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SAVE increases collaboration with Hoboken Green Team

by JAY RUNGTA Staff Writer

SAVE recently volunteered to pair up with the Hoboken Green Team, one of the largest local initiatives, to work on improving our community’s environmental issues.

SAVE (Student Against Violating the Earth) is campus’s environmental club; they strive to make Stevens greener and more sustainable. The Hoboken Green Team consists of volunteers who meet monthly to resolve environmental issues that concern the local community.

Because of the Green Team’s efforts, Hoboken was awarded bronze level of the Sustainable Jersey certification in both 2014 and 2011. The Sustainable Jersey certification is a prestigious accreditation for municipalities in

New Jersey recognized by the state government.

SAVE volunteers attended the last two Green Team meetings, where important programs were discussed – like the Plastic Bag Reduction Program, Hoboken Green Business Recognition Program, and Hoboken Harvest. At the same time, a possible collaboration with SAVE for joint initiatives was discussed.

“We’ve worked with them in the past for smaller collaborations like park clean ups, but this year I’m definitely hoping to do much more,” said Anthony Rusignuolo, Vice President of SAVE, and also the President of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW). “I’m hoping to have SAVE and ESW work with them [the Green Team] to develop an education outreach curriculum for grade schoolers that’s focused on sustainability in the

STEM field, as well as have greater collaboration on Stevens’s annual Earth Week festivities to attract more people to campus.”

Earth Week is an annual event in April, full of fun team events that aim to instill sustainable culture in all Stevens students, faculty and staff.

Spring 2017 will be the fourth annual Earth Week celebration at Stevens.

In addition to these plans, there have also been talks about organizing panel debates on topics like recycling and composting in the future, to further promote sustainability.

SAVE, ESW and the Hoboken Green Team are always looking for more members to help improve the community culture and health. Nonmembers are welcome to attend their meetings and contact SAVE at save@ stevens.edu, or ESW at esw-sit@stevens.edu.

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Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton are fighting hard to prove to the American people that they deserve the chance to serve the American people.

In the week since the final presidential debate, there have been many new revelations coming from both sides of the aisle. Trump has been gaining momentum according to recent polls, especially since he laid out a “contract” with the American people regarding his plans for his first 100 days in office. However, his campaign continues to be dragged down by his offthe-cuff remarks. On the other side, Clinton and her campaign surrogates have been campaigning, but at the same time, Clinton continues to deal with more WikiLeaks emails and Project Veritas videos. The polls make this race too close to call, especially when the polls are applied to the electoral college.

Trump has been fighting harder then ever this week, especially in the key swing state of Florida. Without the state of Florida, it is likely that Trump will lose the election. Trump has remained on message and has put out his “contract” with the American people, which includes going after

APO elects Paciulli for 2017 President, invites National President

by RAMYA SUDHAKAR Staff Writer

Clinton has continued to run her campaign the same way she has from day one. Although Clinton may not be holding as many rallies as Trump, she has her surrogates, such as President Obama and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders doing that for her. Clinton is trying to fire up her base with these surrogates, who are favored by the Democratic Party.

Clinton’s campaign team has had to deal with a lot of damaging information over the past week, though. This week, WikiLeaks released thousands of new emails from her campaign manager, John Podesta. These emails have hurt her and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Clinton

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10 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY November 8 Washington corruption, border security, repealing the Affordable Care Act, tax cuts, and much more. On the other hand, since the debate, the media has been focused on Trump’s comments regarding whether or not he would accept the results of the election. According to his campaign team, Trump meant to say that he was not going to accept the results if the election was too close to call. Critics continued to slam Trump, saying that his remarks would be likely political suicide for any normal candidate. Trump has remained on message with the exception of a few moments in which he discussed the women accusing him of sexual assault. Trump says he will sue them after the election for their false claims.

Established 1904

Alex Paciulli was elected Alpha Phi Omega - Theta Alpha’s 2017 Chapter President, and the rest of the executive board will be elected in the following weeks.

Paciulli previously held the positions of Secretary for 2016 and Alumni Secretary in 2015. Under her term, APO plans to increase the number of events and their total community service hour count. Trevor Batchelder, 2016 Chapter President, is really motivated to continue leading the organization because of the “opportunity to mentor and advance brothers to meet their best potentials,” such as developing their leadership qualities.

APO is a national organization that formed in 1925 upon the principles of the Boy Scouts of America. APO now consists of 370+ chapters. The Theta Alpha chapter at Stevens was chartered in 1949 and recommissioned in 2000 after a period of inactivity from the 60’s. APO is a coed organization, though termed fraternity.

Currently, the Stevens APO chapter has over 200 members on campus with about 150 brothers, and 47 new members, who work together to successfully host or help out with many events.

This year, APO’s National President, the Honorable John K. Ottenad (or as they like to call him - JKO or “Silver Fox”) spoke to APO’s new members and brothers. He spoke of his experiences being part of APO, and encouraged all members to feel fortunate that they have received this opportunity to grow and learn together. Ottenad also acknowledged the Stevens chapter for all of the work done on campus, for the Hoboken community, and beyond. He hailed the Theta Alpha chapter “one of the best chapters of Alpha Phi Omega in the nation.”

One of the organization’s recent awards included receiving the Distinguished Service Award at the Spring 2016 Stu-

Presidential race enters the homestretch

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Hoboken’s homeless

Tragedy on 34th Street

Polling Pierce: Do you walk up escalators?

Being selfish

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How should we act towards the less fortunate?

I used to not look at the people who are homeless on Washington Street, especially when they would ask for money. I was scared that they would get angry if I saw them and ignored them.

To be honest, I was also worried that if I only gave some change, they would try to mug me too, so I always walked fast and as far away on the sidewalk as possible.

One night, I was was walking with a group, and a guy walked up to us asking for money. One of my friends just said, “Sorry man, I don’t have any change on me.” I was so surprised that one of my friends talked to the guy and that the guy said it was okay and walked away.

That opened my eyes... a little.

Recently, I was at Dunkin on Wash. & 7th with a different friend and it was the first cold day. A homeless man walked in and asked my friend for his Stevens sweatshirt or something to cover up to stay warm. My friend told the man that he needed the sweatshirt because he didn’t have anything under it (weird, but it was true). Then, my

friend offered to buy the man some food at Dunkin.

He got the man coffee and gave him $10. I really didn’t understand it, but my friend said that charity is important.

I know what it’s like to be kind of poor, and I recognize the importance of giving back. My family is moving, so we cleaned out our house and put everything on the curb for free. A lot of really destitute people from around town took old food, clothes, jewelry, shampoo, books, kitchen utensils, furniture, and so much more that we weren’t using in our cabinets, pantry, closets, and garage. Those people were so grateful because their families really needed those items. In this case, I felt like giving away all of our stuff actually improved the quality of someone’s life and made it easier on them. I just don’t know if a few dollars would really do that and help people on the streets.

I guess that I probably don’t need the change at the bottom of my purse as much as they need it, but I don’t think it would make that big of a difference in

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person’s area, so I ended up throwing them out again.

The next day, I saw the man from Dunkin walking down the street with a flattened box, and I felt bad that I didn’t follow through with my idea.

I mainly wrote this because I know that everyone sees the homeless people in Hoboken, and I guess most people are like me and don’t do anything about it. I mean, I know some groups on campus are involved in helping people from hunger and poverty – groups like APO, Greek Life, and FeelGood – but I don’t know how to play a role individually and on my own time, separate from an organization.

If anyone in the Stevens community has advice, please reach out to me personally or maybe write a letter-to-theeditor to be published next week so more people can figure out the best way to help.

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their lives. Like I wonder if they would use the money for cigarettes or some other drugs or for food, water, and clothing. Would it help them get on their feet again, or closer to getting a job? If I gave to one person, would I be obligated to give to every one or every time?

I think I’d rather volunteer at a soup kitchen or make sandwiches for the homeless – just a more organized way of helping the homeless community get the help that they need.

Part of the reason I wrote this was because I watched a video on Facebook about homeless women. The video showed how hard it is for these people to have good hygiene and get feminine products. It made me so sad, and I felt bad about how many paper towels I waste.

That video also made me think of how The Stute was throwing out big cardboard boxes. So, I brought them back into the office because I thought a homeless person could use them. I was kind of afraid to ask a homeless if they needed them, and I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to just show up with these boxes to a homeless

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by AUDREY DSOUZA

Freshman Business and Technology Major

I feel kind of sick. I don’t mean to make this week about my mental health, but I’m not taking care of myself, and I have to recognize the things I’m doing wrong right now to make better choices later.

I feel overwhelmed, I don’t feel like myself. I can’t sleep well, I eat maybe one meal a day. When I do go to Pierce, I only get junk food: pizza or ice cream. I forget to go to the bathroom, I have trouble concentrating - even when I manage to get away from other people. I’m distracted

by by my own thoughts.

Midterms are over, but I feel worse. When I opened those tests, I realized how much I didn’t know. I expected it. I looked over the chapter summaries, but failed to absorb any of the words on the page. I didn’t understand what my notes from class meant, so I just told myself studying was a lost cause and just went to sleep the night before. My resulting grades were incredible, in a bad way.

It’s the first time I’m feeling so lost in school. I used to easily ask friends for help on assignments or concepts I didn’t understand. I even went to teachers before class if I didn’t get what they taught the day before.

Back then, my biggest issue was overcoming the fear of asking people for help, and being shy. But right now, I’m facing a different issue.

I think it’s having too much pride.

When someone else asks me for help, I like helping them. I like knowing the an-

swer, I like being resourceful, and I take pleasure in knowing information other people don’t. But when I’m in the reverse situation, when I’m lost, it’s difficult for me to admit that I am.

In certain classes, I feel like I don’t know what I don’t understand. My understanding of what goes on in class is so small that I can’t even identify the concepts I have issues with.

It’s difficult for me to stay focused during lectures. I manage to complete homework assignments (which save my grade) with formulas and internet tutorials, but I never quite understand what anything means, and then do poorly when it comes time for a quiz.

I feel like to get good grades here, it completely depends on what you’ve been exposed to in high school. If you never took Calculus before, or have never coded before, you have no idea what’s going on. The pace is fast, the homeworks are differ-

ent than what’s taught in lecture, or what will be on the test. Professors teach assuming you have some background knowledge of science and math, but what if you don’t have any? It makes me wonder how I even got accepted into this school without certain classes on my transcript.

Is this just what it means to be a freshman? I don’t know. I don’t like this version of myself. I don’t like how unorganized I am, how much I don’t know, how much I can’t do. Thankfully, I have truly supportive friends that are going through all of it with me.

Friends that keep me on schedule, make me eat meals. I don’t know what they see in me; their lives seem more on track than mine. They don’t know the person I am, but have some kind of faith and still want to invest in my friendship. I’m really thankful.

For them, those who won’t let me feel lonely, I need to pull myself together.

Not With That Watch

Adding some flair to your fall outfit

by MARK KRUPINSKI

Freshman Computational Science Major

Let’s face it: neutral color outfits are boring.

All they do is scream that you (and your outfit) blends into the norm. To make it worse, it’s now

fall; it’s no longer social acceptable to make a bold, bright colored, outfit. However, while you can’t make your outfit entirely bright to stand out in fall, you can add a piece or two – a splot of a bright color or unique pattern – to make yourself standing in the boring Fall and Winter months.

One of the best ways you can add some flair to your cool-weather is layering: layering lets you combine multiple pieces to create a multi-dimen-

sional outfit. And with of these layers, you can create some flair with a bold color, texture, or pattern.

Make sure that your flair piece is lower-layering piece, otherwise your outfit is going to become like a long-sleeved summer outfit; It’ll stand out like a sore thumb. (Again, there are exception, keep this as a general rule).

My recommendations for adding some flair is a nice button-down shirt or polo in a bold color or an interesting pattern

(like polka-dots or thin stripes) to put underneath a sweater or other strong piece of outerwear. Make it pop.

Outside of layering, you can add some flair through some accessories – like a belt or a unique pair shoes. Having a nice pair of chukka boots – even if it’s in a neutral color – can make you really stand out. Don’t stick with the same boring pair of vans or athletic shoes.

On belts, one of my favorite belts is a solid deep-

blue colored belt. Not many people own a nonblack or brown belt, and, as a result, it can make you stand out – as well as break up two basic neutral colors in an outfit.

Don’t let yourself blend in; stand out by adding some flair to your fall outfit!

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Across the Hudson

Tragedy on 34th Street

by DAVID ROGERS

Sophomore Mechanical Engineering Major

Not many people who have taken a train from Penn Station have enjoyed doing so. It’s a crowded and disorderly mess of a train terminal. It embodies the spirit of New York - cram everything into as small of a place as possible. Though, it wasn’t always like that. Over the escalators by Thirty Second Street and Seventh Avenue connecting the NJ Transit (NJT) and Long Island Railroad (LIRR) levels, there’s a picture of an enormous looking building with classical architecture.

Underneath the picture are the words “You are here.”

There’s a massive amount of history behind that picture and a few other things in Penn Station.

Before Amtrak, most railroads, including the Pennsylvania Railroad, were privately owned and operated.

The Pennsylvania Railroad (Pennsy) is a bit of a misnomer, as they actually operated trains from the East Coast all the way to Illinois, making them the key links between the Mid-Atlantic and Mid-West before Interstates 70 and 80 were built. “Penn Station” was the general name for their train stations in most cities.

After the Pennsy decided to build tunnels underneath the Hudson River, New York’s Penn Station was built in 1910, but it wasn’t the dungeon that’s there right now. Pennsylvania Railroad went all out when building their New York station. The well-known architecture firm McKim, Meade, and White, which was also responsible for the Washington Square Arch and Manhattan Municipal Building, designed a station inspired by the Baths of Caracalla from Italy. On the outside, the station was a massive, impressive, classical building that took up the entire plot of land from Thirty First Street to Thirty Third Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

On top of the columns sat 22 eagle statues and a clock. The interior was much more spacious than modern-day Penn Station, and the tall windows provided for some picturesque

moments with the natural light.

Beyond aesthetics, the station made it much easier to get to Manhattan from the West. Before the station, there was nothing connecting Manhattan and New Jersey. Even the Holland Tunnel was about a decade and a half away from becoming reality. Everyone had to take a train to Lackawana Terminal and take the ferry. It was slightly better going from Long Island into Manhattan. There were 4 bridges connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn and Queens, but the LIRR had no direct link to Manhattan - everyone would get off at Long Island City and take the ferry. That all changed when Penn Station opened.

People could board a train in Greenport or the Midwest, fall asleep, and wake up in Midtown. The station was also excellent for daily commuters, who could rent lockers. It allowed people to store a separate pair of clothes for after work, something more casual to change into after work and and enjoy the city in.

New York lives off of trains, so why would we ever get rid of such an amazing train station?

There were actually a few reasons, but the biggest reason was that the Pennsy

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had financial difficulties.

It was becoming more and more expensive to maintain the station, especially since train ridership declined as the interstate system got closer to completion.

Madison Square Garden was looking to relocate from Fourty Ninth Street and offered the Pennsy a downgraded, underground train station and a 25% stock in the new theater in exchange for Penn Station.

Of course, there was a lot of opposition to the plans, and there were many protests and New York Times editorials against the plans.

No one at the time believed the station would actually go down, as they were either overly optimistic or in denial. Unfortunately

though, the plans went through in Oct. 1963, and they were done in 1964.

There was enough of an uproar after the station was demolished to establish the NYC Landmarks, which preserves famous and historical buildings and sites in the boroughs.

There are still a lot of signs of old Penn Station in today’s station, in addition to the sign above the escalators. There are a lot of black and white pictures of the old station, and some of the staircases were kept.

The original staircases have bronze handrails over black X-shaped decorations. The entrance to the LIRR waiting room is a structure that was uncovered after the exterior of the station was

torn down. One of the old entrances to an Interborough Rapid Transit train (now an entrance to the 1 train) is from the original station. In the passageway to the Thirty Fourth Street exit, there’s a fallen, broken column etched into the wall. Outside the Seventh Avenue entrance, there are 2 of the original eagles from the station. The other 20 eagles are in various places, including the Hicksville LIRR station, the New Jersey Botanical Garden, and outside Thirtieth Street Station in Philadelphia. Unfortunately though, most of Penn Station went straight to the Meadowlands instead of staying where it belongs - at Thirty Fourth and Seventh.

Senioritis

Cheers to being selfish

by KATIE BROWN

Senior Chemical Engineering Major

Monday, 6:35 pm, on a Southwest Airline flight towards St. Louis, MO, I was ready to embark on the final step of a pretty intense recruiting process. In the next two and a half hours on the airplane, I pondered everything and anything that was currently happening in my life right now: I

should be working on Senior Design. I can’t believe I’m flying to a job interview. I wish the people in front of me drugged their kid so they would stop crying. Of all the various thoughts rolling through my head, the top thought was that I was a hypocrite.

Flashback to this time one year ago, my boyfriend was going through similar recruiting processes. As soon as I heard “rotational program” and “potentially nowhere near New Jersey” I honestly checked out. I thought it was incredibly narcissistic for him to be putting himself out there for a global program when I knew he could secure something close to home. Flashback to a couple of months ago,

my parents were genuinely curious where my job prospects might end. As soon as I mentioned “rotational program” and “potentially nowhere near New Jersey,” I definitely received the death glares I hadn’t seen since I drew on some walls with Sharpie as a kid (story for a future column). It was rather self-centered that my parents automatically assumed I would be working near and living at home as soon as I graduated. I might have mentioned it in passing, but definitely not what I totally had it mind for May. Seniors, selfishness is inevitable and is okay at this point in our lives. I have learned to completely accept it.

Coming from the person who thought others were

being selfish, it is time for us to actually be selfish. Regardless of our endless job hunt, clearly my favorite topic, we need to start being selfish in multiple facets of our lives. Debating whether or not to apply for a job halfway across the world?

Go for it. Debating whether or not to travel for spring break or after graduation?

Go for it. Debating whether or not to eat that last slice of pizza even though you know you ate more than the friends you’re splitting it with? DEFINITELY go for it (also, I’m sorry to my apartment). We are young enough, have more than enough energy, and arguably plenty of money to do what we want to do. I’m a person who truly believes in destiny, and if something

is meant to be, it’s meant to be. There are tons of things potentially holding you back from doing something completely worthwhile, but what is bound to happen in your life will eventually happen one way or another. How to focus on ourselves obviously varies depending on the end goals we all have. All in all, this is the time we have to really worry about ourselves.

There is truly no time like the present and no one else to spoil and do what you want to do.

Sitting on the plane might have been the quite literal opposite of what year ago me was thinking, and what three months ago me was sort of going at.

If there’s anything I truly took away from the expe-

rience, it is to worry about you. Yes, I have to consider many loved ones before making a decision, but they’re my “loved ones” for a reason. Yes, I have to consider my personal growth and what I can get out of experiences, but you have to start somewhere. Yes, I have to focus on me because honestly, my future happiness depends on it. At the end of the day, being selfish (sparingly of course) might be the most rewarding thing you do in a while.

Not to drop the iron truth hammer, but what you spend doing now could dictate the rest of your life. So cheers to being selfish. Go out there and do what you need to do now so that future you will be happy you did later.

Technically Speaking

Here’s to another MacBook

by TARIK KDIRY

Sophomore Software Engineering Major

Finally. A MacBook that actually looks like Apple tried to innovate the product as opposed to the reskinning and size changes

we have been used to for the last few years. This was announced yesterday along with Touch Bar, a new feature that will be implemented in the new MacBook Pros.

It would appear the Reddit rumors were somewhat true. There is the Touch Bar feature which is essentially a touchsensitive LED display that replaces the row of function keys. Featured on the Touch Bar are familiar icons such as volume, time, name, and even some unexpected items such as emojis and pho-

tos. I am truly excited for this feature despite the fact that we will probably have flying cars driven by pigs before I buy a new laptop but, hey, that’s me.

Despite the Touch Bar being the most popular feature in this new product, Apple makes even more changes to the MacBook Pro. I’ll save you the Google search. Yes, they tweaked the size and weight of the laptop. Surprise, it is smaller and lighter than the previous one. The laptop still comes in only

two sizes; thirteen and fifteen inches. Sorry, no seventeen inch this year.

I don’t think I have ever been happier at an Apple reveal. There is just the right amount of new features and tweaks that I feel worth their price, and at the same time making the laptop more mobile.

An important characteristic for a student like myself.

Overall, I think Apple impressed me and many others this time around and I am very excited to see the new MacBook in person.

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Campus Pulse

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Roving Reporter What is your favorite board game?

“Monopoly.”

“Chinese chess!”

“Three man chess.”

Sarah Chan

Xuanji Chen

Brad Tylutki

“Risk.”

“Sorry!”

“Risk.”

Kenny Otten

Margaret Guilfoyle

Blake Elfand-Munera

Polling Pierce Do you walk up escalators?

Depends on who I’m with!

10 Yes, I often do!

55

No, never!

35

Sudoku

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Creative Space The Lessen of Life

by CHARLES INTERNICOLA

I awoke to an Autumn day.

Amber, solar, and fading verdant lined the heavens.

Cold and hot pushed and pulled upon the stoic trees.

Wind storms sent colored showers sailing towards the ground.

I blinked for a moment.

I woke up to the Winter’s wind.

Brisk breezes blew cold crystals across the chilled sky.

Sunlight shimmered on the snow’s smooth blanketed surface.

Ephemeral prints slowly faded as time passed.

I blinked for a moment.

I awoke to the song of Spring.

I saw life return to the sky and land and water.

Vivid color illuminated the new earth.

Vitality returned with its strong sanguine flow.

I blinked for a moment.

I woke to the sight of Summer.

Energy infused each creature with its spirit.

Warmth filled the world with energy through each long day, And short nights were serene respite for minds to rest.

I blinked for a moment.

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I awoke to an Autumn day.

Red, yellow and green lined the branches.

Wind shook the old trees.

The breeze blew dead leaves around.

My eyes closed for a moment.

I woke to the sight of Summer.

A Scar of You

by MONICA MOSER

I thought we clicked.

I thought you’d want me the way I did.

All you did was wound me, and then some.

I look at the scar of what I got from you.

So fresh, yet no longer scabbed.

If only I got it from harm rather than pleasure.

The worst part of losing what you wanted Isn’t the wound you get from your person.

It’s what your person leaves behind That makes your scar ever so present.

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is also dealing with the Project Veritas videos which appear to implicate Clinton and Donna Brazile, the DNC chair, in Federal Election Committee violations. However, because Project Veritas has not released the full audio in the videos, it is questionable if much of what was said was taken out of context.

The electoral college will have the final say in who wins the race for the presidency. Although there are many states that are guaranteed to either candidate, there

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are more swing states in play then ever before.

States like Florida, Ohio, Colorado, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania are up for grabs. Because Clinton has strong support in large states like New York and California, she is much closer to the 270 votes needed. Trump must make up a lot of ground to win the majority of these battle ground states. According polls, Trump is leading Clinton in a few of these states, but he is still within the margin of error. It is likely that this race will come down to just a few swing states. This election will run up to the moment that the final polls close on November 8.

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dent Leadership Awards Brunch at Stevens for APO’s “continuous efforts to serve the student body and the university community” and other efforts with enduring impacts.

The primary focus of APO is community service, a principal achieved in harmony with leadership and friendship. The organization encourages all who want to serve, have interest in developing as a campus leader, and participating in fellowship with their peers to come out to the recruitment events every semester.

Batchelder said, “[APO] encourages anyone with a drive for giving oneself for others.”

APO involvement var-

ies with the preference of each individual. Achieving Active status requires 22 hours of service, 15 hours of fellowship and other leadership and meeting attendance requirements through the semester. Brothers can also go down to Associate and Excused Inactive level if time does not permit.

Brothers are engaged in various events such as Engineering Week at Liberty Science Center, assisting with Castle Point Anime Convention, and celebrating the chapter’s “Sweet 16” anniversary since its rechartering.

Last year, Stevens’ APO broke its previous service hour records by performing more than 5000 hours of community service in a single semester, and they are hoping to reach 10,000 hours for 2016.

SASE runs an Amazing Race

by MARK KRUPINSKI Staff Writer

On Wednesday Oct. 27, the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) hosted The Amazing Race: Professional Edition.

In this event, players competed in pairs and followed clues to various locations on campus. At each location, players participate in a professional skill-building events – with a fun twist.

At one event, players had to spin around, and then walk in a straight line and try to give a firm handshake. At another event, the teams had to complete a two minute interview without laughing. Finally, the penultimate event had each team find someone with a Stevens business card in the community. Prizes

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were awarded to the top 3 placing teams. “It was really fun to make something that had a professional aspect as well as fun,” remarked Cam Nguyen, Public Relations Chair of SASE. SASE’s next meeting is on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 9:00 pm.

Torch Alliance hosts fifth annual Trevor Project fundraiser

by DAVID OVSVIEW Webmaster

Torch Alliance hosted their fifth annual Trevor Project fundraising event in Hayden lounge on Wednesday. The event was designed by Torch as a way to draw people together at a friendly event for raising awareness about suicide within the LGBTQ+ community.

The Trevor Project is a national nonprofit organization devoted to preventing suicide among LGBTQ+ youth.

The night was full of energy and color with upbeat music, rainbow streamers, paper lanterns, and string lights. There was also food, including mozzarella sticks, buffalo wings, sandwiches, brownies, and fruit. Participants had a chance to enter door prizes featuring over a dozen different prizes from various Hoboken sponsors, such as Carlo’s Bakery, Starbucks, Kung Fu Tea, and Bagels on the Hudson.

Torch Alliance meets in Peirce 218 on Wednesdays at 9 p.m.

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AAEES hosts Pumpkin Painting Festival with StevensTHON

by CHARLES ZWICKER Staff Writer

Stevens’s chapter of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) hosted their second annual Pumpkin Painting Festival on Wednesday. Students competed in teams to win prizes, with categories ranging from the scariest to the most artistic pumpkins. The clubs provided food and drinks for the participants. Some notable pumpkin designs included a duck and a “Stranger Things”-themed pumpkin.

AAEES partnered with StevensTHON to publicize for both organizations.

AAEES meets every second Thursday of the month at 9:00 pm in BC221.

Their next meeting will be on Nov. 10, where they will be playing Environmental Family Feud. StevensTHON raises money “for the kids” with their first dance marathon last Spring.

Halo-Halloween with

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SCSC hosts “Git Together” to teach Git any bad updates and allow a team to code together.

Staff Writer SCSC gave a walkthrough of the various features of Git and assigned interactive The Stevens Computer Sci- learning tasks, which the atence Club (SCSC) hosted an tendees performed on their event on the night of Wednes- computers. “It’s not a lesson, day to demonstrate what can it’s like a showcase,” said Jabe done with Git, the version son Gardella, the President control system. Git is a popu- of SCSC, who also hosted the lar tool that allows users to walkthrough. “It [Git] is kind maintain code quite easily, of a hard thing to teach, bewith the ability to rollback cause you have to keep using

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it to learn it.”

There are similar events planned this fall by SCSC, with the goal being to educate the computer science community about popular CS industry tools.

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Stevens Irish Association brings fall spirit with games and potato dishes

by TENY ODAIMI Staff Writer

The Stevens Irish Association held a Halloween celebration in Hayden Lounge on Wednesday. Various Irish potato dishes were served, as well as candy and snacks. There were also decorating stations set up, where students were able to design and paint their own Halloween pumpkins. SIA awarded door prizes, including a speaker and bundles of candy. The event was full of food and lively activities, with one of the highlights being Snap Apple: a game that involves eating an apple hanging the air by a string.

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Stars of Stevens

Dream team

by MIA HILDEBRANDT

Sophomore Mechanical Engineering Major

Zisi Komar, originally from San Diego, CA, is a second year Biomedical Engineering student. In addition to playing on the Stevens women’s soccer team, she is a part of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority on campus. There is no doubt that Zisi Komar came to the right school.

“I’m really passionate about math and science,” she says. She adds that she is “one of those weird people that actually enjoys differential equations and multivariable calculus.” Again, this is Stevens, where people write math equations instead of graffiti.

In addition to being a math and science enthusiast, Zisi has a passion for tissue engineering. She is currently doing research on campus with Profes-

sor Wang. Outside of the lab, Zisi’s favorite class is Mechanics of Solids with Professor Billah because “he teaches the material in a way that is easily understandable and very interesting.”

Zisi is also very passionate about community service and helping out those in need. For her sorority, she helps by volunteering at the local homeless shelter, Jubilee Center, and the Boys & Girls Club.

Together, they help kids in after-school care with homework.

“And of course, I’m passionate about playing soccer.”

Zisi started playing soccer when she was 5.

If there is a soccer gene, Zisi most certainly has it!

Both her dad and older sister play soccer as well.

“So I guess you could say it runs in the family,” she says.

Zisi currently plays outside forward for the Stevens team. When asked about her decision to continue playing soccer in college, Zisi explains that she “couldn’t imagine [her] life without soccer.”

She adds, “I love playing soccer, I love competing, I love the teamwork, I love the sportsmanship, I love the culture it brings, I love

the outlet it provides, I love the friendships it creates.” For Zisi, there was never a choice for her as to whether or not she wanted to play soccer in college. “I feel like my life would be incomplete without it,” she says.

Stevens women’s soccer team clinched first place in the Empire 8 conference after winning their game this past weekend, which means that they are hosting the conference tournament starting Nov. 4. This will be their second year in a row hosting, and if they win, their second year in a row doing so. Then they have NCAAs, which is the national tournament. Last year they made it to the round of 16 and this year, they are hoping to travel to Virginia for the final 4.

Go Ducks! #AllRise “I love being a student athlete here at Stevens,” Zisi says, despite the intense schedule it demands. From practice, to homework, and exams, it can be difficult to balance all of her commitments. She explains, “It is definitely a lot of multitasking and time management, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

She adds, “What’s so great in being part of a team

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are the relationships you build. The people on your team understand what you are going through.

They get when you are overwhelmed with schoolwork but are still expected to perform on the soccer field. They experience how hard preseason is and how physically and mentally exhausting back-to-back games and practices are. And they are the people that will support you through it all. That is what’s so great about being a student athlete here,” Zisi says. “It’s the people you surround yourself with.”

In addition to playing soccer, Zisi enjoys keep-

ing up with the Spanish National team and the Barcelona Club team. Her favorite soccer player is Andrés Iniesta, who plays on the aforementioned teams. Zisi states, “Besides the fact that I love the way Barcelona plays, Iniesta is one of the most insightful soccer players I have seen play. The way he distributes the ball and finds his teammates is remarkable. Also he is extremely hard working and a fair player, who doesn’t resort to tackles and fouls to assert his dominance.”

When asked how she is able to juggle academics, soccer, and pretty much life in general, Zisi

says, “Haha, good question. I guess I’m still trying to figure it out.” She has come to realize that the most important thing is to determine what your priorities are for the day. “Making a schedule always helps,” Zisi adds. “Because practices and games are set times I tend to schedule my [academic work] around those times.” Even though she spends so much time playing soccer and doing schoolwork, Zisi has been able to branch out and meet new people through her sorority. She admits that it is difficult balancing everything, but that it is very doable.

Scientific Curmudgeon

How would an artificial intelligence report on an artificial-intelligence conference?

by JOHN HORGAN CAL Professor

I wish I had an artificial-intelligence assistant--call it MY AI--that knows how I think and write, so it can do my job when my mojo is low.

For example, I recently spent two days at NYU listening to philosophers, scientists and engineers jaw about “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.” How can we ensure that driverless cars, drones and other smart technolo-

gies—such as algorithms that decide whether a human gets parole or a loan-are used ethically? Also, what happens if machines get really smart? Can we design them to be nice to us? Do we have to be nice to them?

Speakers responded to these questions in a welter of ways, as did members of the audience. How should I write it up? Too many choices! The biggest choice is whether to take the conference seriously or as light entertainment.

MY AI could prioritize quotes according to the Google ranking of the speaker and/or buzzwords. It could flag comments that aroused the most audience response, as measured by posture (upright versus slumped), post-talk questions and laughter.

MY AI could produce the equivalent of a gag reel. For example, while Eliezer Yudkowsky was emphasizing how hard it might be to turn off a superintelligent machine, a message from the NYU wireless network kept blocking his slides. “I don’t know how to turn off the Internet!” Yudkowsky wailed. Ha ha.

Sex sells, so MY AI might focus on Kate Devlin’s talk about sex robots, which are a real thing now, not just sci-fi. If sex robots become so smart that they are likely to be sentient, will we have to grant them rights? Violence makes good clickbait, too. So MY AI might highlight the talk by Peter Asaro on autonomous weapons, a.k.a. “killer robots.”

MY AI, channeling me, might complain that

this sci-fi, killer-robot stuff distracts us from a far more pressing issue.

Since 9/11 the U.S. and its allies have killed thousands of civilians, including children, with drones, rockets, bombs and bullets. What about the ethics of that?

Knowing how compulsively skeptical I am, MY AI might focus on comments about how dumb AI programs are, in spite of all the hype. Yann LeCun pointed out that even much-touted deeplearning programs cannot really learn on their own.

AI programs still require feedback from humans to know if they’re right or wrong.

Gary Marcus said that in spite of huge advances in hardware and objectrecognition, computers lack the common sense of a typical kid. They also

lack abstract knowledge of the kind required to make ethical judgments.

Any human teenager can tell who the good and bad guys are in a film, but a computer can’t.

MY AI might paraphrase Thomas Nagel’s warning that thousands of years of philosophical inquiry into ethics have produced profound disagreement. So automating ethics might prove elusive.

Daniel Kahneman pointed out that we don’t have any idea how matter generates consciousness. We know we’re conscious, but our confidence that other things are conscious wanes as they become less like us.

We are left only with our intuitions. Therefore, MY AI might add, all the talk about how we should minimize the suffering of sex robots and other in-

telligent machines could be moot.

Nick Bostrom dwelled on possible misalignments between our human goals and the goals of superintelligent, sentient machines. These concerns are so hypothetical, MY AI might argue, that they’re silly.

We should be more worried about the misalignment of goals between ordinary citizens and the powerful corporations and government agencies developing AI right now.

But who would want to read that? MY AI, if it’s smart, will go with laugh lines and sexbots.

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

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Friday Oct. 28 Jummah Prayer, 1 pm, Fielding Room MPHC Climbing Friday, 3pm, Jacobus Lobby Art Club Halloween Event, 7 pm, Palmer Lawn Fall Anime: Spooktober, 9 pm, B 118

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Seven named all conference for Women’s Tennis

SSI - Stevens Institute of Technology women’s tennis senior Alexis Connor, senior Jillian Morneau, junior Katrina Guido, sophomore Sydney Zoretic, sophomore Julia Earl, sophomore Jill Hadwen, and freshman Isabella Calandra were all named Empire 8 All-Conference announced Thursday.

Additionally, head coach Steve Gachko was named Co-Coach of the Year.

Connor earned the first team nod at singles after going 4-4 from the No. 1 position. The veteran was also named to the second

team at doubles due to a 7-4 mark at first.

Guido/Zoretic was Stevens’ lone representative at first-team doubles after the duo completed a perfect 9-0 season earlier this month at the E8 Championship. The record included seven wins against the E8, while all nine wins came at No. 2.

Guido was also named honorable mention at singles where she went 6-3, including a 5-2 mark in conference.

Morneau picked up her first career all-conference nod with a second team appearance at singles. Mor-

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neau went a perfect 8-0 this season, competing from the fourth, fifth and sixth spots.

Calandra was a second teamer at doubles where she teamed with Connor to

go 7-4. Most impressively about the rookie’s season was that she competed exclusively at the first doubles position. Calandra was also named Honorable Mention

singles with a 9-1 season.

Being named honorable mention at doubles was the team of Earl/Hadwen, who went 9-2 this fall in their first season competing together.

Earning Stevens Sportswoman of the Year distinction was freshman Joilin Gomez, an honor earned by one member from each E8 institution who best exemplifies the ideals of competing with honor and integrity.

Stevens went 9-2 this season en route to making its third-straight E8 Championship match.

Men’s Soccer sets program record in blowout win

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SSI - The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s soccer team scored a school-record 16 goals Wednesday night in a 16-1 win over Berkeley

in Hoboken.

The win moved Stevens to 10-5-1, while Berkeley fell to 5-11-1. Stevens’ previous record for goals in a

game was 13 set in 2005.

Sophomore Daniel Aversano and sophomore Chris Cesario each recorded hattricks, while sophomores Jacob Ulasevich and Danny Nasti each scored twice.

Stevens’ offense also got goals from senior Jay Mikula, senior Patrick Masur, sophomore Jimmy Doran, senior Nick DeFelice, junior Matt Perkins, and sophomore David Valian.

The Ducks out-shot Berkeley by a whopping 42-1 margin, 24 of which went on goal.

Masur put the Ducks ahead less than two min-

utes in with a goal from Mikula’s cross, before Aversano made it 2-0 three minutes later with an unassisted goal into the top-left corner.

Mikula got one of his own in the 23rd off a feed from Aversano, followed by Ulasevich’s first career goal in the 31st to put Stevens up 4-0. Berkeley snuck one in in the closing minutes of the half, but it’s the only shot Stevens would allow as the Ducks took the comfortable lead into the break.

Aversano opened the second with his second of the night, followed by one from

DeFelice three minutes later. Cesario followed with two goals of his own, putting the Ducks up 8-1 with just over 35 minutes to go.

Cesario and Aversano each completed their hat tricks soon after, before Doran got into the scoring in the 64th off a cross from junior Gerald Lamina. Stevens tacked five more onto the board over the remainder of regulation, sealing the record-setting win.

The Ducks will wrap up their regular season Saturday when they travel to Houghton for a 12 p.m. match.

Field Hockey falls at Stockton SSI - The Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team dropped its second game in-a-row Wednesday night, 2-1 on the road at Stockton.

The loss dropped Stevens to 9-8, while Stockton evened its record at 8-8.

Senior Nolie Prouty tallied Stevens’ goal off an assist from junior Cassidy O’Hearn, while senior goalie Emily Stukenborg made three saves.

Stockton out-shot Stevens 8-7, although both

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teams tallied six shots on goal.

Stevens opened the contest with a pair of unanswered shots, but Stockton stopped them both before

returning the favor with one of its own that was blocked by junior Drew Lustig.

The Ospreys rattled off one more that Stukenborg

stopped, before breaking through in the 28th minute with the go-ahead score. Stockton converted on another in the final minute of the half, putting the Ducks in a two-goal hole heading into halftime.

Prouty got the Ducks on the board 15 minutes into the second off a pass from O’Hearn, before Stevens unleashed a string of six penalty corners that failed to result in a score.

Juniors Victoria Alvarez and Haines Duff followed

with a pair of shots in the 61st and 63rd minutes, but Stockton goalie Emily Sorochynskyj stopped both to preserve the hometeam lead. Sorochynskyj made one more stop on junior Katti Thomasian’s last-minute attempt, sealing the Stevens loss.

The Ducks will wrap up their regular season Saturday when they travel to Washington and Jefferson for a 10 a.m. match. to Elmira on Saturday for 12 p.m. match against the Soaring Eagles.

Saturday WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS University of Rochester 10:30 a.m.

New York, NY VS Rowan University 12:30 p.m.

New York, NY

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Empire 8 Championships 11 a.m.

Hartwick College

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Empire 8 Championships 11 a.m.

Hartwick College

FIELD HOCKEY at Washington and Jefferson College 10 a.m.

Washington, PA

WOMEN’S SOCCER VS Ithaca College 12 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER at Houghton College 7 p.m.

Caneadea, NY

EQUESTRIAN USMA Show 9 a.m.

Long Valley, NJ

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10/22 10/22

Field Hockey Men’s Soccer Women’s Volleyball Women’s Volleybal Women’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Field Hockey Men’s Soccer

v. Hartwick College v. Alfred University v. St. John Fisher College @ Alfred University v. Elmira College v. Western Connecticut State @ Stockton University v. Berkeley College

1-2 2-1 3-0 3-0 9-0 5-3 1-2 16-1

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WINTER SPORTS FENCING SWIMMING WRESTLING STARTING THIS WEEK

Fencing starts with the Temple University Open Womens: Oct. 29 @ 9 a.m.

Mens: Oct. 30 @ 8 a.m.

Swimming starts with a meet against Rowan University at Stevens Mens & Womens: Oct. 29 @ 1 p.m.

Wrestling starts with the Wrestle Offs, hosted in Walker Gym Oct. 29 @ 10 a.m.

The first compitition will be the Ithaca Invitational on Nov. 4-5 Photos and Information: Stevens Sports Information