Stevens for the Student Activities... I mean, yeah, we have a much larger budget than some schools, but you could get involved at any campus and get a sim-

ilar experience. The course load isn’t much more rigorous than other universities, so special academic prowess can’t be your reasoning either.

I am also convinced that the ROI nonsense is a fluke because it is based on the progress of programs such as Co-Op which has been drastically changed. So that argument also doesn’t work with me anymore.

At the end of the day, I want to like Stevens so bad. I want to be able to tell people that they’re going to have a ball at Stevens. But right now, I totally can’t. I am so frustrated with the garbage the Administration here has been spitting in my face for 5 years, that I have little left in me but contempt. I honestly wish I chose another

school - and Stevens is certainly worse off than when I first arrived.

The only solace I have is that in some days, I will be an alumnus of Stevens, and all of these problems will be behind me. I vow that the only thing I’ll monetarily contribute to is

Chi-Epsilon post graduation - Stevens has proven itself incompetent with money as far as I’m concerned. Once my debt is paid off, maybe my frustration will be abated.

I just hope these wounds heal and don’t leave too ugly a scar.

COUNTDOWN TO FREEDOM

34 Days until Commencement

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Technically Speaking

The war on ride sharing is futile

by TARIK KDIRY

Freshman Software Engineering Major

Raise your hand if you have heard of Uber. If your hand was raised then, sorry, but you just raised your hand because a newspaper told you to. Seriously though, what is up with these ride sharing apps and why is there such a fuss about it? Well, think about it for a moment. Just to eliminate any possibility of the next few sentences offending anyone, I will use evasive phrases that may

or may not confuse you.

Picture this: you travel to the New York City from the other side of the world in order to start a new life of hard work and adventure.

A very popular job among immigrants to this side of the country, and non-immigrants as well, is driving a cab. As a profession, it is not the worst option for those wanting to start new and avoid the insane amount of background checks and education and what not. Things are going great for you because you begin to know the city very well and generate a steady income. Then a mysterious, new transportation service arrives and talk of the taxi industry collapsing begins to circulate. It is a very scary situation indeed and you suddenly fear for your well-being. Sure, you can get on board with

these services and drive for them, instead of the traditional taxi business. But now comes a question of which one to “work” for.

There are multiple services that are almost exactly the same, and it becomes hard to predict which ones will stay afloat and succeed.

In one instant, that safe driver job at a cab company that New Yorkers have trusted for decades suddenly seems obsolete and vulnerable to collapse.

Nothing seems guaranteed and stable anymore, does it?

For those that do not know, services like Uber and Lyft provide easy and very safe options for transportation. With a few taps on a smartphone, anyone can set a location for pickup and drop off, as well as view some background information and reviews of

the driver.

Some of you may think that I do not know what I am talking about, and that I do not know the opinions of these cab drivers. Some may even believe that the landmark taxi as a mode of transportation is timeless and is not going anywhere anytime soon. I am here to inform you that you are wrong, and I am sorry.

On the bright side, you get to read on about what is right.

I personally have family with plenty of experience in the transportation industry in New York City.

All of them agree that this revolution is hurting their business.

Fortunately, some of them have found opportunities with Uber in particular. All is well that ends well.

Lyft and Uber’s main selling points are related

to their simplicity and ease of use. As stated before, all it takes to utilize these services is a few taps on a phone and some patience.

One of the most esteemed cab companies in New York, McGuinness Management, which opened 30 years ago, has reported a 40% loss in revenue in the last couple years with a serious lack in growth.

Ride sharing companies

have been experiencing clashes with New York legislation. For example, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a bill to limit the consistent growth of for-hire vehicle companies in order to control New York City’s transportation industry. Too bad Uber had better points to discuss in response to the bill. Sorry de Blasio, software engineers for the win.

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Scientific Curmudgeon

I Am Innately Aggressive but Not Innately Warlike

by JOHN HORGAN

Director, Center for Science Writings

I play pond hockey. After we whack the puck around a while, and we’re soaked in sweat and sagging, I shout, “Next goal wins!”

Then, no matter how exhausted I am, I skate like a maniac to score that last goal.

So are humans innately aggressive? Of course we are, and some of us more than others. My aggression emerges not only in hockey games but also in

spats over whether war — not just aggression, or violence, but deadly group violence — has deep evolutionary roots.

Prominent skeptic Michael Shermer mocks those who, like me, doubt the deep-roots theory of war.

He calls us “blank slaters & Peace & Harmony Mafia.”

That decsription, Shermer explains, refers to those “who adhere to the blank slate theory of human nature and those rather aggressive anthropologists who insist that war is a recent invention and that our ancestors lived in relative peace and harmony with one another and nature.”

This is a common tactic of deep-rooters, to suggest that if you reject the waris-innate theory, you must reject all biological predispositions and believe that our ancestors were

peaceful “noble savages.”

“Rather aggressive anthropologists” is Shermer’s sly way of implying that, if you aggressively oppose the deep-roots theory, you contradict yourself.

I have never disputed — nor do I know any scholar who disputes--that humans have genetically-based capacities for aggression, anger, vengeance. I also accept that our hominid ancestors, and especially males--whose aggression is much more likely to culminate in violence — occasionally killed each other fighting over females, food or other “resources.”

What I dispute is that we have an innate predisposition for war — or, as anthropologist Richard Wrangham describes it, “lethal coalitionary aggression” — dating back millions of years to our

Panello

by KATRINA GUIDO

Sophomore Physics Major

In hopes of finding another Dozzino-esque experience without the whole always being turned away due to the restaurant constantly being rented out part, my partner and I set off to the very depths of Hoboken. Having heard about Panello from a friend and having passed by their location at 7th and Monroe quite a few times, I was intrigued by the industrially rustic décor and large wood burning

enabled the independent inventions of written communication by various societies thousands of years ago. But that does not mean reading and writing are innate. These are recent cultural innovations, and so is war.

Like writing, war emerged independently among early societies — including simple ones, like hunter-gatherers — toward the end of the Paleolithic.

Then war spread like a virus, infecting even societies that wanted no part of it. If your neighbor attacks, you can either flee, surrender or fight back.

Shermer suggests that my “tireless” criticism of the deep-roots theory is driven by emotion. He’s right, in this sense: I loathe war, and I loathe the deeproots theory, because I believe it contributes to the

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pizza oven.

I figured on a Friday night that the restaurant would no doubt be packed with fans of Panello’s BYOB policy and reasoned that bringing take out to one of the piers could make the perfect date night. I tried calling the number listed on their website three times, and all three times I was met with a mix between a busy and a “this number has been disconnected” tone. Nevertheless, we made the trek back, and upon reaching the restaurant, I saw or rather heard why a phone call would have been pointless – the roar from the packed tables was deafening, and the brick walls and stainless steel décor was doing nothing to help. I had to yell to place my order, and I certainly had no idea how tables were managing to hold a con-

common ancestor with chimpanzees.

Shermer claims there is “massive,” “copious” evidence that war reaches far back into the Paleolithic era and is “part of our evolved nature.” Actually, evidence of group violence dates back only about 12,000 years.

Do our predispositions toward aggression underpin outbreaks of lethal violence, including war?

Of course they do, but that doesn’t mean war is innate, any more than it means hockey is innate.

Consider another analogy, between aggression and language. Scientists have compiled copious evidence that our capacity for language is innate, evolving more than one hundred thousand years ago. Our “language instinct” (Steven Pinker’s phrase) clearly

versation.

We only had to wait about 15 minutes for our food – a kale-abrian pizza, polpette, and a cannolo. Unfortunately it was dark by the time we had made it back to campus, so there went my date night on the pier, but good food can salvage anything.

Sadly, this date was not salvaged.

By the time we got back to my room, the food was lukewarm which obviously isn’t the restaurant’s fault but time is no excuse for a lack of flavor. The pizza which had ricotta, Fior di Latte, ‘nduja Calabrian hot sausage, kale, and pecorino Romano had zero flavor aside from the five or so plops of sausage. I don’t know where they get their water, but it certainly did nothing for the taste of the crust. Definitely not

worth $18, and the tiny size didn’t help to lessen the blow of the price.

The polpette or meatballs of veal, beef, and pork which were supposedly fire-roasted and then cooked in “signature” tomato sauce were described much better than they tasted. Maybe I’m just super picky because my mom happens to make the best meatballs I’ve ever had, but these like the pizza were just blah. To make matters worse, the sauce was

fatalistic acceptance of our era’s militarism.

My most recent survey of student at Stevens found that 124 out of 142, or 87 percent, believe war will never end, and they often defend their outlook with some version of the deeproots claim.

If the deep-roots theory were empirically validated, I would explain to my students that we can and do overcome biologicallydriven impulses. But the deep-roots theory does not withstand scrutiny. That is the main reason why I tirelessly criticize it.

I’d much rather be playing hockey.

John Horgan directs the Center for Science Writings, which is part of the College of Arts & Letters. This column is adapted from one published on his ScientificAmerican. com blog, “Cross-check.”

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really rather sweet and had no bite. I was looking for a good base of herbs to help bring out the beautifully bright acidity of the tomatoes but what I got tasted more like a can of Ragu.

And then the cannolo… The shell was crispy; I will give them that one. From there, I wasn’t a fan. The filling had a slightly bitter taste, and the cream which was a mixture of ricotta and mascarpone had a weird consistency,

not to mention I don’t think I’ve ever spent $8 on a single cannolo. My partner thought it was fine, I took two bites of a dessert that I normally can’t get enough of before handing it off.

I can’t really understand why Panello was so crowded, perhaps it’s overflow from Dozzino three blocks away or maybe the dining experience is different in the restaurant, but I can say that I will not be going back.

Photos courtesy of Katrina Guido

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Campus Pulse

Roving Reporter What is your favorite spring event and why?

“It’s nice to see prospective students at Accepted Students Day”

“The Innovation Expo because I enjoy seeing all the projects seniors have worked so hard on”

“Boken because it’s outdoors and has good music and a good vibe”

Conor Barron

Danielle Fischer

Theo Rizos

“Accepted Students Day. I worked at the club fair, met some new people, and saw some people from the Stevens Summer Program”

“Unity Festival. I think it’s a nice way to show Stevens’s diverse culture”

“Accepted Students Day because it’s good to see all the new students excited about coming here”

Xavier Rosario

Nicholas Cacchione

Andrew Caruso

Polling Pierce

What’s your favorite temperature range?

Based on 100 responses

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Pearls of

Wisdom Hello my ducklings and mighty ducks. I hope you all are happy & healthy! C.P.K. Castle Point King. What can I say except that it was amazing! If you missed it, you missed the time of your life. I was lucky enough to be one of the judges along with the great Dr. Kevin Ryan, and the beautiful Michelle Castro. All of the contestants were simply awesome, I mean these are some really talented students who made the judging extremely hard, but through it all, Jeremy Ocampo reigned as the King of Castle Point. Congradulations Jeremy, you earned it. I want to thank the Stevens students for inviting me to be a judge. It was such an honor, and it’s these times with you that I’ll never forget.

Love from your girl,

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employee in the workforce were both qualities that made her stand out among the candidates that applied for the position.

In addition to the Introduction to Psychology course, Professor Lytle is excited to bring her own interests and research into the classroom. “I will be teaching Health Psychology, which investigates how social and psychological factors influence health,” said Lytle. “It’s an interesting class that

Friday, April 22, 2016 • Page 6

is applicable to everyone, especially for students.”

Dr. Russell noted that the search committee was extended in order to allow for more valued input to be considered.

After reading through applications, selecting potential hires, and conducting interviews, four finalists were selected to present at the university in front of members of the search committee as well as any interested Stevens community member. Lytle was selected not only because of her academic and research achievements, but also for her excitement to involve students in

social science research. “[She] wants to bring on students, which embodies Stevens as a studentcentric research institution,” said Russell.

Lytle is looking forward to balancing her teaching while continuing her research. “I really have the best of both worlds. I get to teach in a classroom setting with really well-rounded, smart students while still continuing to do the research I want to do.”

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Professor Lytle loves to travel and listen to music ranging anywhere between Tame Impala and Kendrick Lamar.

CSA Dim Sum Night This past Wednesday night, the Chinese Student Association hosted its’s annual “Dim Sum Delight” event in the Babbio Atrium. Dim Sum is a traditional Chinese dish of small, steamed or fried dumplings that usually contain various types of fillings that can be served as a snack or main course. However at the event, traditional dumplings and Peking Duck was served. Julie McEldoon from the club said this about the event: “We all had a great time throwing the event and hope everyone had fun chowing down on free Chinese food!”

The CSA will also be co-hosting an Asian cultural night event with Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers and a few other organizations on April 28. The members of CSA encourage all students to come out to these types of culturally enriching events to enjoy the free food and the great culture.

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(fried rice with chicken and vegetables), coxinhas (fried chicken and dough), pastelon de platanos (meat and plantain pie), chicharron y tostones (fried pork fat and plantain chips), and more. There were also several beverages from Latin America available, including a soda called Guarana.

LAA also planned for a dance company to come perform at the event.

However, the company abruptly cancelled a day before the event, threat-

ening to leave 22 Bites with no dancing. Fortunately, the fraternity Lambda Upsilon Lambda stepped in. La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc. was the second multicultural fraternity to form on campus and shares LAA’s goals of spreading and celebrating Hispanic culture as the LAA. The fraternity supplied LAA with a troupe of brothers to provide both music and dancers, who did a traditional Hispanic dance and signature of LUL known as strolling.

The dancers proved to be entertaining for the audience, as did the opportunity to dance after-

wards by themselves or with friends. LAA also encouraged guests to dress up in sombreros and cardboard masks and take pictures in a photo booth, free of charge.

By the end of the night, it was apparent that 22 Bites was a great success. Over 100 students were in attendance, nearly doubling the number that came last year, which attests to LAA’s commitment to reaching more of the student body. LAA will not be holding any more events this semester, but the organization plans for an eventful fall semester.

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mindset,” says Aitken. “In the beginning of the season, we focused on taking responsibility for our mistakes, and as the season progressed, our tam motto has been ‘prove it’. Nothing is going to be given to us, we have to prove it ourselves.” The teams’ first game in regionals will be on Saturday April 30th. The competitor for the game is to be announced.

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Kan Cancer: fun trying to find a cure This past Wednesday, Relay for Life, the Ultimate Frisbee team, and Sigma Nu hosted Kan Cancer, an event to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Sigma Nu sold fried Oreos to raise funds as nearly 60 participants played Kan Jam on Davis Lawn.

According to Relay for Life Chair Elena Piper, approximately $100 was raised for the American Cancer Society.

Photos by Maryia Spirydonava

Photos courtesy of Chinese Student Association

SAVE THE DATE! THE SECOND ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE IS HERE!

SATURDAY APRIL 30TH FROM 12 PM TO 12 AM This is an all day, activity-filled, party-for-a-cause, extravaganza with the American Cancer Society. Come out to eat, dance, sing, play games, hang with friends, be entertained, and walk to help the cause to end cancer!

FIGHT AND HAVE FUN WITH RELAY FOR LIFE!!

If you would like to participate, use the following link to register or join a team: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY16EA?pg=entry&fr_id=72889 If your organization wants to help by sponsoring a lap, hosting an activity, or has questions, email relayforlife@stevens.edu !!!

See you there!

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for your class representatives for the 103rd Senate of the Student Government Association Please feel free to message our current SGA Cabinet at sga@stevens.edu with any questions or concerns you may have.

Elections OPEN Saturday April 23rd — Elections CLOSE Saturday April 30th

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around campus, hoboken, and beyond

Friday, April 22, 2016 • Page 7

Fillipino Association of Stevens Tech. wins Unity Showcase

Borderless Continued from front page

Photos by Ellen Drennan

ciation presented a love story taking place during “The Troubles,” a time at which Ireland was experiencing civil conflict.

The characters go on to work together to bring peace to the nation.

The Indian Undergraduate Association showed how love is able to bridge the division between Pakistan and India.

The couple in their skit break borders by defying arranged marriages and religious stigmas in the name of true love.

In their act, the Latin American Association told the story of a young girl born in the United States but raised in Uruguay who returns to the U.S. for college and forms a multicultural club in order to reconnect with her culture.

At the end of the show, Stevens’ dance group TECHnique made a guest appearance.

They demonstrated their wide range of styles by performing

tap, salsa, lyrical, and hip hop dances.

The Unity Showcase concluded with an award ceremony. Administrative Assistant for Student Life Jane Gilbarty, Former president of the Ethnic Student Council Dharm Patel, and Financial Officer at United Nations Nadeje Bauzil determined the winners of the competition. The judges commented that they were very impressed by the messages being portrayed by the performances. The Stevens Irish Association won the Most Improved award for their growth in their first year of activity as an RSO. The Indian Undergraduate Association won the People’s Choice vote, which was open to all attendees. The Korean Student Association won the award for Best Relevance to the Theme: “Breaking Borders,” and the Korean Student Association and FAST also shared the award for Most Active multicultural organization. Finally, the Winner of the showcase was, for the second year in a row, the Filipino As-

sociation of Stevens Tech.

According to Norma Isa Martinez, a freshman and one of the leads of FAST’s performance, “We’re extremely proud of our performance. Even though we hit rough patches on the way to success, I’m glad the hard work everyone put into this night paid off.”

The Unity Showcase was a great opportunity for Stevens’ multicultural organizations to show their cultures and reflect upon boundaries they have encountered throughout history.

Tori Larsen, a performer from TECHnique and attendee of the Showcase remarked, “It was really amazing to see the different performances, stories, and styles of the multicultural organizations here at Stevens. It was clear that there was a lot of effort put into each group’s performance.”

All of the RSOs presented the theme of “Breaking Borders” in a different way, but all of their examples serve as reminder that the goal of a global community should not be to build walls but rather to work together to tear them down.

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Opinion

Friday, April 22, 2016 • Page 8

Letter to the Editor

Administration, Stop Growing Enrollment and Start Growing Infrastructure

by REED OBERLANDER 3/4 Naval Engineering Major

The first listed goal of Stevens’ Ten-Year Strategic Plan is “…to grow undergraduate enrollment to approximately 4,000 students, up from approximately 2,500 today [2012].” Regardless of whether this planned 60% increase in enrollment benefits the university, the current students and staff are left aching

from the “growing pains.”

Stevens is physically small at only 55 acres (0.086 square miles). In the Strategic Plan-Year 3 Report, Stevens acknowledges this and even mentions a one-year decrease in the rate of growth, citing “… plans enacted due to campus space constraints” but omits what these plans are.

Many issues exist regarding the growing number of people in our small cam-

pus which cannot support them. Whether housing, classrooms, study space, parking, or other services, Stevens has not grown in other aspects at a rate comparable to the increase in enrollment.

Most students find themselves forced to live offcampus after their freshman year due to lack of on-campus housing (some say this negatively impacts quality of life, mental health, and

academic performance).

Commuting has challenges too: parking is difficult to find, expensive, and a headache during certain times like the recent Accepted Students Weekend.

Academics suffer from lack of space as well.

This semester, I had a professor cancel a research project because there was no space available for the class to meet for student presentations.

Despite

renovations and plans for beginning the new Gateway building, classes are frequently filled to capacity, and students struggle to find their own space to study in buildings across campus, most notably, the library during finals.

Some departments on campus are seeing much greater use and are unable to keep up with demand.

One example is Student Counseling and Disability

Services, which currently has a wait list for first-time users. A department seeing this level of growth requires a larger staff and office.

It is time Stevens recognizes that population growth cannot be sustained without corresponding growth in infrastructure, and the administration should take action to provide the space necessary for their current staff and students’ wellbeing.

Letter to the Editor

Outrage over Senior Design Project

by THE UNITED GREEK COMMITTEE

The United Greek Committee is speaking out about a product that has been created by a Senior Design Team that promotes destructive behavior and presents Greek Life in a negative light. The HangoverLyte Senior Design team, along with the Stevens School of Business, is featuring a project that promotes itself as a “hangover cure”. An article was released on Friday April 15, 2016, the day before Accepted Students Weekend, on the Stevens website, Facebook, and

Twitter accounts entitled “Stevens Team Puts a Hangover Cure on Tap.” The article paints a negative picture of Stevens students. Specifically, the article targets the Greeks, appealing to them as a target audience to use and promote their product without consulting the members of the community. Had they asked the leaders of the community what we thought, we would have clearly stated our concerns with their intentions. We do not wish to be equated with such blatant attempts to perpetuate stereotypes.

This article was inappropriate and does not accurately portray the Stevens

Greek community. We are insulted by the suggestion that fraternities and sororities would be “great ambassadors” for a hangover beverage. Publicizing this article has undone so much of the hard work that the Stevens Greeks have done in recent history to improve the perception of Greeks in this country and at this school.

Fraternities and sororities at Stevens are continuously working for the betterment of society by raising money for charity, volunteering, and dedicating their lives to improving the lives of others. Recently on Tuesday April 19, 2016

approximately 150 Stevens Greeks came out for Hoboken Take Back the Night, to raise awareness to end Sexual Violence. In last year alone, the Stevens Greek Community raised over $41,000 for charity and did over 22,000 hours of community service. Stevens Greeks represent one third of our student community, as well as a large percentage of student leaders and faculty members at Stevens.

One third of Greek-affiliated students are recognized as part of the top 10% of their chapters nationwide for their organizations.

The UGC reached out to the design team on April

18, 2016 requesting that they please remove any references to Greek Life from their publicity and to please readjust their target market and phrasing to avoid perpetuating negative stereotypes about the Stevens Greek community. The response we got from one of the team members, James Shannon, on April 19, 2016 was “lol, yeah ok”. We find this type of response disappointing, and frankly a bit rude and dismissive.

For Stevens to choose to market a product like this is simply disappointing to us as Greeks and as Stevens students. On March 3, 2016 the team posted a

status of attending a funeral with the verbiage “Ready to spank your hangover.

RIP to the competition” on their Facebook page.

Is this really what Stevens and wants to promote, and what this group of students wants to show as a culminating project of the hard work and dedication they have shown throughout the years? This project reflects poorly not only on the Stevens Greeks, but on Stevens community as a whole. If you are stopping by the Innovation Expo next on Wednesday April 27, 2016, we encourage you to stop by their booth and share this message.

Letter to the Editor

Accepted Student’s Weekend RSO Display: An Absolute Sham or Design Project This past weekend Stevens held its annual Accepted Student’s Days back to back. I’m sure it was fun and informative for the accepted students, which is the point so it is good to know it achieved its purpose. While the event was great for prospective students, anyone involved with an RSO was hamfisted into a sham of a club fair. In the beginning of the fall semester there is an annual club fair where every RSO sets up a table and

tells new freshman about their organization and hopefully generates some interest from them and get them on a mailing list, or at the very least promote awareness for their club amongst the new students.

It’s a good event, it has a clear purpose of getting freshman interested and involved in the clubs on campus. This past weekend had no purpose other than to prove to these families that clubs exist.

Each club was re-

quired to run a table for two hours, and if they did not hold a table they would be unable to have one at the club fair. It makes sense that the organizers of this event would make it mandatory, because otherwise most of the RSO leaders would not have bothered to show up and wave at disgruntled parents. Everything that was told to the families could have easily been handed out in a pamphlet with each club’s name and what

they do, saving everyone an entire weekend of wasted time. The event was also run rather poorly, as the people in charge seemed to be nothing but condescending and dismissive.

Several club had their organization’s name printed incorrectly on Saturday, which is not a huge deal, but to keep the misprint for Sunday, a fix which would take all of five minutes, shows how uninterested these planners were.

The event ran for

two hours both days, plus an hour of set-up totaling three hours a day. At the club fair in the fall you are more than welcome to bring a chair and sit at your RSO’s table. At accepted student’s weekend, you were required to stand for the full three hours.

Believe me; I know that standing for three hours is nowhere near the worst thing in the world. But the issue I have with this is that when someone decided to pull up a chair they were

met with an aggressive and condescending reprimand by some guy with a clipboard who seemed way too excited with the power given to him by an accepted student’s day RSO tent.

The event was probably great for the incoming students, but for the RSO leaders this event was an absolute sham and something I know I will be dreading for the years to come if it continues to be run as poorly and shoddily as it was this year.

Not With Those Shoes

DIY-ing for Festival Season?

by HOPE BRANDES

Sophomore Visual Arts & Technology Major

Are you ready for concerts, the beach and summer fun? Not if you haven’t read this article yet you’re not! Summer is the season for DIY because no girl is ready for a festival without a pair of dip-dyed denim shorts. There’s plenty in here for the guys feeling crafty too. Plus, there’s always bound to be someone

dressed even crazier than you, so why not be a little experimental? If you still need convincing that DIY is fashion forward, just take a look at Christopher Kane’s pre-fall 2016 collection. Neon duct tape and a couple of zip ties will get you the same look.

Need to de-stress after finals? Distress your old jeans! Cut and tear them for a grungy new look or chop off the legs for a new pair of cut-off shorts. Measure the inseam of another pair of shorts before you slice anything off to keep the junk in the trunk. To make holes that won’t ruin your jeans, use fabric scissors and cut perpendicular to the way the fabric runs.

You don’t need to cut actual holes, just make slits in the fabrics and then use a

pair of tweezers to pick out the navy colored threads and leave the white in tact.

You can take your distressing a step further by sanding your jeans with light sandpaper (the lower the number the rougher the grit) for a faded look.

Dying is where things get fun, I mean messy. Be careful when working with bleach, it’s better to start with less and add more if necessary. The general ratio is about ¾ to 1 cup of bleach for every gallon of water. Afterwards you can dye over the bleached parts using Rit dye or any other fabric dye from the grocery or craft store. Now you can bleach and dye your jeans, but you can also destroy denim shirts and jackets!

Guys might try dip-dying their denim button-downs

and then cutting the sleeves off or distressing and dying a denim jacket.

Furthermore, studs and patches can be fun accessories to denim or, if you have some time to invest, try picking up embroidery and adding flowers or a tiger to the back of your shirt or jacket.

While denim never goes out of style, the rest of festival fashion has become pretty formulaic in the past year or two. Flower crowns, crop tops, fringe vests and face paint that errs just a bit on the side of culturally insensitive… how do you stand out in a sea of Coachella hipsters?

First off, ditch the flower crown in favor of a straw hat. You can still have some DIY fun with flowers, ribbons and a floppy

fedora. Then swap the ‘native’ war paint for a runway inspired makeup look.

Karl Lagerfeld’s bold wings and bright neon colors for Fendi make perfect festival looks, and if Delpozo’s creative director, Josep Font, has anything to say about it, you’ll be wearing glitter on your lids too!

For the rest of your outfit I’d really like to know who decided midriffs and booty shorts were the contemporary boho? Nothing is lovelier than a peasant maxi dress with a wide belt or a floral swing dress with a ruffled hem. I’m thinking Anthropologie meets Spell but less pricey. If you’re sticking with shorts a vintage band tee makes for a perfect match or you could find a dressier top with a lace or crotchet overlay.

Also hot for festivals this summer are bandanas. Replace your layers of chains and statement necklaces for a simple bandana worn scarf-style. You might get creative and try using one as an accent over shorts by tying it around your waist. While gladiators will forever be my favorite summer shoe, this season, ankle boots, sneakers, rain boots and espadrilles are your new best friends.

For girl’s who still want to wear a heel, pick a chunky heeled boot that’s easy to walk in.

Be creative this summer!

Don’t fall victim to the festival clichés. Whether you do-it-yourself or buy it ready-made, pick something that will make you stand out from the lawn of flower-crowns.

Friday, April 22, 2016 • Page 9

Always Right

Anachronistic security compromised with heuristics

by DENNIS STEWART Senior Cybersecurity Major

Fortunately, no one emailed me passwords after reading my column two weeks back. Unfortunately, organizations that hold huge amounts of user information are doing a bad job securing it. From Adobe to Yahoo, poor security has lead to database breaches, with usernames and passwords being exposed.

Assuming that no one has screwed up horribly (not a safe assumption), services should never store your password. Instead, they store an unrecognizable ‘hash’ gen-

erated by a mathematical function. A hash function takes data of an arbitrary length, scrambles it, then shortens or lengthens it.

For example, the MD5 algorithm turns the string ‘password’ into ‘5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99’.

When you see that complicated string, you probably don’t immediately think ‘password’.

However, reverse translation tables exist that can turn hashes back into passwords. To render these tables useless, a unique (usually random) ‘salt’ should be added to the password before it is hashed, producing an unpredictably different result.

Far too often, websites and services mess up storing passwords, either keeping them in ‘plaintext’ or implementing weak, easily reversible hashes. Where there’s one security mistake, there are likely many more. The non-profit Identity Theft Resource

Center reported at least 781 data breaches in the US in 2015.

Once an attacker has a copy of a database with passwords non-encrypted (or poorly encrypted), they will typically retry email and password combinations on PayPal and other websites. They also now have a huge dictionary of passwords to try against other accounts.

Brute force attacks on passwords are effective, but slow. A long, complicated password could take somewhere between a decade and the heat death of the universe to crack. By testing passwords in a dictionary, an attacker is more likely to get into an account than by trying random combinations. This effect is improved when the dictionary is comprised of passwords that are known to be in use.

TeamsID puts out an annual list of the 25 worst (most frequently used) passwords.

Compiled from leaked passwords

of North American and Western European users, ‘123456’ and ‘password’ have topped the list for years. 3% of all accounts found in breaches had a password on this list. Extrapolating, with a dictionary of just these 25 common passwords, we can get into 3% of all online accounts. Expanding to a 500 word dictionary will improve odds, but there are diminishing returns as we add more passwords.

To protect yourself against dictionary attacks, your password shouldn’t be a word in the dictionary, or used anywhere else. Unfortunately, it gets more complicated with heuristic attacks.

In an attempt to protect users, many websites will require you to add numbers and/or special characters to your password.

This ensures that passwords aren’t dictionary words. However, with a little more effort an adversary can still break

your password.

Imagine I’m picking a new password. ‘password’ is too obvious, so I’ll pick something more tricky. ‘passw0rd’, with a ‘0’ replacing ‘o’, is the 24th worst password on 2015’s list, so I’ll need to get a little more complicated. How about ‘Pa$$word1994’?

It’s easy enough to remember, and contains uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and special characters. Despite being more complex, common substitutions and additions only offer a little more protection.

It’s trivial to write a script that will replace letters with common number or character substitutions (‘3’ for ‘e’, ‘&’ for ‘a’, etc.). I’ll also add all possible birth years and dates to the end of each word. After running through my dictionary once, I’ll swing through several more times, testing these modified versions.

Here’s the takeaway:

organizations large and small will lose your data.

The best way to protect yourself from being a part of a data breach is to not be a part of a data. Don’t register for anything unless you absolutely have to, and even then avoid including more details than necessary.

If you are in a breach, data is encrypted, and passwords are properly hashed, avoid being the low hanging fruit. Using a longer and more complex password will protect you against brute force attacks, but if it’s based on a word, you’re still vulnerable to dictionary and heuristic attacks.

‘Passw0rd’ is just as weak a password as ‘password’.

Remember that hackers also know movie quotes and song lyrics. Always use passwords you’ve never used before; use passwords you’re pretty sure no one in the world has ever used. Trust only goes so far, and you must take your passwords into your own hands.

ing to get to Greenpoint, but Peter Pan is worth the trip. Peter Pan shares some traits with The Donut Pub. In short, they’re both old-school donut shops in boroughs where hipster donut shops are common.

Peter Pan’s unique flavors include French Toast Cake and S’mores. They put a lot of cream in their cream donuts, so this is the place to go if you like cream donuts.

Also, if you go there in the summer, you can order a donut ice cream sandwich.

They’re open from 4:30a.m.

to 8p.m., and donuts cost $1.10 each, cash only.

My last recommendation isn’t so much a review as it is a honorable mention. Most people living in New York don’t know that Krispy Kreme has any locations here. After having Krispy Kreme in Pennsylvania and the South, I declared it the best of chain donuts. Fortunately, I’ve found one Krispy Kreme in the entire city, located in Penn Station. It’s on the upper (Amtrak) level near the 32nd St & 7th Ave exit.

Across the Hudson

Do’s and Donuts

by DAVID ROGERS Freshman Mechanical Engineering Major

I started this column for two reasons: 1) to give students from outside the tri-

state area a better feel for the area and 2) to recommend places to go in the city. So far, a majority of my articles have been more related to the former reason than the latter, so I’m going to switch gears this week and recommend a few donut shops.

First up, The Donut Pub. Located one block west of the 14th Street PATH station, The Donut Pub is the most convenient recommendation for Stevens students. The Donut Pub has an old feel to — they have

round stools on a counter if you want to sit down and eat, an old school cash register, and everything is made fresh behind the store. The Donut Pub has a lot of donuts that you can’t find at Dunkin’ Donuts or other chains. For example, they offer Honey Dip donuts, Red Velvet donuts, and Marble Crullers. Their Black & White and Giant White cookies are also fantastic. They’re open 24/7, so I suggest going here at night actually. There have been one or two times

when my friends and I scored free donuts late at night because they wanted their morning donuts to be fresh. Prices range from $1.15 - $1.35, so they’re definitely affordable. In fact, you’ll probably pay more for the PATH ride than the actual donuts. All orders less than $5 must be paid in cash.

Second, Peter Pan Donuts on Manhattan Ave between Mesrole and Norman Avenues in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The G train makes it a bit frustrat-

Through Adversity, The Stars

Starring… Rob Whipple

by MIA HILDEBRANDT Freshman Mechanical Engineering Major

Rob Whipple is a fourth year Electrical Engineering student who is also in the co-op program at Stevens.

Originally from Pittsburg, PA, Rob is a clarinetist in both the Stevens orchestra and band, and is in both the Environmental Club and Engineers for a Sustainable World. As an engineer, Rob hopes to work on electrical and sustainable aspects of power and energy conservation. In his free time, Rob enjoys pho-

tography, designing things, and running.

Music serves many purposes. It can be that extra something in the morning to get you out the door, or it can be a way to get in the zone, whether that is during your workouts or study sessions. Music can also serve as a “great break from all the academic stuff going on,” Rob says. “It can also be a “great way to destress,” he adds.

Rob has participated in both orchestra and band every semester—even when he was on co-op. One of his favorite things about music is that provides one with the ability to do something, and that one is able to better one’s self through practicing. “It’s like its own world, something different,” Rob explains.

Practicing is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You kind of don’t want to do it, but you do it anyway because you know

it’s good for you. For Rob, music has always been something to keep doing for fun. This played a key role in his decision to attend Stevens. He explains, “A band and/or an orchestra was a requirement for me [when choosing a college]” and that he did not want to just quit after high school. Growing up, Rob’s parents continued to nudge him through elementary and middle school to keep playing clarinet and continue his love of music.

Once Rob entered high school, he started to enjoy playing music more. Rob admits, “The hardest part [of playing an instrument] is the middle part of the [learning process]... where you’re not a total beginner anymore, but you’re also not very good yet, and that’s the most frustrating stage. Once you get a little better, then you can keep practicing, and you see the progress more, so it’s more

fun.” Most things are like this. Always finding ways to improve, no matter how small, can really help you hone in and master your craft.

Like a Gantt Chart, music teaches you how to work towards and accomplish a goal. Furthermore, music “teaches you that kind of focus, to be able to consistently work on something over and over again to get good at it,” Rob says. When challenges and obstacles arise, that is when you have to work the hardest.

Echoing Stevens’s motto: Through adversity, to the stars, with music and academics, “Things are hard, but you have to keep working at it,” Rob says, and most importantly, “Just keep practicing.” Similar to working out or studying for a class, practicing and studying are necessary habits that are needed in order to achieve the goals we set for ourselves when-

ever we want to improve in our crafts. “Especially with music, there’s no real shortcut, “Rob says, “And if something’s hard, just keep practicing.”

Music is both an independent and group-oriented discipline. Like a SolidWorks assembly, there are many parts that go into creating a finished product, whether that is a bicycle or a polished piece of music.

With music, it is important to remember that “rehearsal is when you learn how everything fits together.

You have to know your part first [before going],” Rob emphasizes. “You have to have your individual stuff before you [can] do group work or else you are not that useful to the group.” I am sure most engineering design students can empathize here. Working together is an inevitable part of being a professional in STEM disciplines, but it is also critical that

Photo courtesy of Rob Whipple

everyone does their share of the work at hand in order to produce an amazing end result, whether that is a breathtaking concert or a stellar design report.

For anyone who is on the fence about joining a musical group on campus, just join. All levels are welcome, and rehearsals are not a large time commitment. According to Rob Whipple, “Life’s good, have fun!”

Come check out the concert band concert on Saturday, April 23 at 8p.m.!

Varsity Sports

Friday, April 22, 2016 • Page 10

Wilcox’s goal sends women’s lacrosse to upset win

SI – Stevens Institute of Technology senior lacrosse captain Erika Wilcox scored with 55 seconds left on the clock Sunday to lead the Ducks to a 9-8 Empire 8 Conference win over No. 17 St. John Fisher College.

The win moved Stevens to 8-6 (4-2), while the loss was the first to an E8 team for Fisher (13-2, 5-1) this season.

Wilcox led all scorers with six goals, while freshman Mackenzie Metzler scored twice.

Defensively, sophomore Victoria Alvarez and senior Betsy Crossland each caused a turnover and scooped-up a ground ball.

Sophomore Stephanie Schnelzer matched a career-high with 11 saves in the cage to earn the win.

As a team, the Ducks forced Fisher into 14

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turnovers, and doubled the Cardinals in draw controls, 12-6.

Wilcox came out firing with a pair of goals in the opening three minutes off assists from junior Laura Roberts and sophomore Cami Santor. Fisher responded with a score of

its own two minutes later to slice the lead in half, but goals from Wilcox and Metzler gave Stevens the 4-1 lead less than 10 minutes in.

Fisher rallied with three unanswered to tie the game at four heading into the half, before

continuing the run with two in the second to go up 6-4.

Metzler ended the drought with a free-position goal with 19:54 on the clock in the second, but Fisher scored two of the next three to take an 8-6 lead into the final 18

minutes.

Wilcox answered the Fisher spurt with a goal off a feed from junior Mariel Haubrich, before Haubrich tallied the equalizer off a pass from junior Kathleen Kalbian to knot the game at eight with 1:45 left in regulation.

Fisher controlled possession initially off the ensuing draw control, but a caused turnover and ground ball by Metzler led to the game-winner from Wilcox on the other end. Fisher did have a game-tying opportunity in the final seconds, but Schnelzer made the save to slam the door on the win.

The Ducks will play their final home game of the season Saturday when they host Hartwick College at noon.

Men’s golf maintains third place at E8 championship SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s golf team shot a 321 Saturday at the third round of the Empire 8 Conference Championship to maintain its third place standing heading into the final.

The two-round continuation of the first two

rounds in the fall is being played at Hershey Country Club in Hershey, Pa. Conditions were warm and dry on the course today for the field.

St. John Fisher College leads the championship with a 915, followed in second by Moravian College’s 938. The Universi-

Women’s outdoor track and field enters top 25

ty of Scranton’s 972 and Susquehanna University’s 994 round-out the top five of the eight-team field.

Junior Frank Szucs paced the Ducks today with a 76 to pit him in fifth heading into the final, while freshman Jack Doherty carded a 79 to place him in fourth. Szucs

and Doherty own threeround totals of 235 and 234 respectively.

Senior Justin Niemeier shot an 82 for a threeround total of 245, while freshman Tyler Balkema is in a tie for 19th after a round of 84 gave him a championship total of 250.

Fisher’s Corey Hass took over first place at 220 after a round of 70 today, while Moravian’s Jam Maru is in second with a three-round total of 226.

The Ducks will look to climb the leaderboard in the finale Sunday.

Baseball drops 5-3 to Misericordia

ON DECK IN SPORTS

Friday MEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS RUTGERSNEWARK 3 p.m.

Rochester , NY

Saturday MEN’S TENNIS AT ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE 8:30 a.m.

Rochester, NJ

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD AT EMPIRE 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS 10:30 a.m.

Houghton, NY

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD AT EMPIRE 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS 10:30 a.m.

Houghton, NY

WOMEN’S LACROSSE VS HARTWICK COLLEGE 12 p.m.

Hoboken, NJ

SOFTBALL

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SSI – For the first time in program history, the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s outdoor track and field team is ranked in United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll.

The Ducks enter the poll at No. 23 this week, making the leap from the 51st spot last week. The 28 spot jump was the largest among any of the

25 teams ranked. Stevens is the lone Empire 8 Conference program in the USTFCCCA rankings.

Last weekend at the Silfren Invitational, Amy Regan ran the 5,000 meter in 16:35.07, which is the fastest time in Division III this year. Senior Gladys Njoku high jumped 1.73 meters, the highest mark in DIII outdoor track and field this season.

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SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team dropped a 5-3 non-conference game to Misericordia College Wednesday.

The Cougars moved to 22-9, while Stevens fell to 19-11.

Senior Robert Robbins and Garrett Pelko of MU traded zeros through the first five and a half innings, with Robbins surrendering one hit and Pelko two.

The Ducks had a pair of runners on in the first and sixth innings, but were unable to push a run across Misericordia struck for

two in the sixth, thanks to a wild pitch and sacrifice fly. Stevens answered back with two in the seventh, as senior Jonathan Toro had an RBI single and classmate Jayson Yano doubled down the right field line. The host Cougars regained the lead in the seventh, and then had a pair of run scoring doubles in the eighth to go up 5-2.

Misericordia got the first two outs in the ninth, before Stevens mounted a rally. Junior Garrett Wells walked, and Nolan Bennett knocked him in with a double to right center. Ju-

nior Zeph Walters singled through the left side to put men on the corners, but that was as close as they would get, as MU got a strikeout to end the game.

Bennett went 3-for5 while junior Michael Mule’ went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Robbins struck out three in the five and two thirds innings, allowing two hits and two earned runs.

The Ducks head to Rochester, N.Y. for a four game series this weekend against St. John Fisher College beginning Saturday.

AT NO. 21 ITHACA COLLEGE 1 p.m.

Ithaca, NY

BASEBALL AT NO. 22 ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE 1 p.m.

Rochester, NY

MEN’S TENNIS

VS ELMIRA COLLEGE 3 p.m.

Hoboken, NY

O’Shea records 100th career point as men’s lacrosse rolls SSI – Senior Connor O’Shea of the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s lacrosse team recorded his 100th career point to lead the team to a 20-9 win over Utica College Wednesday.

The Ducks improved to 5-1 in the Empire 8 Conference and 12-3 overall, while Utica fell to 2-10, 1-4 in the E8.

Stevens wasted no time, as sophomore Tommy Dawson scored 55 seconds into the game.

Dawson add another three minutes later, but Utica countered with a pair of their own even the game up. After the two sides traded goals, senior Matt Ferentini ignited a 3-0 spurt that gave the Ducks a lead they would

not give up.

O’Shea and classmate Andrew Scrutchfield would complete hat tricks during a six goal second quarter, and the pair would tally the first two markers of the third stanza. Utica would score three of the final four goals of the third, as freshman Max Bailey would be lone tally for

Stevens during the run.

The Ducks opened the fourth with four straight goals, as Scrutchfield netted two along with Bailey and senior Michael Serrante. Serrante’s tally was the fourth man-up goal of the afternoon for the Ducks.

O’Shea finished with four goals and three assists, while Bailey had

three goals and four helpers. Scrutchfield tied a career-high with six goals while also chipping in three assists. On the defensive end, junior Jan Schoonen forced four turnovers and scooped up four ground balls.

Dominic Castiglia led Utica with five goals, while Alex Finnegan had a goal and three assists.

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