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The
TANGERINE
VOL. LXXV, ISSUE 9
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2022
UCTANGERINE.COM
‘Boosted:’ Vaccination rates increase with incentive offer ◊ MATTHEW BREAULT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF As Utica College returns from winter break and ends the second week of classes, the campus inches ever so close to a 100% vaccination rate amongst students, faculty and staff. In addition to the COVID-19 vaccination rates increasing at Utica College, the number of those who are receiving the COVID-19 booster shot has significantly increased as well. When the 2021 Fall semester began, Utica College added the COVID-19 vaccination to the list of required immunizations for both students and employees of the college. As the 2022 Spring semester is underway,
Utica College custom Amazon gift card /Photo: Matthew Breault all eligible students and employees at Utica College are required to receive their COVID-19 booster by Feb. 1. Although the booster shot is now required by the college, unless a student
has a medical or religious exemption, the college will continue to offer an incentive to the students who receive their COVID-19 booster shot. The incentive is a $50 Amazon gift card, customized
with a Utica College logo. According to Interim Dean of Students Karen Ferrer-Muniz, the incentive will continue to be offered in an effort to encourage eligible students to get vaccinated and receive their COVID-19 booster. “The $50 Amazon gift card incentive for students will remain in effect and you will receive your gift card when you submit proof of your booster vaccination to the portal,” Ferrer-Muniz said. “Once the students load it to the portal, they get an email from the dean of students office as a confirmation that we received it, and then they’re eligible for the gift card incentive.” SEE BOOST PG. 3
Women’s basketball continues historic season ◊ EMILY JOSS SPORTS EDITOR
It has been a historical season for the Utica College women’s basketball team this year as multiple players have placed themselves in the record books, while the team as a whole found themselves with a school record breaking 12-0 start to the season. The team set the tone early, quickly rising above two of the most competitive nonconference opponents on their schedule within the first six games. Prior to this season, the Pioneers had not defeated
SUNY Poly in five years and SUNY Oneonta even longer than that, but were able to find the high ground in both games.
Momentum really picked up for the women as they matched up with Wells College on Dec 8. With their seventh consecutive win to start the season, they amassed their largest margin of victory to date with a 91-17 final score. To match a program record of an 8-0 start, which dated back to the 1984-85 season, the Pioneers overcame Morrisville State College. This with much help from graduate student and point guard Brigid Johndrow, who
dropped the program’s first triple-double in over ten years.
“It feels good to still be playing, it wouldn’t have felt right to end my basketball career with no real season,” Johndrow said after coming back to utilize her COVID-19 season. “I love the team we have this year. We really are a family and I couldn’t have asked for a better team for my final year of basketball.” It wasn’t until coming back from the holiday break that the Pioneers could take the record for best start to a season ever with their 56-50 win over Hamilton College.
In their first conference win over Elmira, the team climbed to 10-0, while senior Sydney Przygoda placed herself amongst the top 14 scorers in program history as she surpassed the 1,000 point mark.
“I am just very grateful for my teammates, coaches and family that have helped me achieve that goal,” Przygoda said. It is worth noting that Przygoda was able to reach this milestone half way through her senior season when she never played a single game of her junior season due to a COVID-19 related repeal. SEE BBALL PG. 12