The Hofstra Chronicle: Feb 3, 2011 Issue

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By Courtney WalshASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

After a year of construction the Hofstra Fitness Center opened its doors once more to students on January 26. Over 100 students waited outside the newly reno-vated structure, eager to examine its enhancements and participate in the day’s celebrations. “The whole atmosphere is

different now,” said senior Joe Aquilino, who has been working at the Hofstra Fitness Center for the past four years. Since its grand opening in

1989 the Fitness Center’s basic layout has undergone little to no changes.

upgrade,” said Aquilino.The “upgrade” included the

addition of three new studios dedicated exclusively to spinning, aerobics and yoga;; the resurfac-ing of the indoor track;; and the expansion of the weight room, a section of which is dedicated to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) approved accessibility.“We’ve gotten a huge response

from the student body,” said the Assistant Director of Recreation and Intramural Sports Caitlyn Kennedy, a Hofstra graduate and current Hofstra grad student. “We tried to provide the most

classes possible, but sometimes they get so full we have to turn people away,” said Kennedy. “We plan on continuing the classes through the semester, and hope-fully add more in the fall.”With the addition of the three

studios, the number classes offered by the Fitness Center has increased, but can 28 classes support Hofstra’s 12,000 students?“I got here at 7:15 for the 7:30

class and it was already full!” said sophomore Kira Kazanstev, who planned to wait an additional hour for the next spin class at 8:30.“There either need to be more

classes or bigger classes,” said Kazanstev. “It’s not fair if you’re marketing this class to a school of-- how many thou-sands of kids? And you can only support so many.”However according to Kennedy

there have been no complaints thus far.“Everyone seems very happy,

touches to add before the celebra-tion on the 16th, there haven’t

been any real problems,” said Kennedy.Martin Gatua, a senior at

Hofstra, agreed with Kennedy.-

few weeks. Eventually it’s going to slow down again,” said Gatua. In Hofstra tradition the Fitness

completion and grand opening on February 16. The festivities will commence at 5:00 p.m. and con-clude at 11:00 p.m. Students will be welcomed by Vice President for Student Affairs, Sandra Johnson, and Director of Recreation and Intramural Sports, Pat Montagano.

The evening will consist of multiple giveaways, a shoot-out contest with Men’s Varsity Basketball, exhibitions by the cheer and dance teams, a dodge ball

tournament, and classes in the three new group exercise rooms. Trainers will also be on hand to offer instructive introductions to all of the Fitness Center’s new equipment. Students will also be given the opportunity to consult nutritionists.

“We tried to pro-vide the most

classes possible, but sometimes they get so full we have

to turn people away”

Laura MolinariThe Chronicle

Students attend yoga classes in the new Fitness Center.

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The Fitness Center is equipped with state of the art exercise equipment, televisions, and group classes.

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By Megan Walsh STAFF WRITER

One of the recent updates for Hofstra University has been the change in the wireless network connection. Effective this second semester,

students who want to connect to the network on campus are required to change their network connection from the formerly advised hunet, to the now advised HU PREFERRED to connect to the internet. The difference between hunet

and HU PREFERRED lies in the words “encryp-tion” and “user authentication”, both of which the new wire-less network now provides. “Encryption is the scram-bling of text so that [outside parties] won’t be able to read it.” explained Helen M. Latimer, the Director for Networks and Telecommunications. “Hunet was not encrypted but HU PREFFERED is now encrypted.” Likewise hunet did not ask for “user authentication” (which requires students to input their Hofstra portal login information) whereas HU PREFERRED now does.What may have caused some

confusion among students is that the wireless network students are now expected to connect to, HU PREFERRED, had previ-ously been named husec. The name for the wireless connec-tion was changed in the hope that HU PREFERRED would be more easily recognizable to the Hofstra community, according to Latimer. Latimer added, “Husec will be removed Thursday. Both are encrypted. It is just a name change.”Devices not supported by HU

PREFERRED, such as the kindle, simply require the user to con-nect to HU MISC DEVICES. This will still provide the same type of protections as HU PREFERRED, Latimer explained.However, as far as visitors

coming to Hofstra are concerned, the HU Guest wireless network is still active and available. Although “limitations” are put on this net-work that prevent downloads and applications from working prop-erly, Latimer assures students that the wireless network is perfectly

HU PREFERRED has disap-pointed some students because of the speed and lack of connectivity. “I don’t

like HU PREFERRED because every time

down in two minutes and goes off for another ten,” said sophomore Kevin Rafuse. “The only way it works is if you go on at three in the morning because it can’t

Junior Cecily Portillo also dislikes the network. “I abso-lutely cannot stand the HU PREFERRED network because of its weak signal and slow connec-tion, If this is how it is going to be for the rest of the semester, I would have rathered my privacy be exposed on a network.”Senior Christine Smey has trou-

ble connecting to the network at all. “Every time I try and connect

up back on the HUSEC network. Hofstra better get its act together before they shut it [HUSEC] down or we are going to have no internet at all, because every time

[Additional reporting done by

Jessica Lewis]

“...Hofstra better get its act togeth-er before they shut it down or we are going to have no internet at all”

In a poll of one hundred stu-dents, The Chronicle asked their opinions on the quality of the HUnet and HU PREFFERED net-works and also aksed about the importance of a secured network.Poll conducted by Cody Heintz

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By Jessica LewisNEWS EDITOR

Seniors have been given the option to contribute to the Hofstra community, and immediately start to become active

alumni with the Senior Class Challenge. “The Senior Class Challenge is a student-led campaign to raise money for The Fund for Hofstra University,” said Andrew Schuetz, co-chair of the committee.Schuetz and Brianna Gays were given the responsi-

bility of being co-chairs of the committee upon winning Homecoming King and Queen. There are several other committee members, including senior, Jordan Baer who thinks the Senior Class Challenge is important. “It’s the start of contributing as alumni, I think it’s impor-

tant to give back to the school that has done so much for you,” Baer said. “Sometimes people feel like maybe the school didn’t do anything for them, I feel in my opinion Hofstra did a lot for me.”However, there may be a disconnection between seniors

and the Senior Class Challenge committee, as some seniors know nothing about it. “I know absolutely nothing about it, I have never heard

of it and no one has ever made an effort to tell me about it as far as I know,” said senior Sam Matthews. “I think that’s just sort of a lame idea, I have already given the school as much money as I want to give them for the time being.”When asked if he supported the Senior Class Challenge,

senior Solon Stephanaou said, “not really, because it is a cheap way to get money.”

isn’t really sure where the money will be going.Seniors are asked to donate $20.11, representing their

year of graduation. “This year, the class goal is to raise more than $4,400 in cash and pledges toward The Pledge to Hofstra, collect numerous gifts of $20.11 in honor of the year of graduation;; and reach at least 20 percent Senior Class participation,” Schuetz said.

current and future students, fund student activities, support Hofstra faculty and improve life at Hofstra, according to Schuetz. Seniors that choose to donate the $20.11 will receive

a class of 2011 t-shirt, an invitation to the annual Donor Appreciation Reception and recognition in the President’s annual report. Donations of any amount are accepted and encouraged by the committee. T-shirts will not be given to students who donate less than $20.11. These donations will not only help students, but the

alumni as well, Schuetz said. “The Senior Class Challenge provides an opporunity for

seniors to show their support for Hofstra and leave a legacy

that gives back to future generations of students,” said

Amy Reich, the Director for Alumni Affairs. “By participating

in the Challenge seniors also can help Hofstra’s ranking in college surveys including the US News and World report.”

Graphic by Marc Butcavage

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By Danielle RuizSTAFF WRITER

The Student Government Association (SGA) kicked off the

-ing of the New Year on Tuesday February 1. Off to a slow but productive start, SGA dealt with a few new changes in their ranks. Over break six members of SGA decided to resign, but the news did not dampen the mood at Tuesday’s meeting as two new senators, Myranda Elliott and Victoria Rametta, were warmly welcomed into the SGA. Mid-year reports circulated

at Tuesday’s meeting, and last

semester’s successes were discussed, as well as new ideas and plans for the new semester. The mid-year reports boasted the amount of new clubs that joined Hofstra last semester. 21 new clubs approved by SGA are now up and running. To assist all the new and existing clubs on campus, SGA appropri-ated approximately $52,000 last semester. Among SGA’s successes of

last semester was the transition of Appropriations forms from paper to online. For the convenience of the students the new forms can be accessed through Collegiate Link via the Hofstra Portal.

SGA’s to-do list for the new semester includes the institution of express lines in the Student Center during busy hours. One new club was also

approved by SGA on Tuesday night. The Gluten Free Club is a new addition to Hofstra that is interested in enlightening students on the healthy alternative of gluten free eating. Gluten free foods have become the new fad and lots of people are choosing to switch over to this healthier alternative. SGA ended their meeting quietly

but with lots of enthusiasm and excitement for the spring semes-ter, and the new year in general.

All photos courtesy Samantha Lim

Top Left: Students head outdoors for some winter fun, scaling high mounds of piled up snow after the heavy snowstorm last Thursday.Bottom Left: Students took advantage of the snow day to build ‘he’ and ‘she’ snowmen outside of Constitution HallRight: The view of Hofstra’s unispan after the snow storm on Thursday.

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SGA lost six members from the Fall semester, but two new senators were sworn in.

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The Director of Card Services reported to Public Safety that on Jan. 26, a student entered Card Services to reactivate his old Student ID card. When told that a new card had to be issued, the student became upset and verbally abused the Director. An

appearance summons was issued to the student.

In the Netherlands South Courtyard, a PSO on patrol observed three students smoking marijuana on Jan. 26. All three students were issued an appear-ance summons.

A female non-student stated to Public Safety that her boyfriend, who is a student,

assaulted her on Jan. 27. She told Public Safety

that he pushed her when they were having an argument in the room. She was taken to the HIC and the NCPD was called, they interviewed her, but no complaints

received a summons for his actions.

An RA reported to Public Safety that there was loud music coming from a room in Williamsburg House on Jan. 29. When the RA knocked, the resi-dents of the room refused to open the door, and turned the music up.

Public Safety responded and found the room occupied with four underage students who were drinking alcoholic bev-erages. The alcohol

the students were given an appearance summons.

Public Safety responded to Suffolk Hall

on Jan. 29 on a report of a

dispute between two residents. When Public Safety arrived, and questioned the students, the situ-ation was calmed down and when questioned about the incident the students stated that they have been experiencing issues living together. They were both given a summons and were told to talk to their RA about a room change.

PSO’s assigned to the basketball game on Jan. 29 in the Mack Sports Arena discovered a student that has been banned from all basketball games sitting in the stands. Public Safety escorted the student out of the arena without any incident. The student was given a summons for failure to comply.

On Jan. 30, Public Safety on patrol on the North Campus saw a vehicle with the windows fogged in

approached the vehicle, the driver drove off. Public Safety continued to follow the vehicle and it came to a stop near the entrance to the

North Campus. There were four people in the vehicle and the odor of marijuana. When questioned, two students gave Public Safety a quantity of marijuana and several bottles of alcohol. All four students were taken to the HIC where

the police responded, all of the students were interviewed. This resulted in all four students getting a summons, and two students were arrested for possession.

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By Michaela PapaCOLUMNIST

As you may deduce from the title, I am abroad this semester. No need to worry, I intend to keep up with my column during my time overseas to bring you my

-ences. You lucky ducks. Currently, I’m in Italy. I’m sitting

on my sunny terrace, listening to Italians bicker below and enjoying the 50-degree weather. Suckers. If you have read any of my previ-ous articles you know I have a thing for snow. While you have lost both the feeling in your toes and the will to care whether or not your nose is dripping down your

with this heat wave.My roommate is from

California, and one of my

Both were rather disturbed when

morning yelling “it feels like April!” And so, I realized how well living

Island, has prepared me for this adventure abroad. While I attempted to get as

far away as possible from “The Island,” I’ve found that I can’t leave it. Botched Lost allusion aside, Long Island has managed to prepare me for the frighteningly similar Florence. As I had said, it is rather warm

here…or at least relatively warm. -

ity. No one in Italy or Long Island dresses weather appropriately. Every Italian I see is heavily bundled in poofy jackets and

assume this is why they’re not all 900 pounds…they sweat enough in the winter to burn off all the carbs. This makes me inclined to

remember the short shorts/Ugg boot combination running rampant on Long Island. Though, I suppose Italy at least commits to a season. I think everybody in the world would be a little better off with checking weather.com before getting dressed. Or look-ing out the window. Either works. Living on Long Island has made me think 45 degrees is warm, and rain only four times a week is a dry week…and thus, Florence has perfect weather.

Secondly, the driving here makes me almost miss the Hempstead Turnpike. Running

three am seems safer than walk-ing on the sidewalks anywhere near a main road here. Sidewalks are really more suggested for pedestrians, though they also serve as vehicle lanes and park-ing lots in Italy. Like New York drivers, the general rules of the road and safety precautions don’t apply to Italian drivers. It’s terrify-ing regardless of the continent. While it’s true America runs on

Dunkin, I think the world runs on caffeine. Florentine cafés in the morning are intense. If the shots of pure espresso don’t wake you up, the atmosphere alone will certainly wake you up. I can only equate the chaos and intensity with Midnight Breakfast. Florence cafés are like if I were to hold all of the bagels at 9:59 (the not-midnight time Midnight Breakfast is). Something like that. Things such as Midnight

Breakfast and morning lines at Pura Vida have prepared me for nothing else if not the cafes in Florence. They stand at the counter, take shots of espresso, yell something in Italian and leave. On that note, Café on the Quad should seriously consider adapting to the Italian café style of operation. The similarities continue to

grow with each day. Here’s hoping this all means when I get back there will be a gelato stand in Bits and wine for 99 cents. While the cheese packets outside CPK are a nice start, I think Hofstra really has room for improvement in terms of cheese. Luckily, I fully intend to bring back enough cheese to last the rest of college. Va bene! It’s time to go to my class-

room with a sprawling balcony overlooking a beautiful basilica. Hofstra also should to work on this. While many things of Long Island prepared me for Italy, the unispan simply doesn’t compare to San Lorenzo Basilica. I think

-ment for Dempster. Step one: mosaics. All things considered, I guess if I need to be on Long Island, it might as well be in Italy. Alla prossima.

By Miles BettCOLUMNIST

As I am sure you have read over the past few days, Egypt is in the midst of a nationwide rebellion that has seen mass protests throughout the nation and a curfew imposed upon all those within cities. The curfew has been largely ignored and according to the BBC, over 10,000 people thronged the streets of Cairo after dark, some were even seen clambering over the military vehicles that have been set up throughout the city to act as a safeguard for national and governmental buildings. The curfew the military has

had little affect when it comes to quelling the rebellion. In one photo you can even see a military commander tearing up a picture of the president that has ruled for the past 30 years. Having never been to Egypt and certainly having never lived there, I cannot personally attest to President Mubarak’s reign but if this upris-ing is anything like the kind

Tunisia saw in December, and

that is still going on, Mr. Mubarak will have only a short time left in

In case you were unaware Tunisia, a small North African nation, had its own uprising which many believe may have prompted Egypt to rebel. In Tunisia the revolt saw the end of their current government with

Arabia. To me at least, it seems as though Egypt may well be on its way towards such an action

time, appointed a Vice President. One can assume it was to soothe the escalating tension. Clearly that course of action failed. A problem that faces Mr.

Mubarak is the same one that faced the Tunisian president Ben Ali. This past Friday, 30 protest-ers were shot and killed by the police. Much the same took place in Tunisia and as one would

that did little to stop

the rebellion. In fact, with those deaths

came the strongest surge of revolt. So far the deaths in

Egypt have not had quite the same affect. This past weekend the demonstrations seemed peaceful and with the military there one can only hope that there is not escalation of vio-lence. However, there is another problem that faces both the dem-onstrators and the government. Namely where does the military stand in this situation? According to the BBC, two

and the demonstrators were unsure whether it was to be taken as a warning or a sign of support. The government didn’t

so the question hangs in the air. With the military on the fence,

or at least seen as being that way, one can only hope, for the sake of Egypt its people and its allies that this rebellion ends peacefully, with the change that is needed and without the blood-shed that is feared.

By Andrea OrdonezCOLUMNIST

During last Thursday’s snow day, I decided to spend most of that time watching instant movies

checking my Facebook, reading all the statuses people left about being bored and hating the snow. Around the second hour of

these routine visits between

popped up on my browser telling me that I was not connected onto

a wireless network. The movie I was watching and the browser

down, leading me to yell numer-

back on to Hofstra’s two new wireless networks. Finally giving up, I closed my laptop angry at the fact that I would have to go some time without immediate

While this sounds like a

rant about having to go a small

amount of time without instant

something overlooked in the United States. We live at such a fast pace, which means that the

same speed. For Americans, the thought

of functioning without quick technology like the Internet seems almost impossible. Not having Internet for a small frac-tion of the day had me infuri-

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What do you hear in response to “I go to Hofstra”?

LexFreshman

“Oh good, you like it?”

JohnSenior

“There are a lot of guidos there.”

MariaGraduate

“Typically they haven’t heard of it.”

JohnJunior

“Depends on where I am in New York;; people know it.”

LilySophomore

“I’m from Maryland. I hear, ‘Where is that?’”

JonathanJunior

“Where is that?”

By Rachel LutzASSISTANT EDITORIAL EDITOR

This past winter, I decided to take a winter class. For me, winter break is too long to do anything productive, but too short

saw that Italian 2 was offered, and I jumped on the opportunity to take it.The main reason I was so set

on taking a winter class was because Italian 2 wasn’t offered during the spring at times that worked for me (read: it was only offered Monday-Wednesday-Friday). I wouldn’t have been able to intern, and my sleep schedule would have been even more messed up than it is now.Another reason I wanted

to take it over the winter was because I thought our ridiculous

a gap between Italian 1 and 2 to actually retain anything I’ve learned about grammar and conjugation. Ultimately, taking a winter ses-

sion class worked in my favor. I had the same professor for Italian 1 as I did for Level 2, so I knew

I think it was harder for those students who either didn’t know

her style or hadn’t taken Italian 1 recently – proving my theory that it helped to bridge the gap between fall and spring semes-ters with another class.I had heard that taking a winter

class was “a guaranteed A” and “watered down, so there’s no way to screw it up.” As it turns out, those weren’t entirely true. My professor said that the winter session was solo per il forte and she was right. It was almost four hours of Italian four days a week,

plus homework and studying. We had four

days, and one of them was snowed out. I’m not sure

that taking a winter class is for everyone, but

Especially if you’re looking to

requirement (like me). Do I feel prepared for Italian

3? I’m taking it this semester;; I’d better be. The course was watered down, but it’s just the

to call it the lean option. Sure, we could get into the cultural stuff,

gratitude and ask politely. But we cut it out, because during a full semester, that stuff is just the

“I’m not sure that taking

a winter class is for

everyone, but it’s definitely

worth looking into.”

By Katherine YaremkoCOLUMNIST

The connection between

physical health is one which

of positive psychology. Scientists have, for at least a decade, been discovering that a life lived with

relationships, meaningful goals, and regular positive emotions can

Happiness isn’t just a wonder-ful thing to feel;; it can actually improve your physical health. Needless to say, there is still

concern over the implications of claiming that feeling positive is an absolute gateway to overall health. Richard P. Sloan, in his New York Times Op-Ed piece “A Fighting Spirit Won’t Save Your Life” rightly points out that pos-sessing positivity and enviable personality traits, such as com-passion or faith, have little effect on whether someone survives a disease. Studies performed by positive psychologists Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener have

frequent positive emotions do not improve a person’s chances of recovery from a life-threatening condition. However, there is sub-

stantial evidence to suggest that being genuinely happy increases one’s lifespan and makes one less susceptible to contracting health problems. I think the issue that most

troubles Dr. Sloan, as well as many others, in light of the recent popular market for happiness, are the implications of believing that happiness and positivity uncondi-tionally lead to a healthy life. Dr.

to be injured or gravely ill. To add to this the burden of guilt over a supposed failure to have the right attitude toward one’s illness is unconscionable.” It may be more advantageous to be positive in

life, although to claim it is more virtuous, especially when one is suffering with cancer, seems callous. It would be erroneous however,

to say that there is no correlation between positivity and physical

and thoughts produces a physi--

ious, my heart rate quickens, my breathing becomes shallower, and my nervous system releases adrenaline. Sometimes a single

these symptoms too regularly, over time, my body is going to begin to show the effects of the

accumulated stress on it. People who are depressed have a much higher likelihood of suffering a heart attack. On the contrary, those who are happier more of the time have been found to have stronger immune systems and are more resilient to illnesses.There are, of course, multiple

whether someone contracts a dis-ease. Simply being happy does not serve as immunity against any serious illness. What it does do however, is tilt the odds in your favor that you will generally live longer and may be physically healthier.

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ated;; imagine the protests that would occur if the whole Hofstra campus had no Internet access for three days. To counter the vast demonstra-

tions occurring in his country, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt had Internet service shut down due to the people’s rapid use of social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, to orga-nize protests. Cell phone and Blackberry Messaging services were disrupted as well. Internet censorship is not a

new threatening tactic taken on by government leaders. Articles by the Associated Press have noted that alongside Egypt, lead-ers of China, Iran, and Myanmar have in the past two years disrupted their country’s Internet for propaganda reasons or to manipulate election results.The Internet allows us to share

our feelings, thoughts, and ideas

networking through sites like

Facebook and Twitter allow us to share even the most menial ideas and mercurial emotions to the whole world. While these sites in America serve mainly for person-al gain, in Egypt, social network-ing allowed citizens to quickly organize large demonstrations which have captured worldwide attention. Although the threat of censor-

ship is not a heavy issue in the United States, it should become a prevalent thought for Americans who undermine the power of social networking and the Internet as a whole. Being able to use the Internet

freely is a great privilege because -

sion and openness to diverse opinions. It can do small things, like get us a job, or big things, like demolish a governmental regime. Having such a privilege, which has both individual and

us to help those that are being denied this same right.

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By Michael MargavitchCOLUMNIST

On Jan. 8, 2011, a tragic event took place in Tucson, Arizona. During an open meeting that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding with members of her constituency in a Casas Adobes supermarket parking lot, deranged gunman Jared Lee

killed and 14 others were injured. One of the critically injured was

Giffords;; shot in the head at point blank range. Miraculously, she survived. She was the target of Loughner, who had harbored dis-like for Giffords after she failed to give a satisfactory answer to his seemingly nonsensical question at a “Congress on Your Corner” event in a Tucson mall on Aug. 25, 2007. Giffords is still in the hospital and recovering.Succeeding this tragic occur-

rence was an endless amount of coverage of this “Tragedy in Tuscon.” Every day there were constant updates on the progress of Giffords. Additionally, pundits from every single cable news

channels gave their two cents. They remarked that the aftermath of this tragedy should be a more “United” States, with politics being marked by civility instead of being marked by negativity. Sarah Palin, never one to shy from giving her opinion, condemned these pundits by making controver-sial “blood libel” remarks in a video she made that addressed the tragedy. Worst of all,

however, is the fact that Giffords’ astronaut and space shuttle commander husband, Mark E. Kelly, constantly has cameras in his face. In various news inter-views, Kelly constantly has to discuss the tragedy and how it affects him. It is insane how the media outlets have harassed this representative and her husband. A photograph was taken of Kelly holding the hand of his wife while they were watching the State of the Union Address. Besides part of her arm, the wounded

Representative was left out of the photo. At least the media has given this woman some privacy. Privacy is something that is

sometimes a necessity to all people. When people are deeply affected by a tragedy, this need

-ened. I am sure that the victims and the family of these victims do not appreciate the constant docu-mentation of their struggle. The pub-licity adds more of a strain rather than

giving assistance to the victim.

these outlets while they are going through an unfortunate period in their life. However, when con-stant unneeded analysis of the situation is contributed, it is not of comfort to the family. It rubs salt in the wounds and constantly reminds them of something that they want to forget. We should let the victim or their families recover in privacy and allow them to try to move on with their lives.

“It is insane how the media outlets have harassed this representative and her hus-

band.”


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Christina Pecce and cast of ‘Don Giovanni’Sean M. Gates/ The Chronicle

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By Katie WebbSPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Last Friday night, January 28, the music department put on its opening night show of the opera “Don Giovanni.” Hofstra students arrived in style;; many girls wore dresses and guys sported ties. By the time the soft music began to play, signaling to the audience the start of the show, Adams Playhouse was completely packed. An overwhelming feeling of support for the arts was almost tangible in the room. The story of the opera sur-

rounds the escapades of the Italian lothario, Don Giovanni. The opera is sung entirely in Italian with super script pro-vided in English above the stage. While the prompter was some-times out of sync with the singing, the cast’s brilliant vocals and vibrant performance conveyed everything the audience needed in order to follow the storyline. While the original opera, created by Mozart, is based in the sev-enteen hundreds, this updated version had an interesting twist: it was placed in the 1950s. Don Giovanni had a classic James Dean leather jacket and greased hairstyle, and the girls wore full poodle skirts.The opera begins with Don

Giovanni, a ruthless womanizer

so seemingly suave he could charm a rock, and his trusted sidekick Leporello on the hunt for another innocent woman to torment. Don Giovanni takes a twisted pleasure out of stealing already betrothed women from their engagement parties and

innocent young girls away from their fathers. Leporello aids Don Giovanni in his debaucherous deeds by acting as his lookout and patsy when things go wrong. The two actors, Stephan Ortiz as Giovanni and Alex Bonnin as Leporello, are a hilarious come-dic duo. From slapstick to silly sauntering across the stage the two male leads have an amazing presence, which kept the crowd laughing all night. As the production progresses,

Giovanni manages to snare himself in many complicated situations, which eventually lead

act he accidentally kills the father of a girl named Donna Anna, played by Christina Pecce, whom he seduced. Later, the scorned lover Donna Elvira, played by Kimberly Feltkamp, arrives to thwart Don Giovanni’s efforts to sleep with additional naive girls. When Anna and Elvira meet, they decide to team up in order to stop this villainous man. The girl they are looking to save is his latest conquest, the newly engaged Zerlina, played by Natalie Fabian. Yet, despite their noble efforts, Giovanni gets his girl once again.By the end of the second act

catch up to him. He must pay

for his immoral ways by repent-ing to an animated statue that resembles the man he killed, or else rot in hell with all other sinners. Too prideful and much too unapologetic for the life he leads, Giovanni refuses to ask for forgiveness, and thus is sent to

encompass the underlying moral of the work that evil-doers meet evil ends.Not only was the opera consid-

erably humorous, but the orches-tra and the performers’ vocals were phenomenal. All the cast members had exceptional Italian accents. The three female leads Pecce, Feltkamp, and Fabian had voices so powerfully moving that they made the show. The artistic director, Isabel Milenski, and conductor, Jorge Parodi, did an absolutely incredible job pulling

of art without question.

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Don Giovanni, played by Stephen Ortiz, waits at hotel during his own party in Friday’s performance.

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Donna Elvrie , played by Kim Feltkamp, attempts revenge on Don Giovanni.Sean M. Gates/ The Chronicle

Zerlina’s (Natalie Fabian) husband, (Brian Vollmer), interrogates his wife.

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By Aaron CalvinASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

When Aaron Stoquert describes his debut EP, Run For Your Life, as “songs about zom-bies and how they might feel,” it would probably be more accurate to describe this concept album as songs about how zombies might not feel. “Bunker Hill”

introduces the lis-tener to Stoquert’s world with a maca-bre waltz and an

of a needle slowly making its way across a scratched record. The initial sound is interesting, though predictable. Meandering on, “Soft Skin” creeps along on a blues progression with a tempo as

zombies.“Pass Me By” is the only real

standout track of the album. A combination of slide guitar and the most varied pitches Stoquert

incorporates in the album, the song marries the sounds of depression era blues with the twisted narration of the zombie character. This, followed by the track “Last Day,” which is an interesting attempt at introducing

a more intricate beat to the EP, still leaves the listener lacking some-thing. The closing number, “I’ll See You Again,” book-ends the album with a song that does the one thing the album does not

need: a slow, acoustic song.Run For Your Life is an inter-

esting idea, if nothing else, but is made slow and unexciting by the meandering tempo while Stoquert

effect. The end result is an EP that could be an interesting little collection for Halloween, but is too indiscernible for most of the year.

Charles Bradley- No Time for Dreaming

Curiously, No Time for Dreaming manages to sound like some undiscovered gem from the heyday of soul without feeling ‘revivalist.’ Even more unusually, this is Bradley’s

brave venture for a man of 62. While No Time for Dreaming doesn’t put its own spin on the heady grooves of greats like Otis Redding or James Brown, Bradley’s melancholy wail belongs right alongside those names by way of raw talent. “The World (Is Going Up in Flames),” “I Believe in Your Love” and “How Long” are all top choice tracks to slog through this winter of discontentRIYL: Otis Redding, James

Brown

Gordon Gano’s Army- s/t

‘British pop-punk with really, really thick accents’ is the easiest way to sum up this debut. It’s not particularly good. There’s nothing fresh. The singing isn’t charmingly bad or remarkable in any way at all. As a record, it’s produced wrong: they’re playing pop-punk, but it’s structured and mastered like an indie rock band, or an IKEA table accidently reassembled into a three-legged chair. Gordon Gano’s Army feels like a half an hour of songs that were written just because they could be. Still, twenty dollars says if your girlfriend shops at

them. RIYL: Tokyo Police Club, The

Fratellis

Earl Sweatshirt- EARLDeep, dark headphone

rap, Earl Sweatshirt is part of OFWGKTA, a hip-hop collec-

and unconcerned, the subject matter is frequently perverse, scatological, misogynistic and graphically violent. This debut LP created his beats twisted and skeletal like the hypo-thetical victims in his verses. Naturally, other members of OFWGKTA make appearances, and their hand-offs are so natu-ral that it’s easy to forget that it is a solo record. If gangsta rap included violence to achieve realism, EARL dredges the sur-real out of a bloodbath. Unless you’ve really had your ear to the ground, this will be like nothing you’ve heard before.RIYL: OFWGKTA, Sarcasmo

Scattered Trees- Sympathy

I know nothing about this band, and after listening to Sympathy, I don’t want to. Scattered Trees are just one of the multitude: a truly unin-spired indie pop band with nothing to say, spewing their nothing across interminable, plodding songs, all laden with auxiliary instrumental harmony.

they wear transparently, which would be acceptable on its

came to the party. But they don’t. It’s just The Shins, and then The Shins slowed down so much that you would need an extra few minutes to rec-ognize it as The Shins. Total trash.RIYL: The Shins, The Shins

By Bryan MenegusSTAFF WRITER

Grade: A Grade: b- Grade: A Grade: C-

“Run For Your Life is an

interesting idea”

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CNN’s Anderson Cooper escaped serious injury

Wednesday when he was attacked by a group of

demonstrators in Egypt. The country has been plunged into crisis in

recent days by political protests.

Charlie Sheen wants to acknowledge those who have

stood by him during his recent troubles.

He has gotten into a mess of trouble and

is extending his grati-tude to his fans for standing by him.

Halle Berry is currently !ghting a custody battle

with her ex Gabriel Aubry. To pursue her

litigation, she has withdrawn from the

movie ‘New Year’s Eve.’

Mariah Carey has announced she has conceived twins – a boy and a girl. The world watches in

anticipation.BUZZ

By Jennifer HillmanSTAFF WRITER

The actors of Hollywood seemed to agree with the Oscar nominations committee on who should win the Oscars, coming up February 27.Last weekend, the Screen

Actors Guild Awards, better known as the SAG awards, gave the big prizes to The King’s Speech directed by Tom Hooper. It won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Major Motion Picture. In addition, the award for Best Actor went to Colin Firth who played the stuttering King George VI. The King’s Speech currently leads the Oscar race with 12 nominations.Other actors we can expect

to see on the podium on Oscar night include Natalie Portman, Melissa Leo and Christian Bale. Portman won Best Actress for her performance as Nina Sayers in Black Swan. Leo won Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Fighter, and Bale won Best Supporting Actor for the same

As the SAG Awards help give an indicator of who will win an

Oscar, they also give an indicator of whose stylists have their work cut out for them. Leo and Jennifer

Lawrence, both Oscar nominees, may want to look for better styl-ists. Leo wore a Randi Rahm

silver gown with a bright metallic sheen that didn’t photograph well. Lawrence, a Winter’s Bone nomi-nee, also picked a bright neon pink Oscar de la Renta gown.Luckily, Portman and Helena

Bonham Carter have redeemed themselves at this award show for poor fashion tastes in the past. At the Golden Globes, Portman wore a pink Viktor & Rolf dress that was obstructed by a red sequined rose on her chest. This time around, Portman favored an Azzaro’s “Jungle” gown for both her and her growing belly.

child with Benjamin Millepied, the Black Swan choreographer. Carter, The King’s Speech Supporting Actress nominee, actually wore matching shoes;;

got looks because she wore one green and one red shoe.

carpet came from Mila Kunis, Portman’s co-star in Black Swan, and Julia Stiles, who joined the Dexter

chiffon Alexander McQueen Resort 2011 gown and Stiles

wore a two-toned Monique Lhuiller gown. Claire Dane ranked right behind them. If only she hadn’t worn the belt around her Louis Vuitton dress. The SAG awards also hon-

ored the work of television actors. Steve Buscemi added to his award collection with a SAG statue, to join his Golden Globe win for his performance in Boardwalk Empire. The show also ended the long winning streak of Mad Men. Boardwalk Empire won for Best

Ensemble in a Drama Series. Modern Family won for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Julianna Marguiles of The Good Wife and Alec Baldwin of 30 Rock both had repeat wins at the award show. For Marguiles it was her second time;; for Baldwin, his

however, came from Betty White, who even surprised herself after winning Best Supporting Actress in a TV comedy series for her work in Hot in Cleveland.The eighty third Academy

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Amateur or relatively unknown rap artists are a fairly predict-able type of people. Most feel the need to compensate for their obscurity or, even worse, their

of blank CDs with false bra-vado and a deluge of hip-hop cultural tropes. Fortunately for Mike Petrow and his audience, Wet Paint proves itself through articulation and a refreshing self-consciousness.A current student of Hofstra

-ences from the political conscious A Tribe Called Quest to Most Def, as well as the late Eyedea. All of these artists, as well as the archetypal Caucasian rap artist, Eminem, are omnipresent in Petro’s debut album.The album begins with an intro

as manifesto track, setting the

tone for the album, and establish-ing Petrow as someone who is more concerned with legacy and how words and ideas affect the world than wealth or women. As the album gains momen-

tum, the listener can appreciate the complex-ity and range in Petrow’s beats. No one track relies on similar beats and samples, nor does any one song maintain a monotonous

track, “Don’t Cry,” gives the listener

eloquence and gives the album momentum from the beginning. The album then slows down with “What We Do,” with strong verses from Petrow and well-placed guest verse from Kon Hathaway.“Another Day” shows the rap-

per’s excellent ear for samples that work well with both his message and his rhythm. The momentum gained through the

-what halted at the track “Plucking Petals,” which sounds lacklus-ter compared to the preceding songs. Its defensive lyrics and boring metaphors are as off-put-ting as they are ill-conceived.Fortunately, the album picks

up again with “Natural Selection”

ear-snagging verses. Once again, Petrow shows his knack for incorporating tasteful guest

verses. “The Balance” provides a slowed and bouncy transition to “Thousand Times Over,” a track marked with dissonant sounds and slight bitterness. The stand out track on the second half of the album is “Beat Abuse,” featur-

ing an unsettling atmosphere that draws the lis-tener in. “How Do I Say” changes the tempo yet again, creating the rap equivalent of a piano ballad to help bring the album to a close with personal and

biting “Every Word.”Certainly there is room for

growth, as there is with every young and growing artist. The album contains tracks that are quite strong, while others seem lacking, but the most impor-tant quality the album exhibits is potential. The dialogue line “We’ve met before, but something tells me you might remember me this time” is incorporated a couple times throughout the album and is an appropriate phrase to sum-marize the album: You may have met Petrow before, but this album will make you remember him.When asked whether or not he

believes his album will be well received, Petrow replied with this, “My best weapon I have is know-ing exactly what kind of music I make.” By creating music that is authentic to him, Mike Petrow sets himself apart.

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Petrow has been rapping since middle school.

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STAFF WRITER

Typically, we read memoirs of famous people like presidents or celebrities, or of people who have experienced a historical tragedy, like Holocaust survivors. We are interested in hearing what these people went through to attain

times. Kim Sunée doesn’t meet any of these standards. Sunée is a writer, food enthusiast and world traveler. Even though she is not famous, Sunée’s memoir, “Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love and the Search for Home,” is captivating enough to become a national bestseller.Kim’s story begins in Korea

where she was abandoned by her mother in a marketplace at the age of three. She was then adopted by an American couple and brought to New Orleans.

Kim loved her new family, but New Orleans did not feel like home to her and as a result, left to study in Europe. While living in Stockholm, she meets Olivier, a well-off busi-nessman in the cosmetics industry. The

memoir cap-tures Sunée’s search for a place that feels like home. That “home” is cer-tainly not New Orleans or Korea,

as her trip “back home” with Olivier proves to be disap-pointing. Kim seems almost at home with Olivier, but feels tied down by Olivier’s need to make deci-sions for her. Two things in Kim’s life seem more like home than any place could ever be: cooking and poetry.The reader

is presented with poetic, sensory-

rich descriptions of foods Kim

eats and cooks throughout the memoir. Besides these descrip-tions, there are recipes at the end of most chapters. Sunée provides a documented menu of food from around the world from Korean Kimchi to the New Orleans style dish that she endearingly calls Uncle Kerry’s Monday Red Beans and Rice, as well as French Croque-Madame and many more in between. These delicious sounding recipes are enough to make even a non-cooking college student want to whip up some Cinnamon Cream Cheese Rolls with Citrus Vanilla Drizzle. Sunée’s writing has a poetic

feel which is especially seen in her use of imagery, mainly with regard to her descriptions of food, and the vivid accounts of her dreams, which usually feature her abandonment in Korea. In the memoir, Olivier buys Kim a poetry

store, A Tire D’Ailes, which Kim truly loves despite its inability to

The only regret an American reader has when reading “Trail of Crumbs” is not being able to understand French. There is quite a bit of dialogue in French, which the reader is left guessing at the meaning. The memoir, of course, makes sense to the English-speaking reader, but the French dialogue leaves the reader questioning, and almost want-ing to pull out a French-English dictionary.If you like food, traveling and

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Each year everyone seems to

the increasingly irrelevant music industry event simply dubbed The Grammys. Here are the nomina-tions. In bold are the artists that I personally feel are deserving.

Record of the Year (a.k.a. Song

of the Year)

Nothin’ On You – B.O.B. Ft. Bruno Mars

Love The Way You Lie – Eminem Featuring RihannaF*** You – Cee Lo Green

Empire State of Mind – Jay Z & Alecia Keys

Need You Now– Lady Antebellum

Album of the Year

The Suburbs – Arcade FireNeed You Now – Lady

Antebellum

The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga

Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

Song of the Year (a.k.a. Record

of the Year)

Beg, Steal, Or Borrow – Ray LaMontagne

F*** You – Cee Lo GreenThe House That Built Me - Tom Douglas & Allen ShamblinLove The Way You Lie -

Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall MathersNeed You Now - Dave

Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott

Best New Artist

Justin BieberDrake

Florence and The MachineMumford & Sons

Esperanza Spalding

Best Rock Album

Emotion & Commotion – Jeff Beck

The Resistance - MuseBackspacer – Pearl JamMojo – Tom Petty & The

HeartbreakersLe Noise – Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album

The Suburbs – Arcade Fire

Brothers – The Black KeysBroken Bells – Broken BellsContra – Vampire Weekend

Best Rap Solo Performance

Over – DrakeNot Afraid – EminemHow Low – LudacrisI’m Back – T.I.

Power – Kanye West

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By Danielle RuizSTAFF WRITER

Lackmann isn’t half bad, but eating it everyday for months on end becomes tiring. By this point in the school year, all food options have been exhausted

sounds appetizing has become more dif-

eatery on numerous occasions and a change of pace wouldn’t be such a bad idea. Lackmann struck gold with Eli’s

Kosher Kitchen by creating a quality kosher eatery that all students can enjoy. Graduate student Pat Childers likes eating at Eli’s because it “doesn’t taste like Lackmann.”Although conveniently located near the

entrance of the Student Center cafeteria,

a great selection of savory entrees, but if you are in the mood for a quick bite, try their matzo ball soup or knishes. Matzo ball soup is the best-seller, and

it’s no wonder, as it has a great blend of

There is nothing wrong with stepping outside your comfort zone. Never tried kosher food before? Why not give it a

shot now? College is all about new expe-riences, including culinary ones. Maybe matzo ball soup isn’t your thing.

No worries! If you’re looking for another on-the-go snack, try a knish from Eli’s.

all potato lovers. An Eli’s knish is a

potato mash, then deep-fried to form a hot, crispy, portable snack.

Eli’s Kosher Kitchen isn’t good for just snacks but lunch and dinner as well. There is something on the Eli’s menu to capture even the pickiest of students. Fans of Eli’s Kosher Kitchen rave over their pigs in a blanket and vegans can enjoy their mouth-watering vegan nug-gets. Eli’s has plenty of great food options for any student who is willing to stop by and take a look.

Next time you feel peckish don’t make a beeline for the Student Center Cafeteria, make a pit stop by Eli’s Kosher Kitchen and see what they have on their menu. Eli’s menu might surprise you. Maybe a delectable matzo ball soup, a knish, or any other of their great selec-tion is in your near future. Branch out this week by heading over to Eli’s Kosher Kitchen.

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By Megan WalshSTAFF WRITER

Thanks to the wonderful world of Facebook and the constant stream of statuses whining about the opposite sex, it has become apparent that everyone could use relationship advice. So with-out running the risk of turning this into a health class or a Facemash column, I want to tell you who not to get involved with and how you should go about not falling for them.

A lot of people have this problem when starting college. They go to college single

and looking for: A) Some amazing person who loves their every move, B) Someone who just wants to have a good time with them, or C) Get what you want and get out. While all of these may apply to some people at some time, the goal is to not lose yourself in the process.

The problem with this is that people who really just want a casual night of fun will eventually meet someone who wants a serious relationship. The result will ultimately be that the person who wants a relationship becomes bitter and lonely, while the person who just wanted a one

night stand will become temporarily ticked off that their night was wasted trying to impress someone who clearly doesn’t want to have sex with them. In fact, put any combination of freshman prospects together. A, B, or C, if people aren’t look-ing for the same type of relationship as the person they’re going for, it probably won’t work out.

So how do we keep out of these sticky situations? We make ourselves as clear as possible to the person we’re with. If the person you’re with doesn’t feel the same way, don’t waste your time trying to

change their mind. Just move on! But we need to be careful that we never assume the person we meet at a party, in our dorms, or during a three hour lecture, is necessarily looking for the same thing as us. Just as the saying goes, we know that assuming “makes an ass out of you and me,” so don’t assume or waste your time trying to change someone’s mind, but do clarify. Finally, remember you don’t have to have a “thing” with the person to be friends, so don’t be afraid to ask to just be friends. If nothing else, maybe you’ll have gained a best friend in the end.

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By Emily CumminsASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

The concept of “real money” comes up a lot when I hear people talking around campus. My friends say that they can’t go to the bar because they don’t have any “real money.” But what is “real money?” The opposite of real money speaks vol-umes: meal plan. Admit it, you don’t con-sider your meal plan to be real money. It’s some strange Monopoly money only accepted by the school. You can’t use it to buy books or put gas in your car, so you don’t feel it’s real.Any way you slice it, the money on that

card with which you bought $40 of Easy Mac from Dutch Treats was at some point “real money.”By changing what you think of your

meal plan, you can really save some seri-ous cash that might come in handy on the weekends. To do that, think of it this way. In what world does a tuna sandwich cost seven dollars? At some point your

meal plan will run out, so here’s a solu-tion: start cooking.Now I know that to most of us, cook-

ing generally involves that sheer dread when we drunkenly read the words “DO NOT MICROWAVE” on a box of chicken

Here is a recipe that is simple, inexpen-

dry sodium noodles.This is a one-pot meal, and by that I

mean you only need one pot or saucepan (about 2 quarts in size or larger) to make this meal. First, you must brown the sau-sage meat in the pot. To do this, I use a drop of olive oil and slowly add the meat with the burner on high. I suggest buying one pound sausage patties because they are not only cheaper, but also easier to work with.Once all the meat is in the pot, break it

into smaller, bite sized pieces and lower the heat to medium. At this point, sprinkle the garlic ajo onto

the meat until it is all brown. Then add 2 ¾ cups water to the meat,

the rest of the olive oil or butter you are using and the hot sauce. Stir it to make sure the meat doesn’t stick to the bottom. It is now time to add the rice and bring the mixture to a boil with the burner on high.Now here comes the fun part. Once the

contents of your pot are furiously boil-ing, you need to reduce the heat to low and put the lid on the pot. And that’s all you need to do for about 20 minutes. You

but at this point, you can walk away and get some work done.Once the 20 minutes are up, and the

majority of the liquid has been absorbed, turn off the burner and remove the lid. Let

more before serving.

The Breakdown

Servings: 4 (2 cups)

Calories per serving: 565

Total Cost (approximation based on

I really hate sounding like a grandma,

but that is an amazing saving. To save those extra servings, package them up in some Tupperware (recyclable Chinese food containers work great) and just reheat the meal for about 2 minutes in the microwave. For a vegetarian variation on this

of sausage. You don’t need to brown the tofu, so add it to the water mixture and it

calories to 375, which makes this an even healthier meal.

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Guy 1: How would you pronounce a name spelt like “La-a”?Guy 2: Um, “lah-ah”?Guy 1: Nope, La-dash-aGuy 2: I am going to become senator so I can make that illegal.

In the Student Center:

Girl: The Chronicle was pretty good this week. They didn’t have any typos in the headlines.

In Hammer Lab:

Girl: If you were a vegetarian, would you eat animal crackers?

In Cafe on the Quad:

Girl 1: I don’t really know much about poor people, but I can tell you this: they don’t have cute clothes.Girl 2: Ugh, I know.Girl 3: You idiot, it’s not their fault they don’t have cute clothes. They don’t have money!Girl 1: I just thought about not having money, and I really don’t know how I feel about it.

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Zatarain’s Mexican Stew

Ingredients

1 box Zatarain’s Black Beans and Rice (7 oz.)

1 pound of sweet or spicy sausage meat

2 ¾ cups water

2 tablespoons butter, margarine, or olive oil

1 tablespoon Frank’s Red Hot Sauce (I put that sh—t

on everything)

1 tablespoon of Garlic Ajo

1 can of corn drained (optional)

1 tablespoon of sour cream to garnish (optional)

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A road game is very similar to a home game, right? All you change is the color of the uni-forms and the logo at mid court. Wrong.We learned the truth about

road trips as The Chronicle took an all – access look inside an away game with the Hofstra women’s basketball team. The group of 13 players, four coaches and numerous others who help the team invited us to hop on a bus to Albany with them for what they called a business trip.The Pride’s business trip was

far from just business though. The team is a cohesive unit that

acts like sisters, tweets con-stantly and always has a joke at the ready. As the team boarded the bus

there was already debate as to what movie would be watched on the trip. Junior guard Nicole Capurso’s suggestion to watch “Blow” was quickly shot down by the coaching staff because of the nature of the movie. The burden fell on Candice Bellocchio, who

of movies and came up with the Karate Kid.It was evident from the get – go

that Bellocchio was one of the leaders of the team. An outspo-ken fourth-year junior guard with a heavy Staten Island accent, Bellocchio shares much of the leadership duties with senior

forward Isoken Uzamere.

and I’ve built my assertiveness over the past couple years,” Bellocchio said.Even as the movie played the

wisecracks continued. Someone in the front wondered aloud why Ralph Macchio looked so differ-ent (that would be because it was Jaden Smith) and the back of the bus debated why they loved Smith so much.With over three hours to kill

on the ride to Albany, many of the women tuned into the movie, but just as many napped, legs sprawled across the aisle. It was a wonder how so many woke up just in time to defend the choice of “Charlie St. Cloud” as the second movie of the trip, which the coaches promptly rejected.

After checking into the hotel, the players got settled and after an hour or so, headed up to head coach Krista Kilburn

session.Assistant coach Jessica

Mannetti, the lone holdover of Kilburn – Steveskey’s assistants from last year, led the ses-sion, showing the team clips of Albany’s past games and individual players’ strengths and weaknesses.“We do tons of breakdown

on their [Albany’s] offense, their defense, their player personnel, their characteristics, what they like to do and how we are going to stop them,” Mannetti said. “It takes a long time, I’d say a week, to get a complete scout done.”After running through the

opposing players, Mannetti showed the Pride many of the basic plays that Albany ran and how to defend them. “It really does help us out, obviously, to see what they’re doing and when we get out there, it helps because we know what is coming and nothing is unexpected,” said freshman guard Kate Loper.Kilburn – Steveskey hopped

on the computer soon after to go

team’s prior game, a victory at Seton Hall. This was the end of the fun for sophomore forward Candace Bond, who bore the brunt of the most of the criticism from the Seton Hall game for not boxing – out and rebound-ing well. Bond sat glued to the screen, nodding at each point the coaches made.

By Max SassSPORTS EDITOR

Photos by Sean M. GatesMANAGING EDITOR

Above: The Hofstra women’s basketball team comes together after Dec. 20’s walk - through. Below left: The Chronicle Assistant Sports Editor Joe Panorno and WRHU’s Matt Napolitano interview Hofstra head coach Krista Kilburn - Steveskey and junior guard Candice Bellocchio pregame. Below right: Bellocchio throws her bags on the bus.

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“It is helpful because when the game comes I remember I got picked on for not boxing out,” Bond said. “So when the game comes I’m going to box out to make sure I don’t get picked on for that. I might get picked on for

I won’t get picked on for boxing out.”Junior guard Nicole Capurso

and Uzamere were the two most

study. Capurso repeatedly asked questions about what was on the

-tion from the coaches for her observations. Uzamere had a different approach, reprimanding her teammates for their lack of help-side defense in the Seton Hall game.“We understand each other,”

Uzamere said. “So they know that if I scream or I say something that I don’t mean in any other way, [they know] I love all my team-

mates. So when we say some-thing, it’s just us trying to help each other out.”

over to the arena for a walk – through that was lighter than usual, as the team was in the middle of a stretch where it

After stretching and jogging, Assistant Coach Bill Ferrara led the team through an attacking layups drill before handing prac-tice over to Mannetti. Mannetti led the team through a review of Albany’s sets and how to defend them. The Chronicle was called into duty towards the end of practice, when Ferrara needed rebounders for a three – point shooting drill. The drill, which could only be described as high – speed and hectic, was a workout for our staff, but just another drill for the high – octane Pride.Despite tiring out the accom-

panying journalists, the Pride

remained well rested for the next day’s game. “If we didn’t need the rest we would have had a full down and back [scrimmage], a full quick break, regular, hour and a half practice,” Kilburn – Steveskey said.Dinner at Outback Steakhouse

was next on the itinerary, pre-pared by Director of Women’s Basketball Operations Michael Gibson, for the team. Dinner was a welcome reprieve from the chaotic game for the team, and an overly friendly waiter and a dessert dilemma made sure the players had a laugh.Freshman forward Anma

Onyeuku was celebrating a birthday, when Uzamere tried to steal away her cake. “On away trips we are not allowed to eat cake and stuff like that and fried food because it slows you down the next day for the game,” Uzamere said. “I was just joking. Coach K[ilburn – Steveskey] let her get that cake so I was just trying to snatch it from her.”As the team

laid to rest before the next day’s game, Gibson knew things were only halfway done. “Everything has to be down to the minute when you’re on the road, espe-cially on longer ones,” Gibson said. “These are pretty easy [bus trips like Albany], the ones that are only one night.”Gibson’s itinerary called for

breakfast at nine in the morning on game day. Luckily for him, his

team had breakfast this time.“When little things go wrong,

like a couple weeks ago when they didn’t have breakfast for us;; that throws my whole day off,” Gibson said.The team gathered in Kilburn –

Steveskey’s room once again for

quicker review before departing

game.Practice was a slower paced

walk – through once again, to save the team’s legs. The Pride was in the middle of a half-court shootout competition (teams are determined by what state you hail from) when Albany, led by coach Katie Abrahamson – Henderson, walked in exactly at 2:00, the scheduled time for Hofstra to

and head back to the hotel.The pregame meal, leniently

called dinner, was a buffet in the hotel served at three P.M. The team ate, took a bit of time to relax and then headed over to the arena for the game.With slightly over a half hour

until tip – off, the team went back into the locker room. The coaches

waited outside as the players took a few minutes to pri-vately get into their zones. The coaches entered

minutes later and Kilburn – Steveskey turned the talk over to her team.

discussed the matchup they were facing that night before Kilburn – Steveskey picked up the book Teammates Matter by former Wake Forest men’s basketball walk – on Alan Williams. She very calmly explained about the author and who he was and why

she thought the book would be a good read for the team over winter break before reading a passage. Bypassing any Vince Lombardi inspired pre – game speech, Kilburn – Steveskey brought the entire team in for a pregame prayer before taking the court.The Pride took a 47-29 lead

into halftime, but Kilburn – Steveskey was not pleased by the way her team was playing. She urged the team to keep up its intensity in the second half and put the game away.The Pride did put the game

away, winning 90-60, and Kilburn – Steveskey heaped praise upon her players post game. She complimented the player’s stat lines and told her team that no one wanted to play them, using Ferrara’s comparison that it would be like facing a buzz saw.The win was the sixth in a row

for the Pride and made for a very happy bus ride home. “I’m just happy we are going home with a win,” Uzamere said. “That’s what we needed to do.”

some rest on the bus ride home, with most of the women falling asleep shortly after eating their snack. Mannetti did not sleep though;; she was already watch-

opponent for the Pride on a future road trip. That road trip will be the same

as this one. Planned down to the minute, packed with practice,

gladly dealing with one another every second of every day. Does winning breed chemistry or is it the other way around? On the road, the Pride has been winning and having great chemistry, just adding to the conundrum.

“I’m just happy we are going home

with a win.”

Assistant coach Tamika Price shakes hands with players as they leave the bus.

The Hofstra women’s basketball teams looks at Kilburn - Steveskey as she delivers her halftime speech.


By Tyler McCordSTAFF WRITER

12/29/10 – Southern

Four days after Christmas the Hofstra wrestling team was back on the mats at The Southern

Hofstra was set to face No. 1 Cornell and No. 2 Penn State amongst others. Senior top-seed Lou Ruggirello (133 lbs)

where he faced No. 2 seed Rollie Peterkin of the University of Pennsylvania, but dropped a 6-0

P.J. Gillespie (165 lbs) went 2-2 and placed fourth in the tourna-ment. Redshirt sophomore Justin Accordino (149 lbs) tore his ACL in his second match and Hofstra

-

season. The Pride did not have a champion in any weight class but

“Overall, there was some good”,

good matches, but it was not our best showing.”

1/08/11 – UNC Hofstra hosted the University

meet in nearly a month. The Pride was without Accordino and injured junior Vince Varela (141 lbs) and senior Ryan Patrovich (174 lbs). “We had to play around with the lineup to try and get the

Down three starters, the Pride found itself trailing 16-17 with one match left. Sophomore Matt Spataro

(149 lbs) narrowly edged Daniel

varsity dual. “He [Spataro] went out and wrestled a good match

played a major role in us winning the dual meet.” With the deci-sion, Hofstra beat UNC 19-17. Ruggirello recorded his sixth pin of the season to move his record to 15-3 for the season.

1/15/11 – CAA DualsHofstra travelled to George

Mason University for the CAA Duals to face off against Binghamton, Boston University, Old Dominion and host George Mason. Hofstra opened the day up with a rough start against Binghamton, losing 23-15.

his lineup again, forfeiting the 174 lb match due to Patrovich’s injury. “I felt we could beat them [Binghamton] straight up with even forfeiting at 174 [lbs

Banks from his regular weight

spot. “If Ryan [Patrovich] is in the lineup we win at 174. Take six from them and give us three and we win the dual.” Hofstra went on to dominate

its other three opponents, beat-

ing Boston 28-10, Old Dominion 24-9 and George Mason 34-3. Ruggirello, Varela, Gillespie, and sophomore Paul Snyder (285 lbs) went 4-0 on the day while redshirt sophomore Zach Clemente (157 lbs) went 3-0. After the duals the Pride improved its record to 7-3-1.

1/22/11-1/23/11 – NY State Collegiate Championships

Nineteen teams showed up for the New York State Collegiate Championships hosted by

-

pay attention too much to the team score, although I don’t like

approached the tournament as an opportunity to rest some of our guys.” One of the regular starters in the lineup, sophomore Steve

place with an 8-3 decision over Columbia’s Penn Gottried. Junior Ben Clymer (184 lbs) looked to avenge an earlier loss to Binghamton’s Nate Scheidel, but came up short. Scheidel won by a decision of 6-3. Snyder wrestled

win short of being crowned the

1/30/11 – University of Pennsylvania

against No. 18 Pennsylvania at 133 pounds. This gave Ruggirello an opportunity to avenge his 6-0 loss to Peterkin of UPenn at The

by decision, 3-1. “I think Lou did a

he’s an NCAA title contender.” In the middle of the lineup,

Gillespie defeated No. 18 Gabe Burak 4-2. After missing 30 days because of a knee injury, Patrovich was back in the lineup and picked up a win, beating

Canaan Bethea 3-2. Snyder then sealed the victory for Hofstra with a 5-4 decision. Hofstra defeated Pennsylvania 18-15.

1/30/11 – Drexel Hofstra did not have to leave

Philadelphia to take on its next opponent, the Drexel Dragons. Ruggirello opened up the match with his eighth pin of the year. Varella followed his teammate with a fall of his own, staking the Pride to a 6-0 lead. The main event of the night was at 165 lbs between two Long Island prod-ucts, Gillespie and Drexel’s Joe Booth. In overtime, Booth man-aged to record the win by a score of 5-3. Hofstra defeated Drexel 23-15 despite Gillespie’s loss, pushing its record to 9-3-1 and 4-1 in conference.

SAT2/5

SUN2/6

MON2/7

TUE2/8

WED2/9

Women’s Basketball

Wrestling Vs. Cornell 1:00 P.m.

HomeAwayMen’s

Basketball

THU2/3

FRI2/4

H o f s t r a A t h l e t i c s C a l e n d a r

Vs. Northeastern

4:00 P.m.

@ G. Mason 2:00 P.m.

@ Georgia St

7:00 P.m.

@ Lock Haven

7:00 P.m.


Then freshman Tyler Banks has his hand raised in victory against Drexel in Feb. 2010.

Vs. W & M7:00 P.m.


Facebook and many a Pride account have been abuzz with the brand new group that is sweeping Hofstra nation. No, it’s not Ladies Night at Dizzy Lizard, it’s Charles Jenkins Facts. I mean, let’s face it, it’s the best thing to get you through class since Sporcle. However, you can’t help but think back

to 2008, when we were all doing the same thing with a different Chuck. Chuck Norris facts were the best thing since sliced bread (which is apparently now the best thing since Charles Jenkins). The claims of a man whose roundhouse kick toppled Saddam from power are now being tested by the claims of a man who knows how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie pop.So the time has come. Thanks to the help

of Facebookers like you, we must now throw down. Charles Jenkins. v. Chuck Norris.

Observations

with Matt NapolitanoHumor Columnist

ARMCHAIR

Charles Jenkins Chuck NorrisCharles Jenkins has already been named Super Bowl MVP. Pittsburgh and Green Bay thought it would make things easier.

Athleticism Mark McGwire didn’t hit 70 home runs in a season. Chuck Norris just gave the ball a death stare until it left the ballpark.

Jenkins taught his dog how to ball like him. Air Bud has gone on to great success in several sports.

Talent Chuck Norris once solved a Rubik’s Cube in the dark.

George Washington crossed the Delaware...yeah, that’s what you think.

Leadership Chuck Norris once kicked a man 26.2 miles during a trip to New York City. The next day, the NYC Marathon was born.

Riots continue in Cairo, as Egyptians prefer Jenkins while Mubarak continues to support Jimmer Fredette.

Impact on society

Chuck Norris is the reason Waldo is hiding.

The presidential debate was held at Hofstra, simply because Obama and McCain wanted Jenkins’ advice on America.

Stardom Chuck Norris was in all six Star Wars movies...as the force.

The Great Depression merely refers to the time before Charles Jenkins was born.

Economy General Motors got out of bankruptcy after Chuck Norris sucker punched the CEO of Toyota.

Charles Jenkins has helped several students in podiatric medicine, by breaking the ankles of several opponents.

Education Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook simply for the creation of Charles Jenkins facts.

Powerhands.

Jenkins threw a ball over Tom Pecora’s hair, hence creating the infamous “overly-gelled” hairdo.

Errors Norris once scared a young man so badly, he will never reach puberty. Now we’re stuck with Justin Bieber.

By Joe PantornoASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Sophomore forward Shante Evans recorded a double-double with 25 points and 14 rebounds as the Hofstra University wom-en’s basketball team earned an 81-68 victory over the University of Delaware.Hofstra started

the game on a 7-0 run and its defense was not giving Delaware anything as the full court pressure caused some Blue Hen turnovers and bad shots. Delaware’s shooting picked up

four minutes in, grabbing a 14-13 lead after a deep three-pointer from sophomore forward Elena Delle Donne, who was playing

Even with a size disadvantage, Hofstra was able to control the boards early, limiting Delaware’s second chances and creating second chances of its own.“We played our two-three

zone and tried to play it smart,” said head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey. “The biggest thing is it’s hard to rebound sometimes out of that and I think we did

rebounding today.”Delle-Donne

scored eight points to help give Delaware a 19-17 lead with 7:56 left in the opening

period. Freshman guard Kate

consecutive three-pointers and junior guard Nicole Capurso added two of her own in a minute span creating a 14-1 run, opening up Hofstra’s lead to 43-30 going into halftime. “I think they [Delaware] under-

estimated me,” said Loper. “When me and Nic [Capurso] are hitting they don’t know what to do.”Both teams traded baskets to

start the second half, each hot

a 50-39 advantage with four min-utes gone in the second half.The lead grew to 16 points,

the Pride’s largest of the game thanks to hot shooting and inside play.“Kate was either open or

Shante was sitting on the block with one guard on her, which is open,” said Capurso. “And it was just a no brainer, they were open and literally open looks.”“It’s the most wide open I felt all

season,” said Loper.Shante Evans continued to

wreak havoc under the basket

the sophomore and Delle Donne were locked in a scoring showdown. Hofstra kept its big lead with

eight and a half minutes left and the score at 65-51. “I made sure I turned and saw

the basket and just put the ball in the basket,” said Evans.Delaware kept pushing and

found some success offensively, but could not stop the Hofstra

points, but was the only Blue Hen Sean M. Gates/The Chronicle

Junior guard Nicole Capurso is defended by Delaware sophomore Elena Delle Donne.

Hofstra -81Delaware -68

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By Joe PantornoASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Talk of upcoming operas, con-certs, celebrity visits and budget cuts is prevalent at a liberal arts school. At Hofstra this year though, talk of men’s basketball has taken over. In the last few years of the Tom

Pecora regime the team could not reach the NCAA Tournament and attendance dropped off by almost 1,000 fans from the 2006-07 season.In 2006-07, the last year

the Pride made the NCAA Tournament, the average attendance at the Mack was 3,623. Just two years later in the 2008-09 season, attendance was down to 2,681 fans per game. Attendance continued to drop the following season when 2,490 fans showed up on average for each game.Attendance is not back to

where it was four years ago, but an average of 2,874 fans are showing up to each game this season through Saturday.

the Mack Arena since Feb. 17, 2007 against Holy Cross.“I went through a few years

where it just went down,” said senior guard Charles Jenkins. “There was a time when we were bad after they [teammates from redshirt freshman year in 2006-2007] left and we were very bad.” Things did not get better

entering the 2010 offseason as a disastrous one month period saw the Pride lose two different head coaches, Pecora and Tim Welsh. To make matters worse, All – Colonial Athletic Association Freshman Team members Halil Kanacevic and Chaz Williams transferred, and Hofstra lost all three committed recruits, who followed Pecora to Fordham. It appeared Hofstra basketball was going to enter a very dark time.Surprisingly, Hofstra’s savior

fell right into its lap in the form of one of Welsh’s assistants, Mo Cassara. The former Boston College assistant took the wheel of the Pride as head honcho and something rather positive hap-pened: the Pride began to win. “From the spring on we made

it a very important piece to this program that we make sure we get some buzz on campus and make things exciting for the stu-dents again,” said Cassara. “A lot of credit goes to our team. We’ve won some great games and we’ve created a bit of a buzz.”

-ing scorer in Jenkins, the Pride jumped out to a 5-0 start in CAA play. The team’s start was quite the story and the play of its senior star grabbed headlines all over the nation, from ESPN to CBS.With all the coverage and suc-

cess, fans and students began to come back in full force, most recently in last Monday’s over-time win against James Madison

and Saturday’s loss to Drexel, where the sell out crowds rocked the Mack and the players who played there. “We came into the season with

a lot against us,” said Jenkins. “I didn’t really expect everyone to be so supportive of us and I think the winning is taking care of that.”While fans get pumped to see

their team play, a big crowd is just as exciting for the players. “We’re humbled about it,” said

senior center Greg Washington. “We love these guys and they love us back and they’re with us each step of the way and I think the atmosphere here Saturday was a perfect example of that.”

sixth man,” said Jenkins. “When we played JMU, even though we were down they continued chant-ing for us and they stayed and no one left and that is one thing I’ll never forget about the Lion’s Den.”It is not only the product on the

court that has drawn fans back to the Mack. “The administration, the mar-

keting people, our basketball staff have been out in the community, on campus, off campus and really on campus doing everything from handing out tickets to shaking hands and meeting kids and that is something I love to do,” said Cassara The affectionate feelings are

mutual for the students of Hofstra University towards Cassara and

the Pride and they realize that this year is special compared to the past few years.“I love Mo Cassara,” said

senior Adam Feld. “He seems like a great person and seems like he’s a guy who has gotten this team and gotten the message across.”“It’s really great,” said sopho-

more Anthony Murillo. “I like the atmosphere and want them to do better and keep winning and we’ll see from there.” “I go to almost all the games,”

said senior Jeff Herman. “I’m really happy to see the past couple of games that the back rows of the Lion’s Den have been

game on Saturday where they

the row to the next level.”The excitement has not been

limited to campus however, as Hofstra basketball has hit the social networking sites of Twitter and Facebook so fans can get as close to the Pride as ever. “I’m friends with most of

the fans on Facebook,” said Washington. “They hit me up before each game, they ask me if I’m ready and I always tell them the same thing that I am just as ready as they are.” Hofstra students have also

taken part in Facebook’s newest phenomenon, ‘Charles Jenkins Facts’, where any member of the group can tell tall tales similar to Chuck Norris Facts. Two of

Jenkins’ favorites are: “The sun rises when Charles Jenkins wakes up,” and “Jesus celebrates Charles Jenkins’ birthday.” “The Charles Jenkins Facts

thing is crazy,” said Jenkins. “My friend called me one morning and said ‘Yo you got your own facts now,’ and I went on Twitter and Facebook and I saw it on Facebook and was laughing all day.”Cassara also takes advantage

of technology to get closer with the Pride faithful. “Whether it’s me going back

and forth at night with students on Twitter and Facebook and I do that stuff all the time,” said Cassara. “Ultimately, our student body is what really makes us go and I’m really proud of who showed up on Saturday.” This season is far from over

and the Pride has a message for everyone who calls himself or herself a member of the Lion’s Den. “We’re almost there, we have

eight games left and I can’t wait to see the turnout on Saturday,” said Washington. “I love our fans and I hope they keep it up.”“I want everybody to come

back Saturday despite our loss,”

like to see the Mack packed again, it was a great feeling and we’re going to come back and play hard for them this Saturday.”


The Lion’s Den cheers for the Pride in Hofstra’s loss to Drexel. The game was the !rst sellout at the Mack Arena since Feb. 2007, when Hofstra hosted Holy Cross in a Bracketbuster matchup.


On Wednesday night the Pride traveled into Fairfax, VA trying to snap a two game losing streak as it visited the George Mason Patriots. In front of 5,230 raucous fans, Hofstra dropped an 87-68 game with Mason thanks in large part to some impressive shooting from George Mason.The Patriots started off the

three-pointers and nine of their

jump out to a 25-17 lead. Andre Cornelius led the way for Mason with 16 points, shooting 4-6 all

31) and 6-10 from downtown to lead 49-34 at the halfWhile George Mason seem-

ingly couldn’t miss, the Pride struggled on the offensive end

in the game including a disap-pointing 7-20 from beyond the arc. Despite pacing the Pride with 22 points, senior guard Charles Jenkins had one of his toughest shooting nights this season hitting just 8 of 20 shots including 1-6 from beyond the arc.

“For us to win, Charles has to have some great games espe-cially in an environment like this,” Hofstra head coach Mo Cassara said after the game. “Charles can’t be good, he has to be almost spectacular.”It was a frantic pace between

a combined 14 turnovers. The Patriots dominated possession of the ball grabbing 14 offensive rebounds and dishing out 20 assists as a team. Four Mason

as Cornelius tied for the game high with 22 points including hit-

He was joined in double digits by Cam Long (15), Isaiah Tate (12)

with a double-double (19 points, 12 rebounds).For the Pride, it was its third

straight loss as it drops to 14-9 overall and 8-4 in the CAA. Meanwhile, George Mason remains a perfect 11-0 at home this season and move into a tie

CAA at 10-2 after the Rams lost to Northeastern on the road.The blue and gold was able to

maintain a spot in the top four in the CAA (and a hold on

bye) by way of William and Mary defeating

James Madison in Harrisonburg

Pride is it now begins the easi-est part of its schedule as all six remaining games in the confer-ence are against team who are currently sixth in the standings or worse. It begins that stretch this Saturday at four p.m. when it welcomes in the Northeastern Huskies to the Mack. Hofstra beat the Huskies in Boston 76-67 back on January 8.

Back Cover: Senior guard Charles Jenkins lays

in the ball against James Madison.

Photo by

Sean M. Gates

The senior

fouled out of

the game in 31

minutes hav-

ing scored zero

points.

55.6Pearson scored

19 points and

added 12 re-

bounds to lead

George Mason

over Hofstra.

Hofstraat.

George Mason68 87

Zero|Greg Washington #32

With Wednesday night’s loss, the Pride has

George Mason. Its only win in that span was earlier this season at the Mack Arena.

Key Number

The percentage George

Mason shot from three-

point range for the game.

The Patriots were 10-18.

Turning Point

With 6:45 left in the game Ryan Pearson hit a

jump shot to key a 6-0 run which extended George

Mason’s lead from nine to 15.

The Dutchmen’s DownlowHero|Ryan Pearson #25

Hofstra -68George Mason -87


Senior guard Charles Jenkins drives against George Mason in the team’s matchup earlier this season at the Mack Arena.


Bittersweet Jenkins becomes school’s leading scorer in loss to Drexel

Women’s basketball all-access

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Buzz is back arbound basketball

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