[The Stute] October 02, 2015 (Issue 5, Volume CXIII)

R.A.G.E.-ing Storm R.A.G.E. commences with a campus-wide game of Assassins, as Stevens prepares for the brunt Hurricane Joaquin’s arrival.

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Co-op and Career Development merge

Club sports not receiving P.E. credit, undergoing changes

by FRANKIE GUARINI Editor-in-Chief

by SHANE ARLINGTON Community Contributor

Say good-bye to the Office of Cooperative Education and the Office of Career Development, and hello to the brand-new Stevens Career Center. Over the summer of 2015, the staffs of the OCE and OCD joined forces in an effort to provide improved services to Stevens students. Students in the cooperative education program who were out on assignment during the summer of 2015 came back to a swathe of programming held by the new Career Center, giving them a crashcourse in using Castle Point Careers and explaining the staffing changes and new office protocols.

The students who went out on assignment this fall will be the last Stevens students to ever go through

the old Co-Op experience. As of this semester, there will be no more clipboard-signups, more accessible information on the opportunities available, and less stress for the students involved. Beyond that, the Stevens Career Center has already succeeded in growing the employer base – the October 12th Co-op interview day will host over 80 companies (up from last year’s 73). One of the new attendees, the American Bridge Company, is one of the country’s leading civil engineering firms, currently in charge of constructing the new Tappan Zee Bridge along with several other large projects.

Building new connections to employers and providing continuous and student-centric services are two of the core tenets of the Stevens Career Center, according to Director Lynn Insley, with the third being automating the processes for

all students. Insley is dedicated to continuous improvement to the programming available to students to provide them with skills and expertise in career planning, job searching and interviewing. A clear example is the “Own It” undergraduate workshop series, during which students not only learn the kinds of questions that companies ask during interviews, but how those interviews are scored.

With that said, the student-centric services go well beyond the seminars and information sessions held by the Career Center. By providing guidance to all students, the Career Center will improve the process of future co-op students entering the full-time job hunt during senior year. Though every senior’s resume will still need refinement and ad-

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For many students, the online petition began by SGA senator Colin Aitken this past Wednesday was the first news of club sports no longer receiving physical education (P.E.) credit. However, this change in club sports procedures is not a sudden occurrence, nor is it intended as a hindrance to club athletes.

The change will serve as a foundational reset to reevaluate and improve club sports. “[Last semester] students were looking for credit when they were in a club sport as a freshman when they are seniors,” explained Director of Campus Recreation John Maurizi. “How do you confirm the credit?”

The primary concern of Maurizi, Physical Education Coordinator Nick Mykulak, and Director of Athletics Russell Rogers is the impossibility of confirming credits for all students who played a club sport due to the passage

of time, disorganized trails of departmental-team correspondence, and ultimately the infrastructure of club sports teams.

Beyond varsity athletes’ ability to earn three P.E. credits, versus club sports’ two, the key difference between the two levels of sports is the infrastructure.

All varsity teams have hired coaches. However, not all club sports have hired, or even volunteer, coaches, and undergraduate students are tasked to lead the team.

Like a typical recognized student organization (RSO), club sports—with or without coaches—have an executive board, ranging from a secretary to a president, who is the main contact for Maurizi and responsible for disseminating all information to the executive board and all general members. Thus, it is the board’s responsibilities to keep records and statistics of the players who competed and did not for each game.

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New and improved Office of International Programs expands study abroad options for students job, but the program wasn’t able to expand because of the lack of staffing and budgetary support.”

Increasing interest in the student body eventually impelled Stevens to set up an office dedicated specifically for study abroad, student exchange programs, and international education.

One of the office’s greatest achievements so far has been the creation of the Study Abroad Portal. Students who participated in international programs prior to the office’s creation had to go through a tedious paper process. “I decided that I wanted to move to an online enrollment management system where we could keep all of the student’s documents in one place,” said Rachouh. The Portal is a free service owned by Global Semesters, with whom Stevens was already a partner when Rachouh arrived.

Students interested in an international excursion can search for options available by scrolling over a map of the earth. Countries highlighted indicate that options are available, and by hovering over a specific country, students can see how many options exist in that specific country.

The portal also allows for the storage of important documents, including passport copies, medical information, and flight information. The long, tedious paper process has thus migrated to an easy, stress-free portal with a genuinely user-friendly interface.

According to Rachouh, between 5-12 students were studying abroad each semester prior to her arrival. “The number [of students studying abroad] was increasing under Dean Berkley. Where we’ve seen the most growth has been in the summer abroad programs,’” said Rachouh.

Rachouh’s office does not just deal with study abroad options.

Students have the opportunities to study abroad through a study abroad provider or university partner, conduct research, engage in faculty-led programs, volunteer in other countries, or even complete a co-op semester abroad.

“11 students are studying abroad with around 19 committed to pursuing an international program in the spring,” said Rachouh. It is suggested that students start preparing a year in advance, but it is possible to complete the paperwork as late

as three months before the program’s start date. “I’ve had students come in this week and say, ‘I want to study abroad next semester!’” said Rachouh. “My response is ‘Great!’ but it’s important to get moving as deadlines come up anywhere between early October and early November.”

Students who are concerned that going away for a semester will not work within inflexible engineering curriculums can also pursue summer or intersession international programs.

The price of study abroad programs varies on specific factors, including type of program, duration, country, location in the country, and host institution. For exchange programs, students pay the Stevens tuition price and fees and can apply all institutional aid.

Unfortunately, for Study Abroad programs students pay either the provider or the host university directly; no Stevens institutional aid or scholarship money applies.

However, in most cases, federal financial aid and alternative loans can be utilized. Rachouh suggests Budapest University of Technology and Economics, as it is both centrally located in Europe and

is relatively inexpensive for students pursuing a study abroad option.

The Office of International Programs is looking to encourage all students to consider a program abroad, regardless of his or her discipline. “One of the primary goals is to make sure that every student understands how a study abroad experience can fit into his or her academic goals,” said Rachouh. Students who have even the slightest interest should visit Ms. Rachouh in the Office of Undergraduate Academics in EAS 119. She holds information sessions on Wednesday afternoons.

The next info-session will be held on Wednesday, October 7th at 1PM in EAS 230; Global Semesters, a study abroad provider, will be there to discuss their options in Cyprus and other destinations.

Engineering, science, business and CAL students alike can all reap benefits from the Office of International Programs. With proper planning and great expertise from Rachouh’s office, students can leave the standard educational experience for one that is filled with excitement and culture.

Roving Reporter Surviving R.A.G.E. Assassins

Frederick W. Taylor’s impact on the world

Men’s volleyball wins AVCA team award

Where’s the cannon?

Blackberry strikes again

Polling Pierce Are there aliens?

Letters to the Editor: • Re: last week’s letter • Difficulties of R.A.G.E.

Lo-Fatt-Chow review

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The Office of Undergraduate Academics located on the first floor of the Edwin A. Stevens building is never quiet. Students in all disciplines, in all grades, with very different needs will most likely stop in EAS 119 before their time at Stevens comes to a close. Situated in one of the corner offices is Susan Rachouh, the first director of the Office of International Programs here at Stevens.

Although she has only been at Stevens for 18 months, Ms. Rachouh and her sole graduate student assistant have made significant improvements to the study abroad program. Prior to her arrival and the creation of the Office of International Programs, students interested in study abroad or exchange programs had to go through Dean Berkley, Dean of Special Programs and Director of the STEP Program in the Howe Center. “[Dean Berkley] already had a full time position when she was asked to take on Study Abroad and Exchange,” said Rachouh. “She did a great

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In favor of the Innovation University Last Tuesday night at The Stute’s general body meeting, a couple of people were talking about the general state of Stevens, more specifically the lack of input students have in Stevens’ completely campus-altering 2012-2022 strategic plan.

The underclassman in the conversation remarked that Stevens’ small school dynamic was a key reason for their application to Stevens. The upperclassman explained that this lack of student input was a recurring theme, and hallmark trait, of Stevens. At this time, another upperclassman chimed in, lambasting the idea that Stevens is becoming a “technology” university versus a straight-up engineering school—this was the last push that compelled me to pen this editorial.

If you’re in the College of Arts & Letters, especially if you are a visual arts and/or music and technology student, you’ll know that there have been significant changes in the past four years.

For the music students, this means a state-of-the-art recording and production studio. In the art department, this equates to a renovated lab and studio, and a program with more substance than it has had since my entrance to Stevens in 2012, and probably before.

Of course, I have a bias as a Visual Arts and Technology and Science, Technology, and Society dual degree student—I’m a humanities guy at what is widely conceived as a trade engineering school, more or less. Now, Stevens is shifting from the Institute of Technology to the Innovation University, increasing enrollment drastically by 2022, and accepting more non-engineering students than ever. With that, as my anonymous student stated in the first paragraph, will come a shift in school size. What is now a manageable, tight-knit campus with dorm, academic, and administrative buildings all along Wittpenn Walk will become a fragmented campus with

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Thompson, showed some of our work, focusing on one project that we felt strongest about. This anecdote isn’t about me or my project, but seeing the raw enthusiasm that Weldon had for Stevens’ paradigmatic identity and operational shift made me ecstatic. Moreover, President Farvardin’s conviction about Stevens’ future as the technology university was encouraging as a nonengineer. This doesn’t mean that engineering is dead and irrelevant, because we all know that isn’t remotely true.

When students perceive Stevens’ transformation as an attack on their identities (usually engineers), they are missing the key point: engineers aren’t being shortchanged, but other majors are being given better opportunities. As far as I’m concerned, it’s about time.

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more buildings, varied dorm locations, and a slew of new and relocated facilities. As a result, the school will become larger, both in terms of raw enrollment and the intangible campus feel.

To me, this is fine, both because I’ll be graduating this year and I’m open to change. Without change, nothing will ever progress forward. Sure, some iterations of change will be failures, but you can’t improve anything with pushing forward, iterating through change, and tweaking for the future based on historical trends. Saying “get over it” is not the right response to this, but “understand this is a reality” is a valid one, and is what I would tell those steeped in the antichange mentality for Stevens.

For example, yesterday I was part of a presentation for President Farvardin and the president of Bell Labs, Marcus Weldon. I and a fellow “art tech,” along with the program’s director, Jeff

by GABRIELLE McCORMACK

Freshman Software Engineering Major

I never realized how much hysteria and chaos could come from the preparation for an exam.

The days leading up to the MA 123 exam were fairly calm in the beginning, but toward the end when the days drew closer and closer to exam day, the nervousness and hysteria for the exam was practically palpable. On the Monday before the exam, when I walked into my Calculus lecture, I could already tell that everyone was as

on edge as I was about the exam that we were all going to take on Thursday.

My professor had begun to tell us the material that was going to be on the exam, and I began to feel more nervous as to how the exam was going to be presented and how hard the questions were going to be. From what he was saying, I knew that I was going to be living in the library this week. I would have no life outside of studying for Calculus and I was happy with that because I knew that it would be of my benefit to do so.

Needless to say, I had stayed at the library for most of that week, only leaving to go to Pierce for dinner or to go to class.

By Tuesday, I could tell my recitation professor could see that we were all curious as to how difficult

the exam would be and if anyone would even pass the exam. With this in mind, she tried her hardest to dispel our worries, but with that in mind, I don’t believe that anyone really found any consolation from her words of encouragement.

I was still feeling nervous about the exam by Tuesday night, so I decided to go to the Calculus Review that was happening that night for anyone who was taking the exam. That was honestly the best math review that I have ever been to.

It was very helpful to hear someone other than my recitation and lecture professors conveying the information that was going to be on the test. I actually understood the material even more than I had before, and after that hour-and-a-half of taking

in the information, I had felt like I could ace the exam.

Even though I felt like I knew the material even more after that review session, by Wednesday evening and finally the day of the exam, I still felt slightly nervous for what the exam would entail.

When exam time finally came, I took a deep breath and walked into the exam room. When I walked in, I felt like I could cut the suspense that was building in the room with a knife. I decided to calm down, get in the “math zone”, and try as hard as I could to ace the exam.

By the end of the exam, I felt like I could conquer the world because I knew that I had worked hard through hours of studying to do well on the exam.

Hopefully all of my efforts were not for naught.

Senioritis

The Academic Support Center: one thing not awful at Stevens

by JOSEPH BROSNAN

5/5 Civil Engineering Major

I have been around the block here at Stevens.

I’ve participated in the newspaper, I am a part of an Honor’s Society, I’ve had my run-in’s with the SGA and Office of Student Life, and I’ve even participated in some rituals for IUA, (photography with The Stute can get pretty hands-on).

Therefore, I think I’m pretty qualified to have

credible opinions about a lot of things on campus, including our Academic Support Center.

Now to preface this, I am a tutor. So if you’ve been in the Walk-In Tutor Center, there is a good chance you’ve seen me. Also, it means that I am biased as hell.

I am afraid that not enough students know about this system, so I will advertise it just a little here, because it is one of the few things at Stevens I can support and promote of my own will.

Through the Academic Support Center, you can get a free tutor. Now what does that mean?

That means that you can get a connection, a study buddy, an intelligent

person who is being paid to care, for free, to help you with whatever subject you request. There are a LOT of classes that you can request help in, (unfortunately, popular demand is increasing in more difficult classes, but that is a story for another time.) So really, if you are having trouble in Mechanics with mastering physics? Yeah, you can get someone with whom you can schedule regular appointments to keep you on top of things for Mastering Physics.

Moreover, if you are just stuck on that one problem in Differential Equations, did you know that you could just walk right up to the Walk-In Tutor Center and ask anyone for help?

The Academic Support Center is good not just for students who “don’t get it” either. Good students with good study habits can come into this system, (get paid obviously) and help other students as well. More importantly, having that information echo through your head every year, it really sticks into your brain. I hardly feel the need to practice basic Calculus, (whatever the number is now...) because of how often I help out underclassmen with the same principles. I am increasingly more comfortable in the topics that I tutor and I owe that to the constant exposure to students asking for help in those topics.

It also is an excellent

way for younger students to make connections with older students which is instrumental to one’s success at Stevens.

The more time you spend with people who know what they’re doing, the more likely you are to get a sense of direction yourself. And believe me, we need more people at this school with sensible directions in their minds.

Too many underclassmen either dream so big that they can’t function correctly, or dream to little to function at all.

That said, I’ve helped many, many people through tutoring at this school, academically and not.

The Academic Support Center here at Stevens is really not that bad.

Sure, it has its faults, and some of the administrative work around it could use some touching up (what organization wouldn’t benefit from a little freshener?) but for the most part, it is really helpful. Students who know what they are doing can get paid to help students who don’t really know what they are doing, or rather, help people who “sort of get it,” get it.

So, really, seek them out, even if it is just to reaffirm your understanding. The Academic Support Center is a really great program which deserves a lot more attention than it current receives. There is no shame in academic enlightenment.

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Technically Speaking

Blackberry strikes again, this time with a new smartphone

by TARIK KDIRY

Freshman Software Engineering Major

Blackberry announced a new Android slider (yes, you read that right) called the BlackBerry Priv last week, a surprising comeback into public relevance.

Their rationale for shipping a phone running a competitor’s operating system is evident in BlackBerry’s depressing last few years of revenue.

Blackberry has lagged behind drastically in the

smartphone war against competitors like Apple and Samsung. Because of this stiff competition, Blackberry has had to redirect their path for a while with advances in security tools for their current products, as well as security advances in other products. This kind of cross-platform development is one of the few reasons Blackberry has managed to stay afloat.

Until now.

Aesthetically, Blackberry is bringing old school to the new age. There will be a slide-out physical keyboard along with all the apps available on Android’s expansive ecosystem. This is likely to appeal to veteran users of Blackberry that left years ago for more modern operating systems still longing for physical keyboards

again. No word on the pricing of the phone as of yet.

This new device has been named “Priv” as a reference to the companies dedication to user privacy, and is expected to sell 5 million units. Unfortunately, as Blackberry chief executive John Chen stated, their projected sales are down from their original goal of 10 million units. Nevertheless, the anticipation for Blackberry’s new entry into the smartphone game is exciting. This could mean a lot for the company and consumers as well. A phone kept under wraps for a long time can prove to be surprisingly dashing, considering the leniency of actually developing this product.

Unlike Apple and Samsung, with their rigorous annual release schedules, the folks

at Blackberry can take the time fine-tune their product and perhaps even rerevolutionize the mobile world.

Although that may be well and good, there is still no telling how the Priv will

combat the successful Galaxy phones and iPhones.

As a brand new addition to the smartphone team, Priv still needs to measure up against Apple and Samsung in terms of sleekness and innovation. Neverthe-

less, it is refreshing to see Blackberry move away from tasteful side projects that are accessories to other phones, and begin to jump back into the smartphone pit. Could this be another mobile revolution?

Blackberry

Scientific Curmudgeon

In defense of common sense

by JOHN HORGAN

Director, Center for Science Writings

This year, physicists are celebrating the 100th anniversary of general relativity, Einstein’s theory of gravity. Although I’m an Einstein fan, I feel compelled to deplore one aspect of his legacy: the widespread belief that science and common sense are incompatible.

In the pre-Einstein era, T.H. Huxley, a.k.a “Dar-

win’s bulldog,” could define science as “nothing but trained and organized common sense.”

Relativity and quantum mechanics, which Einstein also helped conceive, shattered commonsense notions about how the world works. The theories ask us to believe that an electron can exist in more than one place at the same time, and that space and time—the Ibeams of reality—are not rigid but rubbery. Impossible! And yet these sense-defying propositions have withstood a century’s worth of painstaking experimental tests.

As a result, many scientists came to see common sense as an impediment to scientific progress. As

biologist Lewis Wolpert once declared, “I would almost contend that if something fits in with common sense it almost certainly isn’t science.”

Wolpert’s view is widely shared. When I invoke common sense to defend or—more often—criticize a theory, scientists invariably roll their eyes.

Scientists’ contempt for common sense has two unfortunate implications.

One is that preposterousness, far from being a problem for a theory, is a measure of its profundity. The other, even more insidious implication is that only scientists are really qualified to judge the work of other scientists.

Needless to say, I reject

Cuisine Corner

by KATRINA GUIDO

Sophomore Computer Science and Physics Major

Diverging from my usual search for fine cuisine, I was craving good old Americanized Chinese takeout but not necessarily the unhealthy, bloated, “what did I just put in my body” feeling that usually accompanies such cuisine.

In my search, I happened upon the aptly named Lo-Fatt-Chow.

Claiming to cook without MSG in trans-fat free oil, Lo-Fatt Chow “focuses on providing quick, healthy, delicious yet affordable cuisine” as per their website’s copy.

Not really wanting to walk all the way to 7th and Madison Street for takeout (they don’t offer seating), I opted for their delivery option. Gone are

parallel universes—some perhaps mutant versions of our own, like “Bizarro world” in the old Superman comics—existing beyond the borders of our little cosmos.

These claims are preposterous, but that’s not my problem with them.

My problem is that no conceivable experiment can confirm the claims, as most proponents reluctantly acknowledge.

The strings (or membranes, or whatever) are too small to be discerned by any buildable instrument, and the parallel universes are too distant.

Common sense thus persuades me that these avenues of speculation will turn out to be dead ends.

Ironically, while many

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Lo-Fatt-Chow (720 Monroe St.) the days of having to call up and attempt to convey your order over the phone, hoping that you are properly understood – Lo-FattChow offers their own online ordering service through their website.

The site is user-friendly and easy to navigate, such that my friend and I spent more time debating what to order than figuring out how to order it. The lunch specials seemed like a good deal as they included rice and soup for $7 or $8 depending on the entrée, and the wraps filled with various takeout dishes seemed a unique offering.

In the end, we chose the hot garlic chicken lunch special with wonton soup and pork fried rice, the Tso’s tofu wrap combo with wonton soup and plain lo mein, the broccoli and beef lunch combo with hot and sour soup and chicken fried rice, and a combination of steamed dumplings.

With our order placed and confirmation email received, we waited about 40 minutes before I received the call that our food was on campus. Af-

that position, and not only because I’m a science journalist who majored in English. I have found common sense— ordinary, non-specialized knowledge and judgment—to be indispensable for judging scientists’ pronouncements, even, or especially, in the most esoteric fields.

For example, Einstein’s intellectual heirs have long been obsessed with finding a “unified” theory that accounts for all of nature’s forces. The leading candidate holds that reality stems from tiny strings, loops or membranes wriggling in a hyperspace consisting of 10, or 16 or more dimensions. String theory implies the existence of

ter muddling through an explanation of how to get to Davis, through the entirety of which the delivery woman was very cordial and patient, the food arrived.

I started in on the hot garlic chicken which looked quite good, but something about it didn’t taste quite right. Not as though the food was bad per se, it just didn’t taste like the takeout I had come to know and love.

Both the chicken and pork

Mon-Fri: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sat–Sun: 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. fried rice tasted fine, the rice moreso like white rice with some vegetables and meat sparingly mixed in. It was very much the same story with the broccoli beef, dumplings, and soups. The meat was cooked well, the vegetables weren’t too limp or too firm, but nothing was spectacular, and I was left still craving that salty sweetness that Chinese takeout is supposed to deliver.

The one item that was

scientists disparage common sense, artificialintelligence researchers have discovered just how subtle and powerful an attribute it is. Over the past few decades, researchers have programmed computers to perform certain well-defined tasks extremely well. Computers can play championship chess, and juggle a million airline reservations, but they fail miserably at simulating the ordinary, experience-based intelligence that helps ordinary humans get through ordinary days. In other words, computers lack common sense, and that’s why even the smartest ones are so dumb.

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able to save the meal was the wrap. Very unique and perfect for the student on the go, the Tso’s tofu wrap had the lo mein actually wrapped inside in addition to Chinese coleslaw (coleslaw without mayonnaise). It alone was able to satisfy my desire for takeout.

If you’re really craving takeout, then just indulge, consider your soul and not your physical health for one meal and take the few extra calories or cholester-

ol or sugar (especially for those of us who are young and can handle such unhealthiness).

Though I will not be using Lo-Fatt-Chow as my go-to takeout spot, they are reasonably priced (the total was $33.75 including delivery fee of $1, tip, and tax) and seem understanding of food allergies and dietary restrictions. I will, however, definitely be going back (or rather ordering) to try more of their wraps.

Katrina Guido

Campus Pulse

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Roving Reporter

What are you doing to survive R.A.G.E. Assassins?

“Stick to cover, trust nobody, be aggressive!”

“Using an umbrella to block people.”

“Holding the knife, ready to fight.”

Evan Senkewicz

Clayton McLean

Ren Lazaro

“Being a Quantitative Finance major”

“Focusing on defense.”

“Disguising myself and running.”

Daniela Cardona

Evan Bedser

Joshua Gross

Polling Pierce Do you believe that intelligent extraterrestrial life exists?

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MAYBE 21 NO 18

YES 61

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Friday, October 2, 2015 • Page 6

Indian Undergraduate Association hosts Henna Night

by SANKEE MARINGANTI Staff Writer

“Why is it fizzing in my mouth?” are words that one would normally not want to hear in a statement along with “food” and “chemistry.” Despite the frightening nature of this statement, the food being served at the American Chemical So-

Career Center Continued from page 1

justment, the former difficulties co-op students often encountered in redrafting their resumes for full-time applications will be drastically reduced. Since co-op students will now have the same counselors helping them throughout their whole five years, making that transition will be much smoother.

The swipe system that was new to the OCD last year is being extended to cover all students, and together with a new full-time administrative assistant on staff, these changes are helping to make the transition to the new Stevens Career Center feel complete. That swipecard system, it’s worth noting, is another integral part in the quality of service offered at the Career Center.

Whenever a student swipes in, it alerts the counselor

ciety’s R.A.G.E. event, “Bonding with Food,” was perfectly safe to eat. The most popular station, Fizzy Fruit, involved freezing pieces of fruit using dry ice.

The frozen chunk of carbon dioxide not only froze the food as it sublimed, but created air pockets within, leaving foods carbonated, much like soda. This resulted in cold fruits which

they want to see that that student is there, not just that some student is there.

It allows any counselor to pull up a record log of the student’s past interactions with the Career Center, and will aid in providing the fastest, most efficient, and most effective counseling possible.

Any student who hasn’t seen the new office (even if they never saw the old one) can go visit the Career Center and get to know their counselor. It may feel a little empty at the moment, but several more staff members are inbound. You may think that the whole careersearch is too far off to even consider, but the sooner you start learning what the center has to offer, the better off you will be. Trust me, at some point in time you are going to rely on the hard-working staff of the Stevens Career Center, they have mad it their mission statement to not disappoint.

fizzed in the mouths of the students. Other experiments that were not as popular among the crowd included pop rocks expanders, instant sorbet, and lemon fizz experiment. In addition to this, they also served cookies and cupcakes with letters on them to make it seem as though they were elements on the periodic table.

Club Sports Continued from page 1

When the only record Stevens Athletics has states “Stevens defeated Ithaca,” then officials like Maurizi cannot properly attribute students P.E. credit.

The change to club sports’ P.E. credit eligibility was actually made in late August in the updated 20152016 Club Sports Handbook, which all club presidents received during a meeting with Maurizi.

Sankee Maringanti

According to Maurizi, there is a concerted search for club sports coaches. “Every club team is on schedule to have a coach.”

Not all of the coaches will be full-time, but for most club sports teams, these part-time hires will be the first form of official and/ or non-volunteering coaching.

“Going forward we can see this reverting back. It’s unfortunate for those who need it this semester,” said Maurizi. “We’re trying to raise the standards of physical education at Stevens.”

American Chemical Society bonds with food

by MELINA DALLASTELLA Staff Writer

“Why is it fizzing in my mouth?” are words that one would normally not want to hear in a statement along with “food” and “chemistry.” Despite the frightening nature of this statement, the food being served at the American Chemical Society’s R.A.G.E. event, “Bonding with Food,” was perfectly safe to eat. The most popular station, Fizzy Fruit, involved freezing pieces of fruit using dry ice. The frozen chunk of carbon dioxide not only froze the food as it sublimed, but created air pockets within, leaving foods carbonated, much like soda. This resulted in cold

fruits which fizzed in the mouths of the students. Other experiments that were not as popular among the crowd included pop rocks expanders, instant sorbet, and lemon fizz experiment.

In addition to this, they also served cookies and cupcakes with letters on them to make it seem as though they were elements on the periodic table.

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on campus, hoboken, and beyond

Friday, October 2, 2015 • Page 7

Taylor’s World: the impact of Frederick Winslow Taylor

by IAN HIPSCHMAN Staff Writer

“We write Stevens history” is written on the top of this newspaper. I kept this in mind while attending last weeks’ Dean’s Seminar “Taylor’s World” last Thursday, featuring Simon Head, who examined the legacy of Fredrick Winslow Taylor. I realized: we are Stevens history. Each and every Stevens student is contributing to the legacy of this university.

One such Stevens student was 1883 graduate Fredrick Winslow Taylor.

Given the option to attend

Harvard University, Taylor instead chose to become a machinist, where he climbed the ranks until becoming chief engineer of the works. It was then that he noticed that workers were not working to their maximal potential, and he began to study and analyze the productivity of both man and machine.

Taylor took part in the industrial revolution by breaking down tasks into small steps and focusing on how each person could do their job better.

Taylor is called the father of scientific management, a theory that focuses on improving in-

dustrial efficiency. Head pointed to three centuries in which Taylor has had an impact: the late 19th century, during his time working in the steel industry; the 20th century, with his book Principals of Scientific Management, which influenced the production of Ford vehicles and helped bring Japanese “lean production” values to America; and the 21st century, where scientific management is currently being fused with information technology.

The legacy of so-called “Taylorism” extends far beyond manufacturing, Head argued. In ware-

houses run by Amazon and Walmart, workers’ every move and their every step are monitored by machines. Taylor’s methods have been even used by financial institutions, he added. Traders and managers depend so heavily on algorithms that the abdication of personal responsibility has led to events like the subprime mortgage crisis.

Through these examples, Head concluded that the broad application of Taylor’s scientific management principals may have lead to dark consequences. Who benefits from increased efficiency?

Who bears the responsibility for unintended consequences of such sweeping technological change?

Taylor’s legacy urges us to consider questions such as these, which is why he’s such an interesting figure to study.

Simon Head, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, and the featured speaker of the Deans’ Seminar Series held on September 24, argued that Taylor deserves more recognition than he receives. In fact, Head ranked Taylor among Einstein, Freud, and Darwin in terms of lasting scien-

tific impact.

As for a lesson to impart to Stevens students: know that we are Stevens history, but be sure to take note of the impact our legacy can have.

Frankie Guarini

The mystery of the missing cannon

by ANDREW CHREPTA Staff Writer

The first photo I took visiting Stevens was of the iconic New York skyline outside of Howe, and in the foreground was another campus icon, our beloved cannon. This old cannon is not just some hunk of metal and wood, but an artifact full of rich history. Many people may not know that before our cannon was symbolically protecting us next to

the flagpole, it served its purpose as a revolutionary war cannon given to the United States by France.

Then, in 1888, the Stevens family decided to demolish a local Hoboken hotel, and from underneath it they excavated the century old marvel we know and love today. To symbolize its rich history, the cannon has been proudly located on Castle Point… until disaster struck. As many of you may have noticed, our relic of

the revolution has gone missing without a trace.

For anybody curious, it turns out that after nearly a hundred years of wear, wood and metal break down. This local inanimate celebrity could not handle the students constantly posing for pictures and sitting on it. Our friend could not take the pressure, and one day tragically broke down to pieces after a severe thunderstorm over the summer.

Coming back to Stevens in the fall was full of

many new surprises, but the last one I was expecting was to not see our beloved icon missing!

One tour guide was quoted as saying “Hopefully it’ll be restored and back in business by the Spring because it’s such a staple of our school.”

I don’t think I could’ve said it better myself. After speaking to Captain Maggi, that hope may come to fruition, as we can expect the cannon to be back on its rightful pedestal by the end of this academic year.

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News Continued

Jennifer Francis details the effects of climate change

by DEVIN MATTHESON Staff Writer

In 1996 Universal Studios showed the world what it would be like to be stuck in a massive Twister. Then, in 2004 Manhattan was consumed by waves and snow in The Day After Tomorrow. Just this year another disaster movie, San Andreas, brought catastrophe to the big screen yet again.

The scary part is the reality that these movies are based on. Climate events around the world are growing and changing the way the earth operates.

This past Wednesday the Dean’s Lecture Series brought Jennifer Francis to present her hypothesis: “Crazy Weather and the Arctic Meltdown: Are They Connected?” Francis came to speak from Rutgers University where she has devoted her time to the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences after spending five years sailing

around the world.

Francis presented a graph from the company Munich Re, which showed that hydrological and climatological events based off weather and flooding have had a serious increase over the past three decades. From her extensive research, Francis believes that the answer to the title of her lecture is “yes.”

Francis explains that part of this evidence rests in the extreme fluctuation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. In past centuries, the rise of CO2 was directly proportional to the rise of the climate temperature.

However, with the extremely high amount of CO2 added to the atmosphere, the weather struggles to reach those high temperatures so quickly. The last time CO2 was this high, the temperatures of the earth were much hotter as the atmosphere was warmed by volcanic heat emissions and waves were over 10 feet higher than they are today.

Another problem Francis brings up is how green house gasses (GHG) act like a blanket keeping the warm air trapped in the lower atmosphere. Every month for the last 30 years has been recorded as the hottest month for 336 consecutive months. The heated atmosphere has caused water vapor to build up, leading to more weather and heavy precipitation events, and magnified GHG effects.

Francis stunned her audience by showing how much the arctic has been affected by this change. Although temperatures are rising everywhere, the arctic is where temperatures have increased the most. In the past 30 years the land mass of the arctic has decreased by half, but 75% in volume—this means that the ice has gotten thinner and thinner and large amounts of old thick ice has disappeared leaving only fresh thin layers. The arctic took its worst hit in 2012, but has increased slightly in the

last year; although, this is just a slight increase that is based solely on changing weather.

Francis also discussed the change of the jet stream and what that means for weather patterns. Because of this increased temperature, the jet stream is increasing in wavelength and slowing in speed. These changes result in larger weather events that last longer due a slow moving stream West to East. As the curves of the jet stream come down, we see more dry weather events like the drought in California, while the rising curves result in wet events like tropical storm Sandy.

Despite the evidence, there are still many skeptics who believe climate change is a hoax or choose to ignore it all together. However, such skepticism lies in the lack of data we have about the past. Most known data is based off simulations and inferences about the past, because people have not been around long enough

to record it all.

Often people will hear “global warming” and assume it only means warming temperatures. The warming refers to the warming of the atmosphere, which has spiked a series of extreme weather events

from blizzards and floods to droughts and hurricanes.

The only option is to continue to study patterns such as “blocking patterns,” and continue to educate others about the importance of conserving energy and preserving the Earth.

Stevens’ residence hall mascots go head to head

by MARYIA SPIRYDONAVA Staff Writer

The Residence Life Committee held a Mascot Competition between the different residence halls of Stevens on Wednesday.

Each hall was judged by their poster, a skit that would introduce the mascot to the public, and of course the mascot itself. The mascots were judged by various faculty members, who used the different categories to declare winners. The first place winner nominated was one of leased housing halls, who had the Hobo-

ken Horse.

The Hoboken Horse hall had a very detailed figure, made from an amazing amount of brown duct tape, giving the horse a realistic appearance, as well as a cute poem about the Hoboken Horse: “Have no fear, the Hoboken Horse is here.” The second place was the S.S. Washington mascot which was a collaborative effort between 110 Washington and Shipyard housing. Since the two halls are on opposite sides of Hoboken, the group did a comedic take on the Titanic story for the skit.

Third place went to River

Terrace, who chose PacMan for their mascot and performed an amusing live version of a Pac-Man game.

Last but not least, the honorable mention went to the Davis’ Dragon, who had an intricate dragon, also made from duct tape.

There were a number of other memorable mascots one of which was the Jonas L-Evator, for which the group did a skit about how the slowness of the elevator is a good way to make bond and make friends. Overall, the competition was amusing, and appeared to be a fun way to bond with hall mates.

Phil Fishbein

Stevens submits application to complete the Babbio Center parking garage HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY – Stevens Institute of Technology has filed an application with the City of Hoboken Zoning Board of Adjustment to complete the 436-space Babbio Parking Garage on Sinatra Drive.

Approval by the Zoning Board of Adjustment would clear a path to completion of the garage in the first half of 2017.

This project seeks to add 296 net new parking spaces. It will more than accommodate the spaces needed for Stevens’ planned Gateway building, as well as a separate 39 new spaces required to offset removal of the Sixth Street surface parking lot at the planned Gateway site.

Nariman Farvardin, President of Stevens Institute of Technology, said: “This is a significant and welcome milestone for Stevens. We are acutely aware that the incomplete status of the Babbio Garage has been a source of discontent within the Hoboken community

as well as within the Stevens community. We are pleased to be able to advance this important project and are hopeful that the process can move forward expeditiously.”

“Through an aggressive community outreach process, we heard that the garage façade should be both aesthetically pleasing and create minimal waste,” said Robert Maffia, Vice President for Facilities and Campus Operations. “Fabricated using a high-tech printed fabric screen, the façade will camouflage the interior of the garage along the waterfront elevation until the second phase of the project, a ‘wraparound’ building, is completed.

Consistent with Stevens’ sustainability initiatives, the mesh façade is designed to maximize fresh air in the structure and reduce construction waste when it is removed. The façade will provide an attractive elevation to the garage until the wraparound building is

added in Phase 2.”

Additionally, as part of the Babbio Garage project, Stevens will enhance pedestrian access to the waterfront from its campus, replacing an old wooden staircase that now connects the campus at Sixth Street to the waterfront. The staircase will include a landing that will frame views of the Manhattan skyline as well as a bicycle ramp that will enable pedestrians to walk their bikes from the campus to the waterfront.

The Babbio Garage is one of the key elements of Stevens’ overall traffic demand management effort and sustainability initiative, which, combined, aim to reduce the carbon footprint and minimize traffic impacts on the City. Other elements of these initiatives include: Expanding Stevens’ campus shuttle service, which provides access to Hoboken Terminal, and the 9th Street Hudson Bergen Light Rail and serves nearly

2,000 riders per day.

Expanding bicycle parking on campus to 254 spaces, with an additional two racks to be installed in high-demand locations.

Adding approximately 50 covered bike parking spaces as part of the planned Gateway building.

Promoting Hoboken’s bike share program, in collaboration with the City of Hoboken, by locating two bike share stations on the edge of Stevens’ campus and promoting the program through campus announcements and the university’s Sustainability Committee.

Robust use of a car sharing program, with campus utilization averaging higher than the Hoboken city average.

For more information about Stevens Institute of Technology, please visit www.stevens.edu.

About Stevens Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University®, is a premier, private research university

situated in Hoboken, N.J. overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Founded in 1870, technological innovation has been the hallmark and legacy of Stevens’ education and research programs for more than 140 years.

Within the university’s three schools and one college, more than 6,800 undergraduate and graduate students collaborate with more than 380 faculty members in an interdisciplinary, student-centric, entrepreneurial environment to advance the frontiers of science and leverage technology to confront global challenges. Stevens is home to three national research

centers of excellence, as well as joint research programs focused on critical industries such as healthcare, energy, finance, defense, maritime security, STEM education and coastal sustainability. The university is consistently ranked among the nation’s elite for return on investment for students, career services programs and mid-career salaries of alumni. Stevens is in the midst of a 10-year strategic plan, The Future. Ours to Create. designed to further extend the Stevens legacy to create a forward-looking and far-reaching institution with global impact.

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Opinion Sense

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Yes, common sense alone can lead us astray.

Einstein himself once denigrated common sense as “the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18,” but he retained a few basic prejudices about how reality works. His remark that “God does not play dice with the universe” reflected his stubborn insistence that specific causes yield specific effects; he could never fully accept the bizarre implication of quantum

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mechanics that at small scales reality dissolves into a cloud of probabilities.

So far, Einstein seems to be wrong about God’s aversion to games of chance, but he was right not to abandon his common-sense intuitions about reality.

In those many instances when the evidence is tentative, we should not be embarrassed to call on common sense for guidance.

John Horgan directs the Stevens Center for Science Writings. This column is adapted from one originally published in The New York Times.

Letter to the Editor

Re: last week’s letter I picked up a copy of The Stute on my way to my office hours in Jacobus this afternoon, eager to put in my entry for "Where the Duck."

After I sent in my guess, I started flipping through the rest of the paper. I came across this week's letter to the editor and found myself so frustrated that I decided to write my own.

The author calls out the "bureaucratic hell" that sits above the ground on Castle Point. While I don't disagree with the classification of the Howe Center being a breeding ground for poor communication and incompetency (I'm looking at you ResLife and Registrar), I couldn’t help but get frustrated at the claims that becoming an RSO was a near impossible process.

I can quickly come up with two organizations that have sprung up over the past year: Stevens Standup Society, and the Stevens Irish Association. Both have been doing exceedingly well. SIA has quickly become a valuable member of ESC, and SSS was supported majorly by our SGA last spring by being granted the funds to buy a mobile sound system. This is a valuable asset to SSS and the other Arts & Music clubs that have been able to utilize it for their events (such as Off Center).

Both of the RSO recognition processes for these two organizations were by no means long and drawn out, and definitely did not last two full years. If the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Club is still having problems getting recognition, then they need to go talk to someone. Things don’t

magically happen in real life, and the same goes for this school. Student Life has an immense amount of work to do, and if you have ever been to their office, you would easily recognize that they do legitimately care about the work that they do. If you are having trouble getting recognition, it’s probably because you have not properly communicated with them. If you have, and there is still an issue, you need to reach out to the people that can help you from the SGA (CCSI, Special Interests Subcommittee Rep/Head). You will not see any forward progress on this unless you talk to the right people.

That goes for just about everything on campus.

Stevens students are too quick to whine and complain about problems that we face as campus leaders. You have to exhaust your resources, and have the constructive and meaningful conversations needed to put things into motion. Nothing is going to change until you take the appropriate actions to change it. I complain about the Registrar and ResLife quite openly, because I have had conversations with the right people, and actually tried to get change to happen.

It just so happens that the people in charge of those offices are stubborn.

However, you need to actually make the effort before you gain the right to dictate a whiny Letter to the Editor, or air your grievances in your “Senioritis” column.

Letter to the Editor

Trials and tribulations of the Stevens festival

Only three years ago we had “Return to Glory”, the modern meme-worthy publicity disaster that stemmed from advertising naivety and the misunderstandings of event promotion and management. The event promised to “bring back TechFest in all of its glory; to bring back some of its allure,” as Teddy Poppe, the SGA President at the time, promised. It did anything but that. A rave, a DJ, some “fun” events, and thousands of dollars suddenly down the drain. Students complained and complained, and yet the event still garnered high praise from the administration. I hoped that future leaders would learn from these mistakes, seek to improve and actually bring back the glory of Stevens and its student leaders, and create better events and better programming. And then there was R.A.G.E. The idea of R.A.G.E. made sense: scale down the big events, and put the focus on the numerous student organizations on campus. And I liked this idea, because it relates to the bigger problem of: what is my Student Activity Fee really worth spending on, and, more importantly, what is my time outside of classes really worth spending on?

As a student, an SGA senator, a Teaching Assistant, and even a teacher at other schools, I have pondered a number of important questions about extra-curricular activities. What is a good “student life”? What events and activities should students have an opportunity to participate in at Stevens?

What purpose do these activities serve for the betterment of the Stevens degree and community? Time and time again my answer to this question is the same: extra-curricular events should teach students non-academic skills that will help them in the future and make them a better person, a better Stevens student (and, eventually, alumnus). Leadership, event and project management, publicity and public

relations, and more: these are all skills students can learn in their clubs and other organizations. But these skills do not come naturally; they require instruction, practice, intuition, and trial and error. This is something I have personally learned through organizing my own events (the Castle Point Anime Convention in particular) over the past four years. And this is something that was entirely apparent in R.A.G.E. 2015, in how it was organized, in how it was publicized, and in the content and programming it contained.

An event has a number of distinct divisions: the scheduled programming, publicity and public relations for the event, and finally the actual internal operations for making the event happen. I do not have the space in this letter to go into too much detail, but I want to elaborate on how R.A.G.E. failed in every one of these categories, and managed to effectively waste thousands of dollars in SGA money on something nobody ever asked for.

The first disappointment was R.A.G.E. itself. Throughout the entire week, only 10 RSOs held events (not counting the two additional RSO events that were held independently of R.A.G.E.), supplementing the 13 other events hosted by the R.A.G.E. committee. When more than half of the events are not hosted by clubs, it defeats the original mission statement, and provides a small drop of “experience” in the red and gray pool of over 100 RSOs that exist at Stevens. However, I will not focus too much on the lack of programming, because the RSO events that were held were not bad (probably because the R.A.G.E. committee was not directly organizing them), and the real problems with R.A.G.E. were in its publicity and execution.

Surprisingly, the publicity and branding for this year’s R.A.G.E. was even worse than the previous year. In

the end, even bad publicity is better than no publicity.

Friends have told me they did not know R.A.G.E. was even happening until they saw their friend of a friend wearing a strange red armband and holding a rice paddle. Even most of my RSO e-boards had completely forgotten until the Friday before opening ceremonies.

There were no posters, no unified event branding, scarce social media engagement, and a severe lack of word-of-mouth propagation, probably a result of disappointment in last year’s R.A.G.E. And even when it was mentioned, it was forgettable. There was no excitement. R.A.G.E. did not carry any of the glory or anticipation that was supposed to come with the next generation of Fall festivals.

At the very least, Return to Glory was so widespread and mysterious that students (briefly) took interest.

So what was the result?

Attendance at many R.A.G.E. events, especially RSO events, was abysmal.

At the events I attended, the populace consisted of only the regulars, members of the club, and sometimes even less than that. At The Stute’s own “Where the Duck? Championship Edition”, which the R.A.G.E. committee incorrectly advertised as a “Scavenger Hunt”, there were six people. Everybody got a prize, because there was not enough people to really declare a winner. I think not only does this kind of occurrence waste money, but it kills morale for the RSO hosting the event. It makes it seem that in this glorious festival that “hundreds” of students participate in, only five or six thought it worthwhile to come to this event.

Having organized events much larger than R.A.G.E., sometimes it is excusable to slack on publicity if you are putting your focus into operating the event and making it worthwhile for the attendees you already know are coming. This was not the case with R.A.G.E.

Clubs were wandering, hoping by some chance the SGA office would be open so they could pick up prizes for their event. Rarely did I see a representative from the R.A.G.E. committee check up on an event to make sure it started on time, was running properly, or was wellattended. (The website for R.A.G.E. was a special disappointment after I learned it was created by my fellow Computer Science and Cybersecurity majors. Not only was it poorly designed, but lacked any sense of security, providing an admin panel where any event organizer could execute arbitrary database queries.)

The lesson to be learned here is that starting from scratch and pulling off a successful, week-long, fivefigure budget festival aimed at hundreds of indifferent college students is not a simple task. And it definitely is not something you should throw precious SGA money at until you are sure it will be successful. Of course, I am sure that the fact that many of the R.A.G.E. committee members are on the SGA, or friends with someone who is, had absolutely nothing to do with the reason it was funded. Student experiments are a great thing. CPAC was an experiment. Hell, at some point even The Stute itself, some hundred years ago, was probably an experiment: a group of people who gathered together and thought “we should try and make a school newspaper.” But they were experiments that started small, and gained momentum over time, as eboards gathered knowledge and passed it down through the generations.

I want to see Stevens focus less on huge events and festivals, and more on small student experiments. I hate to push the cliché, but we are the “Innovation University”, with emphasis on “student-centricity.” What better conveys that than encouraging students to try crazy ideas and bring them to fruition over time.

WCPR ReWrite

10 things the WCPR ReWrite Staff thought after realizing Panic! At The Disco’s debut album turned 10 this week

by WCPR ReWrite Staff

1. Oh my god, it’s been ten years.

2. We’re pretty sure the titles of these songs were the first recorded instances of subtweeting.

3. The reason I can’t pay for college is because from the years of 2005-2006, Hot Topic took what would’ve been my savings and put it towards beanies, tutus, hoodies, black eyeliner, dyed hair, plastic jewelry, side-bangs, and chokers.

4. Did anyone else experience an unwarranted superiority complex

from these wordy songs?

Like, “Oh, Timbaland?

That’s simple. The lyrics of the music I listen to are short novels.”

5. Here’s a sampling of the concepts the “A Fever...” videos introduced our tween selves to: late 16th century attire, unrequited love, aquarium management, deceit, and, most impactfully, mime porn.

6. The transition between “But It’s Better if You Do” and “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” can cure cancer.

7. If the “new cancer” mentioned in “There’s A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey. You Just Haven’t Thought Of It Yet” is a metaphor for emo; Paramore is stage one, Fall Out Boy is stage two,

Panic! is stage three, and My Chemical Romance is stage four.

8. When you feel alone in middle school, you tend to feel like you’re looking from the outside in. Panic!’s lyrics mirrored this feeling of a third person account to what’s happening around you.

Maybe that’s why they were so enthralling at our age?

9. …something about guyliner.

10. No matter what flashbacks we have about Panic!, the Brandon Urie magazine cutouts, the commitment to memory of every “what’s a synonym for break-up” word choice, we’re all in agreement that at least they’re not as bad as the My Chemical Romance ones.

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Sports

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Men’s soccer returns to action Wednesday

SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s soccer team (5-1-2) will travel to Widener University Wednesday for a nonconference road matchup.

MATCH INFO Match time is set for 7 p.m. at Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium in Chester, Pa. LAST TIME OUT The Ducks played to a 0-0 draw Saturday against Houghton College in Hoboken. The Ducks more than doubled Houghton’s shot output (17-8), while junior keeper Mike Renna matched a career-high with six saves.

NEW FACE

Stevens Sports Information

Wednesday’s meeting will be the first between Stevens and Widener in the last 15 seasons.

SCOUTING REPORT Carrying a 4-4-1 record,

Widener has won four of its last five matches. Tori Remondelli leads the Pride with six goals, while keeper Jonathan Rouse has 24 saves and four wins.

Men’s volleyball selected as AVCA team academic award winner

COMMON FOE Stevens and Widener have shared a common opponent this season in Swarthmore College. Widener fell to the Garnet 3-2 in overtime,

while the Ducks registered a 5-0 win last week.

STAYING BALANCED The Ducks have had nine different players score goals this season, led by seven from senior Carson Pryor and five from senior Colin Phillips.

SAVING THE DAY With six saves on Saturday, Renna surpassed the 80 career save mark. The junior keeper has 23 saves and three shutouts this season.

WHERE TO WATCH Widener will be providing live stats via a link on stevensducks.com

Women’s lacrosse runs from Tunnel to Towers

ON DECK IN SPORTS

Friday WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

vs UTICA COLLEGE, 7 p.m., Hoboken, NJ

Saturday MEN’S GOLF

vs ROUND ONE, 9 a.m., Abbottstown, PA

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

at 2015 MIKE WOODS INVITATIONAL, 11 a.m., Geneseo, NY

Stevens Sports Information

Stevens Sports Information

SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s volleyball team was named an American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award winner Thursday To be selected, a team must have a 3.3 grade point average, which

was reached by only eight NCAA men’s volleyball teams across the three divisions. Besides Stevens, only the Massachusetts Institute of Technology team represented Division III on the list.

2015 graduate David Evans was named a First

Team Cosida Academic All-American, becoming the first men’s volleyball student-athlete to be named to the first team. Additionally, 10 other student-athletes were chosen to the United Volleyball Conference All-Academic Team.

Women’s soccer tops Drew, 4-0

Stevens Sports Information

SSI – Senior Carly Bean tallied two goals to lead the Stevens Institute women’s soccer team to a 4-0 win over Drew University Wednesday.

The Ducks, who are unbeaten in their last four contests, improved to 6-2-1 on the season.

The loss dropped the Rangers to 3-6-1.

Bean put the home team on the board just 16 seconds into the opening frame as she knocked home a cross from freshman Zisi Komar. The goal was the second fastest in program history, with Alicia Vandersluis holding the record of 10 seconds set back on October 11, 2006.

The Ducks kept peppering the Rangers for the remainder of the

first half, attempting 18 shots to their opponents five. Bean tallied her first multi-goal game of the season as she headed home a pass from freshman Olivia Butera in the 27th minute.

With just over three minutes left in the first half, sophomore Gabby Pagkalinawan notched her second goal in the past three games as she grabbed control of a rebound and deposited in behind the keeper. Drew was able to put all five of their attempts on net in the first 45 minutes, but sophomore Lindsey Mahnken stopped all five.

Mahnken gave way to freshman Madi Chollett in the second half.

The newcomer was able

to record three stops in her collegiate debut. As the clock was ticking towards zero, freshman Misha Brewster took a long pass from Komar and scored with three seconds remaining for the first goal of her career.

Junior Raba Nassif tallied an assist and led the team with seven shots while Komar had three assists on six shots.

Meghan McDermott, Emma Campbell and Katie Weber combined to fire nine of the teams 10 shots and goalie Sara Nash made seven stops for the Rangers.

The Ducks continue Empire 8 Conference play on Saturday when they take on Elmira College at 3 p.m.

SSI – Twenty-four members of the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s lacrosse team participated in the Tunnel to Towers Foundation 5k run this past Sunday.

The event follows the footsteps of Stephen Siller, a New York City Firefighter who lost his life on 9/11 after abounding his truck to run through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel in full gear toward the World Trade Center. This weekend marked the 11th consecutive year the team has participated in the run.

The event benefits the

Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which has raised more than $40 million for our nation’s first responders and service members.

More than six of these events have been run in September alone from all around the country, all of which have raised money for the foundation.

The event serves not only as an important team-building exercise for the Ducks, but an important way to recognize our country’s military members and first responders. As a team, the Ducks raised $1,500.

Field hockey drops road game to Montclair State SSI – The Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team had its six game win-streak snapped Wednesday night in a 4-1 loss to No. 6 Montclair State University.

The loss dropped Stevens to 7-3, while Montclair St. moved to 9-1 with the win.

Senior Dailyn Brook provided the Ducks scoring with a goal in the eighth minute, placing her one away from tying the program’s all-time scoring mark. In goal, junior Emily Stukenborg tallied a season-high 13 saves.

The Red Hawks came out with pressure early in the first half, leading to game’s first goal in the fifth minute. The lead didn’t last long however, as Brook answered with the equalizer two minutes later off a feed from sophomore Cassidy O’Hearn.

The goal was the

team-leading seventh of the season for the Stevens senior, while the assist was O’Hearn’s first.

Defense took control from there as both sides had opportunities that came up short thanks to strong goal-tending. The tie remained until the closing seconds of the half before Montclair St. broke the deadlock with a goal in the closing minute.

The Red Hawks added to the lead early in the second, before extending it to three with a goal in the 68th minute. The Ducks were able to respond with a trio of shots over the final two minutes, however Montclair St. made the save on two before the third went wide.

The Ducks will continue their schedule Saturday with a 1 p.m. game at Hartwick College.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

at 2015 MIKE WOODS INVITATIONAL, 12 p.m., Geneseo, NY

MEN’S SOCCER

vs ITHACA COLLEGE, 12 p.m., Hoboken, NJ

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

vs WESTERN CONNECTICUT, 1 p.m., Hoboken, NJ

FIELD HOCKEY at HARTWICK COLLEGE, 1 p.m., Oneonta, NY

WOMEN’S SOCCER

vs ELMIRA COLLEGE, 3 p.m., Oneonta, NY

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL vs MARIETTA COLLEGE, 5 p.m., Oneonta, NY

FOR MORE INFORMATION, HEAD TO STEVENSDUCKS.COM

Campus Bulletin

Friday, October 2, 2015 • Page 12

Events

GBM Times

Oct. 05 Freshman Class Meeting, 4 p.m., DeBaun Auditorium Mock Interviews and Resume Reviews, 8 p.m., Bissinger Oct. 06 Sushi with the Knitting Club, 9 p.m., BC204 Oct. 07 Hall Brawls, 1 p.m., Palmer and Schaefer Lawns American Society for Engineering Management Meet and Greet, 1 p.m., Jacobus Lounge Academic Success Workshop, 5 p.m., Kidde 228 ‘Dear College’ Love Letter Writing, 9 p.m., Jacobus Lounge Dance Marathon Information Sessions, 9:15 p.m., B 118 Oct. 08 Casino Night, 8 p.m., Babbio Atrium Oct. 11 Trip to Patricia’s Yarns, 12 p.m., Gatehouse Oct. 14 Students Fight Back, 1 p.m., B 118 CAL Comics and Graphic Novels Salon, 2 p.m., Peirce 308 Meet new faculty memeber Dr. Muisener, 4 p.m., M 103 WCPR Panel: “Broadcasting Through Adversity,” 6 p.m., Bissinger Oct. 16 NEW DATE Techfest 2015, 6:45 p.m., River Lot Oct. 20 Decorate a Mug, 9 p.m., BC 204 Oct. 23 DaD Halloween Party, 9 p.m., Jacobus Lounge Oct. 24 SHPC Beach Cleanup, 9 a.m., TBA Spirit Dinner Cruise, 5 p.m.,TBA

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EMPIRE LIGHTING

SGA Senate Meeting, 7 p.m., BC 122

SUNDAY

ACS, 4 p.m., BC 104 SITTV, 5 p.m., Red Door outside Humphreys College Republicans, 5 p.m., BC 220 KSA, 8:45 p.m., BC 210 SHPE, 9 p.m., P 116 IEEE, 9 p.m., BC 219 Off Center Improv, 9 p.m., EAS 229

MONDAY

Hillel, 9 p.m., BC 104 Knitting Club, 9 p.m., BC 204 AIAA, 9 p.m., BC 319 NSBE, 9 p.m., BC 321 ESC, 9 p.m., BC 122 Off Center Improv, 9 p.m., P 116 The Stute, 9 p.m., Jacobus 212A Phi Beta Lambda, 9 p.m., BC 210 FAST, 9 p.m., BC 310 PACS, BC 304 G&T, 9 p.m., EAS 222

TUESDAY

ASME, 1 p.m., Jacobus Lounge SHRC, 1 p.m., BC 319 EC, 8:45 p.m., P 216 SCF, 9 p.m., BC 104 Improv, 9 p.m., BC 319 Feel Good, 9 p.m., BC 320 SIC, 9 p.m., BC 321 Torch Alliance, 9 p.m., P 218 WCPR, 9 p.m., Basement of Jacobus

WEDNESDAY

The Stute Layout, 5 p.m., Jacobus 212A IUA, 5 p.m., BC 321 KHODA, 6 p.m., Calder Computer Science Club, 6 p.m., M103 C2GS LANs, 9 p.m., BC 122 CSA, 9 p.m., BC 210 SASE, 9 p.m., BC 221 ESW, 9 p.m., BC 320 SPS, 9 p.m., B 430 CLC, 9 p.m., P 216

THURSDAY

Stevens Stand-Up Society, 5 p.m., P 126 Anime Club, 9 p.m.,

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