[The Stute] September 8, 2017 (Issue 1, Volume CXV)

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Friday, September 8, 2017

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On Tuesday, I sat down with the new Dean of the Schaefer School of Engineering and Science, Dr. Jean Zu. Walking into the second floor of the EAS building to find her office under renovation, it was clear that change was coming to the school. Dean Zu’s new position means that she is now in charge of overseeing eight departments and 50 academic programs.

Dean Zu’s story starts in China where she attended one of the country’s top engineering schools, Tsinghua University. There she completed both her undergraduate and master degrees in the field of engineering mechanics, an interdisciplinary field that combines math, physics, and engineering all into one degree.

There, she also began her career as a professor and researcher for three years. Her particular field of study focuses on mechanical vibrations. From the vibrations of car engines to energy harvesting bio-instruments, Dean Zu has done it all.

At that point in time, Professor Zu was in a state of economic hardship, but she had the dream of coming to the West and studying abroad. Her father, a very important academic in China, pushed her to make the move. Through a friend of hers, she was able to apply to one school in Canada, the University of Manitoba, because she had the application fee waived by someone who would end up becoming her supervisor. She jumped at this chance, adding that “whenever a good opportunity is presented, I would never miss it.” But she felt it very important to clarify that a good opportunity includes timing and making sure to leave no unfinished business behind. That one application opened the door to the rest of her career. At Manitoba, she earned her Ph.D. and continued her research.

From Manitoba, she was accepted to the University of Toronto, a top school in Canada, as a professor. Dean Zu was happily surprised to be accepted to the school because she did not expect any chance of getting in.

Class of 2021 is welcomed to Stevens community at Convocation

by ELINA TUDER Staff Writer

Mere months after sitting on athletic fields preparing to graduate high school, the Class of 2021 found itself in a similar seating arrangement on August 30, 2017 at New Student Convocation.

However, this time instead of closing a chapter of their lives, they were welcomed to begin a new one.

From the procession of staff, administration, alumni, and student leaders, it was clear that this formal ceremony was meant to officially induct the Class of 2021 into the Stevens community. Following the singing of the national anthem, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Christophe Pierre, welcomed the class and advised the students to take advantage of the copious amount of opportunities that Stevens has to offer, such as joining clubs, studying abroad, conducting research projects, trying internships, and pursuing a graduate degree.

After Provost Pierre spoke, President Nariman Farvardin gifted the class with information about Stevens’ history and alumni, including the fact that Edwin A. Stevens left a request in his will to found the Stevens Institute of Technology, and the fun fact that Stevens graduate Alfred Fielding, Class of 1939, co-invented

bubble wrap. The President emphasized his belief that Stevens students positively impact the world and urges the students to “go forth boldly, as [they] carry the spirit of this university… the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.”

Following the President, Mayor Dawn Zimmer took the stage to give her final address at a Stevens Convocation, as this is her last mayoral term. She thanked Stevens students for contributing to the Hoboken community through service, starting with the freshmen who participated in a volunteering activity during orientation. The mayor also stressed the importance of Stevens students integrating themselves into the Hoboken community and voicing their thoughts at city meetings. Overall, Mayor Zimmer hopes that

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this incoming class of Stevens students will uphold the tradition of helping the neighborhood, and she welcomes them to Hoboken.

Next, the class heard from two student leaders: Student Government President, Thomas Daly, and Chairwoman of the Stevens Honor Board, Olivia Schreiber. Thomas reflected on his last four years at Stevens and shared with the class that it is perfectly normal to make mistakes, because they help shape the individual, develop courage, and learn how to rebuild oneself after failure. Afterwards, Olivia explained the importance of giving credit where credit is due, as there was no honor system in place when botanists failed to pay homage to Gregor Johann Mendel’s work with pea plant hybridization for

gene research. With Olivia leading, the class then reaffirmed its commitment to the Stevens Honor System by reciting the pledge.

Subsequently, the President of the Stevens Alumni Association, Victoria Velasco, presented the Class of 2021 with the class banner, which will be displayed at all class gatherings, including Commencement in 2021, as a representation of the class bond.

Stevens has previously hosted 146 Convocations, but this year it was changed to the New Student Convocation, thus eliminating all aspects of Convocation that did not center on freshmen. Prior to this year, Convocation included the presentation

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From there she continued on to become the chair of her department in 2009.

That particular department had recently undergone a merger which left some hostile feelings lingering between faculty and alumni.

As the Chair, Zu was able to seamlessly turn this hostility around and create a community filled with unity and loyalty. In addition to this, she modernized an outdated management system and led the department to great success. She attributes many of her leadership abilities to her father, saying that leadership is in her blood.

A short time later, another school came looking for then chairwoman Zu to become dean of their school, but she turned down the offer. Zu felt the timing

was not right for her and remained in her position until four years later when Stevens came knocking and she answered the call. She described her life as one full of bonuses. The most she ever dreamed of was becoming a professor; becoming a department chair and now dean was not even part of her wildest dreams.

Dean Zu is headed for great success with her three-part plan to build a stronger community. The first step is increasing lines of communication, starting with a monthly newsletter from the Schaefer School and a town hall meeting every semester so students have the chance to voice their opinions on how to improve the school.

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From DuckSync to DuckLink

by MONICA MOSER Staff Writer

This school year, Stevens made a change in its online hub for Student Life, switching from using DuckSync to DuckLink. This unexpected and sudden change in online systems came as a shock to Stevens students, many of whom had no idea that DuckSync had any problems worth addressing.

The change was announced on August 4, 2017 through an email sent out by Assistant Director of Undergraduate Student Life Chris Shemanski. He wrote in a message that on August 7, DuckSync would be deactivated and by August 8, Student Life would be operating under DuckLink. The transition was swift, and student data previously stored on DuckSync transferred over to the new platform, including portals, users, organization rosters, upcoming events, and involvement history.

Shemanski also offered insight about the change, stating that the sudden change was due to complaints by students.

Shemanski said, “Despite the features offered with DuckSync, many students continuously expressed frustrations with the interface and overall user experience as a student leader.” Stu-

dent Life had been planning this transition since the spring of 2017, when OrgSync (the previous system) was bought out

by Campus Labs and offered OrgSync users the chance to use their platform Engage. The new system has an improved interface but allowed Stevens to keep their current support staff.

DuckLink, while it has most if not all of the previous benefits of DuckSync, also has some new and very different features. Shemanski stated that one of those new features is called Paths, which is a way for clubs to monitor a student’s service hours for it. There also is an app, called Corq, that syncs with DuckLink so students can access these services while they are on the go.

Shemanski hopes that DuckLink will help enable students to showcase their events for their respective organizations.

While it will take some time to work out the bugs for the new system, Shemanski believes that the students will be better off “given the capabilities of this robust system.”

Students can access the website by going to stevens.campuslabs.com/ engage or right from their myStevens account.

Anyone from the Stevens community can access it by entering their Stevens credentials.

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Fall is around the corner, what do you look forward to?

Autumn. Fall. These words are synonyms.

Do either of them excite you? They sure excite me. For most of us, the autumn season is either one group of months surrounding Halloween, or a bitter reminder that the harsh, cold, and blistering winds of winter are coming. Speaking of winter, how about that finale?

Nevermind that, it’s off topic. Having an infatuation with a certain time of year may sound a bit stu-

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chance to better your fashion sense, raise your GPA, and, ideally, reinvent yourself as a person. As a student, it represents the start of a new year. There are new faces on campus and fresh career opportunities.

I just don’t feel any of those things during the other seasons. During the winter months, I am constantly in a state of envy of bears that have the ability to hibernate. In the spring, I’m just scrambling to get my life together and survive the

school year. The summer months just bring laziness and fatigue to the point where it’s just a warm blur for me. I’m excited for the coming months, and very much not excited for that first snowflake to drop.

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pid, but I truly think we become different people four times a year. Autumn just so happens to be the season where I feel like I’m most conscious of myself and my well-being. I think a lot of it stems from fall fashion and the lower temperatures.

My ideal fall outdoor scene is, of course, the leaves falling and the pumpkins on the street corner. But most importantly, I like the cool temperatures. Not cold – just cool. Above all, fall is a symbol for opportunity. A

Mind of a Freshman

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by MARY RUANE

Freshman Business and Technology Major

The most difficult thing about college is starting a new life, with new friends, all of whom you know little to nothing about. It is hard to put yourself out there and talk to people just because you want to.

I’ve been told by many people that they wish they could just start up and hold conversations the way I do; a skill I never knew I possessed until these people began to point it out to me. I always shrug it off because I love to talk, and I’m sure that people are sick of hearing me tell stories about how I got lost on the street adjacent to mine while out on a run,

or the occasional reiteration of one of the many stories from my father’s wild childhood. I’m going to take this opportunity to talk about the art of conversation and how to put yourself out there in not only college, but in life.

Be confident. The most cliche tip I’m going to give during this entire article is to be more confident. Sure, you’ve heard it and you’re wondering how the heck you are supposed to be a walking stud like my man Tony Stark in the Iron Man movies. Don’t worry, I already know that no one can realistically reach the level of confidence that Robert Downey Jr. possesses, but you can definitely learn to play the part. Approaching someone and introducing yourself to them is one of the best things you can do to make friends.

Confidence is attractive in a friend, partner, and potential employee. Like street poet and philosopher Kanye West once said, “I am the number one living and breathing

rock star.” Be your own kind of rock star.

Be interesting. Join a club, go to concerts, watch television shows and movies, listen to different types of music, anything you can think of. Have something to talk about beyond the initial ‘Hello’. You don’t have to be the same major as someone for them to be interested in what you have to say. If you have something you enjoy or something you stand for, that you could talk about for a long time, you will have no problem keeping people engaged.

Listen. You can talk for hours about yourself– everyone thinks they are the most interesting thing to happen since the 2017 election. But talking about yourself as if you’re the 2017 election will end the same way; like a train wreck. You can certainly talk about yourself, but listen to what the other person has to say. Be interested in them, or at least pretend to be. Ask questions about the things they’re interested in. Find out

things about them, get them to open up a bit (and not in an emotional way, just find out things they enjoy). Smile and nod, stay engaged otherwise they’re going to think that you want to be doing anything other than talking to them. Never give off that impression or it will be returned to you.

Now, I’m not saying that three tips are going to make you the best conversationalist on campus, let alone the world.

But I do hope these tips have helped you to become more aware of the things you could do, or emphasize to hold a conversation for more than a couple of minutes. Remember, don’t be afraid to put yourself out there!

People love it when others start conversations with them, as everyone is just as nervous to make friends as you are. Don’t be discouraged by the kid who didn’t (or pretended not to) hear you when you said your name to them before math class.

Just stay confident, and the world will be at your feet.

Senioritis

A trip down an eclipsed memory lane

by OLIVIA SCHREIBER Senior ChemBio Major

There are many things I wish to block out of my memory when I recall my times as a sixth-grader at Pequannock Valley Middle School: the highly exclusive cliques that instigated and perpetuated gossip, the incessant schvitzing due to the lack of air-conditioning in all of the classrooms, and, of course, the awkwardness and self-consciousness that is often attached to the 13-year-old experience.

Despite these—shall I say grievances—there are countless moments I look back upon fondly, many of which occurred in the classroom. One such memory that I recently found myself reliving was the last day of sixth grade, in Mr. Danziger’s science class.

I remember it vividly: standing in front of the classroom, Mr. Danziger invited all of his former, current, and future students to join him in South Carolina in the summer of 2017 to experience a solar eclipse in the path of totality. To him, it was the ultimate out-of-classroom experience. And to me? What can I say, it was the last day of sixth grade: the ending of what had been a socially-tortuous (albeit academically-invigorating) school year, so his enthusiasm towards an event that was

set to occur almost ten years in the future was partially eclipsed by my eagerness for summer vacation.

Fast-forward to the beginning of August this year, and Mr. Danziger’s invitation to join him down south continued to resurface from the deepest parts of my hippocampus. It was not possible for me to travel to see the phenomena, though I was intrigued and nostalgic and I longed to talk to someone who would get to experience a total solar eclipse. I perused my old middle school website and was pleased to know that Mr. Danziger was still teaching sixthgrade science and that I could very quickly access his email.

My email to him was brief: I re-introduced myself, asked him what his plans were for the

2017 Solar Eclipse, informed him I’d be graduating Stevens with a Chemical Biology degree in May, and thanked him for instilling a wonder and appreciation for science within me during my sixth-grade year— that part is very much the truth. I had doubts that he’d respond to me given we were still in summer vacation, but to my surprise, he returned my email several days later. His email was more than I expected, but what bewildered me more was that I, among all of his students in all of his years, was the only person to ever contact him about the eclipse, let alone express an interest in going. He went on further to explain that he was not going to travel this year given the sheer number of people that were expected to travel to the

path of totality and instead would wait until the 2024 eclipse, calculated to be a bit closer to New Jersey.

To be quite honest, I was saddened by the fact that none of his students ever contacted him about it. Perhaps other students of his had in fact been interested and traveled to the 70mile wide strip spanning across the contiguous United States to watch the moon traipse slowly within the sun’s path; better yet, maybe one of his students now worked for NASA or an aerospace engineering firm.

But perhaps that’s one of the downsides of being a teacher—like my former high school biology teacher once wrote to me, “I often feel that the greatest shortcoming of the profession is not knowing what the next chapter in a student’s

life is going to be.”

Despite all of these thoughts, the Solar Eclipse was a glorious sight (with the right eye protection, of course).

But its highly-anticipated arrival evoked a sense of appreciation within me for all those who have contributed to my education. Just like Mr. Danziger invited me and my classmates to join him in this momentous viewing, I invite you—with whatever little authority I have—to think back to someone who might have made an impression on you, however big or small.

Email them, stop by their classroom when you’re home, and maybe grab lunch. I’ve learned that eclipsing our memories for fear of “living in the past” needn’t be the case. Besides, the moon is much better at that than us anyway.

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Technically Speaking

AMD’s big year

by DAVID HOROWITZ Freshman Cybersecurity Major

Even if someone is not interested in computers or doesn’t purchase any AMD products, they are affected by how well AMD is doing. The reason is simple: AMD is the only competitor for Intel in the consumer CPU segment and the only competitor for NVIDIA in the consumer graphics segment.

Without the efforts of AMD, there would be little to no innovation in these markets. This year, AMD has released several important products, including their new CPU lines “Ryzen” and “Threadripper” and their new graphics line “Vega.”

Ryzen has been a huge success for many reasons.

In 2006, AMD and Intel had close to 50/50 market share in the CPU market.

They were in very close competition at this point, constantly trying to outdo each other and driving innovation. By 2008, AMD had fallen to 30% market share, and fell below 20% by 2016. Several poor CPU releases left consumers only purchasing budget AMD CPUs. Intel saw AMD as no threat, and their last

3 years of CPU releases have had extremely marginal improvements. Intel also has turned to several anti-consumer practices, such as not allowing new CPUs to work with slightly older motherboards for no good reason other than to profit.

Thankfully, in early 2017 AMD released a great product to shake up Intel’s dominance. When Ryzen came out, it held the top charts on Amazon.com for weeks over Intel CPUs. In one quarter, AMD’s market share jumped 10%.

The best part, however, is that Intel is making real improvements to their next CPUs, called Coffee Lake. They will include more cores than Intel has ever included in their consumer level chips. This is

a direct response to Ryzen and a perfect example of why competition is important.

Threadripper is the prolevel version of Ryzen.

It was designed to be a competitor with Intel’s “i7 Extreme” chips. AMD has also provided some competition for Intel in this space. Although Threadripper is not the fastest chip available, it undercuts Intel’s equivalent offerings by hundreds of dollars. Again, this provides another avenue to pressure Intel into doing something with their large profit margins.

Vega, unfortunately, seems to be a different story. The launch of Vega has been plagued with problems. A later than expected release combined

with strange pricing issues that AMD refuses to give a straight answer about gives a bad look. Furthermore, the performance of Vega is not what was to be expected for such a long wait. The more expensive model, called Vega 64, competes with the NVIDIA GTX 1080. It was supposed to retail for the same price of $499, but it seems to only be selling for $599 and above. It is very similar the 1080 in performance, as they trade blows in different benchmarks. The worst part is that the Vega 64 uses a lot more power and generates more heat as a result. This leaves the Vega 64 as a very poor choice for anyone not using it to mine Ethereum, which AMD still has the advan-

tage in. This also leaves the NVIDIA 1080 Ti with no suitable competitor, as it is more powerful than the 1080 and Vega 64.

Although the lower end card (Vega 56) fares better, it too is outmatched by the NVIDIA equivalent.

Overall, despite the Vega misstep, AMD had an incredible year. They gained significant market share for the first time in over 10 years and produced a CPU that can push Intel to compete with them. When Intel releases their new CPUs this fall, everyone looking to purchase a laptop or desktop will appreciate the improvements that AMD helped bring them, whether they purchase a Ryzen CPU or an Intel one.

Girl Talk

The perfectionist problem: Why talented women get shut out of tech

by NAMANKITA RANA

Junior Engineering Management Major

At this point in my life, I consider myself a confident person. I don’t say that lightly — it took a lot of self-discovery to get here, and I would be remiss in saying that journey is over. Still, these days, I’m pretty much content with myself, flaws and all. I don’t really ever succumb to bouts of self-doubt (because really, who has the time?).

But just a few months ago, I did have a brief — but revelatory — slip-up.

It was just a few weeks out from my first real “corporate” summer internship. A quick call from the company briefing me on my role — in-

nocuous enough on surface — left me with the worst case of cold feet I’ve had in years.

I’d known about the job and role for months, but suddenly I was terrified by the prospect of actually working.

Why? I was worried that I’d fail.

I had interviewed for the job here at Stevens, against graduate students in the same field. But suddenly, I was convinced that this was a field I was not skilled enough to work in, that I’d somehow duped the person who’d interviewed me for the position (and who would become my boss), and that I was, on whole, making a huge mistake.

I confessed to close friends that as great of an opportunity as the internship was about to be, I wasn’t deserving of it. Despite their reassurances that I’d be able to learn on the job even if I didn’t meet 100% of the requirements, I couldn’t shake a sense of real, crippling fear. In short, I was

positive that my first truly “technical” work outing was about to be nothing short of a disaster.

The job started, the summer passed, and my initial reservations ended up being patently false.

The experience was amazing, and I far exceeded any expectations, including my own. In hindsight, I wanted to chide myself for not being brave enough to consider that I was capable of much more than I gave myself credit for.

I share this story because this narrative of self-doubt, of a lack of of bravery, is one that is disproportionate among women. Why? Let me explain.

In the 1980s, psychologist Carol Dweck ran an experiment that looked at how bright fifth graders handled an assignment that was too difficult for them. She found that bright girls were quick to give up — in fact, the higher the IQ, the more likely they were to give up. Bright boys, on the

other hand, found the difficult material to be an energizing challenge.

They were more likely to redouble their efforts and eventually, succeed in their attempts.

What’s going on? Well, at the fifth grade level, girls outperform boys in every subject, including math and science, so ability is not the issue. The difference lies in how boys and girls approach a challenge. Because girls have been conditioned into being perfectionists since birth in a way that boys rarely are, they choose to give up rather than attempt something that may not produce an outcome that is 100% correct.

And this self-crippling behavior doesn’t just end in fifth grade. When a professional endeavor goes wrong, women are more likely to blame themselves. Yet when something goes right, they credit circumstance – or other people – for their success. (Men do the opposite.)

A famous HP report found that men will apply for a job even if they meet only 60 percent of the qualifications, but women will apply only if they meet 100 percent of the qualifications.

100 percent. When you run the statistical tests… the devastating professional implications are obvious.

These kinds of studies are usually invoked as evidence that, well, women need a little more confidence. But, as Reshma Saujini (the founder of Girls Who Code) so beautifully articulates in her TED Talk on the topic, these sorts of studies are merely evidence that women have been socialized to aspire to perfection, and they’re overly cautious when they should be brave instead.

And that’s a serious problem. Because even whilst women are climbing the corporate ranks, dominating the workforce and graduating in higher numbers than men, that socialization of perfec-

tion is causing women to take less risks in their careers. It’s the reason why the 600,000+ jobs that are open right now in computing and tech are leaving women behind.

Because how can women jump the ranks of the professional world if we don’t even believe we’re supposed to be there?

Our economy is being left behind on all the problems women would solve, all the innovations they would make, if they were socialized to be brave instead of socialized to be perfect. To be both confident and competent. To not doubt their own abilities, and take risks.

But perhaps the most useful takeaway of all of this talk about confidence and bravery and risks is recognizing that it’s a problem at all. Knowing that it’s there, that’s it’s normal to be nervous, that it’s not just you, and then, in the moment, trying to overcome it. That, in my opinion, may just darn well be the bravest thing a girl can do.

SGA Roundup

The SGA: Why you should care

by MARK KRUPINSKI

Sophomore Computational Science Major

The SGA (Student Government Association) is the dominant figure in student life at Stevens. If the SGA likes you, your club is probably going succeed at Stevens and get pretty much whatever its wants. On the other hand, if the SGA

doesn’t like you expect to get popular events hosted by your organization cut. How does the SGA do this? The SGA is in control of distributing the student activity fee ($220.00 per student) as it sees fit to clubs and other events as it sees fit.

Despite the other roles the SGA has, this one is most dominant. Budgeting affects everyone at Stevens, whether it kills a club they cherish, or gets rid of an event they’ve always loved to go to with friends. It affects everyone, but it should take a backseat to a more important role: being a unified, representative voice for the undergraduate student body.

In the event of a controversy, the SGA, most notably its president, is supposed to look out for best interests of the student body – that includes criticizing individuals for suppressing human rights despite the possibility that they might revoke a large donation (That is an issue for administration and does not inherently deal with representing the rights of the student body). This is one of the most overlooked roles of the SGA as it is not always the most prevalent; however, when controversy arises, the SGA most visible function – budgeting – should take a backseat.

The last role of the SGA is to improve cam-

pus life for all students.

This is the broadest role that the SGA takes. Sure, the other two roles could fall into this one – but “improving campus life” is supposed to take on a more “unique” meaning.

Such as working to improve access to feminine hygiene products on campus (yay!), or working on making campus smokefree (hmmm, ok), or the work they’re most proud of, getting new Adirondack chairs! How else will we be able to relax after a hard day at work or working to improve life on campus. I mean, if my crowning achievement was something this grand that it caused me to slack off on all my other

duties, including representing the student body, I’d surely want to get paid for all this hard work!

Wait a minute… Someone looked at the agenda

for the next meeting?

Damn it, guess we’ll have to try again next week. *SGA adds a tally mark under the “fails to blind student body” column*

Campus Pulse

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Roving Reporter What did you think of Freshman Orientation?

“I did pre-orientation so going to the city was a lot of fun”

“It was very informative and it helped me learn a lot about campus and resources on campus”

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“It was long but it was kind of nice. It kind of helped to make new friends and everything”

“I thought that it was boring at times but overall a really great experience”

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News Dean

Continued from front page

The second step is stronger collaboration, in every aspect of the word.

This includes all students, faculty, schools, and departments that make up Stevens. Finally, one of the most important steps is to project the great success stories of Stevens to the world with the hopes of making Stevens an even more elite school known in every corner of the globe. Her goal is to help Stevens become part of the top 50 universities in the world. Many of these ideas come from her previous experiences

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in which she has proven these ideas to have worked.

Finally, I ended by asking Dean Zu what advice she has for the incoming freshman and the seniors that are set to graduate in 2018 from the Schaefer School. For the freshman, she said that these are tough fields to study, so persistence and patience are very important, but also build lifetime relationships with friends and have fun memories along the way. And for the seniors, she noted the great foundation that they have been given, and “to keep lifelong learning and growth, it’s only the beginning.”

SDS presents “The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza”

by CHARLES ZWICKER Staff Writer

This weekend was the Stevens Dramatic Society’s performance of The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza, a fun reimagining of many of the Greek mythology stories you’re probably familiar with. Gods going to marriage counseling, Hercules as an intern, an Argonaut that transforms into a bucket of water – these are a few of the ways that this show throws humor into what would normally be a dull story.

The plot follows the story of two narrators: one who is well-prepared for her presentation on Greek mythology

and one who is not, mistaking the assignment as a presentation about “the Geeks” (which he plans to wing from the Wikipedia article he read). Ultimately, they compromise and tell us their interpretation of Greek mythology – including the Sixth Street closure escaping from Pandora’s box.

SDS will be performing at least two more shows this year, the first of which will be their Fall play, “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,” beginning on Nov. 9. If you’re interested in joining SDS, go to the next GBM on Oct. 11, or email sds@ stevens.edu for more information.

Hurricane Harvey decimates Texas

by NICK BURNS Staff Writer

On Friday, August 26th, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in the small Texas town of Rockport. The storm devastated the area as it made its way inland to Houston, which was inundated with floods and rain, which broke all previous rainfall records for a single storm in the continental US, with 51.88 inches recorded.

Hurricane Harvey is the first major hurricane to hit the US since 2005, when Hurricane Katrina devastated the New Orleans area, striking late at night. The storm was positioned over the Houston area and the storm surge elevated Galveston Bay, where such high floodwaters would normally drain. The storm’s unwavering position, along with the storm surge blocking outflow and the storm’s linger-

ing position over the Gulf has led to Houston streets becoming rivers.

Images of people standing on their roofs amidst floods bring to mind Katrina survivors. J. Mar-

the west end of the Gulf of Mexico, has been hit with many hurricanes through the years; however, the state has not experienced a category 4 hurricane since 1961,

domestic oil and gasoline production, have been affected; however, due to the rapid and thorough devastation of the area, no predictions can be made as to how

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shall Shepherd, director of atmospheric sciences at the University of Georgia has stated that, due to the orientation of the storm over both the Houston area and still the Gulf of Mexico, “you’ve just got this stream of moisture firehosing into the Houston area... This could go down as the worst flood disaster in U.S. history.”

Texas, positioned at

when Hurricane Carla forced half a million residents from their homes.

A category 4 hurricane is defined as having sustained maximum wind speeds of at least 130 mph, which were Harvey’s exact maximum wind speeds, therefore classifying it as a category 4.

Texan refineries, which make up a large part of the United State’s

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the industry will react.

Oil prices are expected to increase from this event, as they often do when storms strike the Gulf of Mexico, and gas shortages are already being reported around the Houston area, as roughly a million barrels a day of production have been shut down by the storm, as well as a quarter of the offshore drilling operations.

There were estimated to be 30 deaths as of midday Wednesday; however, Hurricane Harvey took a strange and unexpected turn back inland, making second landfall just over the Texas-Louisiana border. At the time of second landfall, the storm’s wind-speed was reaching maximums between 50 and 60 mph, no longer qualifying the storm as a formal hurricane. The deluge of rain that comes with the hurricane is still expected to devastate the area, with predictions as high as 20 or more inches of rain before the end.

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of awards to upperclassmen and faculty as well as honorary degrees, but the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, Sara Klein, noted that “Convocation needed a clear purpose, and that purpose should be to welcome and motivate our new students. In the past, Convocation had too many purposes, which made it confusing.” Thus, she decided to spearhead the changes to this year’s ceremony to enhance the freshman experience.

In addition to the removal of past awards, this year’s event also included a Keynote Speaker, Dr. Kelland Thomas, the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters. Thomas interlaced the themes of this year’s

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summer reading book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, by reminding the Class of 2021 of its power over technological advancement, which must be ensured to benefit everyone.

Dr. Kelland Thomas is confident that with a Stevens education, the Class of 2021 will be able to fulfill its responsibility “to ensure that technology leads us to a better life, a society of abundance, a more just world, and a more sustainable planet for all of us, to ensure that technology brings us closer together instead of dividing us”.

On the whole, this year’s New Student Convocation served to officially welcome the Class of 2021 to Stevens and provide freshmen with encouragement to succeed in all of their endeavors.

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Residence Life hosts 9th annual “Red and Gray Party”

by MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM Staff Writer

Following a nineyear tradition, Stevens’ Residence Life hosted the Red & Gray ‘Glow in the Duck’ Party to celebrate the start of the semester. “[The Red & Gray Party] has become a staple to the Stevens community,” said Steven Couras, Campus Area Director of Stevens, who, in collaboration with the resident assistants, oversaw this event. “We keep it new and fresh, and [each year] it’s our first major event that shows our school spirit.”

The 9th Annual ‘Red & Gray Party’ was hosted on August 28, 2017, which was the first day of classes for most Stevens students. For two weeks leading up to the event, posters were hung around campus and announcements were made in numerous emails to advertise the event. An hour before the ‘Red & Gray Party,’ Residence Life knocked on all the doors of the first-year dorms as a final reminder

for the party.

Whether it was the heavy advertising or the promise of ‘Glow Swag’ for the “first 250 students,” there was a line of over 300 people that coiled from Walker Gymnasium all the way to the Howe Center, all of whom were waiting to enter the party.

“We never had a line this long before,” said Couras, smiling at this unprecedented feat.

Once inside the Red & Gray Party, all types of music blared from the stereos, ranging from pop music — such as ‘Despacito’ and ‘Party in the USA’ — to modern electronic club music.

For a third year, Residence Life invited ‘DJ Ozone’ — a Music and Technology major at Stevens, whose real name is Owen Egbert — to DJ the event.

The Stevens Book Store donated 20 gift cards and certificates for this event, which Residence Life awarded to the most “en-

thusiastic dancers” on the dance floor.

This created a dance floor full of modern club dancing, ‘the robot,’ and other moves.

But some didn’t need incentive to have choreography prepped. Two of Stevens’ Multicultural Greek organizations — Omega Phi Beta and Lambda Upsilon Lambda — were invited to ‘stroll’ at the Red & Gray Party. ‘Strolling’ is a type of synchronized dance popular among fraternities and sororities, and this, for some, was a highlight of the night.

After about two hours, people dwindled out of Walker Gym, and the event ended. Residence Life didn’t record the event’s attendance, but they estimated “over 700 people” were present over the course of the night, which made the event “a huge success.”

Next year, Residence Life hopes to make the event even “more fresh” by making it bigger and better.

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Letter to the Editor

Renewing the best of Charlottesville

by DAVID ROGERS

Seeing the footage from the alt-right rally in Charlottesville four weeks ago gave the appearance of a tranquil college town, typically livelier than Hoboken, under attack. Any civilized person could see this physically - counter-protesters being run over by a white nationalist (unlike some, I only use that term when it actually applies), disorderly combat in the streets, businesses being threatened and vandalized, etc. Coincidentally, the events happened shortly after I read about Charlottesville’s finest citizen and the ideals he ingrained in the US at its beginning. I speak, of course, about Thomas Jefferson.

Had Jefferson never left Monticello, it would be hard to believe that neo-Confederates would oppose the ideals of a 18th19th century slaveholder. However, it’s his ideals that he is remembered for the most, and he did not, by any stretch of the imagination, believe himself, Washington, Hamilton, Madison, or any of the other founders to be an immaculate embodiment of those ideals. Fulfilling bold ideals (which they are, especially for the 18th century), much like technology, is not something a single generation can figure out to perfection, make reality, and ‘close the books on’ for millions unborn. He believed (probably to naivete)

in future generations “improvements”, and carrying out the ideals of unalienable rights, equality, etc. in ways that the founding generation never realized, or even imagined. This is why he founded the University of Virginia. He was a leader in his generation’s fight against monarchs and theocracy, but he knew that posterity would use the same ideals to further enlightenment ideals - science, liberty, tolerance, etc. Indeed, looking at the Civil War, a mere 24 years after the last founder died, Lincoln appealed to the Declaration of Independence’s ideals when promoting the “new birth of freedom” in the Gettysburg Address.

Alexander Stephens (Confederate Vice President) on the other hand, in his notorious “Cornerstone” speech, said that the founders’ ideas were “fundamentally wrong”, and therefore slavery was fine.

It should be obvious that the several hundred neo-Nazis and sort in Charlottesville that weekend were doing the exact opposite of further fulfilling the ideals. They seek to erase the improvements generations before us had made and revive the ideologies that are otherwise obviated to ugly stains in history textbooks. So not only was the city itself under a sort of attack, but the ideals that are the bedrock of the University, that made the city what it is, that made the city a city as

opposed to a tourist attraction in the middle of farmland were under attack. (Ok, Jefferson would have wanted Charlottesville to remain farmland, but that’s another story.)

But how does this relate to us in the (much larger than not) nonneo-Nazi world? It’s still true, though to a lesser extent than it was in 1777, that the world we control does not 100% live up to the ideals ingrained in the Declaration. The Americans of 3017 will read about some things we do, or are complicit in, and wonder “how the #&^* did they let that happen?” In order for us to improve the world with those ideals, a healthy skepticism is necessary. I am not advocating for changing things for the sake of changing things, or cherry-picking and twisting ideals in a fanatic and/or impulsive manner. Honestly applying them in enlightened manner is necessary. A sheer impulse on any subject is typically bad to obey in the long term. (Many of history’s “bad guys”, including Al Capogne and some 20th century tyrants, were seemingly blind and impulsive enough to consider themselves public benefactors.) Rather, I am saying that an honest an critical look at one’s present conditions, accompanied of course by a lot of fact and enlightenment thought, is how societies can improve and human minds are released from shackles.

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Scientific Curmudgeon

Google engineer fired for sexist memo ain’t no hero

by JOHN HORGAN CAL Professor

Last month, I was trying to enjoy the final weeks of my summer vacation when a ruckus I couldn’t ignore erupted in the tech world. Google fired software engineer James Damore for writing a memo in which he attributes “the gender gap in tech” to biological differences between men and women. 81 percent of Google’s employees are male.

In his memo, Damore says females are on av-

erage less ambitious and more prone to “neuroticism” than males and “have a stronger interest in people rather than things.” Damore claims these male-female differences are “exactly what we would predict from an evolutionary psychology perspective.” That is, the differences are innate, bred into us by natural selection. Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai canned Damore for “advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace,” a violation of the company’s code of conduct.

In a Wall Street Journal essay, “Why I Was Fired

by Google,” Damore defends himself and denounces Google. He calls his memo a “reasoned, well-researched, goodfaith argument,” which suggests that “at least some of the male-female disparity in tech could be attributed to biologi-

cal differences (and, yes, I said that bias against women was a factor too.)”

He presents himself as a courageous defender of truth. Google, in contrast, is an “echo chamber” that is “intolerant of scientific debate and reasoned argument.” Damore notes that Noam Chomsky, the linguist and social critic, once wrote: “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.”

But Chomsky has expressed abhorrence for research into cognitive differences between different groups. In his 1987 book Language and Problems of Knowledge Chomsky wrote: “Surely people differ in their biologically determined qualities. The world would be too horrible to contemplate if they did not. But discovery of

a correlation between some of these qualities is of no scientific interest and of no social significance, except to racists, sexists and the like.”

Historically, research into cognitive differences between males and females and between races the research has justified sexism and racism and white, male dominance.

The research has had less than zero redeeming value. Evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics, which seek to trace cognitive differences between genders and races to genetic differences, have atrocious track records, as I pointed out on in my 1999 book The Undiscovered Mind.

Damore’s musings on female “neuroticism” and lack of ambition remind me of nonsense propagated early in the last century by geneticist Charles Davenport, founder of Cold

Spring Harbor Laboratory and a prominent proponent of eugenics. The ability to be a naval officer, Davenport asserted in 1919, is an inherited trait that is unique to males.

At the time, American women still had not won the right to vote, let alone serve as military officers.

The Damore brouhaha resembles the 2013 debate over Jason Richwine, a scholar at the conservative Heritage Foundation.

Richwine suggested that Hispanic immigrants are innately less intelligent than white Americans and should be screened more vigorously. The Heritage Foundation disavowed his views, and Richwine left the organization. Journalist Andrew Sullivan warned that the “effective firing” of Richwine “should immediately send up red flags about intellectual freedom.”

Similarly, New York Times

columnist David Brooks defends Damore and declares that Google’s CEO Pichai should resign for squelching “the free flow of information.” Damore and his supporters present themselves as heroic champions of free inquiry in an era of stultifying political correctness.

Here’s the problem with that position. When you suggest that white males are biologically superior to other groups, you are sticking up for those who hold power and denigrating those who lack it. You are feeding our society’s corrosive sexism and racism. That makes you a bully, not a hero, especially if you are a white male yourself.

You deserve to be fired.

John Horgan directs the Center for Science Writings. This column is adapted from one posted on his Scientific American blog “Cross-check.”

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Campus Liberal

Campus Conservative

Please, don’t stop dreaming

Should DACA be ended?

both had curly hair. We were essentially twins — exact same interests, both told stupid jokes, and we smiled whenever possible.

But, unlike me, Fed wasn’t born in Arkansas; he was from Mexico. Three months before first grade, Fed’s parents brought him to America so he could have “a better life.” At six years old, Fed was ‘undocumented’ — or, as called by some, an ‘illegal alien.’

This past Tuesday, Federico’s status in America became threatened. President Trump announced he was phasing out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA. This program offers a reprieve from deportation for certain people under 31, most of whom were typically brought to the United States as young children, such as three or four years old.

The DACA program requires people like Federico to renew a permit every two years (he has to pay the administrative fees), and in return, Federico is allowed to pay taxes, go to school, get a job, and travel freely within the United States.

Yet by phasing out DACA, Mr. Trump will send Federico to a country where he has never even lived. And it isn’t just Federico. Almost one million other DACA recipients, commonly called ‘Dreamers,’ will be taken to countries they don’t consider their own.

lent), or been honorably discharged from the military, and have no criminal record.

From a conservative perspective, this executive order is unconstitutional and just all around bad.

The job of the president is NOT to create laws but to execute them as directed by the bills Congress passes. So from the beginning, conservatives of all stripes were opposed to this executive action and the expansion of presidential powers. DACA also sends a signal to any current or future illegal immigrants that now is the time to come to the US. DACA essentially created a magnet effect, drawing in more illegal immigration, which is not good for the U.S. and those trying to come here legally. This is evidenced by the mass waves of immigration from South and Central America a short time later.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration made the call to put a six-month expiration date on DACA. This means that Trump has removed himself from blame if DACA is either completely eliminated by Congress or if DACA is kept in an immigration bill. In the end, the blame will be mostly on Congress. The 800,000 people who have registered through the program know no other life, other than in America, and should not be deported back to their birthplaces. However, they should also not get full status as American Citizens. If you are brought by your parents

by MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM Freshman Computer Science Major

Sometimes I try to remember what I was like when I was sixyears old. I picked my nose a lot. At recess, I played ‘house’ with the other first-graders. And after we played house, we would argue over “who loves the color pink the most.” (I did.)

I try to remember some of my biggest worries: the snacks in my lunchbox or the superhero on my shirt.

I remember telling my mom that, when I grew up, I wanted to be a full-time firefighter and donut maker.

Other than that, I don’t remember much. I assume that’s the same for most of us: we were too young to know what was going on. Before coming to New Jersey for college, I asked my friend Federico the same question — what did he remember?

Fed and I met when we were six; we were in the same first-grade class. He remembered that we bonded quickly because we both liked the same slide at our local park and that we

Mr. Trump is tarnishing America’s lifelong embrace of immigrants, which used to be a pillar of our nation. Even worse, he is punishing the six-year olds who came into this country with no understanding of immigration law — who, at most, only wanted to go to school and fight over the color pink.

If Mr. Trump were ending a program that gave a ‘free pass’ to unauthorized immigrants, I could understand how this could be a manysided issue. But DACA doesn’t provide a ‘free pass.’ Mr. Trump ended a program that directly affects the lives of young children and young professionals.

That is inexcusable.

For me, DACA highlights America’s morals and willingness to help others, transcending politics or economics.

Even though the average Dreamer makes $17 per hour — in total, contributing $512 billion to our nation’s GDP — we can’t use this to decide if a human is worth keeping in our communities. And even though the average age of a Dreamer is twenty-two years old — a majority of whom are still in high school — we can’t reduce people like Federico to figures.

Unfortunately though, some people remain upset by this program, mainly because of how it started.

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by ALEX MURTAGH

Sophomore Civil Engineering Major

Last week, a story was leaked by the Trump administration claiming that the president had made up his mind on whether or not to end President Obama’s executive order, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

The purpose of Obama passing DACA as an executive order was to protect any illegal immigrant under the age of 31 (as of 2012) who was brought to the United States as a child. While the Obama administration would have liked to pass this legally through Congress, the 2010 midterm elections had left the House in Republican control. With no Republican support there was no chance of the bill passing, so Obama and his “pen and phone” unilaterally ordered the Department of Justice to stop prosecuting those who fall under DACA. Those applying for legal status under DACA must have also been in school, have obtained a high school diploma (or equiva-

here legally as a baby, you are not an American Citizen, unless after five years of residence your parents pass the US Naturalization Test and as a minor you receive derivative citizenship status.

Now don’t get me wrong, the people who qualify for this program are most likely good people. However, why do they get the right to cut the line over people who have fought for years to get here? In order for my family to come to the United States in the late 1800s, they had to travel by foot, get examined in their port of departure, reexamined in the U.S., and pass certain tests.

These tests ranged from medical to academic to examination of economic status. Thousands were rejected for various reasons and had to suffer the consequences. Although the requirements have changed from then to now, illegal immigration is simply not fair to those who do whatever they can to legally pass the modern requirements.

It’s time for a new immigration policy, one which includes tests similar to those back in the 1800s.

Trump has the rare opportunity to enforce immigration and end the debate entirely with the passage of a new law. So personally, I would use DACA as a bargaining chip and go down as the president who fixed immigration once and for all. Until next time, trust what I say, but feel free to verify it for yourself and discover the story of immigration.

Cuisine Corner

Take me to the Little Sandwich Shop down on the light rail.

That’s right, I’m talking about JERSEY CITY. Foodies, hipsters, and business professionals already know this hot dig, but now you can get in on the action too before the Kushners turn it into the next Manhattan.

All hyping of my adopted hometown aside, Journal Square and the financial district of Jersey City are currently in the midst of an incredible upswing. One place that I’ve completely fallen in love with is The Little Sandwich Shop, a breakfast/lunch deli hosting numerous specialties right on the corner of Newark and Grove Streets. If you’re new to Jersey City, it’s about a 2 block walk

from the light rail stop after Newport, or literally across the street from the Grove Street path station.

“It’s far” I know, but if you have a tinder date in Jersey City or you happen to work there on Co-op, this place is definitely worth making the effort for.

Given that I usually don’t go to delis, I wasn’t sure

by MARKO DJAPIC what to even get. ForJunior tunately my co-workers Chemical Biology Major helped out with the decision when they recommended the burgers and Water main breaks, confries, claiming that they stant flooding, and now were some of the best fries even the pier is going to fall in town. Needless to say into the river; Hoboken, that was a bold claim, but your time is up. There’s a after all why did we get in new king of hip in town, the food reviewing business and they’re about 2-3 stops if not to go boom or bust?

Walking in, The Shop gives off an incredibly tasteful first impression.

Light green tablecloths, pictures of their expertly prepared food, and chairs reminiscent of 19th century France makes you feel right at home. On top of that, the cashier was willing to be patient with me while I completely forgot how to order a burger, and I got my food in about 10 minutes. Oh, and the toPhotos courtesy of Yelp users Pon S. and Eris A. tal was 8.55 for a healthy

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Sandwich Shop 333 Grove St. Jersey City, NJ

Mon. – Sat. 6 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Sunday Closed (201) 435-1919 Food: Service: sized burger and fries!

Starting with the fries, I have to admit, my coworkers were right. The outsides were delightfully salted, while the insides provided a fluffy contrast to the crunchy exterior.

On top of that (no pun intended) they didn’t skimp on portions with any of the toppings, and the buns were more than just white bread. Biting into

the burger, it also had a quality flavor itself, expertly seasoned with salt and paper and leaving the natural flavor of the patty to shine through. While a burger and fries is a classic, that doesn’t mean it has to be dull or routine, and The Shop delivers big time. I recommend it.

The Little Sandwich Shop may be far for the average Stevens student, if

Location: Price: $$ you’re a Co-op student or commuter in the area, this place is worth every one of the (few) dollars they charge you. On top of that, they also cater, and are open until 7:30 PM if you can’t make it for lunch.

Sports

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Women’s Volleyball returns to win column with sweep of Hunter

Hocken’s OT winner pushes Men’s Soccer over TCNJ

ON DECK IN SPORTS

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SSI - Sophomore Casey King and senior Emily Singleton combined to record 16 kills with just four errors, as the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s volleyball swept the Hunter College Hawks (25-21, 25-20, 2725) in a non-conference match Wednesday.

Sophomore Taleen Mitchell added seven kills and classmate Julie Greco dished out 23 assists for Stevens, who improved to 3-2. It was the sixth straight sweep of Hunter by the Ducks.

Taylor Haiduk had 10 kills and Marlena Budna recorded six blocks for the Hawks, who fell to 1-1.

Volleys and Points After back-to-back kills led to a 2-0 lead for Hunter, Stevens took advantage of a pair of attack errors to take a 4-2 lead.

Successful kills from three different players and another Hunter error gave Stevens a 12-8 lead.

The Ducks wouldn’t relinquish the lead for the remainder of the set.

Three errors and a Stewart kill pushed the advantage to 17-12 and a second, four-point run gave Stevens a 21-13 lead.

Hunter would pull to within 23-20, but another attack error and a Mitchell kill closed the set.

After the teams alternated points to open the second set, kills by Mitchell and sophomore Sara Hain bookended three Hunter miscues to give the Ducks a six-point margin (9-3).

Stevens would see its lead grow to as many as 10 points before Hunter scored six consecutive points to draw within five (20-15).

An attack error returned the serve to Stevens and the Ducks responded with a King kill and a well-placed serve

by Mitchell to reach set point.

Consecutive kills by Budna trimmed the Stevens advantage to four, but a Julia Connolly service error gave the Ducks the second set and a 2-0 lead in the match.

With the match on the line, the teams traded the first six points of the match, before Hunter went on its longest run, scoring seven consecutive points to take a 10-3 lead.

With freshman Jillian Roumbanis at the serve, the Ducks rallied for three straight points to claw back into the match.

Sophomore Shelby Stewart notched a kill and a block to tie the set at 14.

Hunter tallied six of the next seven points to force a set point (24-20).

Sophomore setter Julie Greco recorded a solo block and teamed with Stewart for a block assist to draw the set even at 24.

Tied at 25, King converted a Greco set to give Stevens its second match point.

Match Point Shelby Stewart converted her second kill of the set to close out the match.

Inside the Numbers Six blocks from Stewart helped the Ducks gain an 8-6 edge in total blocks.

While Hunter had more kills, the Ducks out hit the Hawks (0.127-0.065).

The Ducks were able to force 31 Hunter attack errors, 10 service errors and a pair of receiving errors. Hunter also committed a ball-handling er-

ror and a block error.

Senior Mckenzie Kingsbury saw her first action of 2017 Coach Speak (McShea) “The team had shown us a lot of mental toughness so far this season.

Credit to Hunter for exploiting some of our weaknesses, serving tough, and coming into the third set with fire.”

“We had to climb our way back in the third and we were able to come alive and do that.”

“I’m really proud of our fight and will to finish tonight.”

Unsung Hero “Emily Singleton really came alive tonight.

We’ve been challenging her to mix up her shots, change her approach a little bit and put some more power behind the ball and she rose to the occasion tonight. There was a sense of confidence that it would be a kill or put them out of system every time she was set and the stats show that.”

Singleton finished with seven kills on 16 attacks with just two errors. The Tucson, Arizona native added three blocks and a dig.

Up Next Stevens heads to Schenectady, New York for the Union Invitational.

The Ducks will play four games in less than 24 hours with matches against Williams College, The College at Brockport, Skidmore College and Middlebury College.

Stevens will not take on the hosting Dutch.

The teams will meet at the Stevens Invitational on Oct. 14.

Live stats and video links will not be available for this weekend’s matches.

SSI - Freshman Cristiano Hocken’s overtime goal sent the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s soccer team past The College of New Jersey, 2-1, Wednesday.

In the 93rd minute, Hocken fired a ball towards the net, which ricocheted off the foot of a TCNJ defender. After being redirected, the ball floated high and awkwardly over the head of goalkeeper Michael Kayal into the net, sending the Ducks into a frenzied celebration on a wet and cold night at Lions Stadium.

It was the second goal of the match for the New Providence, New Jersey native, who beat Kayal in the 28th minute to open scoring for his first collegiate goal.

Junior Aaron Henry made three saves for the second straight game to earn his second win of the year.

Nick Sample scored in the 70th minute to spoil Henry’s bid for a clean shot. Kayal made two saves for the Lions, who fell to 2-1. After Sample’s equalizer, difficult conditions and tight defense allowed for only a single shot on goal by either team, which was deftly snared by Henry. The Fayetteville, Arkansas native also recorded one save in overtime.

Stevens has won three of the last four meetings between the programs, including the last two.

Pivotal Point Entering the game in the 25th minute, Hocken made an immediate impact.

Collecting the ball near the right sideline, the speedy forward got behind the TCNJ backs and deftly slotted a ball into the left corner to open the scoring.

Inside the Numbers Stevens held a 13-11

mark in shots, although each team registered four shots on goal.

The Ducks held a 3-2 edge in corner kicks.

Hocken matched Sample with a match-high three shots. Hocken and TCNJ’s Ryan Vazquez each tallied two shots on goal.

Tonight marked the second time in three matches that a twogoal performance was achieved by a Stevens freshman.

Unsung Heroes For the second consecutive match, the Stevens defensive corps, led by seniors Jonas Melendez, Tommy Dorsay, Patrick Boylan, and freshman Jacob Curtis, who each played 92 minutes, kept the opposing team’s highscorer off the sheet. Senior midfielder Michael Kassak, who entered the game leading TCNJ with a goal and two assists and was the reigning New Jersey Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, was held without a single shot attempt in 87 minutes.

From the Sidelines “Difficult game considering the conditions.

I am very pleased with the team spirit to win in overtime.”

“We now look forward to two great home games this weekend.”

“I’m delighted for Cristiano. Tonight he worked incredibly hard and made an incredible impact off the bench,” Up Next The Ducks welcome Vassar College to DeBaun Athletic Complex Saturday to open a two-game weekend homestand.

Dating back to the 2002 season, the Ducks have won seven straight matchups with the Brewers.

Live stats and video links are available at StevensDucks.com

Duck Country Scoreboard

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Ron Stonitsch Invitational 10 a.m.

Poughkeepsie, NY

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Ron Stonitsch Invitational 10 a.m.

Poughkeepsie, NY

MEN’S GOLF

St. John Fisher Collegiate Invitational 8 a.m.

Baldwinsville, NY

MEN’S SOCCER

VS Vassar College 7:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

VS Babson College 3:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

@ Alfred University 12 p.m.

Alfred, NY

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

VS Middlebury College 1 p.m.

VS Skidmore College 11 a.m.

Schenectady, NY

Sunday FIELD HOCKEY @ The College at Brockport 10 a.m.

Brockport, NY

MEN’S GOLF

St. John Fisher Collegiate Invitational 8 a.m.

Phoenix, NY

MEN’S SOCCER

Stevens

Opponent/Event

Score

Result

Vassar Season Starter Vassar Season Starter VS Kean University @ Messiah College Hamilton College Invitational @ Franklin and Marshall College VS Nazareth College @ Haverford College VS Rowan University @ Fairleigh Dickinson University

N/A N/A 5-2 0-0 310 0-1 3-6

3rd 4th W T 2nd L L W

VS Springfield College 7:30 p.m.

9/3

Volleyball W

W L 3rd L L

WOMEN’S TENNIS

9/3

Cross Country M Cross Country W Soccer M Soccer W Golf M Soccer W Tennis W Volleyball W Volleyball W Field Hockery Golf M Soccer M

Date 9/1 9/1 9/1 9/1 9/2 9/2 9/2 9/2 9/2 9/3 9/3

Hamilton College Invitational VS Oneonta VS Eastern University

3-1 3-0 2-3 640 0-2 2-3

Stevens Sports Information

WOMEN’S SOCCER

VS New York University 3:30 p.m.

@ St. John Fisher College 9 a.m.

Rochester, NY