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Upperclassmen may have noticed some-thing strange when they picked up their parking decals at the beginning of the semester. Each sticker now features a unique barcode, part of Quinnipiac’s Department of Public Safety’s new digital ticketing system.

In the coming weeks, with the help of soft-ware provider Adirondack Solutions, Public Safety will be able to digitally ticket cars, track ticket payments and keep records of repeat of-fenders.

Public Safety officers will soon carry digital scanners, and can scan the parking decal’s bar-code if a student’s car is found to be parked in an incorrect lot. The scanner will print a ticket on the scene for the officer to place on the car’s windshield, but the new system will take further action later.

At the end of the day, the scanners’ data will

Students aren’t the only members of Quin-nipiac with parking issues. Faculty members have been struggling with parking as well.

Though there are multiple parking lots designated for both students and staff, many faculty members attribute their difficulty in finding parking spaces to an increase in staff hiring. Others said that students may be caus-ing the problem.

“We have had an increase in faculty, but we still have a sufficient amount of spaces if they are utilized correctly,” said David Barger, chief of public safety. “A lot of the complaints

revolve around students occupying spaces that are designated for faculty.”

Students who commute to campus can park in either North Lot or Hogan Lot, while the lot behind Buckman Theatre and South Lot are reserved for faculty and staff members. There are also specific areas for faculty to park by the Faculty Office Building, the health center, the facilities building and in front of the Law School.

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Au Bon Pain opened in the Mount Carmel Dining Hall Tuesday morning.

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On Tuesday, Sept. 4, residents of The Commons residence hall evacuated their building for the fifth time that day. This re-peated event brought the total number to eight fire alarms that set off in the past two weeks for that building. Resi-dents assumed the alarms were false and just students pulling the alarms themselves, while others blamed it on the weather.

On the York Hill campus, residents in The Crescent had to evacuate their rooms when a fire alarm went off at 3 a.m. Chief of Public Safety, Da-vid Barger, explained all alarms weren’t false, and resulted from different student activities.

“All five fire alarms that went off in the Commons have been ‘bonafide,’ meaning that none of these were false alarms,” Barger

said, stating that students smoking, cooking or even burning their bags of popcorn con-tributed to setting off the sensitive alarms.

Crescent’s early morning evacuation was cooking related, according to Barger. The

alarms function as they are sup-posed to, Barger said. They de-tect the faintest smell of smoke to prevent any major damage.

“This is a very sophisticat-ed system, working to detect small amounts of smoke, so that small fires don’t become big fires,” Barger said.

Students were impressed with the intricate and effective device, but still found the con-stant alarms frustrating.

“It’s good that these fire alarms are so sensitive, because I

feel safer knowing that they detect any small amount of smoke,” Commons resident Ste-fanie Vitulli said. “But it does get annoying when they go off every time someone burns a bag of popcorn.”

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Hall freshened up with a new cafe bakery, Au Bon Pain, on Tuesday morning.

Students lined up as soon as they saw the bakery’s gates open at 8 a.m. Au Bon Pain offers sand-wiches, wraps, soups, specialty salads and a fresh bakery with croissants, muffins, cakes and more sweet desserts.

The new bakery is going through a trial run this week, Director of Chartwells Dining Services Joseph Tobin said. The Chartwells staff is training with Au Bon Pain workers all week; to-gether, they brightened up the cafe with their fast service.

“It’s really exciting, I’ve nev-er tried [Au Bon Pain] before,” freshman Anna Rovins said. “I wanted to try something new; I’m glad they’re switching it up.”

The waiting area had students

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anxious to pick up their order, ready to eat. Senior Malina Andre was waiting for a wrap as her first taste of Quinnipiac’s Au Bon Pain. Hold-ing an Au Bon Pain iced coffee, An-dre expressed her uncertainty of its location.

“I don’t really think it’s in a good area because it’s a really traf-ficked spot; there’s a lot of commo-tion,” Andre said. “They’re defi-nitely getting a lot of attention.”

The bakery is part of student meal plans and will run on the same

hours as the station usually does, Tobin said. The bakery’s schedule is Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, accord-ing to Associate Director of Dining Services Leean Spalding.

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New digital tickets sent to students, Public Safety and Bursar

be downloaded to Public Safety and will send out more information.

“When we download it at the end of the day it sends a copy to the Bursar’s office, it sends a copy to us and it sends a copy to you, all via email,” Chief of Public Safety David Barger said.

According to Barger, the old ticketing sys-tem did nothing of this sort and was not re-liable. Barger said communication between students, Public Safety and the Bursar was not as strong as it will be under the new digital ticketing process. This allowed some students’ tickets to fall through the cracks and remain unpaid.

“[Students] can’t say that they didn’t know they received a ticket because it’s going to be going through the email,” Barger said. “The Bursar is going to know, so you have to go there and pay the ticket.”

Barger believes the new system will hold students more accountable for their tickets be-cause the ticket won’t be cleared until the Bur-sar notifies Public Safety that a student paid the fine.

Under the new digital ticketing system, students won’t be able to get by without pay-ing their ticket fines. According to Barger, the punishment for an unpaid fine is up to the Bur-sar’s discretion, but said it may be similar to

having an outstanding tuition balance. These consequences could include not being able to register for classes or having a hold placed on a student’s account.

“To me, it is a way for Public Safety to get students to take [violations] more seriously,” senior Kristen Helinski said. “This is another preparation for life outside of college because if you disobey vehicle rules in society, the same consequences will occur.”

Not only are students held more account-able for their parking violations, but now they need to open their wallets a bit more to pay for their mistakes. Parking fines have been raised across the board, with the most common in-fraction, parking in the wrong lot, requiring a student to pay $40.

“I get why [Public Safety] would want to make it more strict because with the [old sys-tem] nobody really followed it,” junior Alyssa Rigazio said. “But I think the increase in price is a little excessive, especially if someone is running late and parks in the wrong lot just for a little bit. I don’t think they should be fined $40.”

While the fines have been increased, Barg-er insists the move was made primarily as a deterrent for students who would otherwise park in a faculty lot or one they are not autho-rized to park in.

“This has nothing to do with revenue,” Barger said. “Even the raising of the fines has

nothing to do with revenue. It has to do with trying to gain voluntary compliance.”

The Public Safety chief likened the height-ened fines to those imposed on parking in spaces designated for disabled persons. He ex-plained that states make the penalties incred-ibly strong for parking in these spaces without a sticker, and said Public Safety is following suit in hope that fines will be high enough to deter students from parking in incorrect lots.

“If we make the fine so high, or higher, that’s going to discourage [students] from parking in the wrong place,” Barger said.

The new system has one more key element to complement the new accountability and higher fines. The system also stores each stu-dent’s records in a database. Public Safety can then use this database to track repeat offenders and potentially increase penalties to stop the problem.

“If we see we’re issuing [a student] for parking in the wrong place, all the time, may-be it’s time to tow his car,” Barger said.

Public Safety’s new digital ticketing sys-tem imposes new and harsher penalties on students, but the chief views these as neces-sary steps to fix Quinnipiac’s ongoing parking problems.

“It would be my sincere hope that with the raising of the fines and with better tracking of the tickets, we would gain more voluntary compliance,” Barger said.

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Student and professor publish book through joint effort

The relationship between professor and student transformed to a relationship between colleagues when junior Gregory Rava and Professor of Arabic Hazza Abo Rabia published a book together this year.

Readers can enjoy learning about Pales-tine with photos and essays that were com-piled and designed by Rava, while professor Abo Rabia wrote essays and provided pic-tures of his homeland, Nazareth, Palestine.

The book is titled “American(s) Dreaming: Iconic Images of Nazareth and Thoughts on the Holy Land.” All proceeds from the book went to support a local hos-pital in Nazareth, according to a MyQ an-nouncement.

“Hazza wrote some wonderful essays for the book about his returns to Nazareth, and the pictures he has of the town are fan-

tastic artifacts,” Rava said. “I absolutely loved working with Hazza on the book.”

Rava’s friend informed him about his Arabic professor needing help designing a book of pictures about Nazareth. Rava de-signed the book from layout of the pictures, to the placement of the text and the cover, Rava said.

“Hazza gave me some specifications, such as colors he wanted, but he also gave me a lot of creative control,” Rava said. “All of the design skills I needed for the book I learned from the IDD courses here at QU, as well as the Interactive Design Orga-nization meetings on Tuesday nights.”

This was Rava’s first “real job as a de-signer” and is what he hopes to do one day in a professional capacity, he said.

Rava is currently working with Abo Ra-bia to finish a second book with a similar style but on Jerusalem.

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Lot or Hogan Lot as well, though they are en-couraged to use the shuttle. However, some students may not be familiar with these regu-lations, which may cause staff members to miss out on their parking spaces.

“It’s difficult for staff to park in South Lot after 9 a.m.,” said Bill Murphy, manager of Client Services. “There have been times where I’ve had to park in the Law School Lot. I like to leave campus for lunch, but sometimes I don’t even want to because I’m not sure if I’ll get a space when I come back.”

Many of the lots are almost completely full by 10 a.m., which creates a problem for staff members or students who arrive at campus lat-er. Though there is understandable confusion

in the first few weeks of the school year, Pub-lic Safety will begin to crack down on those who violate the parking rules this week.

“We have a lenient period of time at the beginning of each semester,” Barger said. “There is usually some confusion with stu-dents getting their decals or figuring out where to park, so there is a sort of learning curve.”

However, beginning this week, tickets will be issued to cars that are not parked in their designated areas. In some cases, vehi-cles may even be towed.

Students or faculty members who are un-clear about designated parking areas and reg-ulations are encouraged to refer to the student handbook, which is accessible through Quick Links on MyQ.

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The world’s largest collection of visual art and artifacts based on the Irish Famine found its new home on 3011 Whitney Ave-nue. Quinnipiac University President John L. Lahey announced on Monday, Sept. 10, that Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, artworks by An Ghorta Mór, will open to the public on Oct. 11. Dedication Day on Friday, Sept. 28, will mark the museum’s official opening, after a weeklong program of cultural events and lectures. - K. Rojas

Quinnipiac’s School of Communications has launched a blog featuring writing from the school’s faculty. The blog is designed to provide updates and information about pro-grams within the School of Communications, but also allows the faculty to write on global issues and current events in both the news and the communications fields. The School of Communications blog can be read at http://quschoolofcomm.wordpress.com - D. Grosso

Students have the opportunity to visit the nation’s capital on Saturday, Oct. 6, hosted by the Office of Multicultural and Global Educa-tion. The day trip to Washington, D.C. will include a tour of the Smithsonian museums and the Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. memorials. Tickets costs $25, with provided transportation to and from Washington, D.C. Interested students must bring their $25 de-posit to their office by Friday, Sept. 21 in the form of cash or check made to Quinnipiac University, seats are limited. - K. Rojas

Senior bikes cross-country to construct houses

Quinnipiac School of Nursing senior Chelsea True joined 29 others from the Bike and Build organization to take part in a 4,114-mile cross-country cycling trek this past summer. Along the way, True and the other bikers spent 11 days building houses with Habitat for Humanity.

As described on its website, Bike and Build is a non-profit organization that ar-ranges cycling treks each summer to sup-port various affordable housing projects, including Habitat for Humanity.

After her sorority sister Sarah Anscher told her about her experience in 2009 with Bike and Build freshman year, True decided to be a part of the group.

True’s trek spanned from June 7 to Aug. 18, during which she biked the 4,114 miles from Providence, R.I., to San Diego, Calif. The Bike and Build crew took days off from biking to build homes with Habitat for Hu-manity in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Penn-sylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California.

While some may find biking 4,114 miles to be a grueling experience, True passion-ately describes it as “exhilarating,” adding that she “never knew your body could do that much.”

For True, biking was not the most chal-lenging part of the experience. Instead, say-ing goodbye to her new friends was much more difficult. Along with True were 29 other volunteers between the ages of 19 and 25. During the 73 days of its trip, the group became very close.

“You get attached,” True said. “I’ve nev-er experienced so many emotions coming at you from all directions. The people that I met I will want to stay in touch with for a long time.”

In addition to these friendships, True ex-plained that the people she met around the country made the experience more reward-ing.

“I was always amazed by the generos-ity of random strangers,” True said. “Once they heard what we were doing, they came together and helped us. Several times, peo-ple bought us meals randomly. That was amazing to see that there is so much good in the human race.”

Yet, True did not mention that she and the others in Bike and Build also represent the “good in the human race.” Every Bike and Build volunteer must raise $4,500 to participate on the trip. In total, True’s group raised $180,000. These proceeds are used in various ways, such as biking expenses, do-nations to host sites and competitive grants. Each rider is also allowed $500 to donate to an organization of his or her choice.

Currently, True is choosing between giv-ing this money to a New Hampshire group called “The Way Home,” a Habitat for Hu-manity chapter in Huntington, W.Va., or a Nevada program that focuses on getting youth involved with affordable housing.

True actually surpassed the $4,500 mini-mum, raising $4,805 with the help of fam-ily, friends, roommates, sorority members and Quinnipiac professors. During winter break of 2011, True began writing letters to relatives and friends, asking if they would be able to donate.

Originally, True planned for the Quin-nipiac community to get more involved in the fundraising process, however, she said she couldn’t afford taking time out of her studies.

“We have a very heavy workload with nursing,” True’s roommate Madeleine Chi-appini said. “Putting in that time in order to prepare for this biking trip was really, really difficult, and she was worried at a point that she wouldn’t be ready for the trip, and I just tried to stay positive and encourage her.”

Despite these difficulties, Chiappini had faith in True.

“I know that she is so passionate about community service,” Chiappini said. “I knew it would be worth it and wouldn’t set her back.”

True’s enthusiasm for helping others led her to new experiences and insights while on her trip.

“It was just a really life changing experi-ence,” True said. “You meet all sorts of peo-ple and see the need in affordable housing, whether it’s building or financial.”

True went on to say that she would suggest getting involved with the cause to anyone.

“In every town, there is some sort of af-fordable housing organization and they are always looking for volunteers,” True said. “There is always something that can be done.”

Applications for next summer’s trek are due in the fall and can be found on Bike and Build’s website.

true humanitarianBy JULIA PERKINS

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Chelsea True biked 4,114 miles over 73 days and spent 11 of those days working on proj-ects for Habitat for Humanity.

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Quinnipiac security can be seen around cam-pus everyday, whether they are patrolling the parking lots for unauthorized vehicles or check-ing students’ Q-cards before letting them enter campus. QU security is supposed to be there for students in times of need, assisting them with problems and helping them out of sticky situa-tions when they arise.

But recently, when a few other Quinnipiac students and I needed a helping hand, QU secu-rity refused to even lift a finger.

A few weeks ago, a bunch of my friends and I decided to hike Sleeping Giant Mountain, a common pastime for many QU students on a sunny weekend afternoon. We slipped into our hiking clothes, laced up our sneakers, loaded up on water bottles and snacks, and off we went to begin our leisurely trek.

Unfortunately, things did not go as smoothly as we planned. Somewhere along the way we made a slight wrong turn, which resulted in us getting just a tad bit lost. And by a tad, I mean we were lost on the mountain for a solid three hours, wandering aimlessly through miles of trees and stumbling on numerous rocks and branches try-ing to find our way back to civilization.

To make matters even worse, the sunny sky suddenly darkened, and it started to downpour. None of us had thought to bring an umbrella or any kind of rain gear because the weather was beautiful when we first began our hike. Not only were we lost, overwhelmed and tired, we were also soaked to the bone.

When we finally emerged from the seem-ingly endless forest, we found ourselves in the middle of nowhere, miles away from campus. Luckily one of us recognized our surroundings,

and we dejectedly began the long trek back to Quinnipiac.

The road we were walking down was a very narrow back road with hidden twists and curves. There was no sidewalk and no shoulder, making the road a very dangerous road to walk on, even in the most pristine weather conditions.

It was still pouring rain as we made our way back to Quinnipiac. Cars were flying around the tight turns despite the inclement weather, barely swerving out of the way to avoid hitting us, and sometimes almost colliding with the cars in the other lane.

At this point, we did not feel safe walking down this road. We were truly worried about get-ting injured by a car or causing an accident. We were also exhausted from being lost for count-less hours on Sleeping Giant, so we thought, “Why not call Quinnipiac security and see if they can help us out and give us a ride? Surely they will help out a bunch of students in need whose safety is at risk.”

We couldn’t have been more wrong.When we called QU security and explained

our situation, we were rudely informed that there was nothing they could do for us. They refused to pick us up, stating that, “They only transport when there is an injury, and anyway, plenty of people walk or even jog down the back roads near Quinnipiac daily.” Even after we explained that it was pouring rain, that we still had miles to go, and that we didn’t feel safe walking on the narrow road in the rain, they still refused to help us out.

I am still in shock at security’s complete dis-regard for our safety. On Quinnipiac’s website, it states that, “The Department of Public Safety provides coverage on campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The staff responds to all

emergencies and requests for assistance.” The staff responds to all emergencies and requests for assistance? Was our situation not a “request for assistance” that they completely and blatantly denied us? Although we were miles away from campus, it was probably only a 15-minute drive by car, but an hour and a half walking-wise. How inconvenient would it have been for them to send someone to come and help us out?

I understand that we were off campus, but whether we’re on or off campus, we are still QU students, and therefore QU security should still be available to assist us.

I live very far away from here, so I am not able to call my parents or any other family mem-bers when such predicaments arise. Although there are a few friends I can call to help me out in a sticky situation, a lot of them weren’t around that weekend due to it being Labor Day week-end. QU security was our last option, and they didn’t even seem to care that our safety was at risk. I have heard plenty of stories where QU security picked up students stranded at bars be-cause the shuttles were no longer running, so why couldn’t they spare a few minutes to help out students who accidentally found themselves stranded on a back road in the pouring rain after hours of being lost on the mountain?

Fortunately, we all made it back safe and sound without any help from Quinnipiac security, but the outcome could have easily been a lot different. The fact of the matter is that QU security failed to perform the basics of its job – ensuring student safety. I hope in the future, when other QU students get lost on the mountain and seek assistance from QU security, that they don’t leave them to fend for themselves in a dangerous situation like they did to us.

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Bobcats,Hope everyone has settled in and is finding their courses to be

going well. SGA just had their first General Board meeting of the semester last Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. in Mancheski, School of Busi-ness. From now on we will hold our weekly meetings in SC225, and would love to have you attend! The election committee has hosted five information sessions where we have had over 70 potential can-didates attend and pull paperwork to become a candidate for the upcoming elections. The positions available include: (1) Freshman Class President, (1) Freshman Class Vice President, (8) Freshman Class Representative, and (3) Senior Class Representative. We are excited to get to know our candidates and learn about how they are planning on representing their class and making an impact on cam-pus. Campaigning will begin this Wednesday at 12 a.m. and will

take place until Election Day on Wednesday, Sept. 19. Follow us on Twitter at @QUSGA to get more updates. We are eager to work with the soon-to-be new members of our SGA family. It is important to note that over the summer there have been several changes to policy and procedures regarding student parking and parking viola-tion. Make sure you stay updated by logging on to MyQ and learning about all the changes in the Student Handbook. Also, please remem-ber to be cautious and alert when in New Haven at nights, as there has been an increase in theft and crime. It is always good practice to stay with friends and to keep your valuables safely tucked away. Have a good week Bobcats!

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Response to ‘Core curriculum inefficient’

I am writing this in response to the editorial entitled “Core Curriculum Lacks Depth.” The writer’s assumptions regarding the mission of higher education as somehow being different “these days” (from “past days” one must assume) because “most col-leges and universities want their students to be well-rounded” are misinformed. It would have been more useful for the writer to perform a little research into the history of higher education, its development, evo-lution, traditional mission, and the reasons core curriculums were first developed before writing about such an important topic. I am sure our research librarians would have been more than happy to help point the writer to a variety of relevant and useful resources.

The type of school the writer appears to be speaking of (with fewer core curriculum requirements) is called a “trade school.” Such schools educate students so inclined to become plumbers and electricians, etc.; respected trades through which one can earn a good living. Colleges and universities edu-cate students more inclined to enter what are referred to as “professional fields.” To say that it is colleges and universities that wish their students to be “well-rounded” neglects the important factor that it is largely from surveys of employers of college graduates that Quinnipiac adopted its Essential Learn-ing Outcomes (see, for example the Ameri-can Association of Colleges and Universi-ties website).

Employers who choose to hire young professionals, as the surveys evince, are looking for particular “habits of mind,” such as critical and creative thinking (these sur-veys are available at the above-mentioned

website). These habits of mind are devel-oped over the years of students’ undergradu-ate education; they are not simply taught in a single course, they are introduced, prac-ticed, developed, and mastered at all levels across the curriculum. In other words, sci-ence or history classes, SCI101L or AR103 (to use the writer’s own examples) go well beyond their subject matter and aid young people in developing the habits of mind needed for personal and professional fulfill-ment and success as well as those thinking skills citizens of a democratic republic and an increasingly globalized world need for the making of informed decisions.

The writer’s notion that “most students apply themselves minimally, receive a pass-ing grade, and move on without taking anything away from these classes” is sad indeed. We could talk about this on the ba-sic level of consumption—what kind of con-sumer (or consumer’s parent) agrees to pay a large sum of money for something they choose not to use? Perhaps it’s a bit like buying a Ferrari or Lamborghini and choos-ing to ignore a mechanic’s advice regarding the maintenance of the engine. Sure, it will run for a while but its power and possibili-ties will increasingly diminish.

I sincerely hope that the writer of this piece is sadly mistaken in the above “gener-alization” about students’ attitudes. Finally, I hope that prospective employers of Quin-nipiac graduates will not read this editorial and paint all Quinnipiac students with such a negative brush that they choose not to em-ploy our graduates in the future.

Valerie M. SmithAssociate Professor of English

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3. Self loathing

1. Denial

3 stages of fast food Every day I find myself in a tailspin of heartache and indecisiveness.

Do I grab the chicken tenders at the grill or make a salad?

Choosing between an instant of crispy satisfaction and the long-term benefits of a healthy enemy is a terrible punishment. It’s almost worse than deciding if I want Mead or Lisa Frank notebooks at the start of every school year.

The term “Freshman 15” is not a myth, but a reality. I have lived on this campus for four years (can we get a slow clap going?) and I have seen the tragic side effects of carbo load-ing. It’s not a pretty sight. I hope to offer some words of “thinspiration” before it’s too late. It’s all about staying healthy, right?

Your first mistake is asking for crispy chicken at Mondo’s. Memo to everyone: they don’t serve it there any more. It’s time to move on. But, they do have lettuce and tomato. Eat a salad. I miss pasta Wednesdays and szechwan Thursdays at the Ratt just as much as the next person. It’s important to remember food is not love. At least that’s what I try to tell myself.

Avoid late night runs to Popeyes and KFC. Colonel Sanders is a dastardly foe out to ruin your beach body from last summer. You will learn to love grilled chicken with time. Trust me.

Don’t be a Grimace. Stay away from the golden arches between trips to Wal-Mart. This also means kicking that hot redhead Wendy and her tasty Frosty’s to the curb as well. You can do it. As Kate Moss once said, “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.”

I’m not blind. I know Taco Bell is sitting in Hamden. You probably think the Doritos Locos Tacos Supreme is the best thing you ever ate. Washing it down with that Baha Blast probably quenched your thirst too. Wait two to six weeks and tell me what you see in the mir-ror. You might have to switch your Halloween costume. Don’t worry. Dressing up as a meat-ball should be easy for you.

Think twice before ordering your weekly Domino’s or Papa John’s large pizza. There’s a difference between feeling like the Pillsbury Dough Boy and a life-size loaf of bread. And then there are some people, such as myself, who feel like both.

Going to the gym isn’t merely a fun pas-time, but an imperative suggestion. There are treadmills, ellipticals and bikes for those of us less inclined to look like an extra on “Jersey Shore.” Just remember to sign up for a ma-chine beforehand. If not, you will be kicked off. Probably by me.

If you’re in jeopardy of falling into the “Freshman 15” trap, heed my advice.

Unless you desire a new wardrobe filled with hoodies, sweatpants, yoga pants and jeg-gings.

Matt Busekroos is a graduate student studying interactive media. He is a milkshake connoisseur and Lisa Frank enthusiast. He doesn’t actually think it matters what you look like as long as you are healthy and stay happy with yourself.

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Feeling fit and confident, I walked into Studio B in the Athletic Center Thursday evening. I work out, I run, and I eat well, so how hard could a one-hour Totally Toned class be?

As it turns out, I need to get it through my thick skull that not all exercise is created equally. In real-ity, each new workout is training a new part of your body (and can leave you aching and exhausted in the process.)

The class began with instructor Danielle Potter, a fifth-year physi-cal therapy student, leading the 15 or so participants in reps of jumping jacks and other aerobically inclined warm-ups.

“My whole philosophy with this class is to do cardio and strength training with a little bit of circuit training intertwined throughout,” Potter said.

I could do this, I thought. This was child’s play, and I was strong as an ox. My confidence was short-lived once we moved onto weights, however. The bicep squeezes and tri-cep pushes to the pumped-up beats of DJ Khaled had me sweating.

My arms felt great at first, and the fact that we were squatting the whole time made my thighs feel like stone. But after a few minutes of this, my mind started a replay of “you’ve gotta be kidding me,” and continued to do so with every new move.

“It was a really good workout,” freshman Nicole Bertaux said. “My arms are killing me, and it definitely pushed you. I’m doing yoga after, so I hope I don’t die. But I’m looking forward to getting relaxed.”

Half an hour into the workout, I was pretty sure I had lost my abil-ity to squat. Five minutes later, Pot-ter told the class there would only be one more circuit before a water break. She was met with incredulous stares. At 45 minutes, another mem-ber of the class looked at me with wide eyes and mouthed, “my whole body hurts.”

Freshman Alyssa Ramos, an athletic training major, said that “it was an intense, fun and motivating class.”

This class was tough. I was drip-ping with sweat, and the combina-tion of abs, arms and leg workouts has made the task of sitting down painful ever since. Yet, that’s a won-derful feeling in a sense.

“I loved this class,” Chelsea Mo-rin, a junior Spanish and elementary education major, said. “I’ll prob-ably hate myself tomorrow, but not enough to not come back.”

The Farmers Market returned to Bobcat Way Lawn Sept. 6, and will continue through September. The event, sponsored by QU Sus-tainability, provided students and faculty with a festive atmosphere where they could enjoy plenty of free samples, as well as the oppor-tunity to learn about the benefits of buying local produce.

“The goal of the Farmers Market is to get students to become closer to their food so they can support local businesses and the economy,” Pro-fessor Kristen Richardson, the sus-tainability committee leader, said.

The market features eight local vendors that will come to Quinni-piac every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This includes local farm-ers like Farmer Joe’s Gardens in Wallingford, bakers such as Lupi Legna Bakery in New Haven, and Hamden’s own health food store, Thyme and Season. The owners discussed the benefits of supporting local growers and eating organic as frequent as possible.

“There’s nothing more deli-

cious than a fresh apple,” said Lisa Drazen from Drazen Orchards in Cheshire. “Our apples come off the tree, go into the cooler, and then go directly to the consumer.”

Drazen explained that the elimi-nation of the middle man correlates to better tasting produce.

Eating locally grown food has many other perks besides a better tasting product. Carbon dioxide emissions are decreased since the food isn’t traveling hundreds of miles, and consumers can commu-nicate directly with the farmers to learn about where their food comes from, Drazen said.

“I think that it’s important to eat locally because it supports the com-munity,“ said Lexi Ricci, a former Quinnipiac student and an employ-ee of Drazen Orchards. “It’s also good because local farmers tend to not use a lot of pesticides, so it’s better for your health.”

With the success of the Farm-ers Market, students are beginning to understand why supporting local farms and orchards is a big step to living healthier lives and making directly impacting their communi-

ties.“Last year I was really happy

with the way the market went, and this year I’m even more excited to see its growing success,” Richard-son said.

Sophomore Emily Maggio shared similar feelings.

“I love it,” she said. “I mainly go just to buy apples but they have a lot of other good food, as well. I wish it lasted longer or even came back in the spring. I would definite-ly go every week.”

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The stars of the music industry glammed up for one of the most anticipated nights of the year, the MTV Video Music Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Host and comedian Kevin Hart had tall shoes to fill, and literally came up short (especially next to L.A Lakers center Dwight Howard). The comedian opened the show with a few digs at the drama be-tween Chris Brown and Drake that transpired over the summer, as well as Snooki becoming a mother. And of course he couldn’t refrain from taking a dig at Kristen Stewart’s cheating scandal. Hart said, “She did it, so what. Look on the bright side. Here’s the thing. They are now a part of the seven dwarfs: Dopey, sleepy, adultery, cheating. If you made a mistake, so what!”

K-Stew was nowhere to be found, but her Twilight co-stars hit the award show to give their fans an exclusive look at “Breaking Dawn Part II.” The trailer was epic, as predicted.

“I thought Kevin Hart was going

to be a lot funnier,” senior Melissa Melo said. “His comedy routines are usually so good, and I was very disappointed.”

The “it” couple of the moment, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, were not in attendance despite ap-pearing in MTV’s promo of the award show. Kardashian was never scheduled to be there as she was in New York to promote her fragrance. West, however, backed out at the last minute. According to multiple sources, he didn’t want to go to the VMAs without his girlfriend. Tay-lor Swift was probably happy about that one. She sported a not-so-typi-cal J Mendel off white pants suit on the red carpet and rocked out to her new hit, “We Are Never Ever Get-ting Back Together,” on stage. She was given the honor to close out the show for the first time.

Speaking of powerful women, The Fierce Five, better known as the 2012 U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, also hit the stage to introduce Alicia Keys’ perfor-mance. Keys turned up the heat with her soulful song “Girl on Fire,”

which featured the yellow-haired Nicki Minaj and a gymnastics rou-tine from Gabrielle Douglas of The Fierce Five.

One last touching moment: Wiz Khalifa’s girlfriend, Amber Rose, showed off her baby belly, confirm-ing her pregnancy. But the whole “rubbing the stomach to announce pregnancy” is so 2011. Remember Beyoncé’s big reveal?

RAVE OF THE NIGHTThe British-Irish boy bands wowed the audience once again. One Direc-tion took home three VMAs and per-formed its hit “One Thing.” Though The Wanted didn’t take home a moon man, the group presented alongside actress Rebel Wilson in the “Best Fe-male” Video category.

WRECK OF THE NIGHTKaty Perry and Rihanna, a.k.a. resident Mean Girls. Anyone else notice how catty these two were all night? It seemed like every time the camera panned to them they were gossiping or snickering. What’s their deal?

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Last season left everyone completely shocked. With the death of Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) still in the in air, season three jumps to 1923 where everything and every-one is in a race to come out on top. Things are going array for Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) who is paying the price for his ac-tions in season three, as well as the actions of others including his wife, Margaret (Kelly Macdonald). While Nucky deals with his dra-ma in Atlantic City, the rise of Lucky Luciano (Vincent Piazza) and Al Capone (Stephen Graham) continue to develop and become a threat. Aside from dealing with the Prohibi-tion, the HBO series continues to develop the personal stories behind the gangster mob mentality men. The relationship between Nucky and Margaret continues to grow, al-though rocky and filled with lies and mistrust. The show returns September 16 on HBO and is immediately up for viewing on HBO Go.

Premiering Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. on ABC, “Once Upon a Time” is back and ready for more ac-tion. Amid last season’s shocking cliffhang-er, all the fairy tale characters’ minds were restored. Only time will tell what happened to Storybrooke, Maine after the scary purple fog came rolling in. With new characters being introduced, like Captain Hook and Sleeping Beauty’s Prince Phillip, viewers can expect a season full of magic and action, especially since the fight between Emma and the Evil Queen is in full swing. The ques-tions remain the same: Can good really pre-vail over evil, and will the story time charac-ters ever return to their world?

After six long seasons, “Gossip Girl” is back for its final season. All bets are off, and with Serena (Blake Lively) completely MIA, the other GG’s spend their time worrying about her safety and figuring out their own lives. Blair (Leighton Meester) and Chuck (Ed Westwick) are definitely back on, for now, and are working together to get the Upper East Side Bad Boy his empire back after losing it the season prior. As for the other players, Dan (Penn Badgley) wrote a book and Nate (Chace Crawford) is determined to figure out who Gossip Girl really is. Bad ass Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg) has a role once again, and with the reign of one of TV’s most popular drama ending, it’s bound to be a season to re-member. The final season kicks off on the CW Monday, Oct. 8 at 9 p.m.

Friends’ alum Matthew Per-ry is ready to give comedy television another try. Ryan King, played by Perry, is go-ing through a transition in his life after the loss of his wife. In order to return to his job as a radio personality, King must attend 10 therapy sessions and have a signed formal release from his therapist. Although reluctant, King agrees and attends the sessions hoping to just skim by and not do anything. Instead, he meets a crazy group of people who are each dealing with losses and challenges, ranging from bad breakups to obsessions with cats. Overall, the show brings a fresh set of comedy. One of the real stars is Brett Gelman, who plays Mr. K. Similar to the creepy personality of Alan from “The Hangover,” Gelman gets an A+ for not being afraid to cross the boundaries and get a good laugh.

Creator Mindy Kaling also plays the main char-acter, Mindy Lahiri, in this new comedy about an OB/GYN looking for love. As Mindy travels through life trying to juggle her successful career and lackluster love life, she faces hilarious situa-tions with a sarcastic and hilarious outlook on life. For those who aren’t sure if this comedy is for them, think “Bridget Jones’s Diary” meets “The Office,” just no Renee Zellweger or Steve Carrel. Instead you get Ed Weeks, who plays total badass

Jeremy Reed, and Chris Messina, who plays a patient stealing, ill-tempered Danny Castellano. “The Mindy Project” hits your

television screen Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 9:30 p.m.

ABC has been on a comedy high ever since “Modern Family” took off and became an instant classic overnight. Now the channel introduces “The Neighbors,” a well-rounded comedy about the Weaver family, your nor-mal all-American family just looking to live the normal all-American life in their new town of Hidden Hill, N.J. Everything seems great until the Weavers meet the neighbors, headed by Larry Bird, who considers him-self the “leader” of his less-than-normal family. Turns out, Bird and his family, who have a knack for naming themselves after fa-mous athletes, are aliens. Although leaving this weird town would be the average thing to do, the Weavers decide to stay and help this small family acclimate to Earth life. Although the plotline is a little far-fetched, the series features funny situations leading to warm-hearted endings, making you real-ize that we’re all aliens just trying to fit in in this place we call home. Featuring Lenny

Venito, Jami Gertz and Simon Templeman “The Neigh-

bors” airs Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 26.

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Back for an 8th season, HIMYM is going to be filled with surprises to its faithful watchers. While season 7 left off with a scene of Bar-ney’s wedding, the season 8 teaser has Barney and Quinn walking down the aisle. According to the Huffington Post, “Barney's love life isn't the only big storyline this season. The return of Victoria (Ashley Williams), Ted's girlfriend from Season 1, will bring new elements to the show's upcoming season.”

After waiting six years for the reveal of Smash Mouth’s new al-bum, “Magic,” it’s easy to say that longtime fans won’t be disappointed. Even with a slightly altered style, in-cluding the featured rapper, J. Dash, in two of the songs, Smash Mouth maintains its easy, breezy, organ-fu-eled jams throughout the album.

“Live to Love Another Day,” “Flip-pin’ Out” and “Future Ex Wife” could all be mistaken for songs straight off “Astro Lounge,” the band’s second al-bum, released in 1999. This introduced its hits “All Star,” “Then The Morning Comes,” and “Can’t Get Enough of You Baby.”

The group went against this sum-mer’s pattern of single-song releases, from bands like Green Day with “Oh Love,” The Killers with “Run-aways,” and Mumford and Sons’ “I Will Wait.” Smash Mouth went with 34 minutes of upbeat vocals, quirky keyboards, and smooth guitar riffs that make you wish this summer

never ended.In the past, Smash Mouth has

been criticized as a one-hit-wonder group, and even forgotten about be-fore its tour this summer. Consider-ing the band’s long break, it was surprising that “Magic” wasn’t pro-moted by its record label or the band. If it wasn’t for iTunes, people prob-ably wouldn’t have heard about the new record.

Another surprise: in the middle of its album, the band attempted a slow, acoustic ballad titled “Out of Love,” which felt slightly out of place. It shouldn’t be skipped, however. It is just a way to break up the set.

A better ending to the album would have been its original song, “The Game,” one of the best songs off the record. Instead, the group’s remake of Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” ends it off. Nevertheless, Smash Mouth always knows how to keep the party going, even over half a decade later. This new release will please the die-hard fans and new listeners.

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with another View star, Barbara Walters. At 16, it was one of his first experiences meet-ing a celebrity, and even she was shocked that he was interested in her life.

“When do you even have time to watch ‘The View?’” Walters said, and Kaselouskas responded, “That’s what DVR is for Bar-bara!”

Kaselouskas said that some people don’t understand his red carpet-worthy interests.

“My friends were like, ‘who cares about Barbara Walters?’ For me, the fact that she’s interviewed every president and every per-son that has been anyone was fascinating to me, and I wanted to read her book and hear her story,” Kaselouskas said.

“So to shake Barbara Walters’ hand was a moment for me,” he explained.

Kaselouskas’ list of encounters seems in-finite, but an unforgettable event was when he met Oprah Winfrey. He had tickets for her show at Radio City Music Hall and he specifically went early in the morning.

“I saw some people collecting outside, and she gets out of the car, I walked right over to her and said ‘Hi Oprah’ and took a picture, she said to me, ‘Bless your life.’”

“I’m probably invincible now,” he said jokingly.

Kaselouskas also spoke fondly of seeing President Barack Obama speak in Bridge-port two summers ago.

His celebrity fascination started when he was 16 and went to see the Jonas Brothers on “Good Morning America” with a good friend from home. Little did he know this experience would be life changing, inspiring his current career dreams.

“We thought we were the coolest people going to New York City at midnight, and we winded up front row of a barricade at ‘Good Morning America,’” Kelly Miskin, 20, said. “It was, like, the best day of our lives.”

Miskin, or Kaselouskas’ “partner in

crime,” has joined him throughout the years on several star-studded adventures and is always impressed with his composure and confidence around celebrities.

“I get super nervous. These people make more money than you do, they have amaz-ing lives, and it’s intimidating. But Brett is so good at it, and he always says the right thing,” Miskin said, who has been best friends with Kaselouskas since their junior year of high school.

“I just shake their hand and look them in the eyes and have a conversation. You just have to treat them like normal,” Kaselous-kas said.

Together, the duo have seen Kathy Griffin, Chelsea Handler and Hilary Duff. Through the years Miskin has watched Kaselouskas evolve from the star-struck fan to the career-driven, networking, college student.

Since the time of their first adventure, Kelly Clarkson knows Kaselouskas by name, Bethenny Frankel has starred his re-sume and Kim Kardashian wouldn’t be sur-prised if he was working for her one day. (Yes, she actually said that.)

“He sees it differently now,” she said. “He wants to definitely work with these peo-ple that he’s been idolizing for so long, now it’s a whole other aspect for him.”

Kaselouskas has also gotten experience in the industry right here at Quinnipiac as Production Assistant for the Student Pro-gramming Board’s fall and spring shows. He’s worked on shows for the past two years including Bob Saget, Ke$ha, 3OH!3 and O.A.R.

“What really struck me about Brett was that he did maintain his professionalism the whole time,” Jamie Kloss, former SPB Mainstage Chair, said. “He wasn’t trying to meet the celebrities and he was grateful about everything that he did which is where you really need to begin if you want to make it to the industry.”

Kaselouskas was the main source of com-munication between the production team of the artist and the Quinnipiac staff the day of the show. Kloss remembers his ease and

comfort level among the talent, and is im-pressed by his drive and active networking throughout college.

“These people that are coming in work with hundreds of students each year, and I think that it really says something when you can tell that they like and respect a student

as much as they did with Brett,” Kloss said.With every show, Kloss said that Kas-

elouskas made the production team and the artists feel comfortable because of the fact that he was so calm and collected through-out the process.

“That opportunity was something I was so excited about, to find out I could do [that] here at Quinnipiac,” Kaselouskas said. “To put on a resume that you’ve been produc-tion assistant for Ke$ha’s ‘Get Sleazy’ tour is a big deal, and I’m so thankful for that opportunity.”

Kaselouskas, who dreams of one day be-ing the next Ryan Seacrest, is obviously do-ing what he can do get his foot in the doors of Hollywood. Although his parents would love for him to stay close to home, he said California is where his career is.

The experiences and connections he’s made has far succeeded the money he has spent on train tickets, books for signings and venue tickets. “It’s definitely paid off,” he said.

“The dream job would be to work with someone and help them further their career by being part of it,” he said. “Time will tell what opportunities come along for sure, but what started out as an interest in celebri-ties has turned into my career path and will hopefully be the rest of my life.”

ans line the gate of a New York City movie premier, anx-iously waiting to see who walks

the red carpet. Prepared with posters and pens for potential autographs, the crowd shakes with excitement. Brett Kaselous-kas is there, calmly standing in front of the bunch, not with a poster to be signed, but with his resume to be handed directly to the stars.

Kaselouskas has career dreams as big as the fame of every reality TV star and talk show host, considering that he’s met a ma-jority of them, with an unbelievable story behind each experience.

“A lot of people will use the word ‘stalk-er,’ but for me it’s more than just getting the picture,” Kaselouskas said. “What I like more than a picture for Facebook is an op-portunity to make a connection and really understand their point of view on what this industry is.”

Kaselouskas has countless stories of celebrity encounters, ranging from Carrie Underwood to Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi. In his multiple adventures to New York City, whether he’s going to a talk show, a book signing or a concert, he comes home with more than just an autograph, but a potential career connection. To him, this means so much more.

“Especially now since I’m looking for internships and I have made all of these con-nections in so many places. I could poten-tially contact ‘The View’ and have Sherri Shepherd be a reference so all of those trips paid off for me,” Kaselouskas said, referring to his many visits to the talk show. He re-called one memory when he had a 20-min-ute, one-on-one conversation with Shepherd about the industry.

Kaselouskas has a surprising variety of interests when it comes to meeting celebri-ties. One of his most memorable stories is

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First off, where are you from, what’s your year, major and age?I am Erin Sweeney from Spring Lake, New Jersey. I am a 21-year-old senior athletic training student.

What building do you R.A. for?I am a second year R.A. in Mountainview.

Why did you want to become an R.A.?I wanted to become an R.A. because my R.A. freshman year was really helpful and helped me become involved in the Quinnipiac community. I wanted to do the same for the incoming freshmen.

Was it difficult adapting to the R.A. lifestyle?It wasn’t difficult adapting to the R.A. lifestyle. We go through a detailed training every August and it well prepares us for all types of situations.

What are some of your responsibilities as an R.A.?Some responsibilities include being on duty, getting residents in-volved, conflict resolution, programming, and many other things.

What do you do outside of being an R.A.?Outside of being an R.A., I am a student athletic trainer with the women’s basketball team, and I have a work study job with Grad-uate Student Affairs.

If you had one word to describe being an R.A. what would it be?Flexibility

Do you feel like being an R.A. added to your college ex-perience, or made it difficult to be a normal student?I believe that becoming an R.A. has added to my experience here at Quinnipiac. I have met tons of new people along the way, and I think I have built strong connections with most of those people which is no different from a normal student.

What do you like and dislike about being an R.A.?I like being given the responsibility and the administrative tasks because I feel it is preparing me for life out of college. I dislike the negative connotation that is associated with being an R.A. On

rounds, people run away from us like we are the scariest humans on Earth, but in reality, all of us are genuinely caring people who wouldn’t hurt a fly.

Would you recommend this for anyone else?I would recommend it to anyone who has any interest in the job position. It’s nice to see people who are genuinely interested in becoming an R.A. My advice is apply for it if you have any inter-est at all!

Is it difficult balancing school, social life and R.A.ing?When you have a heavy course load, you are an R.A. and you still want to maintain your social life, it just requires some patience and time management but I wouldn’t call it difficult.

Final thoughts on your R.A. experience?I have learned a lot, I met a lot of great people and I have devel-oped many new skills which I wouldn’t have gained if I didn’t take this job. So, as a whole, I think it’s been a great experience.

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On Sept. 4, millions of stay-at-home moms tuned in to see who would sit in the empty chair once occupied by TV host Regis Philbin. Kelly walked herself out, gave a quick speech about the long and winding path to a new cohost and asked her new cohost to join her on stage.

The camera cut to New York Giant Michael Strahan stumbling out of a limousine. He joined Ripa on stage and picked her up in a giant bear hug.

With other rumored contenders, such as Josh Groban and Seth Meyers, it begs to ask the question, is this the best that ABC and Ripa could do? Yes, Strahan has the ability to keep everyone’s attention on the football field and is one of the best commentators on Fox NFL Sunday, but it’s hard to imag-ine that his passion for being a talk show host will remain the same when talking about the latest Hollywood gossip or upcoming movie instead of recapping Sunday’s big game.

Although in the past Strahan has drawn in big numbers as a past guest host, it’s hard to imagine that between continuing to work with Fox NFL Sunday and keeping up with Ripa’s overbearing personality, his gap-toothed smile will have the same effect down the road. - E. Siciliano

Life may or may not be better on the Hill, but there’s nothing questionable about the personal pizzas. Hands down, the Rocky Top Student Center’s cafeteria offers one of Quinnipiac’s best-kept se-crets when it comes to dining. You can choose from a plethora of sauces and toppings on your pie. Also, if you’re feeling spontane-ous, you can turn that personal pizza into a mini-calzone.

Senior Dennis Juhasz agrees, and says, “The pizzas are rela-tively cheap compared to getting them delivered. It also tastes just as good as chain competitors and the pizza is filling.”

The only downside is the pizza parlor is only open on weekdays, but on those days, the line is usually not a terrible wait and the staff is super friendly. I implore you, if you haven’t made your way up to the Hill and tried some yet, to go get some delicious York Hill cafe pizza. If not, you’re missing out. –H. Alegbeleye

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Lively & Renolds marriedThe “Green Lantern” co-stars made it official this past week-end. They said their “I do’s” at a plantation in South Carolina. The ceremony was small, but full of celebrities, including Florence Welch of Florence and the Ma-chine. She and Bette Midler both performed for guests.

HIMym & snl wedding‘Tis the season -wedding sea-son that is. Cobie Smulders, known as Robin in the hit com-edy “How I Met Your Mother,” and fiance Taran Killam of “Sat-urday Night Live” were mar-ried this past weekend in Santa Barbara. This couple must have the laughter part down with no problem.

the Pregnant ManFollowing a separation from his wife, Nancy, Thomas Beatie hopes to have a child with his girlfriend, Amber Nicholas. This time, however, he won’t be giving birth. He said he wants to experience pregnancy as a father.

Bynes behind bars?Amanda Bynes’ license was suspended after she was charged with two counts of hit-and-run in April and August. If convict-ed of both charges, she will face up to one year in jail.

Ryan Lochte’s actingThe Olympic superstar is giving acting a go. Lochte will make a cameo appearance on the final season of “30 Rock.” He will also appear on an upcoming epi-sode of “90210.”

Kellie pickler goes baldThe former American Idol coun-try star shaved her head to sup-port her long-time friend, Sum-mer. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. “I cannot thank everyone enough for all the love and support you’ve given Sum-mer,” Pickler tweeted. “Chemo starts tomorrow. #SayAPrayer-ForSummer.”

in a hopeless placeAfter receiving the most cov-eted award at the VMAs, Video of the Year, for her song “We Found Love,” Rihanna was met by her ex, Chris Brown, who congratulated her with a kiss. Despite the domestic violence drama three years ago, the sing-er admits she still has feelings for Brown.

K-stew on the road againIn her first public appearance since the cheating scandal, Kris-ten Stewart appeared at the To-ronto Film Festival to promote her new movie “On the Road.” Meanwhile at the VMAs, Rob-ert Pattinson and Twilight co-stars presented a preview of “Breaking Dawn Part II.”

Senior resident assistant, Erin Sweeney, gives us a look into the life and experiences of an R.A. on campus, as well as her responsibilities inside and outside her job.

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Mike Medina remembers his first time officiating flag foot-ball games as an undergrad at the University of Maryland.

“I was doing these games and I was learning these rules on the fly, and I just kind of fell in love with the fact that you have this ability to be a part of the game,” Medina said.

Medina loves officiating, but as the associate athletic direc-tor of intramurals, but the best part in the job is helping the students.

“I love the fact that in my job I get to train student officials,” Medina said.

With a full slate of flag football games underway over the weekend, Medina held meetings last Wednesday and Thursday to teach student referees the basics of intramural sports, includ-ing flag football.

Medina served on the committee Sports Officials Develop-ment Program for Flag Football in 2007-08, helping amend rules that needed to be changed. Medina said the way flag foot-ball referees officiate is very similar to the way NFL and col-lege football referees do.

“When you look at NFL referees, they’re some of the best in the business, so why wouldn’t you want to try and emulate that?” Medina said.

After becoming an intramural referee, sophomore Trevor Ensign said he gained a new respect for referees.

“I obviously played sports in high school and you just hate the refs,” Ensign said. “But when you’re on the other side, you start to understand that it can get pretty crazy and cut them a little slack.”

Medina said that society puts a high importance on offi-ciating, as referees are placed under the microscope at some games.

“From a standpoint of when you look at our society, every-one is so critical of officiating,” Medina said.

According to Medina, there are between 50 and 60 students who serve as officials over the course of the year, and in total, there are 115 student workers, including statisticians and su-pervisors. Medina said that the intramural program has stayed constant over the past few years, stating the system includes around 5,000 students, faculty and staff each year.

“I will say over the course of four years, about 75 percent of students who come to this university will play at least one intramural sport because not everyone plays a sport every year [and] some people get injured and can’t play,” Medina said.

Medina said being a student official is not an easy job, but commends the students for going out and getting the experi-ence.

“For them to come out and do this, it’s a difficult position, but they get some great leadership ability out of it,” Medina said. “I’m sure the paycheck at the end of the day is a nice little carrot at the end of the stick for them as well.”

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Calling the Shots

By Bryan LipinerSocial Media Managaer

‘Master plan’ hits athletic fieldsThe TD Bank Sports Center and the Quin-

nipiac athletic fields have received upgrades recently, both physically and visually. Im-provements have been made to the walls of Lender Court, while the softball and soccer fields have had various facelifts.

“Improvements have been made to the bas-ketball wall, we refer to it as the student end zone,” Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald said. “That job is complete, and the students will see that when we have Bobcat Madness next month, it’s going to look nice.”

The student end zone has been renovated over the summer, with the goal being adding glass instead of concrete for the back wall of the end zone. Construction on the arena has so far continued into the semester.

“We also made an adjustment to the Uni-versity Club,” McDonald added. “Even though

the building is five years old, there were some things, when the time was permitted, we wanted to fix. It’s been something that’s been thought about for awhile, just the time wasn’t right. In addition to the TD Bank Sports Center, the majority of athletics fields on the Mount Carmel campus have been improved. The softball field had a warning track added to all ends of the field, while also pushing the fences back after advice from the NCAA.”

McDonald said the softball field fence was pushed back to 200 feet down the foul lines, which is recommended by the NCAA, and 220 feet to center field, compared to last year’s 200 feet in center field.

Last season, the women’s softball team hit four consecutive home runs to tie an NCAA record. The home runs were hit over the out-field fences before they were pushed back to their new distances.

"We are very grateful for the resources al-located to improve the safety of the softball

facility,” Quinnipiac softball head coach Ger-maine Fairchild said. “The previous fences and dimensions needed to be altered to ensure the safety of student-athletes, and the Univer-sity, Facilities department, and contractors all did an outstanding job on the project."

The soccer field’s irrigation system has also obtained renovations, although it has yet to be perfected.

“When we really get soaked with rain, it really holds water. The facilities department has done a phenomenal job,” McDonald said. “The soccer venue is going to part of the mas-ter plan of whether we keep it there, move it somewhere else, keep natural grass or go with artificial grass.”

Several times over the past few years the field has flooded and forced both the men’s and women’s teams to cancel their upcoming matches. As the progress on the fields contin-ues, they hope to end that from happening due to poor field conditions.

McDonald mentioned that the “master plan” is an ongoing project, and will continue for much of the next four years as a series of improvement to Quinnipiac’s athletics facili-ties.

“The athletic facilities for both student rec-reation, intramurals, hopefully club sports… Our meetings will be this fall, to start look-ing at what the needs are,” McDonald said. “They’ll be major improvements to both the indoor and outdoor facilities, it will be a sig-nificant investment.”

McDonald has many ideas in place such as adding new scoreboards, or possibly introduc-ing lights to the fields, however these won’t be decided until meetings take place later on in the semester.

“The TD Bank Sports Center, I call it the best building in college athletics. We’d like the rest of our facilities to be equal to that,” McDonald said. “There'll be a lot of exciting things happening.”

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The Quinnipiac women’s soc-cer team continued its torrid start by outlasting Hartford in a 1-0 game Sunday to advance to 4-0-1 on the season. This is the best start for Quinnipiac women’s soccer since 1998 when they first entered Divi-sion I play.

“It was a game of two halves,” Quinnipiac head coach Dave Clarke said. “In the first half we played a little bit more how we wanted to… And then in the second half I don’t know what it was, if it was the break, the fatigue kicked in. We were legless and we had to dig deep. It wasn’t pretty, but they’re the games we would have lost last year,

and we found a way to win which is more important.”

Quinnipiac held a clear advantage in ball possession in the first half of play. The midfielders controlled the tempo with short, surgical passes, us-ing the sidelines to carry the ball into opposing territory. In contrast Hart-ford attempted longer aerial passes, and had less success applying pres-sure to the Quinnipiac defense.

The lone goal came from fresh-man midfielder Shannon Larkin in just the 11th minute of play. The goal was the result of a counter-attack by Quinnipiac. After racing down the field to halt a Hartford of-fensive, Quinnipiac passed the ball back up the field eventually finding the foot of Larkin. She didn’t hesi-

tate before slipping the ball past the Hartford keeper Erin Quinlan and into the top right corner of the net. It was Larkin’s first collegiate goal. At the end of the first half Quinni-piac held a 3-2 advantage in shots.

Clarke praised his younger play-ers for their effort, but said that his team’s lack of experience was evi-dent. He added that he expects the mental errors to decrease as the freshman and sophomores accrue more game minutes.

There were three freshmen and one sophomore starting the game for the Bobcats. The substitutions Clarke made also reflect his faith in his younger players. Of the five sub-stitutes, three were sophomores and one was a freshman.

“We need to be a little more composed, especially in the second half where we gave up the initia-tive,” Clarke said. “Fitness is still a factor. And then some of the de-cision making has to be better. But we’ve also got a lot of freshman and sophomores out on the field

that have to learn the system and the style of play.”

Quinnipiac goaltender Jill Kel-ley posted her third shutout of the season. Kelly has been named Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Week for each of the past two weeks.

Senior forward Kemesha Wood-fine, the reigning Northeast Confer-ence Co-Player of the Week was a dominant presence for Quinnipiac in the second half until leaving the game with an injury. She made an effort to return at the end of the second half, but was re-injured while taking the field. Her avail-ability going forward was unknown to Clarke.

The Quinnipiac women’s next game comes against non-conference opponent Harvard today at 4 p.m. at the QU Soccer Field at the Mount Carmel Campus.

WOMEN’S SOCCERQU 0, NJIT 0 -- FridayNatalia Grodzki: 2 savesShauna Edwards: 3 shots Kemesha Woodfine: 2 shotsWOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRYQU Placed 3 out of 17 -- SaturdayRebecca White: 18:08.2Jessica Soja: 18:49.9Ashley Carle: 19:05.9Amanda Faust: 19:09.4MEN’S SOCCERLoyola 2, QU 1 -- SaturdayPhillip Suprise: 1 goalBorja Angoitia: 4 savesWilliam Daniels: 2 shotsWOMEN’S GOLFQU Placed 14 of 18 -- SundayKrissy Unger: 163Jenn Whaley: 164Kayla Ketcheson: 177WOMEN’S RUGBYQU 91, Binghamton 0 -- SundayKrystin Orrico: 24 pointsDevon Vieira: 1 tryTensi Phillips: 1 tryJennifer Salomon: 1 tryNancy Dunn: 1 tryColleen Doherty: 1 tryFIELD HOCKEYQU 2, Vermont 1 -- SundayJess Rusin: 1 goal, 1 assistJennalise Taylor: 1 goalNicole Lewis: 3 savesWOMEN’S SOCCERQU 1, Hartford 0 -- SundayShannon Larkin: 1 goalJillian Kelley: 1 saveAmanda Barroca: 1 assist

WOMEN’S SOCCERQU (4-0-1, 0-0) vs. Harvard (2-1-1, 0-0) – Today, 4 p.m.QU (4-0-1, 0-0) at Sienna (0-4, 0-0) – Sunday, 1 p.m.FIELD HOCKEY QU (3-2, 0-0) at St. Joseph’s(1-4, 0-0) – Friday, 3 p.m.QU (3-2, 0-0) vs. Lafayette (3-1, 0-0) – Sunday, 12 p.m.MEN’S SOCCERQU (2-2, 0-0) at Yale (0-3-1,0-0) – Friday, 4 p.m.WOMEN’S TENNISQU (0-0, 0-0) at Quinnipiac Invitational – Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.Sunday, 9 a.m.WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLQU (0-6, 0-0) vs. Providence (1-12, 0-0) at Bucknell Invitational – Friday, 5 p.m.QU (0-6, 0-0) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (1-3, 0-0) at Bucknell Invitational – Saturday, 1 p.m.QU (0-6, 0-0) vs. Fordham (4-9, 0-0) at Bucknell Invitational – Saturday, 3 p.m.QU (0-6, 0-0) vs. Bucknell (4-6, 0-0) at Bucknell Invitational – Saturday, 5 p.m.

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Shannon Larkin looks for a high-five from fellow freshman teammate Amanda Barroca after scoring her first-career goal in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Hartford.

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larkin’s first-half goal keeps women’s soccer team undefeated

“We were legless and we had to dig deep. it wasn’t pretty, but they’re the games we would have lost last year, and we found a way to win which is more important.”

— DAVE CLARKEWomen’s soccer head coach

RecoRd RoundsBy Ben Dias

Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac women’s golf team has a bright future. That was put on display this past weekend at the Tignanelli Towson Invitational at the Towson Golf and Country Club in Phoenix, Md.

The Bobcats finished the week-end 14th out of 18 teams with a total score of 680 (342-338). How-ever, two unexpected stars stole the show. Competing in their first collegiate golf tournament fresh-men Krissy Unger and Jenn Whal-ey impressed head coach John O’Connor.

“Our freshmen played very well today,” O’Connor said. “I think that they had some shots that they’d like to get back, but I chalk that up to nerves. Once they settle down, I’m confident they’ll be in the mid-70s on a consistent basis.”

Unger fired a 163 (82-81) break-ing Kayla Ketcheson’s previous program record of a two-day total

of 166 (81-85) at last April’s Hart-ford Invitational. Whaley moved into second place on the school re-cord carding a two-day aggregate of 164 (81-83). Unger and Whaley share third place for all-time lowest single round with pairs of 81. The Manitoba native, Ketcheson cur-rently holds the program record for lowest single round score with a +7 (79) last April at the Brown Invita-tional.

St. John’s University won the event with a combined 611 (+35). Quinnipiac finished tied for 14th with Towson (Gold) and ahead of Delaware State (690, +114), Mount St. Mary’s (690, +114) and Ran-dolph-Macon (752, +176).

“Honestly, we putted more than we should have,” O’Connor said. “That had a lot to do with our score. Once we dig in and start working on our putting consistently, you’ll see three or four strokes per round start coming off.”

Ketcheson bounced back from a

uncharacteristically poor round on day one by lowering her score by 11 strokes from 94-83 for a total of 177.

“I’ve never seen Kayla play like she did yesterday, it wasn’t like her and she got a little frus-trated,” O’Connor said. “She had a problem with the water on one hole. Today, she bounced back and was back to normal. She played very well.”

Jennifer Forlenza carded a 181 (90-91, +37) while Hannah Russell rounded out the Bobcat squad finish-ing with a 183 (89-94, +39).

The Bobcats will return to the links on Sept. 15-16 when they travel to Hanover, N.H. to compete in the Dartmouth Invitational at the Hanover Country Club.

“I’m looking forward to Dart-mouth,” O’Connor said. “I’m planning on taking a few different players - Alexa Gentile and Angel-ica Muscatelli - to see how they do. Should be a great tournament.”

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volleyball team this year on the way to an 0-6 start.

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of 183 total competitors on saturday.

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brendan copley finished 10th overall in the 8k event on saturday at nassaney.

Brendan Copley

Brendan Copley finished 10th overall in the 8k event on Saturday at the Nassaney Race in Smithfield, R.I., helping the Bobcats finish fourth overall. Copley was also named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week for Sept. 3.

Jess Rusin moved into 10th place all time with her goal on Sunday in a 2-1 victory over Vermont. Rusin also had the game winning assist when she connecteed with teammate Jennalise Taylor. Rusin has recorded three goals on the season registering her first two goals in a loss to Yale on Sept. 2.

by the numbers ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Jess RusinField hockeyForward

Junior Garwood, N.J.

Men’s cross country FreshmanColchester, Vt.

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Clockwise from top left: Freshman Amanda Barroca swings for the ball; junior Beck Kiting tries to win the header infront of a Hartford defender; senior Chacha Naito fights for the spot during Sunday’s game vs. Hartford University.

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It has been 14 years since the Quinnipiac women’s soccer team jumped out to a 3-0 start. With a combination of veteran players and youth, the Bobcats have started the season off with a bang.

Within the last two weeks, the Bobcats (4-0-1) defeated Provi-dence, Vermont, Holy Cross and Hartford. The only blemish in their record comes from New Jersey In-stitute of Technology, which ended in a 0-0 tie.

On Tuesday, Quinnipiac was ranked in the NSCAA Division I Northeast Regional Poll at No. 9. They join the rankings along with 10 other schools, eight of which are from the Big East conference. Quin-nipiac stands alone as the only team for the Northeast Conference to make the list.

“It is nice to be back in a regional ranking again; however, it is more important to be ranked after the sea-son than after five games,” Quinni-piac head coach Dave Clarke said. “A lot of effort has gone into getting us to this point, but a lot more work needs to be done to get us to where we want to be in November.”

Quinnipiac hasn’t seen a start like this since 1998 when it joined Division I.

“I’m certainly happy, but most coaches know the differences be-tween winning and losing,” Clarke said. “I’ve been doing this long enough to know those games could have gone the other way. Last year, we were on the other side, where we were losing games and we didn’t get the breaks.”

Last season, the Bobcats went 5-10-1, when they started the 2011 season off with a 0-4-1 record.

Despite losing last season’s se-nior standout Furtuna Velaj, Clarke

explained the team is working to fill the holes with a new style of play and is working together to overcome any obstacles.

Velaj led the team with six goals last season, as well as being the team’s point leader, registering 14 points. During Velaj’s first three sea-sons she tallied 80 points combined and led the team in scoring every season.

“The style of play is not as attrac-tive as it was in the past, but they are all working for each other. There are no egos on the team,” Clarke said.

Clarke expressed how important the cohesiveness of the team is this season and how seniors are becom-ing leaders and stepping up their game. Senior Kemesha Woodfine has improved upon her quality of play. Woodfine was named College Sports Madness Player of the Week Sept. 4 and Northeast Conference Co-Player of the Week after scoring two game-winning goals.

Woodfine also explained that the new stylistic approach Clarke is teaching highlights the importance of defense and putting pressure on other teams.

“It’s just been hard work from everyone and discipline,” Woodfine said. “It’s just the camaraderie with-in the squad and everyone is pulling for each other.”

Woodfine did not record any goals during the 2011 season and only registered one assist.

“Kemesha has a lot of potential,” Clarke said. “She’s added fitness and consistency to her game. She’s also content with life at Quinnipiac and life off the field, which, I think, is culminating into good performanc-es.”

Clarke also added how suc-cessful senior Shauna Edwards is becoming this season. Edwards re-corded only one assist within the last five games, but Clarke explained her focus isn’t on scoring the goals, but rather on creating the plays.

Edwards registered three goals and three assists last season, second in points to Velaj with nine.

Despite all the offensive atten-tion, it is the defense that is hold-ing the team together. Goalkeeper Jill Kelley has recorded a shutout in three of the team’s five wins, al-

lowing just one goal this season. Kelley has also tied her win total for all of last year six games into the 2012 season. Thanks to those num-bers, Kelley was already won two NEC Defensive Player of the Week awards.

“We’ve really tried to adapt to what Dave’s been telling us,” the senior goalkeeper said. “It’s a whole new style and we’ve kind of just refaced the whole defensive mind-set of everyone that’s playing. We really try to keep up the commu-nication and make sure that we’re all covering for each other. We are a lot tighter this year then we were last year and we are all playing for each other and want the best out of everyone so we demand the best out of everyone.”

Kelley explained the different mental preparation coming in for a fifth year with the team and how she

is more of a player younger team-mates can look up to and understand where they fit in within the program. Kelley was granted a fifth year of eligibility by the NCAA when she missed all of her sophomore season with a knee injury. With six fresh-men, four seeing significant min-utes, Kelley’s positive outlook and attitude are necessary for the success of the team.

Freshmen Amanda Barroca and Nicole Eriksen both started the last five games, and freshmen team-mates Shannon Larkin and Jessica Jankowski also are seeing plenty of game time.

Larkin registered the only goal in the 1-0 victory against intrastate rival University of Hartford on Sun-day. Following the goal, Larkin was named NEC Co-Rookie of the Week for the first time in her career.

Despite the successful start, both

Clarke and Kelley explained the most important game is against Fair-leigh Dickinson University to start off conference play.

“We just have to take every game as it comes and really think about our next opposition,” Kelley said. “We work all practice toward the next game, we don’t look past it. Winning these games in the begin-ning is great, but our final mentality is Sept. 21, playing FDU in our first game of the NECs.”

top ‘cats on campusWomen’s soccer team has longest undefeated run

since joining the Division I ranks

“The style of play is not as attractive as it was in the past, but they are all working for each other.”

— Dave cLarKequinnipiac women’s soccer head

coach

“It’s just the camaraderie within the squad and everyone is pulling for each other.”

— Kemesha wooDfinequinnipiac women’s soccer forward/

midfielder

By Kerry healyAssociate Sports Editor

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Junior Beck Kiting high fives teammates Shauna Edwards, Crystal Burns and Taylor Healey after Sunday’s 1-0 win vs. Hartford. The women’s soccer team is currently 4-0-1 on the season, its best start since 1988.

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