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TAYLOR LONGENBERGERNEWS EDITOR

Based on growing concern on college campuses for sexual as-sault and sexual harassment, the Pace Counseling Center has estab-lished two new discussion groups to help those who have experi-enced trouble.

A “Creating Safety” discus-sion group has been formed by the counseling center in order to provide an outlet for students who have been victims of sexual as-sault.

“We hope that this group will provide an opportunity to dis-cuss and process associated dif-fi culties, which may include trust and intimacy issues, self-blame, shame and guilt, anxiety, depres-sion, nightmares, fl ashbacks and/or other concerns,” representatives from the Counseling Center said.

In addition to those who have experienced sexual assault, the Counseling Center hopes to pro-vide an outlet for those experienc-ing trouble with abusive relation-ships. A similarly organized group has been created for abusive rela-tionships, an “Interpersonal Pro-cess Group.”

Members of the counseling center and the school chaplain, Sister Susan Becker, are the only confi dential personnel on the Pace Pleasantville campus. Students can address these individuals regard-ing a sexual assault, harassment, or abusive relationship without their information being reported.

As concern and efforts to cre-ate awareness of sexual assault have grown, the Counseling Cen-ter is the only campus facility to offer more than just a preventative measure.

A sexual assault committee led by Interim Director of Compliance Debbie Levesque is in the process of creating a consent policy pro-posal that will be released when fi nalized.

Any student that is interested in joining either discussion group should contact the Counseling Center by visiting or calling (914) 773-3710.

Sexual Assault GroupsEMILY WOLFRUM

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Student Government Associa-tion (SGA) facilitated a commu-nity meeting on Tue., Nov. 11 in Lienhard Lecture Hall.

Pace administrators, faculty, and staff, as well as President Stephen J. Friedman, were in at-tendance to address student con-cerns.

Concerns were primarily di-rected toward Buildings and Grounds, Chartwells Dining Ser-vices, and ITS.

Students expressed unease with the maintenance of residen-tial halls and Mortola Library, mentioning a lack of suffi cient cleaning, especially in communal bathrooms.

Problems with Chartwells in-cluded limited healthy options, overpricing, and catering service fees.

Representatives of Chartwells offered that healthy options did exist and pricing was refl ective of market change and product seasons. They agreed to follow-up with individual requests and concerns.

EMILY WOLFRUM

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The Students for Justice in Palestine organization (SJP) was offi cially recognized by Student Government Association (SGA) on Fri., Nov. 7, according to SGA Executive Vice President Dan Garcia.

The organization, which ex-ists on multiple college campuses nationwide, seeks to educate and advocate for ongoing Palestinian issues.

“I think a lot of people are misinformed and uneducated about the issues, so I thought SJP would be a great way to break those stereotypes and misconcep-

tions,” said founder and President of the Pleasantville organization Nihal Al Qawasmi, whose SJP in-terest began while she was still in high school.

Among the misconceptions Al Qawasmi seeks to address is the belief that the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict is merely a dispute over land.

“People look at it like a head-ache, like ‘those people, they just keep fi ghting over land,’ but it’s not just land—it’s basic human rights,” she said. “It’s more like an oppressed-oppressor relation-ship than a war.”

Students for Justice in Palestine Recognized

Concerns Raised at Community Meeting

Students at Pace in New York Cite represnent their chapter of SJP.

Photo from @PaceU_SJP

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SLC’S FALL FORMALFeature Page 3

The Successful Learning Center, along with other student organiza-tions, hosted a Fall Formal that was attended by many.

BAN ON BLOOD DRIVEHealth Page 5

The Offi ce of Mlticultural Affairs and Student Nurses at Pace held a blood drive while tabling to teach students about the restriction on blood donation for homosexuals.

SETTER’S SPOTLIGHTSports Page 8

This week, we are recognizing four different individuals for our Set-ter’s Spotlight. Find out who they are, and what they accomplished.

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Environmental Center Complex All the animals have been

moved into their new homes and we have received our TCO for the entire Environmental Center com-plex! We are very excited about this component of project and ea-ger to showcase the new center.

C onstruction of the new farm house is still underway. The build-ing exterior work is substantially complete. Once that is complete, the interior work will follow. As a reminder, the contractors working on the new farmhouse will need to use the road leading up to the Ad-ministration building as their main entrance to the site. The build-ing is expected to be complete by years end.

Alumni HallThe foundation work for the

East Wing of the building will continue through the next few weeks. Underground mechani-cal, electric, and plumbing (MEP) work in the North Wing of the building has begun and will con-tinue through the week. Once the MEP work is complete, the slab on grade can be poured in the North Wing. Production on the modular units is progressing. You can ex-

pect to see the modular boxes on campus in late November. The project team visited the produc-tion factory this week and was pleased with the amount of work that has been completed thus far. The modular units will be deliv-ered on campus throughout a 14 week period. Approximately 4-6 units will be assembled a day. The units will all be stored behind the construction fence to minimize the impact to the campus.

Kessel Student CenterThe expansion of the Kessel

Student Center is underway and is on schedule to be completed in January. The work on the roof for the expansion is scheduled to begin this week followed by the work on the existing roof of Kes-sel. Asbestos abatement will need to occur prior to the existing roof work. The abatement notifi cation that is required by law will be posted in the building 10 days be-fore the works occurs. Please note that the asbestos removal work will be contained outside of the building and the inside of building is safe to occupy. The framing of the exterior walls will being early this week and will continue for the

next few weeks. The framing of the interior walls on the fi rst level of Kessel is complete. The inte-rior wall framing of the second level has begun and will continue through the week. The rough me-chanical, electric and plumbing (MEP) work and the in-wall MEP work on both the fi rst and second level continue through the next few weeks. The installation soffi ts will continue through this week.

Site WorkDuring the course of the ex-

pansion of Choate Lot, we have encountered many unexpected sit-uations, which have caused delays in the opening of the parking lot. Specifi cally, we found utilities in locations that were not identifi ed in our drawings. Due to the unex-pected utilities additional work in this area needs to occur in order to construct the new parking lot. This has caused a delay in the schedule. The new parking lot is now ex-pected to be completed in Decem-ber. The contractors are working agressivly in the area to complete this work. The installation of the sidewalks in front of Paton House on the on the east side of the build-ing will be complete by the end of

the week.

Choate PondThe new culvert structure on

the northern end of the pond will be installed in the next couple of weeks. This work will cause a slight shift in the pedestrian path-way between the Mortola Library and the Kessel Student Center. As soon as we have more information regarding when this work will be-gin, we will make sure to notify you.

AthleticsErosion control at the baseball

fi eld is complete and underway at the multi-purpose fi eld. The base-ball fi eld work is expected to have around 50 truck trips a day of fi ll between the new location of the softball fi eld and the baseball fi eld through December 31, 2014. In order to prevent student, faculty, and staff traffi c to interact with the truck traffi c, a dedicated route on campus will be established for the trucks. This will require for a section of Parking Lot F (the lot behind Miller and Lienhard Halls) to be taken offl ine, along with the roadway on the west side of cam-pus which is used to exit the cam-

pus. This is the roadway that cir-culates through parking lots D and C and follows behind Costello and Dyson Hall to entrance 1. This will require changes to entrance 1 and 2. The road leading to en-trance 2 from entrance 1 will be-come a two way street, so vehicles leaving the west side of campus from Miller and Lienhard can make a left hand turn onto Route 117. These changes will be effec-tive starting Tuesday November 18th. We are working closely on fi nalizing the logistic plans for this work and we will share with you this week.

The foundation for the Field House will begin once the per-mit is received. All of the new athletic facilities are on schedule for completion for the fall 2015 semester with the baseball and multi-purpose fi eld coming online in February.

All work is weather dependent; we will promptly notify the com-munity of any changes.

Information distributed by Pace University. Updates can be found at paceplvmasterplan.com.

A Construction Update: The Week of Nov. 9

TAYLOR LONGENBERGER

NEWS EDITOR

Student Government Associa-tion (SGA) met in Miller Lecture Hall Fri., Nov. 7.

Matthew Landau represented the Offi ce of Residential Life and presented in Senate in order to create awareness of the Resi-dent Assistant (RA) applications that will be going live next week. Mandatory information sessions for those applying for an RA po-sition will be held starting Nov. 17. Any student with questions or concerns regarding the applica-tion process should contact Lan-dau.

John Wrench, SGA President,

presented that the trial for 24-hour Library access will be happening for three weeks in December. The effectiveness of the trial will de-termine if 24-hour library access will continue.

A Dining Services Working Group has been formed in order to discuss the quality and cost of food on campus in addition to the hours that the dining halls are open. The progress of this group will be discussed in Senate in the weeks to come.

Tunnel of Oppression is still in need of volunteers for tour guides, actors, and others that would be willing to help with the general development of the event. The Tunnel of Oppression Com-

mittee will be tabling in Kessel Student Center this week in order to receive feedback from students regarding ways that they have been oppressed.

Jim Curry from the Offi ce of Student Assistance (OSA), In-formation Technology Services (ITS), and the Offi ce of Admin-istration on behalf of the Master Plan Site Team will present dur-ing Senate next Friday.

Students with comments or questions can fi nd the SGA Offi ce located near the Higher One of-fi ce in Kessel Student Center and can also attend the SGA meeting this Fri Nov. 14.

SGA Meeting Updates: Nov. 7

Lack of WiFi connectivity on campus and cell service at the townhouses were also is-sues brought up by students in attendance.

While students were assured that a network team was look-ing into the problem, they were invited to take construction obstacles into consideration. Students were also reminded to register their devices.

Additional questions were asked regarding a rumored 20 percent discount on tuition for freshmen next year.

Vice President for Enroll-ment Management Robina Schepp neither confi rmed nor denied that incoming students would be receiving a discount,

but stated that scholarship amounts fl uctuate from year to year.

Schepp also said that Pace was anticipating an infl ux in enrollment for next year as a result of construction.

Security interference was also question in regard to in-cidents occurring at the begin-ning of the semester.

Head of Security Vincent Beatty said that since the inci-dent, all security personnel had been retrained. He noted that because on-campus offi cers do not carry weapons, outside as-sistance would be called in on issues potentially threatening to a guard's well-being.

Vice President of Program-ming Tameka Bazile closed with fi nal concerns, which in-cluded faculty parking in un-designated areas, especially on the Briarcliff Campus. She offered that students who had

parked similarly were ticketed.Announcements were made

regarding the construction of Alumni Hall, which is ex-pected to open in Fall 2015. Rooms for the building have been constructed off campus and will begin being delivered in the next month, according to Senior Vice President Bill Mc-Grath. This process is said to take 14 weeks.

Bernice Houle, Associate Dean of Seidenberg School of Computer Science, confi rmed that no decisions had been made regarding the restructur-ing of the school.

SGA and its Legislative Ad-visor Howard Weishaus plan to follow up with all administra-tive claims.

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The Pace Chronicle FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014PAGE 3 FEATURE

SARA MORIARTY

FEATURE EDITOR

The Successful Learning Cen-ter (SLC) students were happy to see some Pace friends at the fi rst annual Fall Formal dance last Fri., Nov. 7, in Willcox Gym.

Students from the Success-ful Learning Center enjoyed coming to Pleasantville for the dance, which was referred to as a “homecoming” for the students and a way for them to relax, get involved, and socialize with other SLC and Pace students.

Members of GSA, Gamma Sigma Sigma, and other student

volunteers spent the night danc-ing with and talking to SLC stu-dents who eagerly gave hugs to and took selfi es with their Pace friends.

“Events like the Fall Formal help the SLC students have a full college experience,” Caitlin Kel-ly, coordinator for CCAR said. “The college experience includes having fun, and helping others can be fun, too. It is important for the SLC students to feel empow-ered by helping others.”

The students felt empowered by having a hands-on experience with preparing the dance. Mem-bers of SLC made some of the

dance’s decorations at Make A Difference Day.

SLC student Ian Singer DJ-ed the event with Pace’s WPAW ra-dio station.

John Robb, a DJ with WPAW, trained Singer to use the DJ equip-ment, and Singer learned quickly how to work the equipment at the Fall Formal. He was glad to be able to provide music to his SLC friends and classmates.

“It was my fi rst real event; it was awesome,” said Singer, who took over most of the DJ-ing at the event. “My friends at SLC and Pace are proud of me for DJ-ing.”

Singer plans to continue being a DJ and to continue attending WPAW meetings.

“[WPAW] is my home base club,” Singer said. “When I grad-uate, hopefully I can work as a DJ. It is my big dream and goal.”

The SLC program, which used to be held in Kessel, is now held in Pace’s White Plains graduate center because of space constraints in Kessel during con-struction.

SLC Director Sheri Cappello is hopeful that the center can be brought back to the Pleasantville Campus by fall 2015.

“They can’t wait to come back; they miss the Pace students they hung out with during com-mon hour,” Cappello said about the SLC students. “It would be great to have more events like this so they can get back to the campus.”

For now, Cappello and others involved with SLC are glad that the Fall Formal was a success.

“I want to thank CCAR and

all the students. Without them, we couldn’t do any of this,” Cappello said. “They help our students feel like real college students.”

Pace students are welcome to visit SLC students at Pace’s White Plains Graduate Cen-ter on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 10 am to 2:30 pm. The students, according to Kelly, would love to be visited by

their Pace friends. “SLC is one of the great-

est things at Pace,” said Sandra Gomes, a member of Gamma Sigma Sigma who has been in-volved with SLC and attended the Fall Formal. “More people should be involved with the program. The students are amazing and so enthusiastic about life.”

Successful Learning Center Hosts Fall Formal

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TAYLOR LONGENBERGER

NEWS EDITOR

Pace’s Lambda Upsilon Lambda (LUL) fraternity took blind dating to the extreme in their event, “Are You The One?” held on Wednesday night in the Pace Perk.

In an attempt to create ano-nymity each participant was giv-en a number that corresponded to a pre-speed dating survey. The fi ve questions in the survey ranged from matters of general preference, “What do you put

in the bowl fi rst, the cereal or the milk?” to questions regard-ing one’s sexual activities, “How long should you wait before you have sex?”

Roughly 30 guests at the event were invited to put on a blind-fold and take part in speed dat-ing, where they were randomly matched with a person of the op-posite gender based on their sur-vey.

Students were given general topics to discuss as they met with each new person for their date, such as turn ons and turn offs,

what one looks for in a relation-ship, and what one fi nds attrac-tive.

Although the event was fo-cused on romantic relationships, it also provided a new way to get to know someone.

“Personally, I was really ner-vous because the event is geared towards a heterosexual com-munity and does not cater to the LGBTQ Community, but overall it was interesting to meet new people,” participant of the event Kirk Pineda said.

Many of the students at the

event were not expecting to be blindfolded and at fi rst some were uncomfortable with the idea. However, students were provided with the ability to really get to know the person sitting across from them based only on their number and what they said.

“Using blindfolds, although nerve-racking at fi rst, worked well to keep anonymity and re-ally got rid of that fi rst look or judgment,” sophomore commuter Pineda said. “As much as we try not to, we all do it and not being able to see the person you are

talking to really forces you to get to know them based on what they have to say.”

After the allotted time for each pair was over, both parties were able to either hold up a card in order to stay or to switch and have a new partner.

The event concluded with all participants removing their blind-folds and seeing who had been sitting across from them, reveal-ing who their blind date had been.

CHRIS WALKER

FEATURD WRITER

Alpha Chi Rho (AXP) fra-ternity held a benefi t dinner for their new national phi-lanthropy, the National MPS (Mucopolysaccharidoses) So-ciety, in the Briarcliff cafeteria on Friday.

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), according to the Na-tional MPS Society, is a he-reditary lysosomal storage dis-eases prompted by the body’s inability to produce specifi c enzymes. Those affected of-ten lose body or brain func-tion. Children lose the ability to walk and develop correctly, and are not expected to live past their twenties.

While the philanthropy was recently adopted by the fra-ternity nationally, the disease also holds personal impor-tance to the Pace chapter as one brother’s family member suffers from MPS.

The importance of the event was not only to raise money,

but also to raise awareness.“MPS is an important phi-

lanthropy because many peo-ple do not know exactly what it is or understand how fatal it is,” AXP brother Eric Medina-Rivera said. “It makes it im-possible for any male who has it to live a full life. Although there are other conditions which shorten life, there is no real treatment to extend your life past 25 with MPS.”

AXP president Trevor Walker affi rmed that people could best aid the disease by informing others of its effects. He said that the greatest prob-lem for this disease is its lack of exposure.

Mitch Farrell, the philan-thropy chair of AXP, also spoke about the cause.

AXP plans on having more dinners and other events to raise money and awareness for MPS. There is even talk about fi nding a walk for the MPS disease.

“Maybe we can even start one,” Walker said.

Alpha Chi Rho Spreads Awareness for DiseaseFinding a Cure for MPS

Some brothers of Alpha Chi Rho at their MPS Dinner on Friday. Top row (from left to right): Alumni Josh Molyneaux, sophomore Mitch Farrell, sophomore Stefan Howansky, senior Trevor Walker, senior Dante Plush, alumni Tim Cassella; Bottom row (from left to right): alumni Rich Wilson, senior Miguel Gon-calves, sophomore Doug Botchman, senior John Wrench.

Lamba Upsilon Lambda Asks: Are You the One

WANT TO START YOUR OWN SGA RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION?

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT SDCA, OR EMAIL EXECUTIVE VICE

PRESIDENT, DAN GARCIA, AT JUSTICE@PACE.EDU.

“SJP”CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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n addition to combatting misconceptions about Palestin-ian issues, Al Qawasmi seeks to eliminate stigma attached to the organization.

“I don’t want people to feel intimidated and think of just the Palestinian-Israeli confl ict,” she said. “I don’t want people to feel like they can’t be a part of it.”

Although Al Qawasmi is Pal-estinian, she notes that SJP’s e-board is comprised of individu-als with diverse backgrounds. According to her, anyone can

make a connection to the cause.“People don’t know that the

[chemicals and tear gas] used on people in Ferguson [Missouri] are always tested on Palestin-ians. They’re like lab rats,” Al Qawasmi said. “[We can con-nect] those two struggles, and show how colonialism and mili-tarism aren’t just third world is-sues. Oppressed people need to stand together.”

This specifi c connection was also a topic of conversation at this year’s National SJP Con-ference at Tufts University. Al Qawasmi, who attended the con-ference, noted the impact that a reverend from Ferguson had when he spoke at the event.

“It was one of the most in-spiring weekends of my life,”

she said. “It motivated me even more to come back [to Pace] and push the recognition process.”

Al Qawasmi was born in Jor-dan, where her grandparents im-migrated to after the establish-ment of Israel.

“We’re a family of refugees, and knowing the struggles that they went through is the ultimate connection. For me, always hav-ing that history and carrying it with me everywhere makes me who I am,” she said. "For people to misinterpret my story, it moti-vates me to go out there and do whatever I can to educate.”

SJP's e-board plans to begin tabling in Kessel to increase awareness of their organization and its presence on campus be-fore hosting events to educate

students about issues. While Al Qawasmi says she would like to be able to fundraise, limited access to Palestinian borders makes global aid diffi cult.

Both the Pace Pleasantville and New York chapters of SJP share advisor Dr. Susan Maxam,

Assistant Vice President of Un-dergraduate Education. Al Qa-wasmi says that this connection has provided her organization with greater opportunities and additional support.

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KAITLYN SZILAGYIHEALTH EDITOR

As course registration draws near for Pace students, students might be interested to know the campus is offering several Health & Wellness courses for the spring 2015 semester.

Wellness and Physical Fitness, HW 101, is a study of the vari-ous factors of total fi tness. In this course, students are required to analyze their own eating habits, partake in workouts prescribed by their professor, and gain a better understanding of how important it is to stretch before any workout. Five sections of this course are being offered next semester, each with fi fteen seats available for stu-dents. The course provides two credits for students.

Another interesting option in-cludes Care & Prevention of Ath-letic Injuries, HW 103. This course serves as “a detailed study of the prevention practices, inquiry, rec-ognition, and evaluation, initial care and emergency procedures, and rehabilitation theories.” There is only one section of this course being offered next semester with fi fteen open seats and offers three credit hours.

With two sections being of-fered, each with fi fteen spots available for students, Yoga (HW 105) is also a great option. This course covers “postures, move-ments, deep breathing, meditation, and visualization for complete mental and physical relaxation.” This course provides students one credit hour. For those who may have already taken this course, or for any who consider themselves well-practiced yogis, the Univer-sity is also offering a one section, one-credit Advanced Yoga course, HW155, with fi fteen seats open.

For those seeking martial arts exercise or self-defense training, Judo: Self-Defense, HW 111, is being offered in two sections. Each section has fi fteen openings, and the course is worth one credit hour. The course takes its materi-als and techniques from martial arts forms including Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Hap Ki Do, Jiu Jitsu, and Judo. According to the de-scription, “This course will focus on an all-around approach to self-defense.”

Senior psychology major Em-ily Blakley said she loved her ex-perience in Judo: Self-Defense.

“It was a great class. Super dif-fi cult, but the professor was amaz-ing. He really tried to get everyone to believe they could do all these hard things he was throwing at us to do,” she said. “We did stretch-ing before and after every les-son, and then he taught us holds, chokes, and throws and paired us up to fi ght.”

In addition to these aforemen-tioned courses, Pace is offering Health & Wellness courses includ-ing Golf, Basketball for Men and Women, Swimming, Intro to Scu-ba Diving, and Stress Reduction, Comp. & Alternative Therapy. With any further questions regard-ing these courses, be sure to talk to advisement before registering.

Spring ‘15 Courses

KAITLYN SZILAGYI

HEALTH EDITOR

Flu season is quickly ap-proaching. As students poten-tially spend hours over their studies, stress over their work, the potential arises for weak-ened immune systems. Students and faculty should all be sure to receive their fl u shots. The Pleasantville campus and its surrounding community offer various locations for students and faculty to receive vaccina-tions.

In Goldstein Health and Fit-ness Center, University Health Care can be found in room 125. To receive a fl u shot, one should set up an appointment by call-ing (914) 773-3760. The supply of fl u shots is limited on cam-pus, shots cost $20.00, and pay-ments should be made via cash or check.

If supply runs out or students happen to fi nd themselves in town, there are two additional locations to receive fl u shots. The Broadway Thornwood Center holds a CVS pharmacy which offers fl u shots. With any questions regarding said loca-tion, the pharmacy can be con-tacted by phone at (914)769-0558. Close by, there is also Walgreens in Thornwood, NY. This pharmacy can be contacted by phone at (914) 747-0239.

The fl u is a very common ailment, particularly on college campuses where the concentra-tion of individuals is dense and community dining and living is the norm. Students and faculty should be sure to protect them-selves and others from illness this fl u season.

Flu Shots

KAITLYN SZILAGYI

HEALTH EDITOR

Multicultural Affairs and Di-versity Programs (MADP) held an informational table about the ban on homosexual men donating blood during the Student Nurses at Pace (SNAP) American Red Cross Blood Drive in Willcox Gym on Nov. 12.

The Federal Drug Adminis-tration (FDA) maintains a policy that prohibits MSM (men who have sex with men) from donat-ing blood. According to the FDA website, this policy was created because “MSM are, as a group, at increased risk of HIV, hepati-tis B, and certain other infections that can be transmitted by transfu-sion.”

MADP circulated a petition as part of the Banned4Life cam-paign, which works toward the change of the FDA’s policy. Ac-cording to Banned4Life’s web-

site, “[this policy] affects not just those targeted by the discrimina-tion, but everyone who is in a time of need, desperate to receive a blood transfusion.”

Rachel Simon, Assistant Di-rector of MADP and LGBTQ Coordinator, explained the reason behind the petition.

“There is currently a national shortage of blood, and it is very important for people who are eligible to donate blood," Simon said. "One solution to the blood shortage is to allow healthy peo-ple to donate, regardless of their sexual orientation.”

While the FDA website clari-fi es that deferral is "based on the documented increased risk of certain transfusion transmissible infections," and "is not based on any judgment concerning the do-nor’s sexual orientation,” debate has ensued since the policy's im-plementation.

Arguments against the policy

MADP and SNAP Host Ban on Blood Drivehave come from notable sources such as American Association of Blood Banks and America’s Blood Centers. They informed the FDA “that the current lifetime deferral for men is medically and scientifi cally unwarranted.”

Countries such as Italy, France, Spain, Australia, and Switzerland have changed their policies altogether so that MSM individuals can donate blood.

Seeing as all blood donated is tested for infections and trans-ferable ailments between donors and patients, the risk of providing blood carrying HIV or other such infections is avoidable. Further-more, modern medicine has long since proven that not only MSM individuals can carry transmis-sible infections such as HIV.

According to SNAP President Suzanne Allen, the American Red Cross originally contacted Stu-dent Development and Campus Activities (SDCA) in the hopes

of running a blood drive on this campus. When SDCA reached out to SNAP, the student organi-zation accepted.

“We decided to hold the drive because, as student nurses, we understand the importance of do-nating blood and want to spread awareness about how donating blood can save lives,” Allen said.

Allen said that the FDA ban on MSM donators was not neces-sarily refl ective of SNAP's opin-ions.

“Since SNAP is not actually running the blood drive, we are required to go by whatever stan-dards the American Red Cross has in place in regards to homosexual men donating blood," Allen said. "We are not the ones actually making the rules, and we are sim-ply looking for as many people as possible to donate blood.”

Flu season is quickly ap-

The Pace Chronicle FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014

PAGE 6ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CRISTINA CUDUCOARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

On Thur., Nov. 6, Setter’s Lounge in the Kessel Student Center played host to a perfor-mance by Pop-Rap duo, DNK. The performance was organized by the Programming Board, which is spearheaded by Pro-gramming Vice President Tameka Bazile.

The performance had an esti-mated attendance of 30 students, and was seemingly enjoyed by all who stayed through to the end.

DNK’s performance included original songs, covers from popu-lar performers, and mashups of both contemporary and antiquat-ed hits. The performers encour-aged those in the audience to use social media platforms Twitter and Instagram to tag DNK’s offi -cial page in photos taken through-out the night for chances to win prizes.

DNK, a Nashville-based act, includes vocalist David Davis, rapper Kayla Erb, and members Peter Ferguson, Blake Swig-gum, and Ryan Fisher. They have been an act together for the last year and a half and have toured throughout the country, coast to coast, in their white van, which they have affectionately called Benni.

“Imagine what you thought being in a band would be like when you were a kid,” vocalist and rapper Kayla Erb said. “It’s

MAYRA MARADIAGAFEATURED WRITER

When some people were younger, they kept some sort of diary or journal that documented their everyday lives during their adolescence. Going back and reading it may be embarrassing and downright painful to most, but imagine doing so on a stage in front of a crowd full of people. Mortifi ed Nation shows what happens when adults recall their teenage years for the public.

The documentary presents adults sharing excerpts of their most private and embarrassing childhood writings during a series of stage shows, as the audience in attendance shares in their hu-miliation with laughs and a good time. This fi lm follows the stories of these participants, showing their performance footage as well as how and why they decided to share their innermost written thoughts for an audience.

The concept of the show came from David Nadelberg and an unsent love letter he wrote as a teenager. When Nadelberg found the letter in his twenties, he read it aloud to his roommates who start-ed laughing at his former self and the awkward attempts he made toward who he thought at the time was the love of his life.

Thinking that something can come out of his horribly written love letter, he rented out a tiny room, intending for Mortifi ed to be a one-night show. The show fell on people’s good graces and it expanded. As Nadelberg states in the documentary, “fans started becoming performers, and per-

formers started becoming pro-ducers in other cities.” In the fi lm, audience members, after attend-ing, express how they want to dig out their own journals in order to “share the shame,” which is the motto of the Mortifi ed movement.

This part documentary/part comedy show is not only humor-ous, but also very relatable and surprisingly moving. The partici-pants of Mortifi ed share stories of their childhood experiences with parents, friends, siblings, and the ever-popular topic of sex.

Mortifi ed Nation does a good job of showing how funny attend-ing a show can be while giving the performers the positive atten-tion they both need and deserve. The readings can be light and playful, like when a young man is convincing himself he is not gay even having a sexual encoun-ter with another man, as well as being moving and inspirational, such when a woman recounts her adolescence with an abusive mother, yet still manages to hold a humorous side.

The great thing about the documentary is how relatable it can be. The stories told by these ordinary, everyday people have happened to many others all over the world. It is real in the deepest sense of the word. The fi lm may even have viewers thinking of at-tending a show, or even perform-ing in one, as long as they don’t mind having to “share the shame” with an audience full of people that most likely went through a situation just like theirs.

Mortifi ed Nation is available for streaming on Netfl ix.

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Artist Spotlight: Duo DNK

CHRISTINA FERRIRA

FEATURED WRITER

Students were captivated by the lifelike watercolor landscapes and seascapes displayed in Pace University’s Choate House art gallery on Nov. 12 during the opening of Professor Mark Cassata’s latest show.

The majority of paintings displayed are of real life locations. With the exception of his fi gure paintings, Cassata rarely paints settings of unfamiliar subjects.

His landscape portraits use contrasting tones to emphasize shadows, depths, and space,

which contribute in giving the scene realistic qualities. His seascapes use softer, warm tones, suggesting a serene atmosphere.

Pace student Carla Ferreira was especially fond of Cassata’s work. As a writer, Ferreira said she always has the intention of creating something that will make audiences feel something, whether it’s an emotion, or the triggering a memory. Ferreira believes Cassata was able to accomplish that through his paintings.

“I think that regardless of the type of art, the objective of the artist is to evoke an emotion,”

Ferreira said. “And I think that these paintings defi nitely do a good job of that.”

Cassata’s father was a classically trained, European portrait artist and worked in the fi lm industry for 30 years as a hair and makeup artist. Art was present in Cassata’s life since childhood, and began painting at a young age.

Though he was traditionally trained in oil paint, circumstance led Cassata to his introduction to watercolors. He and his wife were living in a small apartment shortly after they were married. He had no room to complete large

oil paintings so he began dabbing watercolor on paper.

“At fi rst it was frustrating,” said Cassata, who added that he had to work on improving his skills with watercolor, a skill he honed while living in California.

Cassata’s talent became clear after much practice and the study of English watercolor masters, such as Alexander Cozens. His work also resembles that of American landscape painter Winslow Homer.

“I like his work,” said Cassata, when describing Homer. “It’s both delicate and rugged. A lot of people think watercolor is

a feminine medium. Homer is a strange balance between delicacy and boldness.”

Cassata has worked in Pace University for 28 years and continues to teach art courses.

Ferreira and other students are happy that both students and teachers such as Cassata are able to share their talents for our enjoyment. They wish to see more art galleries in the future.

“What I love most about art is that you can stay so much without actually saying anything,” Ferreira said. “It’s nice to be able to appreciate the talent of someone from our school’s community.”

exactly like that; going all over the place with your friends and having fun…it’s just great.”

“Personally I thought that it was a great performance, prob-ably the best I’ve seen and been too. The fact that DNK made it interactive and more personable really made the experience worth it and I was glad I came,” junior applied psychology major and Student Government Association V.P. Dan Garcia said.

While previous Happy Hour events have begun at 4:30 p.m., this performance by DNK began

Professor Showcases Art At Choate Gallery

Mortifi ed Nation

at 8:00 p.m. The decision to start later was due to the poor turn out of earlier Happy Hours, which we attended by no more than 20 stu-dents at a time.

“I’m trying to work out which times will attract more students,” said Bazile. “I fi gured maybe a little later was better for every-one.”

“I fi nd that most students don’t take advantage of the fact that we have free events on campus and yet I hear complaints that there isn’t anything to do around cam-pus unless of course they want to associate involvement with other recreational activities,” Garcia said.

As for the future of DNK, they will be continuing on their local college tour, which has already taken them throughout New Eng-land and the Tri-state area, in-cluding a stop on Fri., Nov. 7 at St. John’s University.

For more information and tour dates, visit www.DNKoffi cial.com or visit them on Twitter and Instagram @TheDNKOffi cial.

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Photo by Cristina Cuduco

The Pace Chronicle FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014PAGE 7 SPORTS

NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN

SPORTS EDITOR

The pieces of last season have been put together and turned into something new: both the men’s and women’s basketball teams have been revamped for the 2014-2015 season.

On the women’s side, things have seemingly turned around; after fi nishing 5-15 last season, the Setters look to at least double those wins this season.

“We have a lot of good energy going on, we haven’t really had any live games but the work ethic is very good,” head coach Carrie Seymour said. “We’ve had to be a bit creative with our practices be-cause we don’t have enough bod-ies too practice 5 on 5. But so far they’ve been looking good, I’m cautiously optimistic.”

Four players have already been injured, having been injured early in pre-season, or in the case of one, before the season started. The players are day to day, but Seymour hopes to have them all back by the end of November.

One such player is senior Shanice Allen who suffered a stress fracture and has slowly

been working her way back. Once back, Seymour believes Allen can make a huge impact.

“Another year older, another year wiser” seems to be a good description for this team. With fi ve seniors and two juniors the team has formed a strong veteran presence for the fi ve newcomers.

Seymour notes that the veter-ans have taken on a new attitude which the rookies are accepting as they build their own team cul-ture. Because of this new attitude and work ethic, they’ve been able to do things on the court that they haven’t been able to do in years past.

Meanwhile, the newcomers have brought in their own piece to the puzzle, bringing “a new boost of energy”, taking the team to another level.

Even the team chemistry has been improved from last season, but there is still much work to be done.

“On the court there is still progress to be made, but that is mainly because of the lack of ex-perience playing together,” Sey-mour said. “Off the court, how-ever, the team has really bonded quickly.”

NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN

SPORTS EDITOR

It’s not every day that two different college programs cross paths, but on Fri., Nov. 14, Pace will go head-to-head with the University of Rhode Island for a 7 p.m. game in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Talking with Thomas Porter, Sports Director at 90.3 WRIU radio station in Kingston, Rhode Island, the Pace Chronicle got a more in-depth look at the Setters opponents.

While both teams might be on two different levels, there seems to be some similarities. Porter mentions that behind head coach Dan Hurley, who is in his third year of service with the Rams, the program has been built up to hopefully be one of the best.

“Our school has been at a point where we make the NCAA Tournaments about once every 10 years,” Porter said. “But our head coach has done a tremen-dous job with the program since he got here. He’s really been able to bring in some recruits that have star potential.”

Sophomores E.C. Matthews (guard) and Hassan Martin (for-ward) were a couple of the no-table names Porter talked about.

Porter mentions that Mathews is a possible game changer, a dy-namic player whose presence has seemed to bring in other recruits. Martin was mentioned as a player with star potential who can be a menace on the court.

The similarities between Rhode Island and Pace come in with age and expectations. Both teams are comprised of young tal-

ent, and both teams are looking to make a run at the playoffs.

“I’d say this team is expected to at least win 19 games, maybe cross over that 20 game thresh-old,” Porter said. “The real feel-ing is that this is when the team really turns it around and makes a return to those good old days when this school was a respected basketball school.”

Pace boasts another young team that looks to gain experience as the season rolls on, but expec-tations are still high, with head coach Pat Kennedy believing that his team can make the playoffs.

With Pace being picked to fi n-ish fi fth in the Southwest Divi-sion preseason poll, and talented transfers such as Khalil Brown (Monmouth University), Kyle Pearson (Fairleigh Dickinson University) and Shelton Mickell

(Central Connecticut University) it certainly seems doable.

All three transfers come to Pace from Division I schools, providing the other team mem-bers with some valuable knowl-edge on what it’s like to play on the Division I level.

Mickell comes in as a junior guard having scored 40 points with 12 assists and nine steals his freshman year with the Blue Devils. Brown projects to anchor the Setters on the inside as a start-ing center having shot 46 percent from the fi eld his junior year.

Pearson looks to play to his strengths in order to fi nd his place with the team coming to the Set-ters averaging 3.4 points per games and shooting 55 percent from the fi eld.

Certainly it might seem like an un-even match-up, but Pace

comes in confi dent in themselves as they look to use this game as an opportunity to get a better feel of themselves as a team.

“It’s a real honor to be able to play a regular season game against Rhode Island,” said Ken-nedy, whose team will also play in the STAC Tournament the two days after the Rhode Island game. “But it’s also an Alaskan-shoot-out so to speak, with the three games in three days. It gives us a great opportunity to learn about our depth.”

With several players hav-ing transferred from Division I schools, or in the case of some of the freshman, having been recruited by Division I schools, Kennedy notes that the team is excited for the opportunity and look to show everyone what they can do.

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Despite the work that needs to be done, Seymour sees endless potential with this group, believ-ing that they are now nowhere near the team that they could be come January.

“Everyone seems really con-fi dent; everyone wants to be here and they want to play and you can’t ask for more than that,” Seymour said. “We still have a lot we need to get better at, and we have some players that we need to get back, but once all that comes together we’ll be a whole other team.”

While the women’s boosts ex-perience and maturity, the men’s team is on the opposite side of the spectrum. A total of 10 new play-ers were brought in to comple-ment the three returning players.

Those three returnees are key according to head coach Pat Kennedy. Jaylen Mann, Evan Orzoleck, and Marcus Solomon have essentially been named the unoffi cial veterans.

“Those three guys will be players that we’ll probably rely on very heavily,” said Kennedy, who returns for his second year at Pace. “Evan is a great shooter and Marcus brings a lot on the defensive end. So on the positive side those guys bring back some experience.”

Despite lack of talent there is much promise with the new recruits, a handful of which ei-ther transferred from Division I schools or were recruited by them.

Transfers include Kyle Pear-son, Demetrius Griggs, Shelton Mickell and Khalil Brown, while new recruits consist of Evan Gor-dinier, Victor Jusino, Mike Dem-ello, Jared Pearson, Bryan Rivers, and Brazilian Marcus Oliveira.

Thus far it’s been a learning experience for everyone, with Kennedy getting to know each in-dividual player, trying to put the pieces together wherever they fi t best.

“Now we have a huge learning curve and we’re still really in the process of getting to know each player,” Kennedy said. “Tapes certainly help but there is noth-ing like seeing a player with your own eyes.”

Although Kennedy and his staff have the task of molding this young team, they still believe that the playoffs are well within reach.

“Being split up into two con-ferences, I think we are in the weaker section of the two,” said Kennedy, who almost led the Set-ters to the playoffs last season, only to fall short in the last game of the season. “We were close last

year and it would have been great for that group of guys we had, but I think it would be a huge step forward if we accomplished that this year. Especially having guys that will be coming back, I think that’s very important.”

Hopes are high for both teams and with the season starting soon, it won’t take long to see if they meet expectations.

The men’s team kicks-off their season with a three game road trip, starting off on Nov. 14

as they take on the University of Rhode Island, followed by Mol-loy College, and Saint Thomas Aquinas.

The women’s team start their season on the same night as they take on the New York Institute of Technology and LIU Post the fol-lowing day.

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Expectations are high for the 2014-2015 swimming and diving team, and it’s not just from the coach, it’s the team itself. Having already begun their season, the Setters have embarked on their journey to reach the next level.

Coach Allen doesn’t have the easiest job, this being his fi rst year with Pace. He is one of the few athletic heads to be added this recent year to the athletics programs around campus. He maintains both the women (3-0) and men’s side (1-2) of the team, but is well liked amongst his swimmers and divers.

“I can talk for me and most of my teammates, this guy, they really like him,” freshman psychology major Brian Sosa said. “He has a really good practice method, he has a schedule for everything, and he wants us to improve on our weaknesses. So he’s basically what we want.”

He has a view for this team and he is making sure that it happens through hard work and constant improvement. And from what the players have said about his methods for the past month or two, Coach Allen makes them work.

“Prepping us? He is killing us,” senior communications major Alexis Chocianowski said.

“But, it’s so much better than it was last year. I feel like the practices you can see differences from practice to practice. It’s not like a stagnant line of soreness. It’s a constant improvement.”

However, there are some truths coach had to admit about his teams. The women’s team is top heavy while the men’s is lacking in numbers.

“The women have quite a bit of top-end talent, but just not enough depth. On the men’s side we just lack numbers just in general,” Allen said.

Allen being able to see those weaknesses is already a start and glimpse into the future for the program. On the men’s side Coach Allen mentioned he’d be bringing in some internationals for second semester.

To recap, the women’s team last year had three divers make it to the NCAA tournaments. No swimmers on the men’s or women’s placed, but Chocianowski, who is also one of the team captains, has as much faith in her team to accomplish that this year.

Part of being a team is having good team chemistry and both Sosa and Chocianowski have iterated that as key things with this team despite a handful of negatives.

“Support; the memory that really sticks out is one of our

distance swimmers, she was going just to place and it turned out she was going to be second and my whole team was standing up cheering for her,” Chocianowski said. “I think her being able to see that everyone’s up during this 66-lap race, I think that really motivated her to push and she ended up coming in second.”

To further that idea, both Sosa and Chocianowski referred to ways the team bonded. Sosa mentioned, considering he’s a foreign student, that he came last

semester, but was immediately welcomed and feels the team as his family. Chocianowski also talked about how, being a senior and a captain, she felt helping the freshmen get assimilated was key by having movie nights and things like that.

Coach Allen constantly makes his teams work harder and harder for their goals personally and team-related.

“Right now I feel like we’re at a level where we’re being consistent in practice and

consistent at our meets, but we’re still not at the level I want us,” Allen said. “It’s ok, it’s going to take us some time, but we’re getting to that point where we’re going to start training at a higher level and we’re going to start performing better at meets.

Pace’s next swim meet will be in Worchester, MA where the men’s team will face off against Roger Williams University and the women’s will face Assumption College.

Name(s): Jillian Ferro, Alyssa Zeoli, Teresa FotinoTeam: Women’s SoccerAccomplishment: Named to NE-10 All-Conference Team.

Ferro earns a spot on the team for the third time in her career, having broken records this past season by becoming the all-time leader in goals scored (27) and points (68). Ferro’s 30 points this season alone are the second most in program history with Ferro’s 11 goals this season being the third most at Pace in terms of

single season records. Zeoli and Fotino earn All-

Conference nods for the fi rst time in their careers. Zeoli had a break-out season which also saw broken records as Zeoli became the single-season goals leader for Pace with 15 goals and 33 points. Fotino proved to be a huge asset on the back line for the Setters, allowing just eight goals in their last nine regular season games, with six shutouts for the season. Fotino played a big role in helping the Setters earn a 7-2-0 record in their last nine games.

Name: Sarah BendlTeam: Women’s SoccerAccomplishment: Named to

the All-Rookie Team Bendl earns All-Rookie

honors her freshman year after scoring two goals while assisting on three others. The Oct. 13 game against Bloomfi eld saw Bendl score her fi rst career goal along with an assist in the 7-0 victory. Bendl also scored the game-winner in the contest against Saint Michael’s on Nov. 1.

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NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN

SPORTS EDITOR

Despite their early exit from the NE-10 Conference Champi-onships, the Setters women's soc-cer season will continue having earned a bid for the ECAC Divi-sion II Tournament, coming in as the number fi ve seed.

On Wed. Nov. 12, Pace beat number four seed Post Univer-sity (12-5-1) 4-0. They will now

compete against top-seeded Adel-phi University for a Fri. Nov. 14 match-up at 6:30 p.m.

ECAC offi cials participate in a random draw in order to select and seed participating teams. Re-cords and placement at the end of the season are taken into consid-eration. This will be the fi rst time the Setters earn a bid for the Tour-nament since 2011, after fi nishing the season with a 10-9-0 record.

Soccer Earns Bid To ECAC Tournament

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