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Friday, September 16, 2016

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Dr. Christophe Pierre joins Stevens as new Provost and Vice-President

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by OLIVIA SCHREIBER Staff Writer

Christophe Pierre, a distinguished academic, researcher, professor, and administrator, has recently been welcomed into the VIP cohort as the successor of Dr. George Korfiatis, previous Stevens Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. He joins the President, General Counsel, and several other important figureheads on the thirteenth floor of the Howe Center, a floor less traveled by students than by individuals critical to the maintenance and progress of Stevens.

Dr. Nariman Farvardin, the President of Stevens, introduced Dr. Pierre in a campuswide email back in June after the Provost Search Committee

had made its final recommendation. In his email, President Farvardin stated that given Dr. Pierre’s “exemplary record of achievement as a teacher, a scholar, [and] an academic administrator” he was “very much looking forward to working with [him].”

“I can say the Prof. Pierre was chosen from a very large and competitive slate of candidates where his application package clearly rose to the top,” said Professor Matthew Libera, Chair of the Provost Search Committee. “In addition to his many scholarly achievements, Prof. Pierre has a philosophy of academic excellence very consistent with Stevens past and future [...] and we look forward to working with him to make the Institute an even better place than it is already.”

It is true: Dr. Pierre has an extremely impressive academic track record, including his breakthrough accomplishments as a researcher of vibrations, structural dynamics and nonlinear dynamics; his efforts as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University in Montreal; his acceptance of the N.O Myklestad Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his contributions in vibration localization; and his leadership as chief academic officer at the University of Illinois where he helped guide and push for progress in educational policy and programs.

Dr. Pierre’s curriculum vitae, rumored to be just shy of 53 pages, is nothing short of impressive.

see PROVOST • Page 6

New year, new myStevens to provide a central space for students and faculty to access tools they need.”

This project has been in the works since midway through last year. The web designers and web developers started making architectural changes to the back first, before making changes at the surface.

“We left the roof, but rebuilt the house,” Dodd said.

“We wanted user interface to remain the same while we updated behind-the-scenes.” This included building a back-end engine for constant communication and reporting info back to myStevens. Many of these functions were being coded and added to the system before students and faculty even realized. Dodd was careful to let

the face of myStevens remain unchanged until it was time for the big unveil.

Some major changes include a new feature for upcoming events on the homepage. In the past, students would have to search out the link to undergraduate DuckSync to find out club meeting times and Entertainment Committee events. Other major changes include Canvas, campus network, human resource, and payroll systems.

Michael Scalero, Director of Learning Technology, was in charge of the re-design of Canvas.

“The new Canvas User Interface (UI) was our biggest up-

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by VICTORIA PISKAREV Staff Writer

New semester, new classes, and a new myStevens look?

Yes, returning Stevens students were surprised to learn that myStevens website and app went through a “new year, new me” revival named “myStevens 2.0.” David Dodd, Stevens’s Chief Information officer, and Aaron Gary, Director of Enterprise Web Services, teamed up to reform myStevens to be more accessible, more personal, and easier to use.

“The tool behind myStevens is from the 1990s,” Gary stated, which is what prompted him to take on this project. “We want

see MYSTEVENS • Page 6

by ADITYA PENDYALA Staff Writer

An impediment to natural and healthy togetherness is often a very unspoken, deterring and difficult phenomenon – the propagation of stigma. Stigma, or societal disgrace, is a tacitly conveyed misinformation that today may deter many people from seeking what they truly believe in. This stigma has a doubled impact on people with mental illnesses, because not only are they misguided by stigma, but are afraid of fac-

ing their fears because of their disorders. As an institution that has always spread wellness and happiness, Stevens Institute of Technology has taken its progress in this field a leap further, by introducing ‘THRIVE’, an initiative that aims to provide Stevens’ student community a replete experience of a contented body, mind, and soul.

THRIVE was initiated on the 14th of September, in Palmer Lawn, in an inaugural ceremony that had all of Stevens’ idiosyncratic elements: fun, knowl-

see THRIVE • Page 6

Title IX Cordinator Damell launches campaign: “Don’t stand by. Speak Up!”

by MARYIA SPIRYDONAVA Managing Editor

“Don’t Stand By. Speak Up!” This is the new slogan heard all over campus regarding some major issues on campus like sexual assault, discrimination, alcohol use, depression, and hazing. This past spring, Kristie Damell, the Assistant Dean of Students, organized a group which consisted of various students and staff members. This group worked on understanding the issues Stevens’s students face and how to address these concerns from the standpoint of prevention and awareness.

The inspiration for this program came after the NCAA’s Step Up campaign was premiered last year with the athletics department. “As one of the primary facilitators, and based on student surveys, I felt

we needed a program that was specifically designed for the Stevens community so that the message could resonate more deeply with our students,” stated Damell. As the Title IX coordinator, Damell has had to focus more on education and training on sexual assault and consent. However, she had a new agenda for this year: to focus on prevention and creating a new culture with respect and care for each other. Past campaigns and events include “It’s On Us,” Purple Thursday, and Take Back the Night. This campaign consists of various awareness months and programs with the collaboration with departments like CAPS and Athletics, an ad campaign, and a new training module.

“Don’t Stand By. Speak Up!” teaches the 3 D’s of Bystander Intervention - Direct, Distract,

see SPEAK UP • Page 6

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: What is a campus leader?

Drop your phone Self-driving cars

Cuisine Corner: Court Street

Women’s volleyball regains Engineering Cup

First floor Babbio renovations

Downside of capitalism and rise of robots

Men’s soccer draws with Haverford

Grocery Bingo

A brief detour

Weekend Schedule

NEWS 6-7

OPINION CONT’D 8

SPORTS 10

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Opinion The Stute Editorial

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Are our campus leaders actually leaders?

It doesn’t take much for someone in Student Affairs to call a student a “leader” on this campus. Anyone who has held an executive board position, been part of the SGA, or served as an RA or OL has probably been told that they’re a campus leader. Somebody recently suggested to me that there are very few actual student leaders at Stevens, and I’m starting to agree. I think it’s because leadership needs to be developed across different environments, and not everyone holding a position wants to work on themselves that way.

There are so many positions for this small campus, many times without fierce competition, and people end up holding positions because they’re interested in the organization and

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they can. Unfortunately, not all e-boards are made up of good people who are actively looking to improve themselves so they can improve their organizations – and that’s really fine, but I want Stevens to stop pretending like everyone is an amazing leader because they hold a position.

Leadership Connect focused a lot on how presidents can effectively communicate and empower their membership, facilitate a stronger bond within those micro-communities, and bring their whole, authentic selves to work.

However, even with these long-term takeaways – much more valuable than the policy-focused RSO summits of the past – people still weren’t fully present during the five hours.

They showed up to avoid consequences like budgetfreezing (as guest speaker Jon Tasch noted), and not becoming the best versions of themselves (as Student Life’s Chris Shemanski focused on).

I think many of the younger members were excited to learn, but the older representatives didn’t want to participate and took pride in not paying attention. Formulas for compliments and organization theory can be great, but people aren’t as absorptive to this information once you’ve already convinced them that they’re doing a great job.

It’s this kind of complacency that really needs to go away, I think the best way to do that is to stop praising everyone in the room for

being the best of the best just because they’re a president. Encourage humility and growth, because leadership requires a ton of selfreflection and practice being a good person. There’s always room to grow. I’ve been on three different executive boards, a Stevens Summer counselor, an OL, and a TA, and I still have to work on myself so much before I would actually consider myself a leader on this campus.

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by AUDREY DSOUZA Freshman Undecided Business Major

As the third week of classes comes to an end, I can’t help but wonder if I could have done it any better. Orientation feels long ago, yet recent at the same time. I feel somewhat settled in all of my classes, but still feel a tad uneasy knowing I haven’t had any major assignments yet. I’ve attended several events on campus, but skipped some as well because how I allocate my time here is really important.

Those nights in Hayden, meals at Pierce, impromptu bubble tea runs, and excursions to the city. I keep thinking,

‘should I have stayed longer?’ but also, ‘was the sleep I sacrificed worth it?’ These kind of thoughts plague everyone’s mind.

No one wants to regret the choices that they make.

No one wants to waste their time, or pursue a mistake -- but no one knows their future, and no one can predict a failed path before it happens.

These people whom I’m with at 2 AM, will they be my friends for life or just this week? Will they take care of me if I fall over?

How can I be sure that my judgement was right, those times I stayed an hour more or left an hour early?

I keep falling to my comfort zone, my high school friends. We have a GroupMe in which we share pictures and college concerns. We had always had a skype chat, so we simply migrated platforms. We share what we’re doing, random daily events like, ‘Today I saw a cute dog’ or ‘I dislocated my knee’ with pictures attached. Now that we’ve

separated to pursue different things, it’s easier to ask for advice too. We’re no longer obligated to be friends, help each other out, but we still are. That makes me feel more closer to them than ever before, and not being able to see them reminds me that we’re all trying our best for each other.

My old friendships are really strong, so strong that I’ve been questioning making new friends. It’s hard. To find good friends you have to share your insecurities and opinions, your real thoughts, and find people that accept you and your opinions.

Obviously, you must be willing to do the same for them. If it’s any different, the friendship does not have potential to be honest. You have to bet that they like you more than they judge you, and hope they think of you when they pick up Dunkin’. All strong friendships start with this investment, whether we can remember or not. My best friend and I are only friends today

because she took a risk on the first day of sixth grade to asked me, “Hey, you’re Indian; wanna be friends?” I still make fun of her for it.

The message I want to share with everyone this week is that it’s okay to make yourself vulnerable.

It’s always okay to walk up to strangers and introduce yourself. The right people won’t think you’re weird, and will respond positively. It’s never too late to join an organization. The Stute, and I’m sure many other clubs, welcome people who want to learn from them. Don’t forget those that shaped you up to now, but actively look for people who you want as new influences. In this weird time in which we are forming our identities, take that risk. Join a random stranger at Pierce instead of going to lunch around other people’s schedules. Worst thing that happens, they run away. Or if it’s really bad, maybe you run away. Best thing that happens, you have a new friend.

Senioritis

Put down your cellphone

by KATIE BROWN

Senior Chemical Engineering Major

The start of a new semester always has me in a “new year, new me” sort of mood. One of the many start of semester activities I do is set some goals to accomplish. Ranging from the basic “get at least eight hours of sleep a night” to the adventurous “strive for

a 4.0 GPA” (both goals I typically cackle at come finals week), my list is short with about five goals a semester. This semester, one goal has been rather thought provoking in implementation: put down my cell phone. When I first wrote it down, a flood of questions popped into my mind. When should I put it down? How could I put it down with all the notifications I get in an hour? Am I really about to commit myself to a whole semester of this? My five word goal turned into a thousand thought per second conversation with myself that honestly took some time to think through.

In semesters past, I was

THAT person who would try to pay attention in lecture but was probably scrolling through Instagram for the tenth time. Coming from a very technologically based high school where cell phones were actually a big part of the classroom experience, I developed a terrible habit of being on my phone in class. Something that used to be an asset to my education became a detriment, and my subconscious knew this had to be fixed. In a non-academic way, my phone has also inhibited me from experiencing things to their fullest.

For example, I was THAT person who would Snapchat every living second of a concert. Though this was

much appreciated for those who couldn’t enjoy Electric Zoo themselves (shout out to those who got me through my loss this year), I realized I was too preoccupied fumbling with my phone rather than enjoying myself. My memories on my Snapchat story were more copious than the ones in my own memory, and let’s remember which ones last longer than 24 hours.

Putting my phone down has taken a lot of self control. During the semester I average about 30+ emails a day and countless notifications between Groupme, Slack, and Messenger, in addition to what I typically get from my social media accounts. I have a constant

desire to be on top of my extra curricular and social life, but I have realized there isn’t an inherent need to be. At the end of the day, the email with minutes from the meeting you went to last night can definitely wait. The easiest solution to put the phone down for class has been shoving my phone to the depths of my backpack. Though it’s such a pain to get out later, I can honestly admit I have been so much more focused in class. In terms of using my phone elsewhere, I have been trying to change my perspective before using it.

If I was my friend watching me check my emails while we’re out for lunch how would I react? Believe it or

not, notifications from your phone will still be there in an hour or two, it’s okay to let them sit there. All my grades and life experiences will probably benefit from the simple task of not constantly checking my phone.

All in all, am I really about to commit myself to putting down my cell phone for a whole semester? Yes, and you should too. Especially for senior year, I would much rather secure better grades and create lasting memories with my friends than see another Harambe meme. Putting my phone down will probably be the hardest goal to accomplish but it will definitely make the other four that much easier.

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Technically Speaking

The current state of self-driving cars

by TARIK KDIRY

Sophomore Software Engineering Major

The idea self driving cars has been a hot topic since the beginning of this decade. Many companies in the automotive industry such as Tesla and Ford have their own models either currently on the road or being tested.

The current state of

self driving varies among the different models and companies currently in development. There are companies such as Tesla who are currently on the road with their models, then there are companies such as Apple that only recently rented out space for research.

In terms of self driving car status, I usually think of it on three levels. The Apple level where they are still in the beginning stages of their vehicle, the Google level where they are still finalizing their models, and the Tesla step where we are already seeing them on the road.

The current state of Apple’s self driving car,

known under the code name ‘Project Titan’, appears to be in relative danger. Despite being in the dust compared to Google’s and Tesla’s car, Apple is so early in the process that they are still recruiting engineers for their vehicle. All that can be assumed now is that Apple will follow their normal route and follow the modern look that Apple fans have been enjoying for years.

Google’s self driving car started developing in 2009. Though not being as advanced in the process as Tesla, Google isn’t quite as disadvantaged as Apple is with their machine. Google’s car is currently still be-

ing tested on roads. All while boasting only one non-fatal accident. Not bad Google.

Tesla motors. Tesla currently runs with a modern but not too noticeable aesthetic. Tesla Motors is widely known for their self-driving vehicles because of their progress in the industry.

There are many Tesla vehicles on the road now being driven by customers. Unfortunately, the Tesla Model S found itself in hot water as of late. Last May, a fatal crash involving Tesla’s Model S vehicle was reported in Florida. From this, Tesla has been even more diligent in their software updates and

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manufacturing.

The current state of self driving cars is a pretty exciting one. Not quite fully mainstream, but also not just getting off the ground. There is definitely some evidence of the hard work and research done by

engineers for years and it’s in the form of a purchasable, drive able car.

Even though there is still much work to be done, I am more than excited for this step into the bright future of driver-less cars.

Not With Those Shoes

Athleisure: the lazy man’s style

by HOPE BRANDES Junior Visual Arts & Technology Major

Classes have started and I’ve never had less motivation to put time into my outfits. Between the heat and the homework, college students just want to be comfy.

Why get changed when you’re already wearing pajamas, right? You my friend, need athleisure.

Athleisure is the delicate art of wearing gym

clothes in public and getting away with it. It is the college student’s dream. Of course, if it were as simple as that it wouldn’t need a fancy name. No, like all style trends there are dos and don’ts for pulling off activewear as an actual style rather than laziness.

Opinions vary on how acceptable this new trend should be, but it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Models and celebs like Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Drake are known for their cool, laidback athleisure styles. Chances are you already wear athleisure in some form too. Anytime you wear track pants, sweatpants or leggings with regular clothing, you’re edging into athleisure territory.

But how do you go from looking like you just left the gym to looking like an Instagram-able streetwear model?

The concept of athleisure is mixing sports wear with casual daywear. If you are dressed head-to-toe in activewear the only place you should be going is the gym. An athleisure outfit should generally feature one or two sporty pieces paired with regular street clothes. You also shouldn’t really wear the clothes you actually work out in. Anything too old and worn in, or anything with sweat stains is not gym-tostreet chic.

Some of the more popular athletic gear that lend themselves readily to the athleisure style are hoodies and sweat-

shirts, track pants, joggers, clean sneakers, bomber jackets, and logo tees and tanks. Popular brands include Nike, Adidas, Topshop or Topman, particularly the Ivy Park brand by Beyonce, LuluLemon, Outdoor Voices and Uniqlo. I personally also love the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfigher collections sold at Asos and Urban Outfitters and you can get a good deal on Adidas and Nike at Kohl’s.

For guys, tailored joggers make the comfiest style choice for bottoms. Joggers are slim fitted sweatpants that are banded at the bottom and hit at the ankle.

They look sleekest in dark or basic colors such as black, navy or gray.

You can dress them up with a slim, crew neck,

sweater or sweatshirt, layered over a solid tee and topped with a bomber or leather jacket. Take your joggers a step further with a button down shirt or blazer.

Girls can take a similar approach. Celebs like Gwen Stefani and Gigi Hadid have been seen breaking up their tracksuits by pairing a track hacker over skinny jeans or track pants with chunky-heeled booties, cropped tees and long, tailored coats. Similar to the guys, I love the look of adding a sweater or leather jacket to a casual pant. Denim is also a great mix-in for athleisure. Try black leggings or joggers with a white logo or mesh tee and a denim jacket or denim shirt tied around the waist.

Athleisure is certainly the lifesaver for the antimorning person, but it can be easy to get too carried away. The most important rule of athleisure is to know when to wear it. It is the most casual form of dress next to wearing your pajamas outside, and isn’t appropriate for work, business, nice dates or anything remotely formal. What it is great for is running errands, hanging with friends, early or late classes and casual dates. Like any trend, it’s hard to say how long athleisure will hold the attention of designer’s and style seekers. Regardless, I don’t think it’s ever a bad idea to learn how to dress up even your sloppiest outfit.

Stars of Stevens

Starring Jesse Stevenson

by MIA HILDEBRANDT

Sophomore Mechanical Engineering Major

Jesse Stevenson, from Holmdel, NJ, is a second year electrical engineering major, minoring in computer science. When asked about his involvement on campus, he admits that, “It’s a long list. I have to compile it.” Some of the organizations Jesse is involved with include the Stevens Orchestra, SITTV, Ski Team, and Sailing Team.

His hobbies include photography, 3-D printing, and anything electronic or having to do with

computers.

For Jesse, engineering may have just been written in the stars all along.

With his dad being an electrical engineering major and his mom being a math major, it hardly comes as a surprise that Jesse grew up with an interest in a STEM-related career path.

When asked about whether there was a correlation between his diverse interests, Jesse explained the importance of exercising both the creative and technical sides of the brain. He says, “Instead of developing my brain in one way, I try to spread in both the engineering and creative side of things. I learn in both directions.” He adds, “When I get tired of one [side of the brain], I work on the other.”

Music has been a part of Jesse’s life since he was in fourth grade. In school, he played in symphonic band, and currently, he is a French horn

player in the Stevens orchestra. Similar to how he got introduced to engineering and sailing, Jesse also comes from a musical family. His dad plays the French horn, and his mom plays the clarinet.

“I like doing many things,” Jesse says quite simply. Last year, Jesse participated in a project which built a 3-D printer that prints on a rocket during rocket launch to test the effects of microgravity on 3-D printing.

“I don’t know if there’s scientific value in that, but it was at least a fun project in the sense that going through the entire design phase, conforming to NASA’s regulations, and then ultimately completing the project.”

This year, Jesse is starting his own project. Jesse is building a vibration dampening system so that when sensitive electronics are launched on a rocket, such as a mass spectrometer, they can be protected from the vi-

brations during launch.

In addition to taking on and completing these ambitious projects, one of Jesse’s main goals is to design a full system including everything from the hardware, software, and the marketing of it.

Perhaps he is the next great entrepreneur of the 21st century. Jesse muses, “I’m not really a Steve Jobs— I’m closer to a Steve Wozniac type.

Because any ideas I think of I don’t think are very marketable.” This may bring up some memories of MGT 103, better known as Introduction to Entrepreneurship. Identifying a pain and providing a solution is easier said than done. But hey, Jesse already has an app on the App Store and on the Android Store!

When not tinkering with electronics, Jesse is innovating and creating—even when playing the French horn! For example, Jesse has thought of making a watch app

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to capture a conductor’s movements and relay them to all the musician’s stands. And when sailing, Jesse thought up the development for an app for his watch to help with the race starts. Tying it all back to Jesse’s diverse creative and technical pursuits: whatever his hobbies may be, he will be able to make stuff for them!

The key to seemingly

doing everything is to have a balance. Jesse suggests, “Try to do as much as you can of both [the creative and the technical]. “Don’t get too polarized towards one side or the other because you really need to be able to think in different ways to solve problems that are cross-disciplinary. Pursue as many disciplines as you can without sacrificing one.”

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Campus Pulse

Roving Reporter What is your favorite thing to do in the fall?

“Wear flannel, because it’s cute and fun.”

“Running outside, breathing the crisp, cool air.”

“Ultimate Frisbee, hanging out with the other guys.”

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Dan Kaba

“Making big piles of leaves to jump into, so I can feel like a kid again.”

“Celebrate Korean Thanksgiving, for the food.”

Luke Langner

Paul Szenher

“Watching football with my brother, because I love my brother.”

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WANTED: Lost Self We were in one piece as children We were so happy together We didn’t suspect a thing But soon she ran away Always a free spirit, though I never knew it In my eleventh year she was gone She left behind an exoskeleton, me I didn’t know who I was or where I belonged I didn’t know I was lost until I knew she ran away When I took the hint I started looking There were times I found her She led me to go to high school elsewhere But I know me She goes when she doesn’t feel satisfied anymore And even elsewhere, I was still lost And I still didn’t know it yet There were more times I found her In summer 2014, I found her wandering in New York City That’s a happy place for her She and I reunited to gain confidence and leadership But when my stay there ended, she left

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On July 10, 2015, I was hinted to try harder in finding her By none other than Taylor Swift Later that July, I found her in Silicon Valley We got back together and made some best friends She stuck around when we went to Vancouver and Alaska We made some more friends And we found ourselves a love interest But when that was over they left I’m sure they are still gallivanting together somewhere But now I know where she went after I know where to find her She’s in Hoboken She’s there to stay and ready to start a new chapter in her life I know we’ll be together forever when we reunite there The thing about mental selves is that when they’re ready to leave, they do I guess that meant I was ready when I was eleven Should you feel heartbroken when they do leave? Yes It’s not fun losing that part of you that makes you whole But it sends you on adventures to find yourself Mental selves love to play chase They may be mature in their heads, But they surely are children at heart “Sometimes, the only way to find yourself is to get completely lost” –Kellie Elmore If found, please return to her other half.

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Does a man such as he do anything other than school?

The answer is…kind of.

Pierre, who lives near Stevens with his wife, has one son who has just finished his Ph.D at UC Berkley and will be living near Silicon Valley, whereas his daughter lives in Basel, Switzerland. “For me, [my family] is top priority, so a lot of my so-called ‘freetime’ goes towards that.”

He ensures to stay in contact with his children by telephone or even Skype, despite being split by 10 different time zones. “It is complication, but it is good complication,” said Pierre. Much of his joie de vivre has been found in his work as an academic professional, which he notes as a limiting factor in the pursuit of other hobbies. When he does have a spare moment, he pursues things such as woodworking and tiling. “It takes me a long time, but there is a sense of satisfaction [while] going through a process to build something with a purpose.”

His unwavering dedication to making an im-

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Delegate. The ad campaign advertises the 3 D’s through different flyers posted all over campus and magnets. Students receive magnets after they attend a training or program. The ads will be displayed around campus throughout the year, in conjunction with relevant programs and events.

A 45-minute training module was created and

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pact might have impeded opportunities to pursue simple past-times, but it did nothing but make him a very attractive candidate for Stevens in particular. Given his record, it would not be presumptuous to argue that Dr. Pierre could have attained this position at another engineering school. However, Dr. Pierre notes his decision to come to Hoboken (although more risky as compared to large, public universities with guaranteed funding from the state) would entail new opportunities that he could not pass by.

“One could argue [me coming to Stevens] is shortcoming since there are fewer resources,” said Pierre. “However, being in an environment where there is opportunity for me to make an impact with a nimble and flexible university in charge of its own destiny really resonated with me.”

Although he has held his title as Provost and Vice President for just shy of one month, Dr. Pierre has already noticed the differences between Stevens students and others at his former institutions. One of his former institutions, the University of Illinois, is a large, public uni-

versity, with a student population exceeding 40,000 students and a much broader scope of disciplines. “[Stevens] is a small institution, so it cannot be as comprehensive,” said Dr. Pierre.

However, he recognizes the focus on technology that permeates institution-wide. “The student body is definitely technology-oriented, and that is a significant difference that I find here.” Despite having only arrived to campus on August 22, Dr. Pierre already senses the “energy, excitement and commitment students have towards the university,” which have presented in his former institutions in smaller “pockets,” rather than campus-wide. “People here are very approachable and welcoming, students as well as faculty and staff.”

Stevens students are, among many things, goal-oriented. The classes a student will take here impel students to focus on academics to reach personal, economic, and professional goals. Even as an individual who has made an entire career out of goal-setting and initiative-based planning, Dr. Pierre hopes to continue his commitment to student-centricity as the

newest Provost. “In addition to curriculum, students need to have ample opportunities to make decisions. Do they want to go to graduate school? Do they want to work in industry or for a NGO? This area of options needs to continue to be available and faculty need to be available to mentoring students.

To me, this is a priority.”

It is Dr. Pierre’s passion to augment the student opportunity that Stevens leaders hope to harness as the institution continues to rise in the ranks with regard to return on investment, salary potential, and career placement. However, Dr. Pierre states it simply: “This is our edge [and] there is always more to be done.”

Dr. Pierre’s arrival, in conjunction with the many strategic initiatives already in place, marks a high point in Stevens’ history. His goals for the university with respect to academics might take some deep thought and consideration. However, as a man who is so skilled in the area of vibrations, it is no doubt that he will soon learn Stevens unique campus “vibe” as he begins an auspicious career at the university.

piloted to the Orientation Leaders and Resident Assistants. Training will continue with the Athletics department to educate the teams. Assessments will be critical so that the most effective approach can be introduced to all incoming freshmen during Orientation next year. “Student leaders, fraternities and sororities, and the general student population will also have an opportunity to attend a training throughout the year,” says Damell. This campaign is geared to-

wards the Stevens community. Stevens students created a script, cast students and staff members, and filmed a “Speak Up” video. The video can be viewed online.

“In developing this program, my hope is that it is foundational enough and simple enough that any student could, in turn, educate their respective organizations, teams or residence halls on the information. I am developing a facilitator guide and hope to also have a number of students serve as facili-

tators. Ultimately, the goal is for our students to understand that we are one community and that as community members, we can make a difference by speaking up.

Whether it be in regards to recognizing warning signs of depression or stepping in when someone has had too much drink, this campaign can help empower students to safely intervene in situations by using the 3 D’s – Direct. Distract.

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edge, open-mindedness, and of course, a sense of well-being!

The event began with an address from the Student Government Association’s president, Matthew Hunt, who shone light upon the event’s significance, the importance of the wellness of the body, mind, and soul, and how Stevens is converging at a complete end to mental health stigma.

The esteemed president of Stevens, Dr. Nariman Favardin, further addressed the issue of how wellness is closely related to educational and developmental success. Dr. Favardin has continually worked to make Stevens an internationally renowned and student-centric university, an important aspect of which is students’ allround wellness.

Dr. Favardin then introduced Richard Codey, the former Governor of New Jersey (2004-2006), and his unending crusade for personal wellness, with the help of the ‘Codey fund’, initiated by him and his wife Mary Jo Codey. By adding Stevens to his growing list, he has included the campus in its stigma-free drive. Founded in 2012, the Codey Fund believes that access to elaborate care and mental wellness is every being’s right. As

the youngest person elected to state legislature, Dr. Codey has worked in career service for a staggering forty-six years, and is currently the representative of New Jersey’s 27th legislative district in the State Assembly.

Dr. Codey then introduced himself with a facetious joke to enthuse the audience, before delving into the crux of the day.

Dr. Codey exemplified with profound knowledge the importance of mental wellness by narrating to the audience examples of how society stigmatizes mental illnesses far more than regular illnesses and how society is progressing towards a more accepting nature of mental illnesses with medical cures and treatments. Dr. Codey tells us that to find our cure, “all we need to is step up and take help!” before unveiling the sign of THRIVE, telling its readers that “Stevens is a stigma-free campus!”

Sara Klein, the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs in Stevens, then gladly informed the students that Stevens provides students with free and comprehensive counseling and psychological services that provide short-term therapy.

Stevens’ Office of Disability Service helps students with disabilities. Sara Klein also discussed the “Don’t Stand By, Speak up” campaign by Student affairs furthers the tradition of being stigma-free and assuring full mental wellness!

Grocery Bingo attracts largest group of players

by EVAN BEDSER Staff Writer

Grocery Bingo, an event hosted by Office of Residence Life, greatly increased in attendance this semester, filling EAS 222

last Wednesday. Although it will be remembered fondly by the thirty winners – each going home with a full grocery bag of snacks – the other attendees were left cursing statistics and as well as their luckier classmates.

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date to Canvas this year,” Scalero states. “The new interface architecture provides a responsive user experience for the Dashboard and Global Navigation menu to push notification up into the new myStevens 2.0. The Canvas Course Navigation menu also collapses on smaller screens, allowing for a more content-focused and responsive layout, in part of an effort to match the interface with the mobile application.”

This is not the end for the changes in Canvas.

Scalero adds, “We will be adding additional updates to with the Stevens’ coloring theme. The updates also position Canvas to integrate external technologies more efficiently.”

Additionally, returning students could recall the major changes in the myStevens app.

“Our analytics showed 15-20% of myStevens traffic came from a mobile phone or tablet.

Many students had to zoom in on clicks and we realize our current site wasn’t functional on mobile, so we set to completely change that,” Gary states.

This is only the tip of the iceberg for the major changes to come. Dodd and Gary share the same goal to make myStevens fully customizable in the near future.

Dodd states, “There are these things called Personal Learning Environments. They’re incredibly important, because all students, every one of them, learns differently.

So there are different tools that will work better for us, as individuals, and this is what we’re looking to do with myStevens, literally make it myStevens.”

They’re working on making the dashboard completely customizable, from moving the order of apps that students use and specific notifications. They also plan to make the three most commonly used features - Canvas, email, and Workday more customizable.

Another big puzzle piece is revamping student/faculty web self-services function. Currently, our student services technology dates back to the 1980s and we are one of the only schools to use our current function However, Stevens is one of nine schools in the country working with Workday, a human capital management software vendor.

“WorkdayStudent is going to completely revolutionize everything students do,” says Dodd.

“Finding courses, registering for classes, paying tuition, it’s going to be revolutionary. Stevens will be the first to use this with Workday.”

Gary is excited for the beta program. They used the beta program before for testing myStevens 2.0, and it provided them with invaluable responses, from praises on what works to critiques on what doesn’t work in the new myStevens.

After a successful experience, they plan to do the same thing again for WorkdayStudent.

Gary and Dodd would like to thank the beta group, different students, administrative groups, faculty members. They would also like to thank the team internally: the web developers and web engineers in the Department of Information Technology. They also would like to thank the Stevens community who continue to support myStevens and all the new and upcoming features and changes.

Have questions, comments, or concerns about the current myStevens site? Use the feedback button on your myStevens dashboard so we can hear your voice!

First floor Babbio houses second financial lab

by ANGELICA SAVOCA Staff Writer

Renovations on the first floor of Babbio Center have installed a second Hanlon Laboratory for Financial Analytics and Data Visualation. Work over 2500 sq ft improved research and conference rooms, as well.

Previously a classroom and meeting room, the location is now similar

to Hanlon Lab located on the fourth floor of Babbio, with advanced technical systems integrated throughout the lab.

One of the main goals of the center’s formation was to help expand the opportunity for students studying Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering at Stevens to use the lab. This new work space is a great opportunity for students and professors alike to gain

experience with financial research and modern technologies.

Some of the state-ofthe-art features include Bloomberg Terminals and data analysis tools.

These terminals include specialized keyboards and software that enables the user to access a large range of data and information, with a greater emphasis as they apply to students studying within the School of Business.

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SGA sponsors Week of Service, Stevens connects with Hoboken

by RAMYA SUDHAKA Staff Writer

For the first time ever, the SGA Service Committee hosted “The Week of Service” from September 12th-16th. Throughout the week, Stevens students joined teams of friends, clubs, sororities/ fraternities, and residential halls to compete to see who can earn the most community service points for the week.

Points were earned based upon percentage of team participation at each event.

Organizers of the event Nicole Santos and Jami Porzl thought “this would be a unique way to show the opportunities this campus has to help others.” The Week of Service was aimed to promote serving the Hoboken community and helping those who may be less fortunate. When asked whether or not

Stevens prioritizes community service, Santos responded “the Stevens community is a family environment, which includes helping students and the greater community. I think the difficulty with performing community service in college is finding the time with our busy schedules, so we hope that Stevens Week of Service will make this easier.”

There were a diverse amount of events for

groups to participate in, throughout the week.

Santos stated, “she wanted to pick events that would apply to the diversity of interests at Stevens. All of these events seemed possible to engage students while benefiting different great causes.” For example, the Jean Shoes for Uganda will be improving lives across the ocean while Dog Toys and Sweaters will improve the lives of animals.

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The teams competing in the event mostly consisted of organizations that attempt to make a large and lasting impact for the Hoboken community. Students involved in the SGA subcommittee, service organizations, Alpha Phi Omega, Campus Cursive, College Against Cancer, FeelGood, Habitat for Humanity, Rotaract, StevensThon and Stevens GSI competed for the most points in the events.

The Week of Service was a wonderful way to allow all organizations to make a united effort and go big in their impact in Hoboken and overseas through events like Jean Shoes for Uganda (volunteers cut jeans into shoe patterns, which are then sent to Uganda to help villager’s businesses), Letter Writing and Paracords, Plastic Beds for the Homeless, and many more.

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Cusine Corner

King of Court Street!

by GREGORY MCNEIL

3/5 Mechanical Engineering & Systems Engineering Masters

Today in Cuisine Corner, I began to venture off of Washington street -- albeit half a block -- to the Stevens Faculty favorite, Court Street Restaurant & Bar! Rumors of this restaurant being a Stevens’s faculty favorite permeated their way into my notes and I decided I had to check it out. I had only been to Court Street once, during my freshmen year, and did not remember anything but its distinguishable brick façade. Regardless, I was eager to return as a food reviewer, with my mate Eddy Scanlan, instead of

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a patron.

Upon entry, a polite server greeted us and took us to our table by the window. The first thing I noticed was how classy this establishment was. This is not the place for yoga pants or Stevens t-shirts, but it’s also not the place for a tuxedo; I would strongly recommend a collared shirt.

The dress code, which deters under-dressed Stevens students and clubready Hoboken young professionals, makes this place a hot spot for Stevens’s staff and faculty.

The brick façade does not do justice to the beautiful and clean interior.

That said, I would recommenced this if you wanted to have a nice night out with your significant other. With that in mind, I still had not tried any food yet, but the atmosphere alone was getting me excited.

We started off our meal by ordering a pitcher of white wine sangria like any “recently turned 21”

college students would.

At $15 for a 32oz pitcher, we knew that we were not going to get the price per volume of “Mikie Squared” infamous sangria Sunday (that’s $10 for 48oz for those under 21). The sangria was good, albeit not $15 good. The sangria was packed with an abnormal amount of ice and left a bitter taste – which I attributed with my lack of knowledge of white wine sangria. I will say, however, that there was an adequate amount of alcohol in the sangria as by the end of dinner, my companion had pre-stages of inebriation.

Up next was food. I had seen many advertisements for Court Street’s seafood, which made the decision of what to eat easier. We ordered the crab cake, clams casino, and half of a dozen oysters. Something noteworthy was the price; the three items together were a total of $35. For the quantity that you were

getting, it did not seem worth it; that was, until I bit into my first clam. I was greeted with a firm crunch, typical of an item that was put under the broiler for the perfect amount of time, but was then hit with the softness of the ground bacon.

There were small peppers in each oyster which were perfectly prepared.

After that, it was made crystal clear that at Court Street, you are paying for quality, not quantity.

Moving on, the next item was the oysters. Eddy immediately started eating the oysters, and he was very pleased with their flavor. He ordered horseradish to go along with the oysters which was a proper pairing. Personally, I did not have a lot experience with oysters, thus I was disappointed.

The oysters were served with a very salty liquid which took away from the natural flavor of the oyster. The oyster itself seemed properly cooked, but I wouldn’t order it

again. Finally, I tried the crab cakes. The cake had a firm crisp and soft center which signified to me that it was cooked properly. However, the Remoulade sauce (a mayonnaise based sauce similar to tartar sauce) absolutely stole the show with its hint of citrus and perfect seasoning. Overall, I was very pleased with the food at Court Street, and Eddy and I were ready to move onto dessert!

I ordered a second round of drinks as we moved onto dessert. After glimpsing at their drink menu, I decided to order the mango martini, which I enjoyed. For dessert, Eddy ordered the blueberry pie and I ordered the profiteroles.

Growing up in household with strong French influence, I was very eager to try the profiteroles, a dish which my uncle has made for years. Overall, I was impressed! The pastries were a tad too firm but they were correctly sweetened and the ice

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Period. The berries were sweet and the crust was perfectly cook; This created a symphony of delicious desserty goodness in my mouth. While the price for entrees would prohibit me from returning to Court Street (though I would recommend going there for drinks) for all but special occasions, it was a great dinner.

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Scientific Curmudgeon

Speakers to explore mysteries of the cosmos, downside of capitalism and rise of robots

by JOHN HORGAN CAL Professor

As a science journalist, I try to raise questions about science and technology, which dominate our era. I try to do the same thing as director of the Center for Science Writings, which I started more than a decade ago here at Stevens. The CSW hosts

talks by authors who explore the implications of science, technology and medicine. The speakers include scientists, engineers, philosophers, historians and journalists like me.

Below is information on the three speakers coming this fall. They are going to talk about research into black holes and other cosmic mysteries, the links between capitalism and climate change and, finally, the rise of robots. These talks are all free and open to the public, and they are all in the Babbio Center Auditorium, room 122. I hope to see you there.

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ber 28. 4-5:30. “Cosmic Revelations.”

Priyamvada Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics at Yale, will discuss her new book Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos.

The book reveals how scientists are created an increasingly detailed and dynamic map of the cosmos. They have discovered black holes, dark matter, planets beyond our solar system and even, possibly, other universes. Physicist and bestselling author Brian Greene calls Mapping the Heavens a “delightful tour of the cosmos” that captures “humanity’s passionate drive to

discover.”

Wednesday, October 19. 4-5:30. “Is Capitalism Killing Us?” Journalist/activist Naomi Klein will discuss her acclaimed bestseller This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. Author of the global bestsellers The Shock Doctrine and No Logo, Klein argues that unrestrained capitalism has caused global warming and other threats to humanity. She argues that to save ourselves, and the environment on which we depend, we must rein in corporate power, rebuild local economies and reform our democracies. The New York Times calls

This Changes Everything “the most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.”

Wednesday, November 16. 4-5:30. “When Robots Rule the Earth.”

Economist Robin Hanson of George Mason University and the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University will discuss his new book The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth. Drawing upon his research in computer science and economics, Hanson predicts that science might soon produce robots whose “brains” replicate individual human brains. These emu-

lations, or “ems,” could then be mass-produced, displacing humans from most jobs and causing other radical social disruptions. The Wall Street Journal calls Hanson’s book “not put-downable.”

For more information on the Center for Science Writings, see its website, https://www.stevens.edu/college-artsan d - le t t e rs/ re se arc h / centers-labs/center-forscience-writings.

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 Scientific American blog, “Cross-check.”

tests are actually quite difficult. My favorite radio station (aside from WCPR of course), WCBSFM, will host a live broadcast from the festival stage on the evening of the 17th. For those with a more modern taste in music, WKTU will broadcast from the feast on Tuesday afternoon, and Z100 will do the same on the 23rd.

The festival’s website has a full list of events.

I’m not going to recommend any particular food stands, cafes, or restaurants (yes, local

businesses are still open during the festival). I’ll just say that I’ve never heard anyone complain about the food at San Gennaro.

I’ll end with a few fun facts about San Gennaro. The event was almost discontinued by ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani after shady mafia dealings were exposed in the mid-1990s. Since then, the event organizers have donated over $2 million to the community. There is also a similar one-day feast in the Bronx on the 19th.

Across the Hudson

A brief detour

by DAVID ROGERS

Sophomore Mechanical Engineering Major

At the end of last week’s column, I said that I would write another piece or two on non-metropolitan New

York before the weather goes bad. I will keep true to that promise, but this piece is a bit time sensitive. I write this after returning from Hoboken’s Italian Festival with some friends, and I was reminded of New York’s San Gennaro Festival.

I’m totally not knocking on Hoboken’s festival, the community put a lot of effort into the very enjoyable event, but San Gennaro is much larger and more hyped up than Hoboken’s festival. San Gennaro runs for 11 days, primarily on Mul-

berry Street between Canal and Houston Streets, but the festive atmosphere permeates all of Little Italy. This year’s festival takes place from September 15th to 25th.

An important note about San Gennaro: it is known for being quite the feast, but it is a Roman Catholic religious event. Some of the event’s many parades are religious processions. The most important religious procession takes place on the 19th, which is the feast day of San Gennaro. (He is also

known as Saint Januarius.) His statue is carried through the streets from the local church on the feast day. A lot of non-Catholics attend the festivities, but I’m still making a note of this since some people are really sensitive about religion.

Every day of the festival, there are free events and live performances at the festival stage at the corner of Grand and Mott Streets. On the 16th, there’s the famous cannoli eating contest, and cannoli eating con-

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No. 14 Women’s Soccer regains Engineering Cup SSI – Sophomore Misha Brewster scored twice to lead the No. 14 Stevens Institute of Technology women’s soccer team to a 2-1 double-overtime win over New York University Sunday.

The Ducks, who dropped a 1-0 decision to NYU last year, moved to 5-0-0 on the year while the Violets dropped to 3-1-0. Stevens regained the Engineering Cup after NYU had taken it last year with the win.

Steph Ho of NYU was named Defensive Most Valuable Player while Raba Nassif was tabbed Offensive Most Valuable Player.

Brewster, who made her first start of the year, got the Ducks on the board in the eighth minute. Nassif intercepted a pass and threaded the needle to Brewster, who put her shot into the back of the net. In the 23rd minute, sophomore Zisi Komar had a chance to double the lead, but Cassie Steinberg made the stop.

1:42 after the Steinberg save, NYU evened the score. Alex Benedict played a long ball through to Teressa Fazio, and Fazio beat a diving keeper. Komar would eventually get goal with 12:47 left in the first half. Nas-

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sif sent a corner kick in that junior Megan Lynes headed off the post. The rebound deflected right to Komar, who chested the ball down and finished for her fourth marker of the year.

In the 64th minute, the Violets answered

back. Mckennah Spagnola ripped a shot from 25 yards out that glanced off the crossbar. Off the bar, the ball went straight down and eluded the Stevens goalie to even the score at two. Stevens’s best chance came with just under 7:30 to go, as junior Gabby Pagkalinawan dribbled around Steinberg and fed Komar. Komar’s attempt sailed over the bar. With 1:31 left, senior Rachel Chavkin tried to pounce on a loose ball, but Steinberg smothered it.

Stevens had multiple chances in the first overtime session, but Steinberg was up to task, mak-

ing three saves. The Ducks finally capitalized on the pressure, as Komar zigzagged through the Violets defense, finally making a pass that Brewster one-touched for the goal.

Brewster notched her first career-multi goal outing, while Komar had seven shots. The Ducks as a unit outshot NYU 287. Junior Lindsey Mahnken and sophomore Madi Chollett combined to make three saves.

Steinberg made 11 saves in the setback.

Stevens is back in action next Saturday for its Empire 8 Conference opener against Hartwick College.

in a row on the service line.

Senior Christina Sciarra pounded home a kill which brought up set point at 2422, but New Paltz tallied four of the five to force their own set point. Finally, Sciarra added a kill to even the stanza at 27, and setter Brianna Perez got credited with a kill off a block error to once push Stevens ahead. A Hawk attack error finally handed set one to the visitors.

The Ducks raced to a 5-1 lead before New Paltz within two thanks to backto-back kills from the middle spot. From then on it was all cardinal and white, as Stevens used an 8-0 spurt to pull ahead

Montclair State snaps Field Hockey’s win streak SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team saw its threegame winning streak fall Wednesday night in a 3-1 road loss to No. 7 Montclair State.

The loss dropped Stevens to 3-2, while the win kept Montclair unbeaten this season at 6-0 Junior Katti Thomasian recorded Stevens’ goal early in the second half, while senior Nolie Prouty led the team overall with three shots. Senior goalie Emily Stukenborg made eight saves in a night in which the veteran faced 22 shots.

As a team, the Ducks registered 10 shots including six on goal while recording four corners.

Montclair delivered some early pressure before breaking through with a pair of scores during the three and four minute marks. The Redhawks added another to make it 3-0 in the 16th minute, but Stukenborg put the clamps on from there with three saves over the final 15 to hold the deficit at three going into the half.

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the second with some more pressure in the form of a penalty corner in the opening minutes, but Stevens de-escalated the situation before getting on the board in minute 38.

Off a rebound from sophomore Hannah Silvestri’s shot, Thomasian got her stick on the ball and launched it into the back of the cage for the score.

The goal was Thomasian’s team-leading third of the season.

Prouty attempted to get Stevens more with shots over the next 20 minutes that were saved and blocked, before a shot from sophomore Regan Littell was saved by Montclair goalie Kaitlin Maguire with five minutes left in regulation.

Stevens would get one more scoring opportunity in the final minute off a shot from Thomasian, but the effort went wide as Montclair kept the ball in the Stevens zone for the final seconds to seal the loss.

The Ducks will be back in action Saturday when they open Empire 8 play by hosting Ithaca College.

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and never look back. Hitting was key in all three sets, but Stevens committed only two attack errors as NP had nine.

Perez and Sciarra each served multiple point rallies in the final frame, as Stevens hurried out to a 13-4 edge. The Hawks crawled back to as close as six, but Sciarra ended the comeback dreams with a kill, sending the Ducks home with a win.

Sciarra finished with 13 kills, while Perez notched a double-double over 31 assists and 13 digs. Freshman Casey King also had a double-double, with 14 digs and 10 kills with junior Sydni Horner totaling a match-high 22 digs.

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Men’s Soccer draws with Haverford SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s soccer team played 110 minutes of scoreless soccer Wednesday night in 0-0 tie with Haverford College in Hoboken.

The tie moved Stevens’ record to 1-2-1, while Haverford moved to 2-12.

Stevens was led offensively by senior Jay Mikula and junior Tommy Dorsay who had three and five shots respectively, two of which went on goal for each. Sophomore goalie Aaron Henry made three saves in net to earn his first shutout of the season.

As a team the Ducks outshot Haverford 13-5, including a 5-3 margin in

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Women’s Volleyball sweeps New Paltz SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology women’s volleyball team picked up its sixth straight win with a 29-27, 25-14, 25-16 sweep of New Paltz Wednesday.

The Ducks moved to 9-1, and won all five matches they played at New Paltz this year. The Hawks fell to 3-6 with the loss.

Stevens fell behind 6-5 early in the first frame, but senior Mary Tobin slammed home a kill, than served up four straight points. With the Ducks up 12-9, the hosts used a 6-1 run to pull ahead 15-13 and forced Stevens into a timeout. The timeout worked, as freshman Casey King rolled off three

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shots on goal.

Stevens opened regulation with a pair of shots recorded by senior Nick DeFelice and Dorsay that failed to reach Haverford keeper Sam Miller. Both teams took a deliberate approach from there with the next shot not coming until the 30-minute mark from Dorsay that was saved.

Haverford finally managed some pressure of its own with a pair of shots out of a scrum in front of the Stevens goal in minute 37, but Henry made the save on both the keep the match deadlocked heading into the break.

Stevens had an opportunity early in the second with a midfield bomb from Mikula into an open net

that sailed wide, before another open net opportunity off the foot of sophomore Daniel Aversano in the 59th that was blocked by the Fords defense.

Mikula had two more attempts in the closing minutes including one off a set piece in the 84th, but Miller made the save on each to send the match into extra time.

Stevens had a pair of shots in the first overtime period before having a strong opportunity early in the second, but each chance was defused by Haverford to solidify the draw.

The Ducks will be back in action Sunday when they open Empire 8 play at Ithaca College.

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