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by AUDREY D’SOUZA Managing Editor

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Stevens Alpha Phi hosted their inaugural Red Dress Brunch on Sunday, September 16. The event raised over $5,000 for the Alpha Phi Foundation. Read the feature on page 4.

Stevens reveals plans for towers

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Stevens revealed the floor plans for the new University Center and student housing project at a Hoboken Planning Board meeting last week. The plans, which received initial approval from the Planning Board, illustrate in fine detail what students should expect to see in the towers.

The lowest floor of the towers will exist semi-underground — “Level G” — and will have space for both staff and students. On “Level G,” Stevens plans to build an underground tunnel, underneath Castle Point Lookout, connecting the Howe Center and future University Center; however, it appears that this tunnel will be reserved for staff since it is described as a “service corridor” in the floor plans and will be used for “trash and recycling removal.” A large event space, a catering kitchen, private dining space, and a large fitness center will also be available.

The floor above Level G — “Level 1” — will feature 75,000+ sq.ft. student space and a “C-store.”

Level three to level twenty will house what has been described by Vice President of Facilities and Campus Operations Robert Maffia as approximately 1,000 beds.

Each dorm room, which resembles the rooms found in the River Terrace Apartments, has a common living space, private bedrooms, and a bathroom. (Some dorms, in fact, have two bathrooms.) In the larger rooms, a small kitchen is available.

At the end of each floor, a glass-enclosed lounge space facing the Hudson — ideally for studying or meeting friends — will be available for the residents.

The Planning Board, last Wednesday, unanimously see PLANS · Page 5 campus news

The Office of Residence Life divides itself

by ELINA TUDER Staff Writer

The Department of Residential Life have split into two this semester: the Office of Residential and Dining Services (RDS) and the Office of Residential Education (Res Ed). The two departments have different roles but still share some responsibilities, such as enforcing room policies regarding refrigerator sizes, extensions cords, and the ban on drugs and alcohol for underage students. Previously, the Office of Residence Life oversaw everything that related to Stevens housing, from the actual conditions and policies of the buildings to residential programming, a job that was too overwhelming for a relatively small department. Both departments are overseen by Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, Dr. Sara Klein. Dr. Klein believes that “The change simply allows for everyone to focus on their particular role even more than in the past, and for

by MARC VITENZON Staff Writer

The Stevens Career Center has established a summer internship program, providing students with an even greater access to employers and an enhanced preparation for the job application process.

Members of the program will receive exclusive access to networking events and invitations to employer presentations geared towards aspiring interns. These connections will help students trying to land prestigious jobs.

To prepare for the job application process, as part of the program, students will attend various workshops.

Workshop topics will range from business etiquette to

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This week had 5 events under the Ethnic Student Council.

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the last year of study for her Doctorate of Education from Drexel University. Prior to coming to Stevens in July 2018, Flowers worked as the Assistant Director of Residence Life at Montclair State University. Coming from a larger state school, Flowers foresees her greatest challenge to be deciphering the mechanisms of

Stacy Flowers is the newly hired Director of Residential Education.

Stevens Career Center creates new undergraduate internship program

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the teams in both departments to fine tune and enhance their processes.”

RDS, led by Trina Ballantyne, oversees the residential facilities for both on-campus and leased properties. The department ensures that buildings and its interiors, including furniture and equipment, are properly maintained. RDS partners with the Physical Plant department to ensure that residence halls are clean, safe, and comfortable. Furthermore, RDS facilitates room selection and secures leased housing. Additionally, RDS manages the contract with Compass One (Dining Services).

To lead the Office of Residential Education, Stevens added a new member to its staff, Stacy Flowers. Flowers is the newly hired Director of Residential Education. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Music from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, a Master’s degree in Higher and Postsecondary Education from Arizona State University, and she is currently in

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Additionally, students joining the program will receive a career advisor. As part of the program, students will be required to complete at least one internship prior to graduation, while keeping the Career Center informed of their experience.

Students who complete the program will be honored at the graduation ceremony.

Alison Maccarone, a Career Advisor at Stevens, discussed the need for an enhanced internship program: “The Career Center reinvigorated the Summer Internship Program this year as we saw a need to provide tailored support to a wider scope of students pursuing internships and research opportunities.

Internship recruiting is continuously moving at a faster pace, and

we want to excite and reach students earlier at Stevens to make sure they are well prepared, knowledgeable about the options, and have access to the most competitive opportunities.”

Even though the program is geared towards Juniors and Seniors, Freshmen and Sophomores can benefit from it as well. The internship program also has a mentorship program in it. Freshman students are mentored by Juniors, while Sophomores are mentored

by Seniors.

Having a mentor provides young and ambitious students with an opportunity to close a gap in wisdom, industry knowledge, and perspective between them and their older counterparts. see PROGRAM · Page 2

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a smaller private school and its corresponding regulations.

Residential Education’s purpose is to focus on the student residential experience and on what happens inside of dormitory halls. Res Ed aims to create a developmental program for residents as well as offer more support to its staff, including Resident Assistants, Area Directors, and Resident Directors.

One major initiative that Res Ed will take on is establishing a Residence Hall Association (RHA) at Stevens. The RHA is like a “mini student government for the residence halls,” explained Flowers. “It’s goal is to offer large-scale programming for residential communities and advocate for some of the needs specifically within the halls.” This process will begin by forming hall councils composed of floor representatives from each on-campus residence hall as well as student representatives from the Stevens Leased Housing comsee RES ED · Page 2

This week was popping with ethnic student organizations’ events on campus. The Ethnic Student Council (ESC) kicked off the week on Monday with their Chip & Dip. On Tuesday, the Chinese Student Association (CSA) hosted Little Chinatown. On Wednesday, there were two events: Onam, by the Indian Undergraduate Association (IUA), and It’s More Fun in the Philippines, by the Filipino Association of Stevens Tech (FAST). Finally, last night, the Latin American Association (LAA) hosted their Latin Jazz Night Event.

Chip and Dip took place in Babbio Atrium on Monday, Sept. 17 at 9 p.m. Since it was an ESC event, all of the cultural RSOs (Recognized Student Organizations) under the ESC umbrella were in attendance, serving sample sizes of foods from their representative cultures. Many, including the Korean Student Association (KSA) and Middle Eastern Student Association (MESA) gave performances, including K-Pop dance and Stand up comedy, respectively. In addition, all three of the multicultural Greek organizations (Nu Alpha Phi, Omega Phi Beta, and Lambda Upsilon Lambda) showed what they’re about with strolling performances. “Chip and Dip is an event where each ethnic club can show off a bit of their culture, both in food and in performance,” said ESC Secretary Jeff Ung. Some dishes on the menu for students to sample included Lumpiang Shanghai and Prito (egg rolls), veggie spring rolls, pork dumplings, fried chicken, jerk chicken, Irish soda bread, cannolis, and more. Over 200 students attended the event. Although the Ethnic Student Council does not have open membership, they encourage all students to get involved with organizations under their subcommittee.

Little Chinatown was in Babbio Atrium on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 9 p.m. Originally scheduled for Babbio Patio, the event had to be moved indoors due to forecasts of inclement weather. The event see ESC · Page 3

Seniors form Castle Point Rocketry

see any project they could “foresee [themselves] being passionate about,” according to the members. That’s when A group of eight seniors Tahbaz and Traupmann prothis semester have formed a posed a project of designing highly-publicized Senior De- their own rocket to fire into sign project called “Castle space.

Point Rocketry.”

“We talked a little about Senior Design is a two se- what an attainable rocket mester-long capstone senior would look like, and from design project required for that point, we started to graduation. Many students reach out to rising seniors on struggle to find a project in campus,” Tahbaz said. both their field and interest, With that, Castle Point especially considering the Rocketry was established. limited number of sponsors.

Castle Point Rocketry is At the end of the spring se- the name of their project and mester is the culmination of their team. The team consists this experience, the Senior of Nathan Tahbaz, Monica Design Innovation Exposi- Traupmann, Abe Edens, Will tion, where all the projects Skwirut, Dakota Van Deursare shown to the Stevens en, Tom Flaherty, Faris Ibracommunity and the general him, and Ben Iofel. Their public. majors vary from MechaniNathan Tahbaz and Moni- cal, Chemical, and Computer ca Traupmann were explor- Engineering to Computer Sciing the Innovation Expo for see ROCKET · Page 2 inspiration but didn’t really

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ence. Each member has their own official title, but they all “wear many hats.”

Their mission is to “build a suborbital launch vehicle to reach the Karman line,” which lies at an altitude of 330,000 feet above the Earth’s sea level and maintains an atmosphere thin enough to be considered outer space. Starting their Senior Design project at the end of Spring 2018, they plan to be the first college team to send a rocket to that altitude.

Even though the team has only been working on the project for a couple of months, they feel comfortable with their completed preliminary design and will soon begin their manufacturing plan. Castle Point Rock-

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etry recently finished their preliminary design report while maintaining their social media presence in order to gather as much attention as possible. The attention to the project from different people in the industry has allowed them to gather a large amount of funds.

But where is all the money coming from? The team has met with sponsors and mentors and works with the Office of Alumni Engagement and Development to prepare their crowdfunding campaign. They are currently looking at a budget of a whopping $100,000: a projected 85% will be from corporate sponsors, 5% from the school, and the last 10% will be raised from their crowdfunding campaign. Currently they are 80% funded, but it is hard to tell as of now if their project will put them over

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munities. The hall councils will host meetings where residents of each hall can voice their concerns. RHA is a completely volunteer-fueled organization, which Flowers sees as a “step-

ping stone leadership opportunity,” which will supplement Resident Assistant roles and programming.

Within the next few years, Flowers also plans to develop a residential curriculum to create lesson plans to guide programming and allow structured creativity for Res Ed staff. Flowers hopes to have a curriculum

All the members of Castle Point Rocketry meet at least three times per week, according to Dakota Van Deursen.

budget.

The group spent much of their summer reaching out “to any and all companies in areas relevant to [their] project” in order to gain sponsors, said Tahbaz. Every member of their team called and emailed companies to sell their project to get sponsorships. After pitching their project to President Farvardin, he was able to connect the team to a few more companies to help achieve their budget goal. Since then, the team has been receiving positive feedback and much popularity through social media.

“It’s rewarding to see things go well, but we still have quite a way to go,” Tahbaz said.

Since the start of their project, the team has “held more ready for next fall. Additionally, Flowers is looking into developing more learning communities, similar to Lore-El and the CARE House. Some of her ideas include incorporating different majors and interests to categorize the learning communities.

Due to the split of the Office of Residence Life, students will

than 200 hours of meetings and pulled three all-nighters,” Tahbaz said. Castle Point Rocketry tries to meet at least three times a week during the semester and met for 15 hours on a recent Saturday solely to work on their preliminary design report.

Next month, the group plans on launching their crowd-funding campaign.

Participants can receive their own team mission patch, get their name printed on the rocket, or even possibly have a plaque sent to space with their name on it. The plaque would be mailed back to them after the launch. Donations will be accepted as well.

Castle Point Rocketry plans on launching their rocket from SpacePort America in New Mexico in June 2019. now address concerns regarding the physical state of the building to the Office of Residential and Dining Services, located on the seventh floor of the Howe Center, but concerns regarding residential programming and roommate issues should be directed to the Office of Residential Education in Humphreys 120.

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For upperclassmen, this is an opportunity to cultivate their education and leadership skills, allowing them to act as a role model for their younger peers.

The mentorship program starts in the Spring of 2019.

Interested juniors and seniors should look to apply to become a mentor in November. Juniors and Seniors who have already completed internships during their time at Stevens will automatically become part of the program as long as they fill out the form at tinyurl. com/ImAnIntern.

Otherwise, students will have to meet some basic prerequisites such as attending a Kickoff meeting and completing a Career Development Series checklist to be able to join.

The reinvigorated internship program kicks off this fall.

Commenting on the program, Maccarone shared a welcoming message, “We are excited to be rolling out the new and improved Summer Internship Program to prepare students for their careers! If you are interested in participating, please fill out the form at tinyurl.com/MakeMeAnIntern. Come join us, we look forward to meeting you. As a quick promotion – we are hosting an Internship Fair on October 8th, make sure you’re there!”

ESC This Week

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was hosted by CSA and resembled a mashup between a Taiwanese Night Market and Chinatown. They served light Asian snacks like Pocky, Hi-chew, Hello Panda, bubble tea from Vivi’s, as well as a ton of other food: roasted duck, cha siu, fried rice, scallion pancakes, and egg waffles.

In addition, students could take pictures in front of a Great Wall of China backdrop, play a duck ring toss game, or a fishing game to win snacks and prizes. “We had about 140+ attendees and everyone had fun. This was our first event with the new e-board, so hopefully, our future events will be bigger and better!” said Caitlin Uang, the Social Chair for CSA. IUA hosted their first event of the semester, Onam in Babbio Atrium on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 3p.m. Onam is an ancient Hindu festival that takes place during the end of summer to celebrate the rice harvest in several parts on India. The event was originally scheduled for Sept. 12, but had to be rescheduled due to forecasts of rain.

At the event, students were able to sample different varieties of Indian food, such as lemon rice, naan, paneer (cottage cheese), idli, sambar, and vada. The IUA President Dhru Patel said he felt that the event “went swimmingly” with attendance of over 100 students.

IUA’s next event will be International Snack Night on Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. on Palmer Lawn.

It’s More Fun in the Philippines took place in Jacobus Lounge on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 9 p.m. The theme was “a tour of the Philippines”.

“It’s a really great first event of the semester... its a tour of our culture, and a nice way to welcome people into the club and who we are,” said Olivia Lew, Social Chair for FAST, about the event. Students could sample some Filipino food such as Veggie and Pork Lumpia.\ This event “highlights the good sides of the Philippines: shared unity of culture creates a vibe of closeness, and FAST is extra focused on culture,” added Anthony Lucero, a member of FAST. Finally, on Thursday, Sept. 20, the Latin American Association (LAA) hosted their Latin Jazz Night. “The purpose of Latin Jazz night is to give students the opportunity to try different foods from Latin America while enjoying the diverse culture expressed through music,” explained President Nathalie Pena. The event took place in Bissinger this year, after historically taking place in Jacobus Lounge for several years.

At the event, there was a live Latin band that played salsa, merengue, and bachata. Rice, beans, sausages, chicken, and more were served.

Photos by Calvin Han

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ΑΦ Red Dress Brunch

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This past Sunday morning, Alpha Phi hosted a red dress brunch to raise funds for the Alpha Phi Foundation. Members of the Alpha Phi sorority wore red dresses in support of the Alpha Phi Foundation.

According to the President of Stevens’ chapter of Alpha Phi, Nadia Hoellrigl, the Alpha Phi Foundation “supports women and women’s heart health” and the red dress brunch is an event to bring friends and family together for the foundation.

Founded in 1956, the Alpha Phi Foundation was created to make a difference “in Leadership, Women’s Heart Health, and Heritage through both scholarships and grants.” Hoellrigl told The Stute in an email that “for the last 30 years, the Foundation has awarded what is called the Heart to Heart Grant. This is a $100,000 grant awarded to fund research and educational programs that advance women’s heart health and cardiac care.” Yale University School of Medicine received the award this year and used their earnings to fund a study that will help inform women of the number one preventative therapy against heart disease.

The members of Alpha Phi wore red in support of the event. Photo courtesy of Alpha Phi. In addition to raising money, the Alpha Phi Foundation also dedicates time to raising aware-

The philanthropy brunch had a wife variety of breakfast foods as well as a pasta dish and desserts.

ness about the specific risks that women face. Education is one of the most important facets of preventing cardiac-related deaths, as almost 90% of risk factors can be prevented through a change in lifestyle. The red dress brunch is an example of their efforts.

Between raffles, silent auction sales, and tickets, the brunch successfully raised over $5,000, according to Hoellrigl. The event featured a keynote speaker, Dr. Julie Vernon-Gart. Gart, who is a cardiologist and mother of a sister in Alpha Phi, spoke to attendees and detailed that women’s heart health is very different than men’s heart health. Vice President of Community Relations Elsi Rama, Director of Philanthropy Shannon Maroney, and Red Dress Chairwoman Julia Servidio all worked tirelessly starting in Spring 2018 to plan the brunch event. According to Hoellrigl, “Alpha Phi is extremely proud of this successful event and is looking forward to making it a tradition for years to come. The team expects next year to be even bigger and better!”

The continuous and undying efforts of organizations such as the Alpha Phi Foundation have brought awareness to the risks of heart disease in women. Far more women today are learning and understanding the risks, and Alpha Phi Foundation and Society are doing their part, one red dress brunch at a time.

Dr. Julie Vernon-Gart, Cardiologist spoke at the event about Womens’ heart health.

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The sisters of Alpha Phi, posing for a picture on Babbio Patio where the brunch took place.

Tower Floor Plans

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Continued from the front page deemed the plans submitted by Stevens as “complete,” provided that Stevens makes some revisions. This first-step of approvals was met with criticism from outside groups, which urged the Board to deny the plans by Stevens prior to the meeting.

“This Application should be deemed incomplete,” said George Wheatle Williams, Principal of Nishuane Group, LLC, which is a professional urban planning group. Williams cited a variety of reasons why the application should be considered incomplete: an unspecified cost of the project, unprovided certification of taxes paid, unprovided copies of approval from other government agencies, and missing plans for “off-tract improvements,” among many other concerns. However, for each item, Williams indicated that “this item will be supplied” by Stevens sometime in the future.

At the Planning Board meeting, members of the Board seemed supportive of the plans and raised questions on banal points. “Will there be enough bike storage?” One of the Planning Board members asked of the multi-million dollar plans.

Despite receiving unanimous approval, Stevens is not finished with the Planning Board. On Wednesday, October 10, the plans for the University Center and student housing will be subjected to a public hearing; members of the public who wish to voice their support or concerns may do so.

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Anti Social Social Club Not in Style

by DANIEL KANG Sophomore Biomedical Engineering Major

Anti Social Social Club had an Asia-exclusive drop on Sept. 15, and hopefully, this marks the first and last time I write about this brand. Anti Social Social Club ranks near the top of my least favorite brands. Yes, I will admit, I used to be a fan of its edgy aesthetic and weird slogans dripping of depression and melancholy, if you couldn’t already tell from the brand name. The slogans consist of ‘self doubts,’ ‘I miss you,’ ‘enough is enough,’ ‘everyone goes away in the end,’ ‘last time was the last time,’ and, most infamously, ‘get weird.’ The wavy logo font and graphics are uninspiring.

Every collection is headlined by the same old pieces in the same old colors (pink, white, black, blue, orange, purple, camouflage) that predictably recycle the boring logo. Compared to other brands, ASSC’s price points are low and affordable, but having owned a few hoodies and T-shirts, the quality control and shipping times were too inferior to justify the prices. In addition to clothing, the brand sometimes releases accessories such as ashtrays, chairs, medical masks, incense chambers, license plate frames, riot shields, coasters, beach balls, umbrellas, and more. The poorly-designed website with unrelated titles for items and terrible customer service is another reason I am put off

by ASSC, as it does not have a physical store and either sells through online drops or popup locations. The only form of marketing conducted by Anti Social Social Club seems to be through its lone social media outlet, Instagram. Upcoming products and girl models sourced from all over the visual platform make it on to its page. Of course, Anti Social Social Club does not follow a traditional business model, and does not even seem to have a supply chain, with founder Neek Lurk and a small group of workers primarily handling manufacturing and shipping.

ASSC has notably teamed up with A Bathing Ape, Undefeated, Neighborhood, Hello Kitty, Samsung, Jansport, mastermind JAPAN, Rimowa, Dover Street Market, Penthouse, Richardson, and Playboy for capsule collections.

Overall, these collections utilized the same bland logo that defines ASSC in a pathetic attempt to stimulate consumers and induce them to make the purchase.

The only items I would consider wearing are the footwear released by the brand: Sk8-Hi Vans and Nike Air Force 1 Low released exclusively at ComplexCon (only 24 pairs were sold). The one

item that intrigued me the most was the Toyota Prius decorated with ASSC graphics that retailed for $20,000 and promptly sold out.

The only reason ASSC used to be relevant was because celebrities such as Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Wiz Khalifa, Travis Scott, Nav, Metro Boomin, Pharrell Williams, Cara Delevingne, Rita Ora, Future, Kodak Black, and Ian Connor cosigned the brand by wearing them. Slim Jxmmi of the hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd even released a song called “Anti Social Smokers Club” on his album Jxmtro, clearly paying homage to Anti Social Social Club. This may seem obvious, but celebrities are a driving force behind the rise of new brands. We live in a culture dominated by celebrities who legitimize anything they wear or use. Nowadays, you rarely, if at all, see these same celebrities wearing ASSC. Too many streetwear brands depend on hype to drive demand, and ASSC fell victim to this a long time ago.

A lot of the initial hype the brand had enjoyed has rightfully died down, and should stay that way.

Neek Lurk (not his real name), who originally worked at Stussy as social marketing manager, further cultivates the artificial mystique surrounding the brand. His perceived vulnerability and brutal honesty makes it relatable to buyers, which made it refreshing in the beginning, but now their designs are conventional and overused. Of course, he never talks about Anti Social Social Club as a brand or business but more to express himself, which conveniently deflects from having to address broader issues that seem to plague his brand, such as the constant negativity as a result of undelivered orders and inconsistent items.

The lack of originality and creativity is frustrating, particularly since it seemed to be a promising brand due to the authenticity of Neek’s background as a lonely outsider in high school and later in society. Now I question Neek’s motives and suspect money might have to do with why the brand is still here. Not that money is a bad thing, but Neek just comes off as lame and inauthentic. When a brand does not even bother to have decent customer service, you know where its true priorities lie. The brand is terribly overrated and unless ASSC makes some dramatic changes, I don’t have a reason to buy and wear it. In the time it would take for an order to arrive in the mail, I could have obtained my own Gildan blank tees and printed the same logo many times over — and it would have been far cheaper.

A sweatshirt Photo Courtesy of antisocialsocialclub.com

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Put Your Records On

New Album Roundup: Noname, 6LACK, Tori Kelly the album has qualities of much of popular R&B and hip-hop today. Expect to be hearing a lot from 6LACK soon.

Tori Kelly, Hiding Place

by CHRISTIAN BONAVITA Freshman Chemical Engineering Major

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for music!

I’m not talking about the holiday season, of course, although it feels like I’m tempted every day to open up Mariah Carey’s Spotify page (better wait ‘til November, AT LEAST). This is a special season because the GRAMMY cutoff date is approaching on Sept. 30, so in the coming weeks you’ll probably realize a wealth of last-minute new releases. Ironically, the holiday season is also relevant to the increasing frequency of music expected each Autumn; music sales always boom around Christmas time, so it’s no surprise that mainstream and record-seeking artists like Adele and Taylor Swift have released their most recent albums in November (in fact, all six of Swift’s albums have been released in October or November). All these factors add up into one stunning result: a triple album review!

I couldn’t decide whether to review one of three interesting new albums from rapper Noname, R&B-trap artist 6LACK, and pop-turnedgospel vocalist Tori Kelly, so I will attempt to give you my opinion on all three albums and spread some of the new music I’m most excited about.

Noname, Room 25

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though, did she dance to the other side of the stage and leave. I was instantly hooked to something about her presence and voice, and after hearing her mixtape Telefone, I was stunned. Her colorful blend of R&B, poetry, and hip-hop has kept Telefone on my rotation for the two years since.

Room 25, Noname’s official debut album, is mind-blowing. Her lyricism and rhyming are endlessly inventive, and she shows more variety in delivery than on Telefone, exploring speeds beyond her usual casual pacing but retaining her clarity. Additionally, the musical arrangements on Room 25 are explorative, often either venturing into jazz or using orchestras to brilliant proportions, like on “Window.” Musically, Room 25 is definitely one of the most rewarding rap albums of the year.

Another standout is “Don’t Forget About Me,” a heart-wrenching song about purpose and death. While “Don’t Forget About Me” is an emotional low, Room 25 spends most of the remaining time spreading hope and

Noname, Room 25 Photo Courtesy of pitchfork

I was introduced in Noname, a rapper and poet from Chicago, during Chance the Rapper’s performance of “Finish Line/Drown” on SNL. This lively girl with big, hopeful eyes walked onto the stage and began rapping with a beautifully unmelodic voice.

Just as quickly as she started,

allowing Noname to show her prowess on upbeat songs.

She is comfortable on any kind of track, surpassing any featured artist on the album, and even serving some laugh-out-loud moments with confidence and ease.

Noname knows that she’s talented, but Room 25 is ex-

tremely good, unfathomably so. If you’re a fan of Chance the Rapper you’ll love this album. If you aren’t, it would still be a huge shame if you missed out on Room 25.

6LACK, East Atlanta Love Letter

Pop vocalist and songwriter Tori Kelly started on YouTube, gaining a loyal fanbase which supported her bare, handmade, acoustic style, and undeniable vocal talent.

With an enormous range and superhuman agility, Kelly’s voice steps to the front of any recording, unfortunately dwarfing the emphasis on her instrumentation and songwriting. This pattern was clear on her debut album, Unbreakable Smile, which without her voice would have been a dangerously bland pop album.

However, Kelly flips her formula on Hiding Place, presenting a Christian-centered album closer to gospel than pop. Since Kelly hinted at

East Atlanta Love Letter, 6LACK Photo Courtesy of Karen Civil

After making a splash with 2016’s hit “Prblms” and album Free 6LACK, Ricardo Valentine has been steadily gaining traction and hype for his urban, downbeat take on contemporary R&B and hiphop.

On, East Atlanta Love Letter, 6LACK doubles down on his established style and cements himself as a strikingly modern R&B artist. Like many of his peers, he is committed to creating a muted, dark tone that hangs over his album. He occasionally shows that he can better his peers emotionally and musically, but the album’s tone eventually wears down listeners, and cohesivity of sound bleeds into similarity as many songs are hardly discernable from each other even after several album listens. A smooth transition between album opener “Unfair” and second song “Loaded Gun” is exciting, but it is the only such transition, and the album eventually molds into successive similarsounding songs.

I have no doubt, though, that this album will bring 6LACK much-increased exposure and hype. Lead single “Switch” is a standout, and

a new style months ago via Twitter, fans had been expecting a gospel album, but not until the lead single, “Never Alone,” featuring prolific producer and gospel legend Kirk Franklin, dropped, did fans have a real look into what she had been working on since her pop debut. A gospel transition is no surprise from Kelly, as much of her earlier music, especially “Hollow,” stated her disinterest in material wealth and showed her finding fulfillment with God. Infused with her trademark sounds of pop and R&B, Tori Kelly’s Hiding Place is just a minor departure from her earlier repertoire. Although starkly contrasting from her pop debut, Hiding Place contains the focus on vocal production and familiar lyricism that fans will recognize as uniquely Tori Kelly’s. Unsurprisingly, her voice remains in the center of focus, especially when the album drags towards its middle. Kelly will have to step up her songwriting if she wants to land on the map for anything other than her voice, but Hiding Place remains an enjoyable listen and a snapshot of Kelly’s worldview, full of hope in the face of uncertainty.

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Respect makes the world go round “Treat others how you want to be treated.” It is a saying we have all heard countless times, but it is also a saying we have come to ignore because we have heard it so many times.

Being an RA is a thankless job. Most of the time, you are trying to build a sense of community and making sure that your residents are doing well.

Most of the time, everyone ignores the RA and all the work they put in, and go about their day until something breaks in

their room and they need the RA. As an RA, I put a lot of effort into my floor presentation. I try come up with creative bulletin boards and door decs.

This semester, I used Mod Podge on popsicle sticks to transfer different landscapes.

The result came out as if the landscapes were painted on. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears (literally) went into them.

So it was like a punch in the gut when someone decided it

would be funny to steal all of them.

It was really disheartening and extremely frustrating. It put me on edge for the rest of the day and made me suspicious of every single little thing that my residents were doing.

The worst part, however, was not knowing who to blame. I knew that it was just one person and not the entire floor, but because of the actions of this one person, I have

to suspect everyone now. This blatant sign of disrespect to not only me but also to their hall mates affects everyone. It not only made me lose trust in my residents but can also result in the entire floor having to be penalized because the real culprit doesn’t take responsibility.

As frustrating as this experience was, and still is, the thing that I want to say from this is... respect. Things can be a lot easier if you respect those

around you. People will be driven to build better relationships with you. They will try to help you. The world would be a much better place if we all just acted with respect.

Why bother going out of your way to ruin someone’s day or to do something disrespectful? Being an a**hole seems like a lot more work than being respectful. To me, it sounds like way too much effort to tear down 40 door decs in the middle of the night.

So be respectful, and life will seem a bit better and bit easier. After all, respect makes the world go round.

Maryia Spirydonava Editor-in-Chief

Mind of a Freshman

Senioritis

Saltation of human energy

Politically engaged? Try perpetually tired

by NATALIE TODARO Freshman Music & Technology Major

Morning sunshine creeps through the shades of my dorm room window. I am awake, yet my eyes stay shut, and my soul is just barely coming out for the day. I roll over onto the other side of my bed, the sheets follow. As I rise from the mattress, my feet touch the cold tile floor, sending a sliver of ice through my body. My soul is brought to life once again.

The energy within me grows heavy. I am hit with the realization that I am not home in New York – I am away at college in my dorm room in New Jersey. My body is still transitioning to the new energy that surrounds me, and a part of me is longing for familiarity: the backyard of the house I grew up in, the feeling of the wood floors of my bedroom beneath my feet.

We are now at a point in the semester where many of us may begin to feel homesick. Being away from the energy of your hometown is difficult, especially if you’ve never lived anywhere else.

And homesickness is intuitive; it’s our body’s method of telling us that it’s craving the energy of wherever home is.

College is not just a physical adjustment, but also a spiritual one – our bodies must learn the ability to share energy between two environments.

This is precisely the feeling of wanting to be home and at college at the same time, and the ability to live in both places will take some time.

As well as becoming aware of this change, trusting what your individual energy tells you is essential. I went home this past weekend for the first time since I moved in. My family had driven to Hoboken to visit me a couple times before, but I was longing for the atmospheric feeling of what home was – to have my soul physically be there to absorb the energy that I was missing.

For those of you who live too far to plan a weekend trip home, I understand how dealing with homesickness may be different for you. Perhaps you have a memory box of items that you associate with home, or you eat out in Hoboken or Manhattan at a restaurant that serves the food you like. Getting off campus is a popular choice for battling homesickness; exposing your body to another world of energy other than campus and home can help you to feel refreshed and stimulated.

All that’s important is to remember that homesickness will eventually go away, and becoming more aware of this change in energy is necessary to making this transition easier.

by NAMANKITA RANA Senior Engineering Management Major

Confession: I don’t regularly keep up with world events anymore.

Someone at work once asked me where I got my daily news from. How I stay #informed.

I told him, without a hint of irony, that I got all of my news from the six-inch TV screen in the elevator during my daily thirty-second ride up to work. Maybe, if I was feeling extra up to it, I’d look at the TV screen propped around our open workplace and catch some news in between headlines about stock prices. That is, until someone inevitably switched the channel to watch the World Cup instead.

Not really an impressive answer, but it was an honest one.

Here’s another honest statement -- it’s not just that I don’t keep up with the news anymore. It’s that I can’t keep up with the news anymore. It’s exhausting.

(I know, it’s ironic, given that

I write for the school newspaper, of all things, but it’s true.)

If this is one more in the series of self-damning confessions I’ve made in Senioritis, so be it.

Complacency is a silent beast in the current political climate. As a woman of color and a first generation immigrant, I have a lot to lose by not paying attention to the state of things. These days though? I can’t muster the strength to fight it anymore. Apathy is now easier than engagement. That’s not something I would have expected of myself five or ten years ago, but it’s where I am right now.

When did it happen? It’s hard to pinpoint an exact moment, but the aftermath of the most recent presidential election is generally a good place to start. Fall of 2016 sticks out in my memory for a variety of reasons, and none of them are good. The biggest reason, however, was the level of anger and vitriol in social media. No matter which side you were on or who you supported, there was a sense of real ugliness associated with politics and the Internet.

I never made a secret of where I was on the political spectrum, or whom I supported. My Facebook timeline was littered with shared articles and likes. But social media quickly became a toxic cesspool, and going there to find reliable information for any candidate or issue seemed like a lost cause.

It got to the point where I had to download an app to blacklist any article on my Facebook timeline that even dared to mention political issues. For my own mental health and sanity, it seemed like that’s what I had to.

Post-election, I thought that the ugliness associated with the news would lessen.

Instead, it seems, people have either gotten angrier and angrier -- or, like me, have chosen the route of apathy, in lieu of trying to process the happenings of the world.

Social media and news reporting feel reactionary, at best, these days. There are too many bad things happening, and few people that are actually in a position to change said things.

I guess the truth is, I’m not tired of the news, exactly. It’s the environment surrounding it that has worn me down.

Fake news is a problem (obviously). The infiltration of the media by special interests is something worth worrying about. But personally, what worries me most is the level of polarization that’s resulted thereof.

Particularly, people around my age and younger seem increasingly unwilling to view the world as anything but black and white, assigning binary ‘good’ and ‘bad’ labels to people, ideas, and concepts without taking the time to do their research. They use social media to spread their opinions on what’s ‘good’ and what’s ‘bad’, dig up ‘receipts’ as proof of misconduct, and often spread falsehoods or

misinformation to support their own opinions, all of which can be disseminated and regurgitated by others as fast as you can hit a retweet button. A lot of it has to do with previous political affiliations and general life experiences, but I think the short and long-term ramifications of that behavior are quite serious.

The Internet has become a cruel, polarized place. Maybe it always was. And, well, as the saying goes -- the Internet is forever.

These days, I’m of the opinion that it’s better to channel that anger, that energy, into something that will actually help. Gone are the days where I thought that sharing a 500-word post on the Internet would change anyone’s mind. It’s actions, not words, that will make all the damn difference.

I’ve been focusing on the small acts of good I can do.

Acts that will actually improve the lives of people around me. Volunteering.

Showing kindness to those who I don’t know. Trying to challenge my own beliefs, and not judging people for theirs. Voting. (Seriously, this is so important.)

Maybe one day, I won’t approach catching up on the news or scrolling through political social media posts with dread. One day, I’ll be ready to get as politically involved as I once used to be, to throw my heart and soul into issues I care(d) about again. But for now? I’m going to put myself first.

Scientific Curmudgeon

Has physics lost its way?

by JOHN HORGAN CAL Professor

Does anyone who follows physics doubt it is in trouble?

I mean physics at its grandest, the effort to figure out reality.

Where did the universe come from? What is it made of? What laws govern its behavior? And how probable is the universe?

Are we here through sheer luck,

or was our existence somehow inevitable?

In the 1980s, Stephen Hawking and other big shots claimed that physics was on the verge of a “theory of everything” that could answer these big questions. I became a science writer in part because I believed their claims, but by the early 1990s I had become a skeptic. The leading contender for a theory of everything held that all of nature’s particles and forces, including gravity, stem from infinitesimal, stringy particles wriggling in nine or more dimensions.

The problem is that no conceivable experiment can detect the strings or extra dimensions.

String theory is only one of several popular physics concepts that can be neither experimentally verified nor falsified. Others include multiverse theories,

which hold that our universe is only one of many, and the theory of cosmic creation called inflation. The persistence of such highly speculative theories, I argued in The End of Science, suggests that physics is crashing into limits.

But I’m just a science journalist. For a far more authoritative and up-to-date critique of physics, check out the fascinating, painfully honest new book Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, by Sabine Hossenfelder (who is speaking at Stevens on Oct. 3, see details below). Hossenfelder became a physicist two decades ago because she believed that physics represents our best hope of understanding reality. With its combination of mathematical logic and empirical evidence, physics helps us overcome wish-

ful thinking and other biases.

Ideally.

Lost in Math tells the story of Hossenfelder’s disillusionment, her realization that subjective factors, such as an obsession with beauty, have infected physics. Physicists seem to adhere to Keats’s old aphorism that truth equals beauty. In the absence of data, that principle reduces physics to a matter of taste, not truth. “I’m not sure anymore that what we do here, in the foundations of physics, is science,” Hossenfelder writes.

“And if not, why am I wasting my time with it?”

Other physicists share her concerns. “[S]cience is having a difficult time out there,” the distinguished cosmologist George Ellis tells Hossenfelder, “with all the talk about vaccination, climate change, GMO

crops, nuclear energy, and all of that demonstrating skepticism about science. Theoretical physics is supposed to be the bedrock, the hardest rock, of the sciences, showing how it can be completely trusted. And if we start loosening the requirements over there, I think the implications are very serious [for other fields].”

Hossenfelder lists cognitive biases that, in addition to aesthetic preferences, have undermined physics. They include confirmation bias, the sunk-cost fallacy, and the social desirability bias. Explaining the latter, Hossenfelder remarks, “You don’t tell the tribal chief your tent stinks if behind you stand a dozen fellows with spears.” Hossenfelder nonetheless bravely declares that “this tent stinks.”

And yet, perhaps because she

is subject to the sunk-cost fallacy, Hossenfelder ends her book with a burst of optimism. She rejects the claim that physics “was the success story of the last century, but now is the century of neuroscience or bioengineering or artificial intelligence.”

She says, “I got a new research grant. There’s much work to do.

The next breakthrough in physics will occur in this century. It will be beautiful.” I hope she’s right.

On Wednesday, Oct. 3, Sabine Hossenfelder is giving a talk at 4:30 p.m. in Babbio 122.

Please come, and bring your friends with you.

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 Scientific American blog, “Cross-Check.”

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Campus Conservative

Campus Liberal

Brett Kavanaugh would be Is Brett Kavanaugh about to get Borked? dangerous, even if he hasn’t committed sexual assault

by MATTHEW DOTO Junior Computer Science Major

This article was written on Tuesday, Sept. 18. As such, any new information that may appear before time of publishing (Friday, Sept. 21) has not been incorporated into this opinion.

I would like to preface this entire piece by stating that under no circumstances should Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed to the Supreme Court until either hearings have been held regarding the sexual assault allegations placed against him by Professor Christine Blasey Ford and the matter resolved, or the allegations are withdrawn. I will not comment on whether I believe the allegations to be true, though I think it should be obvious that if they are found to be true he should not be placed on the Supreme Court.

What follows is an opinion not influenced by the above allegations.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh holds views on the United States Constitution that should make any reasonable person nervous. His views regarding the establishment clause (The government shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion) are downright scary, setting the lowest possible bar for ‘establishment’ and ignoring precedent, opting to use his own rule rather than the established Endorsement Test. His rule is that utterance of religious phraseology, even of specific religions, by government officials is permissible as long as it is not proselytizing nor exploitative.

This is such a narrow view of establishment that even statues of the Ten Commandments

on public land, something that plainly violates the establishment clause, could be considered to not establish religion.

Kavanaugh’s views on abortion are at best unclear.

During the hearings last week, he acknowledged that Roe v.

Wade set precedent and that there has been precedent set atop that precedent, apparently indicating that he would uphold that precedent, but he actually made no explicit indication that he would do so.

Unfortunately, the example that many people use of Kavanaugh’s stance against abortion is not a very good one. The example is a dissent he wrote arguing that an illegal immigrant who happened to be a minor should not be allowed to obtain “immediate abortion on demand.” However, the ruling seems to be far more about the rights of minors to have abortions, and, while I disagree with him, this ruling can hardly be generalized to a stance on abortion as a whole. It is worth pointing out that in his dissent he did not mention Roe v.

Wade despite referring to precedent a number of times, which could indicate that he would not uphold it as a justice.

Kavanaugh’s most dangerous view, in my opinion, is his view on presidential power. According to him, the President must follow all laws “unless the President deems the law unconstitutional, in which event the President can decline to follow the statute until a final court

order says otherwise.” Such a stance means that the President can unilaterally determine a law to be unconstitutional and act as if that law does not exist until a court weighs in, and could be understood to mean that any actions taken between the decision and a court ruling would not be punishable, even if the court finds the law not unconstitutional. If that’s not convincing, he has also said that “Congress might consider a law exempting a President— while in office—from criminal prosecution and investigation,” implying that he does not think such a law would be unconstitutional.

Regarding the hearing itself, the rush that the Senate seems to be in is striking, especially considering that not a single hearing was held for the confirmation of Merrick Garland, former President Barack Obama’s appointment to the Supreme Court, in the more than 300 days between his nomination and President Trump taking office. As Kavanaugh’s hearings began, there was an almost immediate motion to adjourn the hearings due to the delivery of thousands of documents not 15 hours before, leaving the senators with no chance to accurately review Kavanaugh’s qualifications.

All told, I do not think that Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court, though I cannot imagine any future Trump nominees being any better.

by ALEX MURTAGH Junior Civil Engineering Major

I know what you’re probably thinking — “Borked” isn’t a real word. Well, it is, and it comes from the hyper-political nomination of Judge Robert Bork back in 1987. This was the first time in modern history that politics truly ruled who sat on the Supreme Court. Prior to that, nominees had been rejected for reasons such as their racist views and various ethical conflicts.

Judge Bork was an originalist judge who held conservative viewpoints. His work as a legal scholar was so well-respected that he was even offered a professorship at Yale, which is far from a conservative institution.

However, due to a now-famous statement from Senate powerhouse Ted Kennedy, the nomination turned political and was ultimately derailed.

Only four years later in 1991, now-Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas was nominated to the court. His hearing went on with little to no issues until a leaked FBI report regarding the sexual harassment

Brett Kavanaugh at his hearing to become a Supreme Court Justice Photo Courtesy of LA Times

of Anita Hill was released. Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee detailing what had happened between her and Thomas. She was ultimately disregarded for various reasons.

However, her testimony left a major impact on this country.

Thomas was confirmed by a narrow 52-48 margin, and former President George H. W. Bush then decided to support a bill allowing for sexual harassment victims to seek damages on the federal level. In addition, private companies began programs to deter sexual harassment.

These two Supreme Court nominations from the past now lead to the one before us today: the promotion of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Kavanaugh has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2006. This court is considered to be the “second highest” court in the United States. His long tenure on the court has led to a long paper trail for members of the Senate to review.

But that’s not where the issues of today lie. Instead, the Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have decided that, because this nominee is not a liberal who will rewrite laws from the bench of the court, they are going to do everything possible to oppose him at every single step. This has turned into a combination of Bork’s and Thomas’s hearings.

First, Senator Chuck Schumer declared his opposition without even knowing anything about the nominee, leading the charge for Democratic opposition. They proclaimed that he is a radical even though he sides with the majority more than 96% of the time. This includes rulings from former President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, who serves with Kavanaugh on the DC circuit. Garland was on the same side as Kavanaugh 95% of the time. Not one Democratic senator opposed Garland, so why do they all oppose Kavanaugh?

Second, senators attempted to make false accusations about Kavanaugh. Specifically, Senator Kamala Harris took a

quote from the hearings completely out of context, and even after media outlets said it was not true. In addition, Senator Corey Booker had his “Spartacus” moment when he released documents that he thought weren’t approved for release, even though they were. Booker proclaimed “This is about the closest I’ll probably ever have in my life to an ‘I am Spartacus’ moment.” I’m 99% sure Booker has no idea what actually happens in the movie Spartacus. For those of you who don’t know Spartacus did not martyr himself like Booker attempted to. And even though Booker thought those documents would be damning, they only proved that Kavanaugh was against racial profiling in the aftermath of 9/11.

After none of that worked, Senator Dianne Feinstein released information about a potential sexual assault committed

by Kavanaugh over 35 years ago.

Feinstein waited two months to come forward with this information, which is obviously a blatant attempt to delay the nomination. Unfortunately, this did delay the vote, even though no investigation has been opened, and a letter from over 60 of Kavanaugh’s classmates denies that this event happened. If the allegations are true, President Trump should pull the nomination; otherwise, I see no reason for him not to serve.

All of the actual arguments against him are over his views on presidential power and the scope of the Fourth Amendment. Otherwise, the issues simply become partisan politics.

I’m not interested in the political arguments like overturning Roe v. Wade (mainly because that would just make abortion a state issue again) or his views on campaign finance laws because there is already precedent in the court for all of that. Now personally, I’m not a fan of his track record on the Fourth Amendment or presidential powers, but who knows — maybe that will change. If Senator Rand Paul thinks that Kavanaugh will follow the Fourth Amendment, then I really can’t see why he shouldn’t serve. Kavanaugh is wildly well-qualified for this position and deserves it after the attempted Borking.

to Rachel, Rachel denies, and then we end up in that mahjong game I mentioned before.

By the end of the film, we learn that Rachel’s mother husband was abusive and Eleanor has a change of heart about Rachel.

As a romantic comedy, Crazy Rich Asians is somewhat predictable and not much of a departure from what we are used to seeing from romantic come-

dies. Although I am a big proponent of watching films in movie theaters whenever possible, I do not think you would miss out on an important aspect of the viewing experience of this movie if you didn’t. I’m sure anyone would just as much enjoy watching the feel-good Crazy Rich Asians from the comfort of their own home just as much as they would in a movie theater.

Spoiler Alert

by KOBY GARCIA Senior Visual Arts and Technology Major

If you are looking for a refreshing, feel-good movie theater experience, take a trip to go see Crazy Rich Asians. Personally, I am immensely happy that films that represent other cultures are making their way to the big screen and are successful while doing it. As a viewer that does not identify with the culture and practices of the characters in the film, I still

found myself identifying with certain aspects of the character’s lives that reminded me of my own family’s characteristics.

Even the practices and character traits that were unfamiliar to me did not feel like I was missing something nor as if I was on the outside of an inside joke.

Crazy Rich Asians follows couple Rachel Chu (played by Constance Wu) and Nick Young (played by Henry Golding) as they venture off to Singapore to attend Nick’s best friend’s wedding. This trip marks Rachel’s first time that she has met any of Nick’s family and she quickly learns the reason the Young family are nearly celebrities in Singapore: they’re rich! After meeting many family members and family friends of the Young’s, Rachel is immediately ostracized being that Nick Young is desired by many. Rachel’s relationship (or lack thereof) with Nick’s mother starts off poorly, as Eleanor Young (played by

Crazy Rich Asians

Michelle Yeoh) is highly critical and extremely protective of her son.

The parallels between the dynamic of Rachel and Eleanor’s “head butting” relationship manifests itself in a game of mahjong that they engage in towards the end of the film, which was exciting to follow along with, even though I do not play mahjong myself. This scene is also one of the only times Rachel’s character trait of being a game design professor at NYU comes into play. The game of mahjong and the “game” of navigating the tricky waters of the Young family that Rachel has to traverse is not the only parallel present in the film. Earlier in the film, Eleanor Young reveals that even her relationship with Ah Ma, her mother in law, was never a good nor supportive one. We, as the audience, are under the impression that Eleanor Young will have a change of heart but instead, feeds into that

same unsupportive relationship with our protagonist, Rachel. In fact, Eleanor goes out of her way to investigate into Rachel’s past and reveals to Rachel and Nick the truth about Rachel mother’s past: Rachel’s mother cheated on her husband and ran away to America with her lover and her child, who was Rachel. Even though Nicky is furious with his mother and ends up proposing

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Sports

Friday, September 21, 2018 • Page 10

Field Hockey returns to win column with victory over Cabrini

ON DECK IN SPORTS

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SSI - Senior Hannah Silvestri and sophomore Skylar Migliaccio each recorded two goals as the Stevens Institute of Technology Field Hockey team defeated Cabrini University 8-0 Wednesday in a non-conference game at ER Dixon Field.

Six different players found the back of the net for Stevens, including freshman Ellie Jenkins, who recorded her first collegiate goal. Junior Ireland Tawney, sophomore Jaymie Fiebel and freshman Alyssa Appleby also scored for Stevens, who improved to 4-3 while snapping a two-game losing streak.

Migliaccio added two assists to finish with a career-high six points. Senior Regan Littell added two assists and sophomore Brynn Froehlich collected one assist to round out the Stevens scoring.

Goalies Devon Scharf and Noelia Rodriguez combined for five saves for Cabrini, who fell to 1-5. The Cavaliers have been shut out in three consecutive contests.

Turning Point Holding a 2-0 lead at halftime, the Ducks quickly put the game out of reach early in the second half, scoring three goals on five shots in the first 7:06 of

the final stanza.

Silvestri began the sequence, knocking home a rebound off her own initial shot.

Migliaccio followed 2:26 later with a strong individual move around Ramirez and Jenkins closed the pivotal stretch, converting a Migliaccio cross to give Stevens a 5-0 lead.

Inside the Numbers Stevens outshot Cabrini 17-8, including a 13-3 edge in shots on goal.

Cabrini earned seven penalty corners as opposed to five for the Ducks.

Trisha Billig led all players with four shots, although Silves-

tri and junior Ireland Tawney each fired a game-high three shots on goal.

Littell’s two assists brought her season total to four, matching a career high.

With their performances tonight, Silvestri and Migliaccio each established new career highs in points Unsung Heroes Freshman Emily Franco and junior Emily Sneddon combined for Stevens’ third shutout of the season.

Sophomore Anna Cooper made her second defensive save of the season.

From the Sidelines

“We had a great second half today and really started to implement some of the things we’ve been working on in practice.”

“We really needed to come out of our scoring drought and today, we did just that.”

“It was great to get our whole bench in and they kept play at a high level until the final whistle.”

Up Next Stevens returns to Empire 8 Conference play against Hartwick on Sept. 22 at the DeBaun Athletic Complex.

Stevens holds a 7-5 edge in the all-time series.

Silva named Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week

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Holtzman’s career day leads Men’s Soccer over York SSI - Senior Brett Holtzman recorded the first two goals of his collegiate career to lead the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s soccer team to a 5-1 victory over York (N.Y.) College Sunday in a non-conference fixture at the Aviator Sports Complex.

Freshmen Sean Masur and Matthew Pinho also netted their first career goals for the Ducks, who won their fifth straight match to move to 7-1. Stevens’ record over its first eight matches marks the best start for the team since 2013, when the Ducks went 6-1-1 over its first eight matches en route to a 17-2-1 season.

Rohan Burrell had the lone goal for the Cardinals, who fell to 1-5.

Junior Mitko Bozinov made one save to earn his second victory over the season. Junior Brendan Krupa relieved in the second half and made one save in his first game action since 2016.

Johan Bermeo made five saves for York, but suffered the loss. It was the first meeting between the teams since the first round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament.

Pivotal Point The Ducks were in control from the start of the match, earning a corner in the second minute.

Stevens broke through on Holtzman’s first goal.

Senior Andrew Masur began the play by taking a corner.

Freshman Gianni Falvo corralled the kick and passed to Holtzman, who headed the ball past Bermeo. In addition to Holtzman’s first career goal, it was Falvo’s first collegiate assist.

Inside the Numbers It was the first career start for Sean Masur and Falvo, along with freshmen Justin Kochman and Dylan Inguardi, along with sophomores Travis Brown and Andrew Demeter.

Brown and Inguardi registered

their first collegiate points.

Holtzman led all players with seven shots and five shots on net.

On the day, Stevens outshot York 21-4, including an 11-3 edge in shots on net.

The Ducks earned 10 corners to just one for the Cardinals.

Holtzman’s second goal came on a penalty kick. The Avon, Connecticut had two PK attempts on the afternoon.

From the Sidelines “Good win on the road today.” “[We] needed more composure on the ball, but overall, [I’m] happy with the performance.”

Duck Country Scoreboard

SSI - Stevens Institute of Technology men’s soccer freshman Adam Silva was named Empire 8 Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week Monday, the league announced. It is the first career weekly honor for the Wayne, New Jersey resident.

“Happy for Adam,” said head coach Dale Jordan. “He has worked extremely hard so far this season.”

The freshman midfielder recorded three goals and an assist as the Ducks went 3-0 during the review period, including a 3-0 blanking of St. John Fisher Saturday to open conference play. Silva recorded a pair of game-winning goals and fired four of his five shots on net.

For the season, Silva leads the conference in both points and goals.

It is the second Offensive Player of the Week honor for men’s soccer this season. Senior Daniel Aversano earned the conference’s first weekly honor on Sept. 3.

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Men's Soccer Women's Volleyball Women's Volleyball Men's Golf Women's Tennis Men's Soccer Women's Volleyball Field Hockey

VS York College VS Susquehanna University VS SUNY Potsdam VS Empire 8 Championship VS Nazareth College VS Utica College VS US Marine Academy VS Cabrini University

5-1 3-2 3-1 643 4-5 0-0 3-0

W W W 5th L T W W

9/19

8-0

Stevens Sports Information

WOMEN’S SOCCER

VS Hartwick College 12 p.m.

Oneonta, NY

FIELD HOCKEY

VS Hartwick College 12 p.m.

Hoboken, NJ

WOMEN’S TENNIS

VS Alfred University 12 p.m.

Hoboken, NJ

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

VS Nazareth College 1:30 p.m.

Alfred, NY

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