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Fifteen years in the making, Ire-land’s Great Hunger Museum is set to open on Whitney Avenue on Oct. 11.

President John Lahey has been the driving force behind this collec-tion, which is the largest collection of artifacts in the world dedicated to the Irish Famine, or the Great Hunger. Lahey secured almost every piece of art himself, traveling back and forth to Ireland about 10 times in the past 15 years. He gives all of the credit, how-ever, to Murray Lender, the collec-tion’s financial backer and the name-sake of the business school building, who passed away this past March.

Lahey sees the museum accom-plishing two things. The first is to educate people about the Great Hun-

ger itself, and the second is ultimate-ly to become respected as a museum of artwork.

The collection has previously been housed in the Lender Fam-ily Special Collection room, but ac-cording to Lahey it was about three years ago that he and Lender real-ized that they had acquired more art than they could accommodate in the one room. The pieces of the collec-tion were spread out around campus, and some were still in boxes and crates, waiting for a home.

Although the idea to house the collection in one place was already in the works, it wasn’t until 2010 when the Consulate General of Ire-land showed the collection in New York, that Lahey and Lender really saw the vision come to life.

“Doing that really gave impetus to [the idea of a museum],” Lahey said, “I was able to see all the sculp-tures and the paintings in a museum setting.”

Having an art gallery in the name of Quinnipiac University, according to Lahey, will also put the university more on par with some of the biggest and best universities in the country.

“Yale University has a British museum of art so I think it’s appro-priate that if Quinnipiac was going to have an art museum, it would be an Irish museum,” Lahey said, “We’re kind of the scrappier, new kid on the block.”

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Public safety responds to attacks

An initiative realized

By DANIEL GROSSO Associate News Editor

A group of people attacked a Quinnipiac student in New Haven on Sept. 8, according to Chief of Public Safety David Barger. Follow-ing the incident, the Department of Public Safety sent out a university-wide email advising students to be aware of their safety in New Haven.

“One of our students was on the Green and was attacked by a group -- [these] groups [are] traveling in

New Haven approaching individuals carrying iPhones, iPads [and other gadgets],” Chief of Public Safety David Barger said.

In the email, Barger stated his awareness of “several robberies that have recently occurred in New Ha-ven, especially in areas frequented by Quinnipiac University students.” These robberies were targeted at in-dividuals carrying iPhones, Droids and other mobile devices, as well as wallets and pocketbooks.

Junior Class President Matt Desilets stated in an email how he’s received student complaints about their safety in New Haven.

Desilets said the attack could have been avoided if the distance from the shuttle stop and destina-tions in New Haven were closer.

With the distance between the shuttle stops in New Haven and the areas students go, “are we putting

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See PUBLIC SAFETY Page 2Sigma Phi Epsilon’s freshman

field day could have been sidelined this year. Cuts in funding for SigEp’s Hall Wars forced the fraternity to produce more money to preserve its annual event.

Now in its eighth year, Hall Wars is a September staple at Quinnipiac, but this year the brothers of SigEp had to dig deeper into their own pockets to deliver the annual event to the univer-sity community. SigEp lost one of its key sponsors for Hall Wars this year: the Student Programming Board.

“SPB didn’t want to do a co-sponsorship because they didn’t feel like their staff had enough presence or involvement on the day of Hall Wars,” SigEp President Daniel Sul-livan said.

Hall Wars, which is set for Sun-day, puts freshman residence halls against one another in a day of ath-letic competitions, including inflat-able games and relay races. There is also a dunk tank and raffles, round-ing out a fun field day for Quinni-piac’s freshmen.

Sullivan estimated that SigEp spends between $7,000 and $8,000 to make Hall Wars happen each year with the help of its co-sponsors. SPB played a key role in planning the event in past years.

Junior Connor Croteau is in charge of planning Hall Wars and said SPB was responsible for rent-ing the inflatable games, dunk tank and popcorn machine.

When SigEp lost SPB’s co-sponsorship, the brothers had to find a way to raise the lost funds, oth-erwise the fraternity would need to scale back Hall Wars for this year’s freshman class.

“Conflicts happen, so you just adjust to it,” Sullivan said. “Nothing impeded the process of fundraising so we just took it upon ourselves, as a fraternity, to do more fundraising as individuals.”

In celebration of Constitution Week, freshmen and seniors get to practice their right to vote in the Student Government Association’s elections today. Eighteen freshmen and three seniors spent the past two weeks campaigning to earn their spot in the 2012-2013 SGA board and make their mark on their class.

The process of running for presi-dent of a class is a long-winded but rewarding one. Each hopeful can-didate has to secure 600 signatures from their peers, to prove that they will receive enough votes once the election process begins, and to nar-row down the large list.

Students said over the past two weeks they have been bombarded by promotional fliers, promises of air conditioning and swimming pools, funny videos and Facebook group requests. Many students, like fresh-man Ashley Castro, found these beneficial.

“The students running [for presi-dent] advertised very well through fliers, meet and greets and incentives like snacks; it gave us more personal interaction,” Castro said.

Freshman Simon Brossier coun-teracted Castro, having doubt in the election in all.

“Most of the people running just want to do it to be popular,” Brossier said. “They are not going to make the university better. It feels as though the whole group is sepa-rated. There are the candidates, and then the rest of the students; they are not very connected.”

Brossier isn’t the only one with this viewpoint. Some freshmen said the candidates only offered empty promises and no actual reasoning for why they should be elected.

“I wish more people would tell us why they want to be president instead of just posting pictures of themselves and saying ‘vote for me,’” freshman Jack Brady said. “They knock on our doors at incon-venient times to tell us to vote for them and don’t give us reasons.”

The election process is available now until 8 p.m. Students can vote on-line via qu.collegiatelink.net. After the votes have been counted, the election committee will make phone calls to each candidate with their results.

Visit quchronicle.com for updates.

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Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which used to be located within the Arnold Bernhard Library, will have its own home on Whitney Avenue on Oct. 11.

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Student media groups celebrate First Amendment

Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government; these are the five rights granted to us by the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. It is easy to take these rights for granted, but Constitution Week reminds us how fortunate we are to have them.

Constitution Week is an observance to celebrate the rights that we are granted in the United States Constitution. The six media groups on campus: Q30, Montage, Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network, Summit Yearbook, WQAQ, and The Quinnipiac Chronicle, have co-sponsored a week of events to bring aware-ness to Constitution week.

The events included a “Banned Book Reading” on Monday and a conversation with Hamden Mayor Scott Jackson on Tuesday. On Wednesday students are encouraged to vote for freshmen and senior class elections for the

Student Government Association. Lastly, the former anchor for ABC World News, Charles Gibson, will be speaking on campus on Thurs-day.

“It is easy to forget about these rights,” said Lila Carney, assistant director of student media. “It is important to recognize how lucky we are.”

Many of the events incorporate an educa-tional element about the Constitution along with the fun.

Monday’s Banned Book Reading included the reading of excerpts from books that were banned from schools like “King & King” by Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland; the story is about a prince who marries another prince. Other books included “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker and “TTYL” by Lauren Myracle.

“The North East is much more liberal with these things,” Carney said. “It’s important to hear about how other people think and we need to prepare students for different ways of thinking.”

The student media organizations have cel-ebrated Constitution Day for many years, but this year it was decided to have events for the rest of the week.

This week of events was also heavily fo-cused on the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, but this year it was expanded to in-clude topics such as living in a Democratic so-ciety and encouraging students to utilize their freedom to vote said Carney. Stickers reading, “Hear us roar. Vote 2012,” will be passed out all week.

“The week of events is an important re-minder of the rights guaranteed to the U.S., and how different our lifestyle is in compari-son to others’,” senior Sarah Winjobi said.

Other events including Gibson’s speech, will address the theme of the United States Constitution.

“I grew up with [Gibson]. He will be a big hit for Constitution Week,” senior Jocelyn Du-lanie said. “He will be able to gauge his lecture towards people going into the field.”

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students in danger?” Desilets asked.The Student Government Association

plans to meet with Public Safety in the coming weeks to analyze and possibly revise Public Safety’s role in New Haven, Desilets said.

“One suggestion brought forth yesterday by Junior Class Representative Theo Sig-gelakis was to line the path most Quinnipiac students take to popular New Haven locations with Quinnipiac Public Safety officers,” Desi-lets said.

Another solution, Desilets explained, was to work on the shuttle stop locations in New Haven. However, the shuttle stops are orga-nized by the city of New Haven, and are lo-cated at actual bus stops, according to Barger.

“Our hands are short of tied with where we can pick up and discharge students,” Barger said. “We’ve looked over the years of our shuttle program and looked at doing it at dif-

ferent places and again it comes down to what the city will allow you to utilize. ”

In order to improve students’ safety, the Department of Public Safety added new fea-tures to its job this year, according to Barger. One change is having an eight-person tactical squad, where the officials work by the shuttle stop on South Lot every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.

The Department of Public Safety has also been working closely with the New Haven Po-lice Department, especially at the shuttle stops in New Haven on the weekends.

“We have in the past and we will continue to hire [New Haven] police officers to staff those areas where, in fact, we have our shuttle stops,” Barger said. “We hire them on over time to work with our public safety officers down in New Haven.”

Another way Public Safety plans to en-hance its presence is by starting up Campus Walkthroughs with students. Public Safety has

been working with Evan Milas, vice president of student concerns, on creating a six-person student group to accompany Public Safety on its campus walkthroughs.

It’s the first time Public Safety is doing this, according to Barger. The walkthroughs will take place on the Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses every Friday night at 7 p.m. un-til 8:30 p.m.

“We’ll look at things that would be of con-cern for students and of safety and security,” Barger said.

The university-wide email Barger sent out this morning was the start up of Public Safe-ty’s action on helping students stay safe.

“I really want people to be aware of their surroundings, even here on campus,” Barger said. “We can’t be everywhere at every mo-ment. We can try to set the best stage for ev-eryone to be safe [but] we can’t be there all the time. At some level students need to be responsible for their own safety.”

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SPB, Res Life celebrate Diversity Week

Lahey: Irish history legacy ‘makes me proud’

Diversity Week is a time to no-tice and reflect on what makes peo-ple in society different. The Culture and Diversity committee of the Stu-dent Programming Board gave light

to the diverse ethnicities Quinnipiac embraces.

For Diversity Week, the commit-tee conjoined with Residential Life to embrace cultural diversity by giv-ing people the opportunity to step into another racer’s shoes. The Carl

Hansen Student Center is the cur-rent home of a photo kiosk, a “photo booth” that takes a photo of one’s face and allows them to see what they would look like as a different race. The booth is open to everyone until Friday.

The kiosk works as a computer algorithm that changes the struc-ture of one’s face. It was created by anthropologists and scientists that worked together to create a formula that will alter the structure of one’s face, according to Culture and Di-versity Chair Matt Francia.

Once the photo is taken, the person has the option of choosing which race he or she would like to see himself or herself as, such as “Asian, Black, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Indian and White.”

“When you look at how it chang-es your face, it’s still you,” Francia said. “It just shows that it doesn’t matter what race you are, that you’re still a person and you’re still equal, you’re still a human. I stress that there’s only one race, and that’s the human race.”

Francia thought of bringing the

photo booth to Quinnipiac after a conference he attended in North Carolina last year, for all program-ming boards around the country to attend. At this conference, there were vendors and agents promot-ing their novelties. The photo booth caught Francia’s attention first.

SPB adviser Steve Pagios was also drawn to the photo booth.

“Sometimes people are like ‘wait a minute, this sounds wrong,’ and I don’t really see it that way,” Pagios said. “I think it’s a cool chance to see what your difference will be like if you’re a different race.”

At this conference, Francia got a deeper understanding on what race actually is, he said.

“Race is something that we all think of as a thing that encloses our way of thinking,” Francia said. “It pigeon holes you into a certain cate-gory when, really, race isn’t the only thing that defines us.”

Francia went on to explain the cultural redefinition of race.

“Two people from the same race are as genetically different as two people from a different race,”

Francia said. “Although we might look different, humans are actually, genetically, the most similar of all species.”

The presentation has a museum exhibit feel with a gallery of “The Ten Misconceptions of Race,” ex-plaining what race is according to society and actual definitions.

“There’s a lot of things that I didn’t know about from a lot of dif-ferent aspects of diversity that I’m learning along with the rest of my committee, and this is one of those things about these ideas that society makes about race,” Francia said. “But in the end, we are still people.

Quinnipiac’s celebration of di-versity in its community will con-tinue throughout the week.

“In Diversity Week, we’re trying to get the diversity of our students and really just show that Quinni-piac is not just one type of student, regardless of the race,” Pagios said. “This takes another level of it to show that I might be doing this booth, but I can be a different race in a sense and experience it, at least visually.”

By KATHERINE ROJASNews Editor

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Senior Caitlin Riblett tests out a photo kiosk that lets her see what she would look like if she were a different race.

itself was a combination of perfect qualities in Lahey’s eyes. Located between the two undergraduate campuses, on the main street, and easily accessible from the highway, Lahey sees 3011 Whitney Ave. as a new major anchor of a Quinnipiac presence on this main road.

Plus, the building itself has some history to it. Opened in 1890 as Hamden’s first free pub-lic library, the exterior design reflects the look of old Irish workhouses during the famine.

It is clear that this project has been close

to Lahey’s heart for over a decade. In 1997 he served as Grand Marshal for the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and had what he calls his “intellectual awakening” in regards to the real story of the Irish Famine, and how the real story was more directly the fault of the British government than they advertise. That same year, he testified in front of the Connecti-cut state legislature in support of adding the Great Hunger to the curriculum.

Lahey recently noticed a group of school-children in the Lender room in the library, viewing the educational materials and artwork.

“It just gave a warm feeling to me to see that that’s really the legacy of Murray Lender,” La-hey said, “To see young people reading about the Irish plight, that more than anything makes me proud.”

Next week will play host to many events leading up to the opening of the museum.

“With anything like this, I wanted to tie in ev-eryone and get the whole community involved,” Lahey explained. Gerry Adams, president of the Irish political party Sinn Féin, will deliver a lec-ture, and there will be a panel discussion of seven Irish artists featured in the museum, as well as a

lecture on the history of the Great Hunger by au-thor Christine Kinealy. All of these events were designed to include the public and the academics in the community. The Dropkick Murphys con-cert was to tie in the students.

“As I get older, trying to figure out what motivates an 18- to 22-year-old gets more and more challenging but I wanted the students to feel some of the excitement and the impor-tance of the event,” Lahey said.

There will also be an open house for any-one in the university community on Saturday, Sept. 29, on the day following the concert.

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More than 300 students came together for Community Action Project’s Helping Hands Day on Saturday. Students spent the day vol-unteering for 25 organizations in and around the Hamden and New Haven area.

The service projects included doing crafts with dementia patients at Hamden Health Care, cleaning up the East Shore Rock beach, sorting food at the Connecticut Food Bank, running a diaper drive for Connecticut Part-nership for Children, gardening at the Meriden Humane Society, painting flower pots for Ma-sonicare, and making friendship bracelets and cards for patients in the BAWA Health Initia-tive and Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Although Quinnipiac University does reach out to the community for the Big Event in the spring, Helping Hands Day was created to give students an opportunity to volunteer in the fall, explained Jenna Bedard, event or-ganizers with fellow CAP Special Events co-chair Jenna Mojkowski.

“We also get a lot freshmen volunteers, so it's a great way for freshmen to get involved in community service early in the year,” Bedard added.

In its third year at Quinnipiac, Saturday’s Helping Hands Day was the largest yet. There were about 60 more participants this year compared to last year’s event.

“CAP is trying to make this event bigger and bigger each year,” Bedard said.

A goal of Helping Hands Day is to give students an opportunity to assist organizations in the Hamden area.

Gardening at the animal shelter Meriden Humane Society left freshman Jaminla Ojuru-wa-Abdulkarim feeling accomplished.

“I felt like I was helping the people,” Oju-ruwa-Abdulkarim said.

Helping Hands Day inspired freshman Hannah Grigorian to volunteer at the Con-necticut Food Bank again, where she sorted non-perishable items.

“They have excess work all the time and have a lot of produce coming in,” Grigorian said.

In this way, Helping Hands is not just a one day event, but a way to introduce students to

community service and make them aware of its value.

“It is important for students to give back to the community that we live in,” Bedard said. “It's great to see so many students to come out

so early on Saturday morning to do commu-nity service projects.The organizations that students go to are so grateful to have someone there that cares and is willing to help give back to our community.”

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New Blue Rugby wins season-opener vs. Hartford

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QU ranked top up-and-coming school in the

North

Quinnipiac offers many study abroad programs for students. Now, Quinnipiac may just take students across the country, instead of across the world. The university is exploring internship opportunities in Los Angeles, said Mark Thompson, senior vice president for academic and student affairs. - K. Rojas

Quinnipiac senior Patrick MacLellan scored a try and junior Marc Villalongue kicked a 40-yard penalty goal to lead New Blue Rugby to an 8-5 win against the Uni-versity of Hartford on Saturday. New Blue plays its next game Saturday at Worcester Polytechnic Institute at 5 p.m. - M. Eisenberg

U.S. News World Report ranked Quinni-piac University as the No. 1 up-and-coming school in the North East in 2012. Known for its three settings one university, Quinnipiac keeps expanding to new heights, for exam-ple, creating the school of engineering and offering philosophy as a major. Quinnipiac plans to keep growing at a tremendous pace by planning to create a Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences on the North Haven campus and the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine in the fall of 2013. Joan Isaac Mohr said: “It’s also based on the work our faculty is doing to focus on teaching and student learning outcomes and student en-gagement. We’ve been number one or two in this category for years and we’re happy to see that continue”. Quinnipiac was also ranked the top up-and-coming school with a master’s programs in the north and No. 13 best school in the north region of the United States. - J. Pharo

Students lend helping hands

Hall Wars to still go on as planned despite funding issue

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Several Quinnipiac students clean up the East Shore Rock beach as part of Community Action Project’s third-annual Helping Hands Day on Saturday.

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The brothers of SigEp made up for much of the lost funding on their own. In past years, each brother was responsible for his own share of fundraising, but this time around, Croteau asked for an increase in their donation amounts.

“Over the summer, each brother is sup-posed to raise a certain amount of money, and we raised [that total] to compensate what we lost from SPB,” Croteau said.

SigEp usually requires each brother to raise at least $150 towards the Hall Wars fund, but this year that number was bumped up to $200 per person. However, it took a bit more to make up for all of the funds lost after SPB cut ties from the event.

The fraternity used additional fundraisers

within the community to support its cause, holding an event at Wayback Burger and gain-ing co-sponsorships from other area business-es including Smokey’s Char-Grill BBQ and Cheshire Cycle.

The support from local businesses helped fill the funding void left by SPB, but another student organization stepped up to help and may be looking to take SPB’s place.

“[Residence Hall Council] has helped out too and we’re trying to form a relationship with them,” Croteau said.

With additional funding from its brothers, local businesses and RHC, SigEp will bring Hall Wars back to Quinnipiac, and according to Croteau, the fraternity did not scale any-thing back.

“Our brothers came together and we raised more money to make up for SPB’s non-spon-sorship,” Croteau said.

SPB had no comment on its decision to no longer fund Hall Wars, but SPB President Lau-ren Enea said the organization still supports both SigEp and Hall Wars.

The brothers of SigEp overcame a great loss to their event budget, and Sullivan is pleased Hall Wars will go on as planned be-cause the event is so important to the freshman community at Quinnipiac.

“The best thing about Hall Wars, what we always strive for, is to just get the fresh-men to have an event where they all get to interact with each other and hang out,” Sul-livan said. “They’re new, they’re still transi-tioning to their dorm rooms, and providing that opportunity for them to have a field day is what enables them to get to know each other.”

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DJ Mahoney Doug Caggiano Amanda HeglerFor those of you who may not know me please allow me

to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Doug Caggiano and I am seeking to be elected to the student gov-ernment association as your senior class representative. This election means everything to me and I see it as my next and final step here at Quinnipiac. I am involved in many parts of this campus as a member of Greek life and a member of AMA. I am aspiring to finish my college career representing YOU and making sure your last semesters here are your best.

Hi! For those of you that do not know me, my name is Amanda Hegler! Throughout my time thus far at Quinnipiac University, I have been extremely involved within the commu-nity and feel as though being a part of the Student Government Association is the culmination of my undergraduate involve-ment. Being an active member in numerous student organi-zations, I am able to work cross organizationally and adhere to the needs of different students and groups on campus. My hope is to work hard to meet the needs of students and ensure that as students we can have the most fulfilling undergraduate experience as possible.

To view statements and photos for the 18 freshmen running for Student government association, visit quchronicle.com

going gluten free

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Chartwells adapts to new diets

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This year, the Mount Carmel Dining Hall has a frozen section devoted to gluten-free foods.

Chartwells introduced its new addition of Au Bon Pain, but also introduced their new diet accommo-dations for students with food aller-gies.

The most common diet accom-modations Chartwells had to make was for allergies to gluten, lactose and nuts, according to Leean Spald-ing, the associate director of din-ing services, To accommodate the students, Chartwells has incorpo-rated many different foods into their menus.

Chartwells offers gluten free substitutions at the Deli, Yan Can Cook and 2mato, Spalding said. There is also vegan cheese at 2mato, Deli and BYOB. Chartwells now of-fers microwaveable Halal meals and Halal grilled chicken at the BYOB Grill. There is also soy milk, lactaid and dairy free cheese for those who

are lactose intolerant.Some of the gluten free avail-

able food options include gluten free wraps, gluten free muffins, gluten free teriyaki chicken, gluten free chicken fingers and nuggets, and gluten free chicken pot pie.

Au Bon Pain also has four gluten-free soups available. The healthy options on the new Au Bon Pain menu caught the eye of fresh-man Rachel Nilan.

“Though I am not on a special diet or dietary restriction, I definitely want to try the new food options at Au Bon Pain,” Nilan said.

Chartwells has been working on accommodating its menu for stu-dents with special diets for a while, Director of Dining Services Joseph Tobin said.

“It has been in our business plan the past few years to increase our gluten free offerings,” Tobin said. “Last year we started baking our

own gluten free bread on campus.”Junior Erica Cirilli compared

Chartwells’ gluten free options to being better this year than last year.

“Last year Chartwells did not have an entire section dedicated to gluten-free diets, nor did they have many options for those students,” Cirilli said. “This year, however, they have replaced a refrigerated section that used to contain drinks with a large amount of gluten-free options.”

Those with dietary restrictions may meet with Spalding, who has her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Food and Nutrition. Spald-ing then reviews their special dietary needs. If a student has a special food request, Chartwells will attempt to add it to the menu, according to To-bin.

Spalding has met with 10 stu-dents this semester to go over their special diets and dietary restrictions.

By SAMANTHA MOOREContributing Writer

Just as our physical campuses are thriving and expanding, so is our student body. With this come the possibilities for more opportunities given to students through the Student Govern-ment Association. I believe that I have the passion, drive, and determination to give my fellow and future bobcats the best collegiate experience. After working on various organizations on campus, I know how to work efficiently with other students, campus administrators, and off campus businesses. I can clearly communicate my ideas while keeping everyone’s best interests in mind to ensure that the best possible end result is reached.

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Twas the night before Apple’s press confer-ence, a moment you couldn’t avoid. Not a smartphone was buzzing, not even a Droid.Apple fanboys rejoiced, and looked at their old iPhone’s with despair. In hopes that the iPhone 5 soon would be there. Unfunny spins on clas-sic Christmas tales aside, Christ-mas came early for many last week as Apple unveiled their sixth iPhone, the iPhone 5. But with their latest iteration of the most popular smart-phone on the market, Apple con-tinues to prove they are hell bent on remaining in a perpetual cycle of catch up that favors profits over innova-tion.Let’s start with the goods. The choice to make minor aesthetic alterations has given Apple one option: trim the fat. The iPhone 5 is 18 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter. Not bad for a one year diet since the launch of the 4S. The phone has also been hitting the books: the brains of the phone are now supported by dual-core Apple A6, which Apple claims is twice as fast and can load web pages in half the time of the 4S.Shockingly enough, Apple put some effort into making phone calls even better (yes, your iPhone is a phone as well as a Face-book and Twitter machine). Three micro-

phones are now in the device, improving the quality of calls and recordings, as well as built in noise cancelling technology.

Also, Apple has opted for a new charger called Lightning, which gets rid of the almost decade old con-

nector we’ve grown to hate love. While the decision to make the charger reversibly accessible will make drunk charging a breeze, it

comes at a price. In order to make those precious accesso-ries and sound systems you’ve accrued over the years work with your new iPhone, a $30

adapter will need to be purchased, or a $40 one with a cord. In the scheme of things, particularly when you compare the iPhone to the others in its class, a picture is painted that shows Ap-ple as sluggish in the cell phone world. They just now added 4G LTE: a feature that most expected to come with the iPhone 4S but in-stead were given a “3G hybrid”. Oh, and a feature that has been on Android phones for a couple years. Even odder was the decision to exclude NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, which is now a staple in the cell phone world. NFC has the potential for a plethora of technological advancements, such as contactless payment, electronic tick-

ets, and interactivity with your surroundings on the basis of having a phone in your pocket. Yes, it could be argued Apple is attempting to make their own version of this through the Passbook app announced to launch with their operating system upgrade to iOS 6, but that comes off more selfish than inventive. Apple had the potential to lead the industry into a new world of connectivity, but instead opted for their own app. If you look at Apple’s business strategy over the course of iPhone history, this shouldn’t come as a shock. For the ben-efit of the company, Apple has chosen to take small steps rather than leaps in the smart-phone field, implementing industry-standard and innovative technology at a snail’s pace. It’s only a matter of time before this catches up with Apple, with critics predicting damage impending with their latest choices.Maybe I’m looking at the iPhone 5 wrong. I own the 4S, and have loved it intensely over the past year. It is one sexy device, and gets the job done. It is just not the technologically advancing piece of equipment that I want it to be. With Apple continuously getting the chance to tee off and take charge, they instead choose good business, and why not? With continuous record sales and stocks at an all-time high, if it ain’t broke, don’t in-novate.

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Bobcats,This week holds a very special day at Quinnipiac University.

On Wednesday, September 19th, 2012, voting will take place for the SGA elections. This year, students will vote for 1 Freshman Class President, 1 Freshman Class Vice President, 8 Freshman Class Representatives, and 3 Senior Class Representatives. The freshman class can only vote on the freshman candidates and the senior class can only vote on the senior candidates. Looking at the current num-bers, there are 18 students running for Freshman Class President, 10 students for Freshman Class Vice President, and 26 students for Freshman Class Representative. The senior class will have the deci-sion in choosing 3 Senior Class Representatives. Voting will take place on Qu.Collegiatelink.Net by logging in with your Qu user-name and password. Students will have all of Wednesday to vote with polls being open at midnight and closing at 8pm. On Wednes-day morning, SGA will also be holding Breakfast for Bobcats, being put on by the Programming Committee, located on the patio outside the Carl Hansen Student Center from 8am-11am where SGA will

give out free breakfast, provided by Whitney Donut, to the student body. There will be voting booths at the event for students to take the opportunity to vote if they haven’t already done so. If you don’t get a chance to come by in the morning, stop by from 11am-2pm at the patio. There will be voting booths during these times as well and a chance to meet the members of your Student Government Associa-tion. Make sure you get out there on Wednesday and vote. Your opinion matters the most and every vote counts. It is up to each and everyone of you to decide who will lead your freshman and senior classes for the year. Every candidate will find out the results on Wednesday night after the polls are closed. We encourage everyone to come to the SGA Lounge to meet the new Freshman Class Cabinet and the new Senior Class Representatives later that night. Have an amazing rest of week and make sure you vote on Wednesday, Sep-tember 19th!

Live The Legend,Ryan Scanlon, Vice President of Public Relations

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Dear QU Chronicle editor,As a parent of a QU freshman, I very

much enjoyed reading the opinion article entitled, “Security’s complete disregard for our safety” in the September 12th edition of the QU Chronicle.

I quickly realized that QU’s educational culture extends beyond the classroom and encompasses all of QU’s staff. I commend the security staff for teaching the freshman a terrific life lesson.

Be Prepared. Living in upstate NY and frequently enjoying hikes in the Adirondack mountains, I wouldn’t dare step foot on the trail without being prepared. This includes telling friends/family where I’ll be hiking, checking the weather forecast, BRINGING and READING a trail map, and packing ex-tra water, comfortable shoes, basic first aid, and yes, a cell phone.

Search and rescue teams and/or security should be reserved for serious emergencies --not novice hikers who were ill-prepared for their walk up Sleeping Giant Mountain!

I suspect that these freshman will look back at this experience in four years and thank the QU security staff for helping to teach them a good lesson.

An upstate NY parent

Before I went to college, my views on diver-

sity were completely surface level. I didn’t realize how much fell under the umbrella of the word “diversity” until I went to college.

In high school, I was part of the Black History Committee,

an organization that celebrates African-Amer-icans who have made significant contributions throughout history. We had intelligent conver-sations, watched and analyzed films and put together an assembly each February to educate students. At the time, I naively thought that was as diverse as it could get.

After spending several years at Quinni-piac, I understand now there is more to diver-sity than race or “white” and “black.” I have learned a lot from friends, peers and through-out my own experiences that there is more to us than meets the eye.

Diversity is not just race, but gender, reli-gion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orienta-tion, gender identity, age, disabilities, socio-economic standing and political affirmations.

Who are you and where do you come from? There is no one else around exactly the same as you. Your family is unique to your-self, as are the relationships and friendships you hold with others.

Quinnipiac is halfway through celebrat-ing Diversity Week. Whether you realized that fact or not, it is not too late to get involved in the week’s worth of programming. There is always something new to learn about yourself and others.

Tonight is the Capoeira Dance Perfor-mance in Burt Kahn at 7:30 p.m. This is a mar-tial arts dance combining music and dance. You will learn more about Brazilian culture at this event.

On Thursday, there will be a Religion Roundtable on the third floor of Ledges at Noon, a History of Drag in the LGBT Com-munity on the first floor of Dana at 7 p.m. and Masculinity Across Cultures in the Commons lounge at 7 p.m.

Diversity Week closes with a screening of the Clint Eastwood film “Gran Torino” in Buckman at 7 p.m. on Friday.

Take a step out of your comfort zone and attend an event before the end of the week. It’s important to learn about your peers inside and outside the Quinnipiac community.

While we are inherently tied together as Bobcats for the rest of our lives, there is a big world out there after our time here.

Matt Busekroos is a graduate student studying Interactive Media. He is 22 years-old, tall, blonde, German, Irish, Polish, Cath-olic and hails from Shrewsbury, Ma.

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I find comfort in knowing that Quinni-piac University’s Public Safety works dili-gently to ensure the campuses are safe and secure. I can walk to class, con-fident that the school has created a sheltered environment fostering academia. As of late, however, many of the safety precautions have begun to feel like road-blocks in my daily life.

My car is loaded with groceries; a few bags of produce, boxes of pasta, cans of tuna fish, a flat of water bottles. With Q-card in hand, I pause next to the Public Safety checkpoint at York Hill. I am asked for my phone number, my license plate, my parking sticker number, and my room number.

I was given a parking pass and told I only had 15 minutes. Hasn’t it always been 20-minute parking?

A simple white 8x11 sheet of paper, with my information listed and a timestamp in the corner.

By the time I parked my car and gath-ered bags in my arms, I had 10 minutes to unload all of my groceries and move my car.

I can appreciate the attempts made to limit the number of long-term parking and congestion in the Crescent parking lot. What I do not appreciate is the ineffective measures that are more of a hassle than help.

This past weekend I made a trip to Boston with a good friend from home. He planned to pick me up at my residence hall and we’d then set off on our trip. I warned him that he would be given the runaround with a silly piece of paper parking pass and a boatload of questions.

In my room, with my backpack and overnight bag set to go, he called me from the security booth, asking that I walk down to meet him. Rather than allowing him to pull up to the parking lot where I would

meet him, get into the car and leave, Public Safety refused to let him past the check-point. He was directed to park in the TD

Bank parking area because he was not signed in as a guest and did not have

the blue visitor pass in his possession. Public Safety told him if he tried to walk up the hill past the checkpoint, he would be arrested for trespassing

on private university property.Arrested, for trying to pick

up a friend, with no inten-tion of setting foot on the asphalt?

I would like to chalk up the obstructions of coming and

going freely to my room to a lack of well organized rules and consequences.

A piece of white paper, with a time stamp, not only contradicts Quinnipiac’s initiative to “go green,” it also, more often than not, can be found crumpled up on the floor of the car.

It would not be hard to take a black pen and make a few edits to the time stamp. 10:13 can easily become 10:48.

Each student parking sticker was printed with a bar code. Why? Would it not be more effective to scan each car as they drive past, keeping the time stamp on file?

If that is too technologically advanced for Public Safety, why not use carbon copy paper so the time stamp can be filed in the checkpoint. The 8x11 printer paper is noth-ing more than a hassle, and I’ve heard Pub-lic Safety officers agree.

There is no organization to the current process. Some cars can go through with the scrap paper, others are waved on if they promise to take no longer than five minutes, and then some, like my friend, are threat-ened with an arrest if they even walk up the hill.

I am all for Public Safety maintaining a comfortable and protected living and learn-ing environment, but why not make use of modern technology and create a checkpoint system that is not only quick but effective?

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a new food havenBurgers flip from New York to New HavenBurger lovers rejoice! A Shake

Shack has made it’s way to New Haven.

The city’s anticipated addition is expected to be constantly crowded from when they open their doors at 11a.m. to when they close them at 11p.m. And you can’t miss this 19-foot glass store front, it stands out from the rest of the Chapel Street buildings.

David Swinghamer, chief devel-opment officer of Shake Shack is very excited to start serving a new city.

“We looked at it as where is the best spot for us where can we feel like we’re part of the community,” he said. “We love New Haven.”

The menu consists of your typi-cal burgers, hot dogs, milkshakes, fries, as well as unique items that pertain to New Haven and the Yale community. Vegetarians will even enjoy a ‘Shroom Burger, while meat eaters will enjoy a Smoke Shack Burger topped with bacon, and ranch sauce. And all sweet tooths will be satisfied with frozen custards and toppings.

When speaking specifically about Quinnipiac, Swinghamer mentioned that it is a great location for Bobcats, being that the New Haven shuttle stop is a short walk away.

“When I found out the bus stops right here I thought ‘perfect’ be-cause we want to be here for the whole community,” he said. “It’s a great University and there are a lot of students, but there are no places to go,” he said referring to Quinni-piac.

To make this new location fit in even more, reclaimed wood from

the old Yale Bowl was used in the construction. It also offers the first ever Shake Shack fireplace, making it an even cozier hangout.

Swinghamer takes into consid-eration the lifestyles of the students in the surrounding area as well as QU in hopes that New Haven Shake Shack will become a student spot.

“Everybody likes to hang out, but the way that time is spent when you’re a student in college, you absolutely need some down time. Then we want to make sure that when you have some work or want to stay in touch, you can come here for that too,” he said.

KAPPA DELTA COLONIZES Kappa Delta, the newest sorority to join Greek life at Quinnipiac, colonized its chapter last weekend. The new sorority extended bids to 126 girls.

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For the third time, Quinnipiac University hosted Jared Mahone, a beatboxing, soul-driven musi-cian from Ohio. The coffeehouse setting in the Mount Carmel Din-ing Hall set listeners up for a re-laxing and melodious night.

On stage, Mahone comes across as a hometown, clean-cut Midwestern guy. But, the audi-ence soon realized there was much more to him. And although the venue wasn’t an amphithe-ater, the show was one of a kind.

With so many different musi-cal influences, it’s hard to nar-row down Jared Mahone into one genre. Mahone said his two biggest influences are soul music and hip-hop, which he started lis-tening to at age 13. With outra-geous beatboxing skills like Ma-hone’s, his style had to stem from somewhere.

“I get inspired by all kinds of crazy stuff,” Mahone said while on stage. His brief explanation about his inspirations was fol-lowed by an acapella version of “The Little Mermaid’s” “Part of Your World,” and renditions of two television classic’s theme songs, “The Wonder Years” and “Full House” on his electric gui-tar.

“I love that stuff,” Mahone said with laughter. “I love the

short, cheesy stuff!”It was clear to the audience

that Mahone was there for one reason: to put on a great show.

His new album, “Mixtapes,” is being released on Oct. 23, and has been two years in the mak-ing. But for Mahone, it wasn’t just releasing an album, it was an adventure.

In 2010, he decided he was going to release a new song ev-ery week for a year straight. By the end, he’d have listen-ers decide what they wanted on the album. This creative experi-ment is known as the “Mixtape Project.” In order to produce so many songs so quickly, Mahone found himself on the back of an ambulance as a volunteer EMT, strapped to a glider, and other forms of recklessness that trig-gered a specific feeling.

“How does one write about hope, or anger, or loss if you never experienced it?” Mahone said during an interview after the show. “I rage against no ma-chine.”

Mahone intentionally puts himself through “highs and lows” for the sake of his passion for music, which could get lonely sometimes, he said.

“It’s who I am and what I’m meant for,” Mahone said.

The songs on his upcoming album are not merely about a moment of intensity. They reach a personal level, such as in-ner conflict, family and friends. With this in mind, Mahone also explained his experimentation within song concepts. For exam-ple, taking the same concept and making two songs out of it with opposing views.

“Mixtapes is completely crowd-focused,” Mahone said. He plans on continuing his ex-perimentations with music and potentially collaborating with new bands, and finding new ex-periences and opportunities. “We are the sum of all our parts, we inhale like and experience, words, images and inspiration, hope, faith, truth and we exhale art that hopefully breeds all those things over again.”

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ode to my Mom and all of the other patients out there.”

And so the training began. For nine months, Slonina dedicated his life to conditioning his body. That way, he could make the 24-hour shootout possible. Before school started, he was at the gym shooting free throws. During lunch, he was lifting weights. In his free pe-riods and after he was finished managing the basketball team, he was shooting hoops. Slo-nina went all in, he said.

“I was so scared of losing that all I could do was work as hard as I possibly could,” Slonina said. “If I was going to fail, it wasn’t going to be because I wasn’t prepared.”

In the midst of preparation, Slonina re-ceived relieving news. His mother’s tumor was not as cancerous as initially believed. Many might have quit after hearing this, but it only increased Slonina’s drive. He contin-ued to train, pushing his body and mind to achieve his ultimate goal.

Slonina said some people doubted his ability to survive the 24 hours. People in

school thought that since he wasn’t on the varsity squad, he didn’t have it in him. His close friends believed differently.

“I knew that there was no way Mike was going to not finish the event,” said Christian Mowles, Slonina’s close friend and a vice president for A Shot For Life. “This thing was his baby and literally nothing was going to be able to stop him.”

Mowles was right. In the second hour of the event, Slonina injured his wrist, forcing him to change the way he shot free throws for the remaining 22 hours. By hour 14, he was exhausted and his pace became slower. However, Slonina forgot about his injuries

and focused on his mom. He was going to make it to noon no matter what.

At the sound of the final buzzer, those who’d been by Slonina’s side let out a sigh of relief. Slonina threw 8,101 shots and nailed 5,930 of them, for a cumulative shooting percentage greater than 72 percent. And for Slonina, the sound of the buzzer sig-nified the moment everything made sense.

“A Shot For Life showed me why ev-erything had happened in my life,” he said. “Had my mom not been diagnosed with the tumor, this event would have never been created. The final buzzer tied everything to-gether for me.”

So far, A Shot For Life has raised $17,000, all of which was donated to the Curry Research Lab at the Massachusetts General Hospital Brain Tumor Center. The proceeds from the next event will be split between the Curry Research Lab and Chil-dren’s Hospital in Boston.

Slonina has high hopes for the future. Ulti-mately, he would like to make it a nationally-known, annual event and foundation that is dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. But for now, he’s focusing on creating an updated ver-sion of the inaugural event that will include three people shooting for eight hours each. It will potentially take place in five Massachu-setts high schools scheduled for Spring 2013.

“I feel like I have a responsibility to help people now,” Slonina said. “It’s just in me. I don’t care if it takes the rest of my life to make A Shot For Life a well-known event. This is what I was called to do and no matter

what, A Shot For Life is going to continue.”Although Slonina is grateful to have his

peers, friends’ and former basketball team’s support, he said he owes everything that A Shot For Life has become to his mom.

“My mom is literally the strongest wom-en in the world,” Slonina said. “Without her support, I would not have made it to where I am. When I had to train at 6 a.m., she drove me, when I needed to go to the Emergency Room because of my ankle, she was there for me. I owe every ounce of success that I have ever had or will ever get to my mother.”

The event and foundation has made a clear impact so far. Even before the shoot-out began, Slonina received an email from a woman in Colorado saying how proud she was of him, as she recently lost her twin sis-ter to brain cancer.

However, there’s a more recent story that Slonina cherishes the most.

“I was coaching basketball this summer at Catholic Memorial, when a kid pulled me over and started asking me questions about basketball,” Slonina said. “And then he asked me a very specific question about brain cancer. At that moment, I knew he had some involvement with it, and only seconds later he told me that he had two open brain surgeries and was told that he was going to die one night. Imagine being told that this is the end of the road for you? He then told me how much A Shot For Life meant to him and how much he looked up to me. That was literally the most ground shaking moment of my life.”

It was the morning of April 10, 2011 when DJ Khaled’s song “All I Do Is Win” blasted through the speak-ers. The crowd in Catholic Memo-

rial High School’s gymnasium went wild as Mike Slonina walked through the doors. He was about to begin the last session of his 24-hour basketball shootout.

Slonina shot free throws one after an-other, the music electrifying the crowd and keeping his energy up. Then, at 11:59 a.m., the music was ordered to be turned off. It was the moment Slonina had been waiting for, the last shot.

Less than a 30 seconds later, the bas-ketball flew from Slonina’s hand and ach-ing wrist and into the hoop. Swoosh. At that moment, the buzzer went off and the crowd went wild, giving Slonina a much deserved standing ovation. But the marathon wasn’t for him, it was for his mother.

The shot was good and so was the crowd, but this was never supposed to be him to be-gin with.

In June 2010, Slonina’s world came crashing down. His mom said the dreaded “we need to talk” line, and explained that doctors had found a tumor in her brain. They were unsure of how long she had to live.

“At that moment, I didn’t know what to do, so I went to the YMCA and started shooting hoops,” Slonina said. “I know this sounds cliché, but basketball has always been my shoulder to cry on.”

Slonina’s love for basketball started at a young age. However, his ability to pursue the game on a competitive level came to a halt due to an ankle injury in the seventh grade. By the time the problem was found, it was too late. Slonina would have to settle for being on the sidelines.

That didn’t stop him from being involved with the game he worshiped. As a high school freshman, he became the manager of Catho-lic Memorial’s varsity team in West Rox-bury, Mass. After practice, he would drill free throws for hours on end, Slonina said.

After a week of attempting to digest the news about his mother, Slonina had an idea, an idea that would develop into “A Shot For Life.” He envisioned spending 24 hours shooting a basketball in order to raise money and awareness about brain cancer. He cre-ated a Facebook page to gain support, and though it hadn’t been done before, it didn’t mean it was impossible.

“Cancer is a 24-hour battle,” Slonina said. “You can’t decide to take a day off. That’s how I got the initial idea: do it as an

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Do you have a certain specialty?The half-marathon

Do you know how many miles you run on average?40-50 miles per week

What’s your best time?1 hour 37 minutes and 7 seconds

Who is your running role model?Steve Prefontaine

What’s your pre-run snack?My favorite pre-run snack is probably a GU Energy Gel. I eat them before and during most long runs and they really help!

So what’s the hardest part about running?Running is both physical and mental. The hardest part for me would be getting up everyday and running. It takes a lot of mental strength.

And what’s the best part?I would say being able to get away from the world. Whether I’m running alone or with a friend, I’m able to forget everything else going on and just relax. It is just a freeing feeling that I don’t get from anything else.

With all your success so far, do you have any ad-vice for future runners?Just go do it! The hardest part about running is to start up and be consistent. Pick a race, sign up for it, and work towards it. That’s what I do and it has yet to fail me.

Within the running world, what are looking to achieve?Finishing a full marathon.

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Do you like long lines? What about horrible service? You’re in luck because Au Bon Pain just opened on campus.

It was exciting to have a new place to eat, so when it opened last Tues-day, I sprinted to the caf. Unfortunately, I was greeted by an extremely long line. Finally I ordered, but it wasn’t over yet. I still waited another 20 min-utes to get my sandwich.

Okay, so I had to wait extra long. Fine, I can ignore that. But upon un-wrapping my lunch, I discovered Au Bon Pain didn’t even get my order right. That’s just unacceptable, especially for the price.

Even after all this, I decided to give it another chance. Maybe it was just first day chaos. But, I was disappointed once again. Though my order was right, the food was subpar.

Chartwells certainly didn’t plan ahead on this one. Its employees defi-nitely need more thorough training. But shouldn’t they have done this prior to opening?

So if you’re looking for a quick fix, Au Bon Pain isn’t it. But if you’re looking to spend all the money on your Q-card before the end of the semes-ter, it can probably help you with that.–J. Esposito

If you still aren’t convinced that Taylor Swift is one of the sweetest people on Earth, well, now you should be. On Sept. 7, Swift debuted her new song, “Ronan,” the same day as the annual “Stand Up To Can-cer” telethon. The song tells the story of a young boy’s fight to survive brain cancer, and is written from his mother’s perspective. To make an already amazingly kind gesture even sweeter, all of the proceeds go to cancer foundations.

This isn’t the first time T-Swift has done something kind for a can-cer patient. Earlier this year, she invited a boy with leukemia to the Academy of Country Music awards after she couldn’t go to his prom due to scheduling conflicts. Who does this stuff? Honestly? Let’s face it, people love her no matter what, and yet she still goes out of her way to make people happy.

But then again, look at her. This is the girl that goes around her con-certs hugging people and playing in the middle of the crowd. Is the song really that much of a surprise? Nope. So, T-Swift, thanks for continuing to stay so sweet since the moment you wiped away the teardrops on our guitars. The world needs more people like you.–S. Corcoran

by tAyLor trAhAnInSIDe The mInD of....new Addition to the Rancic familyAfter two weeks, Giuliana and Bill Rancic are finally showing off their baby boy, Edward Duke Rancic. The first photos are going to be disclosed in the latest issue of Life & Style magazine.

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The lachey’s Welcome Baby BoyOn September 13, Nick and Vanessa Lachey finally had their baby boy, Camden John Lachey. Just last month, Kristen Caval-lari welcomed a son named Camden as well. Apparently, it’s a popular name.

Gymnast Set Back Due to SurgeryOlympic gymnast McKayla Ma-roney had a successful surgery and tweeted “I’m alive!” as well as a picture of herself giving two thumbs up. Though she has not confirmed the reason, she re-portedly fractured her left tibia. Maroney may miss a few stops on the Kellogg’s Tour of Gym-nastics Champions.

The new BachelorA fan favorite, Sean Lowe is set to be ABC’s next Bachelor ac-cording to source close to pro-duction. All the ladies on and off the show will be drooling over this guy.

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hangover Three Too much?Despite the mixed reviews of the second installment, the Hangover stars have begun film-ing the third movie. Though the details are remaining secret, the movie will not involve a wed-ding this time. Hopefully fans will not be disappointed.

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Junior public relations major Pete Nikitas talks about his dreams, successes and challenges as a runner.

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Freshman runner Brendan Copley was the top recruit for the Quin-nipiac men’s cross country team this past year. When he enrolled to attend Quinnipiac this fall, he was expected to be a big part of the team.

However, no one expected this.In his first week as a collegiate level runner, Copley won the North-

east Conference Rookie of the Week and registered the fastest indi-vidual time for the Bobcats in each of his first two races. He finished

fifth overall at the Stony Brook Invitational on Sept. 1, and 10th overall on Sept. 8 at the Bryant Invitational.

“I heavily recruited Brendan last year; he was my top recruit,” Quin-nipiac cross country head coach Carolyn Martin said. “He is a kid who came to the program with very low mileage. We were a little nervous about pushing him too much too early. He’s transitioned from racing a 5k to an 8k really well, and is a very good distance runner. That’s prob-ably impressed me the most so far.”

Copley has been used to this type of individual achievement his whole life. In high school, the Colchester, Vt. native was a three-sport varsity athlete in cross country, nordic skiing and track. Copley was named the 2010-11 Gatorade Vermont Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, and won the 2010 Vermont Division I individual state championship with a time of 17:26. He then placed 13th overall that year in the New England Cross Country Championships with a time of 17:12.3.

The transition from high school to Quinnipiac, however, was not as seamless as it may appear.

“Just the mileage in itself is about twice as much as it was in high school, so time management skills are very important,” Copley said. “It’s very different in that respect.”

For Copley, it was not always about his individual success, though. He enjoys simply being another member of the squad.

“I’d say that it’s a very team-orientated enjoyable experience here,” Copley said speaking of being a member of the cross coun-try team. “I enjoy the hard work you put into it every day, and the rewards you get out of it. I really enjoy the companionship with my teammates.”

Other members of the team appreciate Copley’s success as well. Senior Mike Levene knows exactly how big of an addition Copley is through his own experience.

“Watching Brendan at practice and every time he runs, it’s amaz-ing,” Levene said. “Him coming in really working hard and getting the results he wants is good for us. We will have a really strong team at the end of the season, and Brendan will be a big part of that.”

The freshman runner did not participate in Saturday’s race when Quinnipiac hosted Central Connecticut State due to a more intense training schedule than what he was used to in high school. Martin hopes that this helps Copley progress as a runner and, ultimately, leaves his best production for the season’s end.

“I do expect he will continue getting better,” Martin said. “We are looking at it in a four-year window, and hopefully he gets better every year.”

Copley has very similar goals.“I want to try and stay as healthy and injury-free as possible,” Cop-

ley said. “I want to be able to peek at the end of the season. Coach has been doing a very good job in putting everything in perspective, and giving us the drills to keep us prepared.”

NBC Sports to cover QU-Yale Game

By NICK SOLARIContributing Writer

The annual Quinnipiac vs. Yale men’s hockey game on Friday Feb. 22 at High Point Solutions arena will be televised nationally on NBC Sports Network. Also known as the Heroes Hat Championship, the contest is one of 24 college hockey games to be televised by NBC Sports this season.

“We are very grateful to NBC Sports, ECAC Hockey and to Yale for making this happen and we are confident that teams and fans will make this an excellent broadcast from the High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center,” Quinnipiac Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald said.

Last season’s contest against Yale was covered by SportsNet New York, a match-up which ended in a 2-2 tie. This season’s Heroes Hat is one of many Quinnipiac hockey games to be televised nationally. The complete schedule is slated to be re-leased on Oct. 2 at the Ice Hockey Media Reception.

The Heroes Hat is Connecticut sports contribution to the heroes and their families who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. The Heroes Hat started out as an annual match-up between Quinnipiac and the University of Connecticut but switched to Quinnipiac and Yale once the Bobcats joined the East-ern College Athletic Conference for the 2005-2006 season.

Quinnipiac has a 3-1-2 record against the Bulldogs in the Heroes Hat series since 2007.

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Freshman Brendan Copley runs at last years New England Cross Country Championships where he placed 12th with a time of

16:16 in the 5k.

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O’Connor: Freshmen ‘bring a different feel to the team’

perience there,” Unger said. “It was such a great learning process to go out and see what the competition of play is going to be like and how these tournaments run. We figured it out and had some fun with it today.”

Indeed, they did have fun as Unger fired a 163 (82-81), which, at the time, broke Ketcheson’s previous program record of a two-day total of 166 (81-85) at last April’s Hartford Invitational. Whaley moved into second place on the school record, carding a two-day aggregate of 164 (81-83). Unger and Whaley share third place for lowest single rounds with pairs of 81.

“The first day I played, I played one of the best rounds I’ve played in a long time,” Whaley said. “I was very nervous going into the day and I had a rough first hole. We had a long wait between the first and second holes and my teammates, coach and everybody kind of calmed me down and relaxed me. That was a big deal and I got my comfort level where I needed it to, going into the rest of the tourna-

ment.”Whaley experienced the same first tee jit-

ters as well.“I had the same thing with her getting up

on the first and being nervous and hitting the first shot,” Unger said. “Getting it out of the way was the best feeling.”

While nerves did play a role, Whaley and Unger will just focus on golf and the next shot, O’Connor explained.

“They were extremely nervous but I am certain they won’t be this nervous this time around and it will strictly be just golf,” O’Connor said. “Instead of focusing on their nerves and controlling that they will focus on each shot and there’s not doubt the scores will be good.”

Ketcheson is one of two upperclassmen on the team along with Jennifer Forlenza. Ketcheson understands that having two fresh-men who can score well takes some pressure off her.

“It’s really great. It helps me focus on my game a lot more rather than trying to help the other girls,” Ketcheson said. “But they [have]

a lot better handle on their own game and they are a lot more developed as well. I can let [Whaley and Unger] run free … knowing that I can trust them allows me to focus on my game a lot more which in the end benefits ev-

eryone.”O’Connor believes that playing in the

Northeast Conference will help the Bobcats because Whaley and Unger are familiar with the golf courses and they have played in many competitive tournaments at the high school level throughout the Northeast and New Eng-land.

Unger, a New York native, won the New York City Championship as well as the Met-ropolitan Junior Golf Match Play Champi-onship. She was also named the MET PGA Player of the Year and won the 2011 and 2012 Suffolk Girl's Golf Championship. Whaley also holds numerous accolades in her high school career. Whaley, a Farming-ton, Conn., native, was a four-year letter-winner in golf, but more importantly was a four-year all-conference, all-state and three-time all-New England selection. She also posted a 14-1 record in match-play competi-tion as a senior.

“It’s like building a business we started the first year with some good foundation and last year bringing in Kayla was huge for the program,” O’Connor said. “It showed people in the conference we’re here to stay. We are going to get better and then adding Jenn and Krissy, [who] are both very well known in the Northeast. They have been in many tourna-ments and the coaches are paying attention. The younger girls that have played with Krissy and Jenn all want to be a part of this.”

“They were extremely nervous but I am certain they won’t be this nervous this time around and it will strictly be just golf.”

— JOHN O’CONNORWOMEN’S GOLF HEAD COACH

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The Quinnipiac women’s rugby team picked up its second straight shut out en route to a 94-0 victory over SUNY New Paltz Sunday at Alumni Field.

The Bobcats have outscored their opponents 185-0 in their last two games after defeating Binghamton 91-0 last week. Today’s margin of defeat was a new program record for the team in their second year of ac-tion. The 94 points is also a program record for points scored in a match.

Last season, Quinnipiac (3-0) got its first win in program his-tory against SUNY New Paltz with a 15-5 win. Today’s performance showed how much difference one year can make for a program, espe-cially one that is coming off its inau-gural season.

“The first year we were basically learning the game,” Quinnipiac head coach Becky Carlson said as she be-gan to smile. “We were learning the positions and the rules so there was a lot they had to learn.”

Three games into the 2012 cam-paign, the Bobcats have tied their win mark from last season when they went 3-6-1. They have also joined the Tri-State Rugby Confer-ence which standings are slightly different that most sports.

“There is no slaughter rule in rugby, and our standings go by points,” Carlson said. “The more points that you score, it helps you

in the standings. Not just wins and losses in the Tri-State Rugby Con-ference so it’s really important for us to do that. If another team plays and scores not as high, there is a differ-ence in the standings.”

Carlson added that the scoring isn’t what makes her the happiest but rather the team effort that comes in creating the eventual scores.

Last weekend, 12 different play-ers converted a try and this week Carlson saw her team perform in similar fashion. Eleven players scored today as Kriystin Orrico and Allison Gnys were a combined 7-for-16 on conversion attempts.

Quinnipiac women’s rugby will

look to extend its winning streak to four next weekend as they take on Vassar on Sept. 23 at 1 p.m. in Poughkeepsie N.Y.

“Vassar is one of the most com-petitive teams we have in our con-ference,” Carlson said. “They are going to be doing the basics the

right way and they are going to take it to us. They are very strong in their forwards but we are going to go back to fundamentals. That’s what we have to do. Some of that stuff gets lost when it’s a score like this but it’s going to be exciting next weekend.”

FIELD HOCKEYLafayette 4, QU 2 – SundayMegan Conaboy: 7 savesMEN’S SOCCERYale 1, QU 0 – FridayBorja Angoitia: 5 savesWOMEN’S SOCCERHarvard 3, QU 0 – WednesdayJill Kelley: 5 savesWOMEN’S RUGBYQU 94, SUNY New Paltz 0 – Sunday

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Sohomore outside center Elisa Cuellar runs for past a SUNY New Paltz defender in Sunday’s 94-0 victory.

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Clockwise from top left: Senior Mike Levene sprints to the finish line during Saturday’s Quinnipiac Invitational; junior Lavinia Cristescu returns a serve at the Quinnipiac Invita-tional; senior Megan Hannemann stiff arms a SUNY New Paltz defender in Sunday’s match.

94NEW LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT FOR THE

WOMEN’S RUGBY TEAM.

329COMBINED TEAM ROUND FOR THE

WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM’S ALL-TIME BEST.

37NUMBER OF ASSISTS FOR SOPHOMORE

SETTER BRITTANIE ROBINSON IN THE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 3-2 VICTORY.

7NUMBER OF WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS WHO

FINISHED IN THE TOP 8 AT THE QUINNIPIAC INV. ON SATURDAY.

5NUMBER OF GOALS FOR JENNALISE TAYLOR, WHICH LEADS THE FIELD

HOCKEY TEAM.

Mike Levene

Mike Levene finished third overall on Satuday afternoon at the Quin-nipiac Invitational, pushing through the last 100 yards passing several other runners. This was Levene’s first race of his senior year and last home event at Quinnipiac.

Becca White won her third 5K Quinnipiac Invitational on Saturday. White finished the meet with a time of 18:11.1 after coming in third at the Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Race at Bryant University.

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On Aug. 26. the Quinnipiac field hockey team jumped out to the first ever 2-0 start in program history. Team leaders Jess Rusin and Jennalise Taylor are two players who have greatly contributed to the Bobcats’ success.

Now 4-3, the Bobcats rely heavily on the junior duo on the offensive end.

Head coach Becca Main explained that im-mediately after the team lost to Monmouth 1-0 in the Northeast Conference tournament last season, the team began changing its game plan to short passes.

Taylor began executing the game plan and currently leads the team in goals and points with five goals, two assists and 12 points, while Rusin follows closely behind with four goals and 11 points.

“I know if I do something wrong or get a turnover Jennalise is right behind me to pick it up,” Rusin said. “She’s strong in the back-field.”

Rusin also explained that her and Taylor work together better than ever before. With Rusin on the forward line and Taylor behind her, they can connect on multiple different plays and become successful.

Their connection has helped Rusin become a bigger scoring threat. In her first season as a Bobcat in 2010, Rusin recorded four goals and one assist. In 2011, the sophomore stand-out finished with the second-most goals on the team with 10, along with 22 points.

“Jess Rusin was recruited to do exactly what she is doing now, to put the ball in the net,” Main said. “She has come in and done exactly what was expected. She brings us the mentality that people want her to have the ball and have success and she is incredibly humble.”

Rusin finished second in goals last season behind Kim Cunniff, who the Bobcats lost to graduation.

“I think that the reason I’ve been so suc-cessful in my individual performance lately is just because the talent throughout the team is really high this year,” Rusin said. “Forwards are constantly fighting for a position. There’s competition between each other and my team-mates have been helping to push me to suc-ceed on the field.”

Despite the loss of key players like Cun-niff, Kaitlyn Notarianni and Megan Mc-Creedy, Rusin explained that there are now more opportunities to step up and take on leadership roles.

Besides stepping up to be a team leader this season, Rusin ranks amongst the best players in Quinnipiac history. After Sunday’s loss to Lafayette, Rusin secured her spot at No. 10 on the all-time scoring with 18 goals.

With a total of 42 points, Rusin also sits tied in 10th for the all-time point leaders with McCreedy, Jamie Cassesse and Sara Riley.

“She has a nickname; her name is ‘Mag-net,’ any ball you throw at her it will stick to her stick,” Main said. “As long as you put her in the right situation with the right support staff, I think she’s been able to finish and put the ball away.”

Rusin and Taylor have combined for nine of the team’s season 13 goals.

Main also explained that the loss of seniors to graduation was hard but this is the best the team’s speed and ball movement have been in quite some time. Players like Amanda Dan-ziger have helped the team adjust to the new found game plan of passing instead of long hit

balls down the field.“Our defense is really strong this year

which is kind of surprising since we are all new to the defense,” Danziger said. “We’re all new to it but we are all about finding our places and I really think it is coming togeth-er.”

Danziger, a junior, played forward for the past two years but was moved to sweeper this year after showing her strong skills during the offseason. With a forward mindset, it is easier for her to get the ball up to teammates and transition gracefully from one side of the field to the next. Main explained that Dan-ziger is the player who she thinks is perform-

ing the best and is the most consistent right now.

The Bobcats also added seven freshmen to this year’s roster to help fill the graduation void. Freshmen Meghan McCullough, Emilie Vandeputte, Ashleigh Allen and Haley Swartz all clocked in significant minutes within the last seven games.

“They really put their nose to the grind-stone to make sure they could adjust to our system,” senior goalie Nicole Lewis explained about the freshmen. “Not only did they adjust to us but we adjusted to them.”

Allen connected for her first career goal during Friday’s 3-0 win over St. Joseph’s.

“They have a fresh style,” Main said. “They don’t know how to lose. At all. They don’t have any preconceived ideas when they come in and I am looking forward to playing them even more when we get to conference play.”

Many of the freshmen are seeing their minutes on the defensive side alongside Lew-is. Lewis has been in goal for all four of the team’s wins, recording a shutout in two of them. Lewis registered one shutout in 2010 and two in 2011.

“This is my last year, my ultimate goal is to get an NEC Championship so I’m just work-ing with the team to make sure that we can get there,” Lewis said. “We have adapted to different styles and now that we have come to-gether as a defensive unit I think we’ve started to click.” See O’CONNOR Page 13

The Quinnipiac women’s golf team keeps improving each time it hits the links. They have a bright future, in large part to two new freshman golfers, Jenn Whaley and Krissy Un-ger.

After setting program records the first time they stepped on the course, the duo lowered their scores in their second competitive round this past weekend at the Dartmouth Invita-tional.

The nerves seemed to take a back seat and the golf did the talking. An amazing accom-plishment for the Quinnipiac golf program was recorded when Whaley carded a birdie on the 14th hole and followed it up with the first eagle in program history on the 15th hole.

Quinnipiac finished round one at a com-bined 329, setting the best team round in pro-gram history. On Sunday at the Dartmouth Invitational, Whaley broke two more program records, firing a 76 (+4), good for the lowest round in program history. Whaley's 78 (+6) on Saturday produced a 154 (+10), the best 36-hole score in program history. Whaley also posted the first top-10 individual finish in pro-gram history.

"This is an extremely difficult course," Quinnipiac head coach John O'Connor said. "I'm proud of my athletes...we had four ath-letes playing on this course for the first time and came away with the best team round in program history. Whaley's 14th and 15th holes were brilliant and Kayla was awesome."

Senior Kayla Ketcheson recorded the best round in program history with a 78 (+6) before Whaley topped her with a 76 (+4) on Sunday. Unger tied Ketcheson for best single round all-time when she also carded a 78 on the after-noon. Ketcheson finished with a total score of 165 (78-87).

"I was very happy with our effort this weekend," O'Connor said. "With seven bird-ies, and an eagle on the first day; and five bird-ies on the second day, the team showed a lot of promise."

Unger continued her solid play at Dart-mouth carding an 81 (+9) in round one. Un-ger got off to a rocky start shooting a front-nine 42, but finished well down the stretch and firing a 38 on the back nine. Unger had a two day total of 159 (+15) marking the first time Quinnipiac had two golfers with sub-160 rounds and three golfers finished at 165 or lower.

On Sept. 9th and 10th, the team competed at the Tignanelli Towson Invitational in Phoe-nix, Md. Competing in their first collegiate golf tournament, Unger and Whaley impressed O’Connor.

“Jenn and Krissy bring a different feel to the team,” O’Connor said. “They have a lot of experience in the Northeast. ... Jenn and Krissy are extremely comfortable out there and both very confident.”

While being on the first tee in your first college golf match can be nerve racking, Un-ger realizes that there was a lot to learn in her first competitive match.

“It was really fun and we had a great ex-

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Junior forward Jess Rusin is 10th on the all-time list for career goals at Quinnipiac with 18. This season she has four goals and three assists for 11 points thru her teams first seven games.

SCORING THREATS

“Forwards are constantly fighting for a position. There’s competition between each other and my teammates have been helping to push me to succeed on the field..”

— JESS RUSINFIELD HOCKEY FORWARD