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Tiffany DoManaging Editor

Amanda Boyer/Photography EditorSeton Hall’s new school of medicine on the campus of the former Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Roche) in Nutley, N.J.

Elena VitulloStaff Writer

SHU to start only Catholic medical school in NJ Post-grad employment at 86 percent

See Career Center, Page 3

Seton Hall Medical School will be the only private, Catholic medical school in the northeast region in America, and sixth in the country according to Senior Associate Provost Dr. Joan Guetti.

Guetti said that despite Hack-ensack University Health Net-work, the group Seton Hall is working with in establishing the school, being a non denomina-tional foundation, Seton Hall’s Catholic mission is a reason for the school’s opening.

“We believe that our mission in the driving force for the School of Medicine to become the pre-eminent center for training ser-vant leaders in Catholic-based health science education in the northeast,” said Guetti.

Dr. Ines Murzaku, founding chair of department of Catholic studies, said that the medical field is “a human-centered vocation, and secondly, it is a service profes-sion… it is closely and intimate-ly connected with Seton Hall’s Catholic mission.”

“Seton Hall Medical School will focus on producing doctors in primary care service-orient-ed specialties, including internal medicine, family practice, pedi-atrics, obstetrics and gynecology,” said Murzaku.

According to Guetti, the medical school’s curriculum will follow the teachings put together by the Ethical and Religious Di-rectives for Catholic Health Care Services of the United States Con-ference of Catholic Bishops.

“The students will not partic-ipate in any procedures that vio-late these directives,” said Guetti.

According to the Directives, abortion is “never permitted” and assisted suicide is “never con-doned.”

They also state that medi-cation that lessens the pain of a

With graduation coming up in just two months, many seniors are shifting their focus from aca-demics to finding their way into the workforce. The Career Center has some relevant tips to help stu-dents prepare for the journey they are about to embark on.

According to Reesa Green-wald, director of the Career Cen-ter, 86 percent of the graduating class of 2014 reported being em-ployed six months after gradua-tion.

The national rate of unem-ployment among college grad-uates was 8.5 percent in 2014, according to the Economic Pol-icy Institute. The institute also reported that 16.8 percent of college graduates were underem-ployed, meaning they held a job with a low salary.

Matthew Miller, a senior studying secondary education, said that these numbers are a lit-tle intimidating. “It’s pretty com-forting knowing that Seton Hall is a little higher, and I have a few connections that I can utilize,” he said, “as long as I keep my con-nections I am pretty confident about the future.”

For seniors, these numbers may seem daunting, but the Ca-reer Center offers opportunities to help them look and apply for jobs. Greenwald suggests that if seniors have not started doing so already, they should begin applying for jobs as soon as possible.

They can look through Navi-gator,

patient who is nearing their death is permitted, however “Patients ex-periencing suffering that cannot be alleviated should be helped to ap-preciate the Christian understand-ing of redemptive suffering.”

More information can be found at http://www.usc-cb.org/issues-and-action/hu-

man-life-and-dignity/health-care/upload/Ethical-Religious-Direc-tives-Catholic-Health-Care-Ser-vices-fifth-edition-2009.pdf.

The Associated Press reported earlier this month that the open-ing of the medical school was ap-proved by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners. The proposal

for the school will next be reviewed by the American Medical Associa-tion’s Liaison Committee for Med-ical Education.

Seton Hall Medical School is set to open in the fall of 2017.

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Criminal stereotypes challenged at SHU event

The Facts & Fictions in the Criminal Justice System event was rescheduled to March 24 in the University Lounge in the Univer-sity Center, where Dr. John Pai-takes and two student speakers spoke about the criminal justice system for National Criminal Jus-tice Month.

The event focused on six myths and misconceptions that the public may have about the criminal justice system.

The main purpose of the event was to talk about the myths of “Once a criminal always a crim-inal,” “Some prisons are like country clubs,” ‘There is no reha-bilitation in prison,” “Police use excessive force on a regular basis,” “Being on probation is a slap on the wrist” and that “Prison makes better criminals.”

Paitakes, who was a probation officer for 25 years, was accompa-nied by Anjelica Mitchell, senior criminal justice major, and Mack-aully Presutti, sophomore social work major.

“Most people get their infor-mation about the criminal justice system through the media, so I decided to do something on what

we call Facts & Fictions of the Criminal Justice System,” Paitakes said. “It is to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions that people have.”

“A majority of the public thinks that the criminal justice system is too harsh, but my in-ternship (at Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office) showed me that this is not true,” Mitchell said at the event.

Mitchell said that about 90 percent of the offenders that she dealt with in the prosecutor’s of-fice treated her with respect and that most cases were given a court date quickly.

“It is our job to teach the pub-lic about the truths and strengths of our system,” Mitchell said.

Presutti focused on the myth that there is no rehabilitation in the prison system and volunteered through DOVE at Northern State Prison in New Jersey. She and other volunteers tutored inmates so they could get their GEDs.

“The men in this prison didn’t come in contact with people that were there voluntarily. Almost im-mediately, we gained their respect when they found out we weren’t getting anything in return,” Pre-sutti said.

Presutti said how she could see improvement and success in these

men in just three months.“They have a future. These

men are not forever criminals.” Presutti said.

Paitakes discussed on all of the myths, but focused a lot on the myth of excessive use of police brutality.

“One of the biggest miscon-ceptions that people have recently is that there is excessive force used by the police force, but if you look at the numbers you’ll find that this is really not true.” Paitakes said. “There are over 35,000 po-lice officers in New York City and less than two percent have been brought up on police brutality charges.”

Paitakes said that the news-papers and media do not always convey the whole story, which is why people have certain incorrect opinions on the criminal justice system.

“What I want students to be able to get out of this event is for them to understand the facts and fictions,” Paitakes said. “Any-body working in criminal justice has their own philosophy. I don’t want students to necessarily adopt my philosophy, but I want them to know the facts and make their own opinion.”

Ashley Turner can be reached at [email protected].

Ashley Turner/Staff WriterStudent volunteer Mackaully Presutti, sophomore, speaks at the event on March 24.

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Seton Hall University’s Un-dergraduate Diplomacy Student Association has recently been re-vived and has several upcoming events that are open to the entire University.

Craig Witmer, the current president of the club, brought the idea of starting it up again to the now vice president, Alex Jeffers, and the present ad-hoc officer, Chris Scott. Witmer said that the club died out a few years ago due to the lack of involvement.

As the number of members declined and participation in club activities waned, the organization faded away. The diplomacy school wanted to reinstate it and Witmer brought his friends on board to bring it back to life.

“I thought the idea of bringing back a club which represents the channel for all the other diplo-macy and internationally minded clubs to communicate and collab-orate with one another to create better on and off campus events would be great for both the di-plomacy school itself and its stu-dents,” said Jeffers.

So far, the club’s recovery has been successful. The members

Daniela GeraldoStaff Writer

Diplomacy club returns

If you are one of the students who noticed there was a large flock of geese on campus and then, just like that, they were gone, without even a parting glance, you may be wondering where they all went.

“Geese, they’re New Jersey’s fowl problem,” was the headline on a recent piece on NJ.com.

It detailed how Joe Kohl, while going on a snowy walk with his two dogs, could not seem to locate the geese, until he noticed they were in the middle of a thawed lake in Central Jersey.

“Thousands of Canada geese, usually frolicking on the corporate campuses that Kohl and the Geese Police patrol daily in Central Jer-

Lindsay RittenhouseStaff Writer

of the club are planning a trip to Washington D.C. from April 24 to 26. This trip is open to any student, regardless of major, who wishes to attend.

The itinerary includes plenty of free time.

Planned activities include see-ing the monuments and visiting several of the free museums in the area. The group will split up into teams at one point during the trip and go on a scavenger hunt across the city.

While in Washington, the as-sociation also plans to visit Seton

Hall students who are currently in D.C. for a program run by the di-plomacy school.

In addition to activities like this trip to D.C., UDSA holds meet-ings twice a month with represen-tatives from other diplomacy clubs on campus.

At these meetings, participants discuss programs they are all work-ing on and try to find ways to assist in the promotion and execution of the events.

“The club was originally meant to be the central point of all the di-plomacy and internationally mind-

ed clubs on campus to meet and coordinate events. Essentially, our goal is to bring all these different clubs together to make each other stronger and more successful in our respective programming and overall presence on campus,” Jef-fers added.

Membership in USDA is open to all Seton Hall students. Meet-ings are held twice a month on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for April 1 in Stafford Hall 205.

Daniela Geraldo can be reached at [email protected].

which is the school’s on-line da-tabase for jobs and internships. The site helps students connect with employers.

Greenwald places emphasis on the importance of a well-developed resume and encourages students to stop by the Career Center and ask one of the professionals there for resume tips. It is also import-ant to network, both online and in person. Students can meet possi-ble employers and connections by attending one of the Career Fairs hosted on campus. If students are still looking for jobs or internships, they can make an appointment with their advisor in the Career Center.

Alexandra Jousset, a senior dou-ble majoring in history and art his-tory, says that she is “hesitant and uncertain” about going into the job market, especially with her degrees. “My majors aren’t very marketable, but the people in the Career Center are good at helping me figure out how to do that. I’m pretty confi-dent about graduating from Seton Hall.”

For students who may be strug-gling to stay positive, Greenwald has some words of encouragement. “The hiring outlook has improved, but it is still important for students to network. You don’t have to nav-igate this on your own.”

Elena Vitullo can be reached at [email protected].

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Lindsay RittenhouseEditor in Chief

sey, are chilling somewhere else on this day,” NJ.com reported.

According to John Signorello, associate vice president of Facil-ities Engineering and Office of Business Affairs, the geese that used to be on Seton Hall’s campus during the colder months are now probably back to the unfrozen ponds around South Orange, just as Kohl’s geese are back to their ponds.

Kohl, who is a professional goose harasser (a person who actu-ally gets paid to shoo away geese), was on the hunt to get geese off Central Jersey campuses.

For Seton Hall, there was no need for someone like Kohl. Si-gnorello said there was no com-plaints of the geese by the com-

munity.“I think between the rain and

snow has done a fair job of wash-ing away (geese feces),” he said. “Now that its warmed up and the ponds have thawed, the geese have also moved on.”

So, if you’re sad to see your feathered friends fly away, check the ponds near Seton Hall. A good bet would be Duck Pond, located at 70 N. Ridgewood Rd., South Orange.

According to Mapquests’ de-scription of the pond, “Ducks and Canadian geese can be seen there,” so you will probably have some luck in spotting them.

Lindsay Rittenhouse can be reached at [email protected].


SGA• SGA is meeting with Manager of Internal Audit Mike Garcia about getting vending machines in Stafford Hall.• Applications for club budgets are due Friday, April 10, by noon. Budget allocations will be sent out April 22. Appeals to budget will be due by appeals meeting on April 27. • South Orange March Madness is ongoing: keep receipts from shops in the Village then bring them to Walsh Library on April 5 for a chance to win a $500 gift card.• Bill 1415-1012 revised bylaw opens at-large seats to entire stu-dent body, which currently elim-inates freshman from at-large seats.• AOII will be collecting dona-tions until March 31 at a table outside the cafeteria to support homeless women. Donations can be made in cash or Pirate’s Gold.• Some students are considering a petition to expand the offering of secondary courses.

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One of the most recent scan-dals in the Greek Life commu-nity around the country revolves around the University of Oklaho-ma chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, which suffered serious consequences after a vid-eo of the members singing racist chants was uploaded onto social media.

The video was nine seconds long, but its short length did not hide the discriminatory slurs be-ing yelled by fraternity members who exclaimed that black stu-dents were never welcome in the fraternity.

Some fraternity members seen in the video were expelled from the University of Oklahoma and the chapter of SAE there has been disbanded by national fraternity officials.

Although there is not a chap-ter of SAE at Seton Hall, the University still has a large Greek population with many opinions on the scandal.

Many students in fraterni-ties here expressed outrage and disgust, while saying that the ac-tions of the fraternity members in Oklahoma should not reflect on

other fraternities.“As a nation of many diverse

backgrounds we as a nation need to discuss how we can put an end to this type of behavior,” Joseph Horch, a sophomore member of Alpha Sigma Phi, said. “How we are going to solve this problem, I don’t have the answer, but I do know that the shortest route to solving a problem is opening dia-logue and talking about it.”

Horch said that his fraternity is talking about starting a forum on campus where the community can try to find a solution to prob-lems like this.

When asked how the scandal made him feel, Horch said “dis-gusted, ashamed, sad and angry.”

Thomas Calo, the president of Zeta Psi, said that brothers and sisters of Greek Life at Seton Hall have been talking about the SAE incident.

“The focus of the talk is how Greek life is looking to better its image but it is very difficult when incidents like this happen,” Calo said.

“I am thankful that I am able to be a part of a fraternity that is accepting of people of all races and ethnicities. It is hard for me to comprehend what the men at Oklahoma did because my views of what a fraternity is differ great-

ly from theirs,” Calo said. “How-ever, as Greeks we must look be-yond our chapters and our own fraternities and sororities to how Greek life affects the community around us.”

Meldrick Von Umahon, a ju-nior member of the service frater-nity Alpha Chi Rho, said that his fraternity has rules against hazing, rules that ensure that the mem-bers respect the campus and its community, and rules that require members to “just be proper men

and to represent the fraternity in good taste.”

“I just think that sometimes Greek Life can be seen as a neg-ative thing because of scandals and incidents like these,” said Umahon. “Because of this, people become blind from the positive at-mosphere that Greek Life has as it brings a great sense of communi-ty to campus and throughout the world.”

Ashley Turner can be reached at [email protected].

National issue hits home with SHU GreeksAshley Turner

Staff Writer

Photo courtesy of Joseph Horch’s Facebook Brothers of Seton Hall’s Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, including Joseph Horch, who expressed outrage at the events in Oklaho-ma.

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FLASH into Filipino culture

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SHU to end hungerShaygne Rodriguez

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The Hunger Project is a non-profit organization that strives to end hunger and poverty through women-centered strate-gies in Africa, South Asia and Lat-in America.

The Hunger Project believes there are gaps in our society that need to be filled in order to tackle the hunger and poverty issue and that individual support can help the cause.

According to the project or-ganizers, the reason the issue has become so prevalent and is con-sidered important is that people living in poverty stricken countries do not have a choice.

Many of these people do not have an opportunity to change their situation, which makes hun-ger and poverty an extreme global issue that requires considerable at-tention.

One major campaign to help end poverty is the Live Below the Line Campaign, in which partic-ipants live on $1.50 a day or one meal.

The campaign’s main goal is to raise awareness and funds for the cause by motivating individuals to participate at a global level. The Live Below the Line challenge will run from April 28 to May 1.

Taylor Bager, a freshman, said of the campaign, “I don’t think I would be able to do the challenge and survive because we live in a so-ciety where we are dependent on money to provide for our needs and if I had to live off of $1.50 I don’t think I would be able to sur-vive.”

Another hope for the campaign is to have individuals socialize and advocate the issue via social media.

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Swadeepa Bohara, an MPA graduate student from Nepal, ex-pressed her concern with the issue of hunger and poverty. She interns with The Hunger Project and is involved with the Live Below the Line campaign. She hopes to mo-tivate students to take the initiative to follow her and the movement to end poverty and hunger “through individual empowerment.”

To register for the challenge go to www.thp.org/lbl, create a profile and choose The Hunger Project as the designated organization to give to. Under the team tab enter “Pi-rates Against Poverty.”

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The Filipino League at Seton Hall (FLASH) is hosting its 12th annual FLASH dance competition at 7 p.m. on March 28, featuring teams from the New York and New Jersey area.

The competition ranks just be-hind GrooveBoston as the second largest student-run event on cam-pus, entertaining up to 200 people in the Jubilee Auditorium.

In previous years, the FLASH Dance Competition hosted crews from MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew and celebrity judges served on the panel board. Completed dancing competition scores are placed into national scoring and ranking for the World of Dance qualifications.

“The time and work that is put into running this competition from students in FLASH is defi-nitely a big challenge every year,” Kevin Labendia, the president of FLASH, said.

Apart from hosting the compe-

tition, FLASH members showcase their own dance performances at R.A.C.E Multicultural Night, Re-lay for Life Kickoff, MLKSA Mul-ticultural Night and Win a Date with a Pirate: Autism Speaks.

“This year will be nothing short of amazing as FLASH looks to keep our reputation going as host-ing one of the best dance compe-titions in New Jersey,” Labendia said.

Apart from dancing, FLASH strives to inform and share the Fil-ipino culture with the Seton Hall community.

FLASH member Catherine Gbogi said it’s important to have organizations like FLASH on cam-pus.

“Cultural organizations like this are very accepting, it’s really for anyone who is interested in the Filipino culture,” Gbogi said. “I’m Nigerian, I have no Filipino back-ground, I just like the dance style and I didn’t mind learning more about the Filipino culture so I de-cided to try it out.”

Fellow member Jonathan Roan

said he appreciates the welcoming environment of FLASH.

“FLASH is important because it shows that everyone can come together and become one,” Roan said. “FLASH is an organization that accepts every one of every race and religion and still comes togeth-er as a family.”

While FLASH strives to edu-cate the Seton Hall and local com-munity about Filipino culture, its members value the creative side of the organization.

Jeanine Swift, who is a member, appreciates the way that FLASH provides the opportunity for her creativity and originality to shine through.

“It is not just about the Filipino culture; it provides an opportunity for creativity that I don’t get any-where else,” Swift said. “Addition-ally, the FLASH dance competi-tion provides a great opportunity for other dance groups to perform and for Seton Hall students to watch talented dancers perform.”

Leah Carton can be reached at [email protected].

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The Sixth Decade: 1984-94

Chair of mathematics reflects on Setonian days

Special to The Setonian

John SaccomanChair and professor,

mathmematics and computer science

Seton Hall University and Setonian alum, Dr. John

Saccoman served one year as news editor and two as

editor in chief

Cigarette smoking proven dangerous

Hall adjusts to campus crime

From the 1989 issue

On the surface, it may be a bit confusing: why is a professor of mathematics contributing to a series of articles commemorating the history of the Setonian?

The simple answer is this: while completing my Bachelor of Science in Mathematics here in the 1980s, I served for three years as an editor on the Setonian, the last two of those as Editor in Chief. In other words, for 3⅓ percent of the years of the Seto-nian’s existence, I was an editor.

My first story as News Editor was to cover the visit of President Ronald Reagan to the campus for graduation in May of 1983. The events of the next three years were somewhat more mundane than that.

The David Letterman Show began in the 80s and is ending this year. In that spirit, and to give a sense of those times, I present a “top 10 list” of stories representa-tive of my time as a reporter and editor:

10. March 14, 1985: “Parking cuts anger students.” It was announced that, during the construction of the Recreation Center and newer dor-mitories, “40 percent of the on-cam-pus parking spaces will be eliminat-ed.” We were not happy.

9. February 9, 1984: “SHU lands concert.” It was announced that a double bill of popular ‘80s acts, The Romantics and Adam Ant, would perform at Walsh Gymnasium on March 4. The show cost SHU $40,000, with 3,000 seats avail-able. Tickets cost $8 for SHU stu-dents and $10 for up to two guests. I was third or fourth on line when the tickets went on sale, and was able to get second row seats.

8. December 1, 1983: “Computers become a normal part of universi-ty life.” We did a centerfold about the use of computers on campus. The campus network mainframe was a Burroughs 6800. There were 17 direct-connect terminals in the

Corrigan Hall lab, as well as seven dial-up telephone lines, and eight keypunch machines. Then-Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Peter Ahr, predicted that the future would bring computers to all majors, and that they would be utilized as “an ordinary learning tool.” Prescient, indeed.

7. May 2, 1985: “Tuition up 6.4%.” For the 1985-86 academ-ic year, full-time students would pay $183 per credit. In addition, room and board were slated to rise by 6.4% and 6.3%, respectively. The next year, we announced that tuition would increase by anoth-er 7.65%. I likely computed the figures.

6. December 15, 1983: “Christ-mas Personals.” “Hey Banana: You’ve got a peel! Merry Christmas! Love, Mellen.” We didn’t have Twitter, we didn’t have Snapchat, but we did have personal ads — $3 for the first 20 words, and 15 cents for each additional word. Your friends could read your post-ings every Thursday--not exactly the immediacy of today’s social media. In this issue, they took up two full pages. In this sample, we do not know who “Banana” and “Mellen” are, but all 5,000 Seto-nian readers got to see it.

5. January 31, 1985: “An Editori-al.” “The obligation of the free press is to report the news truthfully as an objective observer…All the Se-tonian can do, for the integrity of Seton Hall…is to report the facts as we understand them…” The Se-tonian was under fire from many quarters of the University because of our coverage of a student gov-ernment mismanaged raffle. We put an editorial on page one, ex-cerpted here.

4. December 13, 1984: “Petillo cuts 105; vows that’s all.” Msgr.

John J. Petillo, university chancel-lor, announced that 105 positions were cut (46 of which were vacant). He claimed that the alternative was an 18.5% tuition hike, on the heels of 12.5% rise in tuition from the previous year. While enrollment had dropped by 1,000 from five years before, the timing of the announcement at a Catholic Uni-versity weeks before Christmas…the story practically wrote itself.

3. April 10, 1986: “John J. Dough-erty, 1907-1986.” SHU’s President from 1959-1969, Bishop Dough-erty oversaw the construction of the Student Center (that bears his name) and “New” Boland Hall, as well as the admission of women to the South orange campus. We hon-ored him with an eight-page pull-out section of the paper.

2. March 7, 1985: “Awright, a win.” SHU Men’s basketball won its first and only Big East game of the season, 85-80 over the Univer-sity of Connecticut. I was there at Walsh Gym. Great game. Great party afterwards, too.

1. May 1, 1986: “Fond farewell.” “This is my first letter to any edi-tor, and probably my last…Always remember that a newspaper is a powerful weapon for good, but it comes with a great responsibility. The mandate calls for the staff to be responsible, and answerable to all its readers, and to the princi-ples stated in the US Constitution. You must be doing something right, the university has been reading you for 60 years. I have faith that you will meet the challenge in the years to come…” Our advisor, Dick Blood, left SHU the same time we graduated. His influence on the paper cannot be minimized (and was the subject of an op-ed piece I wrote three years ago). He wrote the letter to the editor, excerpted above, in our final issue together.

From the 1984 issuen

Cigarette smoking is, without argument, one of the favorite habits of the American people. The American Heart Association (AHA), however, has revealed unequivocal evidence that smoking is health-endangering.

In a recent report, the AHA said, “Evidence incriminating cigarette smoking is substantial and unequivocal. Those who give up the habit reduce their risk to half that of those who continue to smoke. The story of smoking by man reveals that the habit arose in primitive man as the result of innate inquisitiveness. Today, the reasons vary from role definition to social acceptance to emotional rewards. In fact, about half of the adult males and one third of the adult females in this country smoke cigarettes.

Television commercials have enhanced the image, but even before television there was a folklore associated with smoking. And so it is understandable that

young smokers say that smoking makes them feel more grown-up, more sophisticated, more a “part of things.” Despite all the reasons why we smoke, the AHA reports that “cigarette smoking is responsible for 325,000 premature deaths each year and total mortality is twice as high among cigarette smokers as among non-smokers and that cigarette smoking contributes significantly to the development of arteriosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries) and its complications, notably coronary artery disease, which have been further confirmed and supported by additional epidemiological and anatomical evidence.”

You’ve heard all the evidence many times before but the obvious is clear, cigarette smoking is hazardous to your health…so the choice is yours. If you need assistance in quitting the habit, call the American Heart Association, in Essex, 376-3636, in Hudson, 792-4000.

Recent burglaries, muggings, and mysterious intruders are forcing members of the Seton Hall community to change their behaviors to ensure personal safety and protect their belongings.

“There is no fail-safe environment,” said Executive Vice Chancellor James O. Allison. “We want to strive for a crime-free environment, while recognizing that we usually fall short.” Earlier this week, packages of textbooks that were to be distributed to professors in the philosophy department were stolen from the offices in Fahy Hall. This is the latest in a rash of thefts from campus academic buildings.

Employees at the George M. Ring Building, which is off campus on Center Street, also have been frightened in recent weeks by the appearance of intruders who enter the building uninvited. Two weeks ago, two separate incidents occurred inside the Ring Building, which houses University Affairs. A secretary confronted a man dressed in jeans and a denim jacket on Nov. 15 after he entered the building through the main entrance, which was not properly closed. After the secretary repeatedly asked

the man if she could direct him to a department or offer some assistance, the man told her to shut up. “I’ll get you!” the man yelled banging on her desk. South Orange police told the secretary that the man was “just one of the crazies that walks up and down the street” and that she should press charges, the secretary said.

Two days later, another employee confronted a well-dressed man who left the building when the woman asked if she could help him. The woman said that no one in the building was expecting anyone. Normal policy in the Ring Building, where women make up nearly 85 percent of the staff, is to keep the five building entrances locked at all times, the secretary said. After these episodes, she said, the staff in the Ring Building were careful to pull the doors locked and be watchful for other staff members.

A buzzer entry system, similar to the one used in the residence halls, may be installed in the Ring Building, the secretary said. Catherine Daniels, another employee in the Ring Building, said that security began regularly patrolling the property after two stolen cars and several muggings were reported earlier this year.

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irate Life “Relationships with our elders are important be-cause they have lived through a lot and we can always learn something, whether it’s big or small.” Jaquelin Rivas-Tejada, freshman.

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SHU senior to perform with classical trio at SOPAC

Photo courtesy of Christine Byrne Christine Byrne (center) performing in Dido and Aeneas, Spring 2014.

Music with ‘tender love and care’ Mackenzie Scibetta

Staff Writer

It’s not over until a SHU senior sings! Christine Byrne, senior voice and theater performance major, had the opportunity to perform at SOPAC with The Priests, a classical music trio, on March 25, during the trio’s exclu-sive regional appearance that is part of a limited U.S. tour. The Priests will only have 10 performances in the U.S. The Priests, a trio made up of Roman Catholic priests from Northern Ireland, has managed to climb to the top of the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia and Europe while continuing to represent their parish. The priests are Fathers David Delargy, Martin O'Hagan and Eugene O'Hagan. They have performed in front of the Pope, the Royal Family and the Irish President along with recording several albums and concertizing throughout Europe and North

America. After recording their first album they found themselves holding the title in the Guinness Book of Records for the "Fastest Sell-ing Classical Debut Album of All Time," according to the press re-lease for the event. In the three consecutive years following, The Priests were nom-inated for the internationally-ac-claimed Classical Brit Awards for "Classical Album of the Year," ac-cording to the press release. Dr. Jason Tramm recommend-ed Byrne to SOPAC for the spe-cial concert, according to Laurie Pine, director of media relations at SHU. “I am excited that SHU senior voice major, Christine Byrne, will perform with the Priests, a world class musical ensemble,” said Dr. Tramm in an email. “We are very proud of Christine’s hard work and look forward to many other great performance opportunities for her in the future.”

During the performance, Byrne sang “She Moved Through the Fair,” “Nella Fantasia,” “Amazing Grace” and “Wishing you Were Somehow Here Again.” Byrne did not get to rehearse with the Priests until the day of the performance and expressed excitement during the interview because of how kind she heard they were. “(The performance) will be an incredible, professional experi-ence and an exciting one,” Byrne said. After she graduates, Byrne plans to attend the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama for a Masters in Vocal Performance and Theatre Performance. “I want to sincerely thank Dr. Tramm, Professor Yates and Pro-fessor Reader for preparing me and helping me get opportunities like this as a senior at the Univer-sity,” said Byrne in an email. Rebecca White can be reached at [email protected].

SHU student writes and produces own album

Photo Courtesy of Katherine Cahalin Joe Melillo performing at an Open Mic Night in the Cove.

Crossing items off your bucket list can be a rewarding experience but some of us might not get to do this for years. The opposite is true for Joe Melillo, who will be able to cross producing his own album off his bucket list soon. As a junior biology major, Me-lillo keeps himself busy with his fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega and by being an Resident Assistant in Neumann Hall. It’s hard to imag-ine where Melillo would find the time to not only produce his own album, but to write all the songs on it as well. The album, currently untitled, is still in the process of being com-pleted, with two out of the 10 songs having been fully recorded and finished. He said he spends on average three to four hours per week working on the album. The album includes songs titled

“Close Your Eyes,” “No Worries,” “Take Me Back to Colorado” and “That Day.” “A lot of tender love and care is being put into it,” said Melillo. As a late-starter, Melillo did not begin playing guitar until his junior year of high school, but this does not hinder his passion for mu-sic. “Growing up, I was surrounded by music,” said Melil-lo. “My dad played guitar for years and has written over 80 songs.” After getting a grasp for the guitar in high school, Me-lillo figured the next natural step would be to create an album. The album features

Melillo and his two friends from home, who have been working to-gether since high school. “We’re keeping it new and inter-esting. It will be unlike what peo-ple have heard before, but at the

same time familiar,” said Melillo. The album will feature different singers, including Melillo, though he mostly played a mix of guitar, keyboard or bass. The songs are all under the indie genre, with a little

bit of folk and dance mixed into it. Melillo described the writing process for songs as diverse. Some songs would take only 15 min-utes to write, while others would take weeks. Generally they would all start with figuring out the melody and go from there, he said. Some lyrics from “Close Your Eyes” read: “Close your eyes, it’s safer here

Close your eyes, there’s nothing to fear

Forget tomorrow, let’s live for to-day, the sky is blue so don’t make it grey.” After writing the songs, he would record a demo on his iPad and send it to his producer, who is a senior music production major at the University of New Haven. Lyrics from the song “No Wor-ries” read: “Yesterday was tough, you couldn’t stop thinking Your feet were on the ground but you felt yourself sinking.” The name of his group is “Profes-sional Grade.” You can expect the album to be released next spring for free on soundcloud, YouTube and on their Facebook page. Until then, you can watch Me-lillo perform live on March 26 at the Hall Council talent show, or at Alpha Sigma Tau’s Rockathon on April 11. Mackenzie Scibetta can be reached at [email protected].

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Haitian Organization Promoting Education to host 9th annual masquerade ball

The Haitian Coat of Arms reads: “L'Union Fait La Force" which translates to "Union Makes Strength." The Haitian Organiza-tion Promoting Education (HOPE) group seeks to embody strength and unity. The HOPE organization will be holding its 9th annual Masquerade Ball on Sunday April 10 at 8 p.m. The ball celebrates the 10th anniversary of the HOPE organiza-tion at Seton Hall. It is a black and white masquerade event, open to all students. Nethaniah Josma, senior economics major and president of HOPE, explains that the event will be filled with excitement. “It is a social event that will highlight key parts of the Haitian culture and re-flect on the things HOPE has done on and off-campus,” said Josma. The event seeks to provide a fun and in-formative experience that revolves around the culture of Haiti. Isadorah Plaisimond, a senior majoring in diplomacy and econom-ics is the vice president of HOPE. The masquerade ball features a unity of all cultures to “collaborate with other student organizations in order to create a multicul-tural ambiance all the while concentrating on Haiti’s essence,” said Plaisimond. The ball will be preceded by a week of fun and culturally relevant events; the week has been appropriately deemed “Haiti Week.” On Tuesday, April 7, the program will

focus on what makes Haiti beautiful and an appealing tourist destination, according to Josma. It will be held in the Beck Rooms at 8 p.m. On Wednesday, April 8, there will be an interesting discussion on the ongoing ten-sion between Haiti and the Dominican Republic in A&S 109 at 8:30 p.m. On Thursday, April 9, the Evolution of Dance & Music in Haiti will be highlighted in the Beck Rooms at 8 p.m. The week will conclude with the ball. With the black-and-white dress code, awards will be given to best dressed male and female, according to Josma. New to the organiza-tion, Giovanni Paul, a freshman special and elementary education major, expressed en-thusiasm for the anticipated event. “It will be a night that is full of great mu-sic, food, performances and company,” said Paul. “Every year the HOPE Ball has been memorable and I’m sure that this year’s ball will be our best one yet because we have worked so hard to ensure an unforgettable night.” The doors will open for the event at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Lounge and students can purchase tickets for $10 online at 9thHO-PEBall.eventbrite.com. The HOPE organi-zation embodies not only the Haitian mot-to, but the University’s ideal of community and utilizes a smaller student body to come together in unity. Kelly Zarnowski can be reached at [email protected].

For over 15 years Seton Hall students have participated in DOVE’s “Adopt-A-Grand-parent” program, traveling to nursing homes and realizing the importance of building relationships with the elderly. This year DOVE is extending the program in a new way and inviting elderly neighbors of South Orange to come to campus for a SHU-hosted prom. Ritzie Lespinas, a SHU senior, is looking forward to attending the event and con-necting with the elderly. “Some of them are not fortunate enough to have family contact or visit them,” said Lespinas. “It makes me happy to know that they appreciate me simply being present and engaging with them.” Every year DOVE hosts a senior prom in the fall at the Whitehouse Nursing Home for the residents there. This event will branch out further and be hosted in the Chancellor’s Suite for any elderly neighbors of Seton Hall to attend. Michelle Peterson, director of DOVE, said they are planning on having approxi-mately 100 people attend the prom. “The Seniors Prom is an exciting way for seniors to gather, listen to music from the

‘40s and ‘50s, socialize and enjoy an after-noon on campus,” Peterson said. Freshman Jaquelin Rivas-Tejada is hoping that everyone enjoys the event. “I'm really excited to see all the seniors dressed up and ready to hit the dance floor,” Rivas-Tejada said. “I think it'll be a perfect environment to engage with them and get to know new people.” Peterson emphasized the importance for students to engage and learn from the el-derly. “Senior citizens carry so much knowl-edge, love and experience,” Peterson said. “It is important for us to show them how much we care about them and how much they have to offer our students.” The “Adopt-a-Grandparent” program which takes students to the local nursing home is one of DOVE’s most successful weekly programs. The relationships built there are ones that help both the seniors and the students. “Relationships with our elders are import-ant because they have lived through a lot and we can always learn something, wheth-er it's big or small,” Rivas-Tejada said. The event will be held on Sunday, April 12 in the Chancellor’s Suite. Siobhan McGirl can be reached at [email protected].

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PIRATE LIFE March 26, 2015

Nisha DesaiStaff Writer

News org. gives voice to SHU women

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Courtsey of Her CampusHer Campus, a news organization geared toward collegiate women, will launch on March 31.

A news organization that has been tak-ing the nation by storm is Her Campus, a Chapter of the International Online Com-munity for College Women which will launch at Seton Hall University on March 31. The organization was founded at SHU by campus correspondents Rebecca Gramuglia and Rachel Wyncoop. They were initially fans of the Her Cam-pus and believed that extending it to the University could benefit the collegiate women on campus. “As the new semester begins, having an academic institution like Seton Hall con-tributing to Her Campus on a regular basis should be a tremendous resource for our growing audience,” said Stephanie Kaplan, Her Campus CEO and Co-Founder. The new chapter involves online publica-tions which specialize in relating to college students and women across the country. It will provide students, especially col-lege journalists, subjects to write about Her Campus features such as style, health, beau-ty. career and other content. The new chapter will allow young women

to publish content that speaks directly to women which can be considered a women’s lifestyle publication on campus. “This organization can really highlight the Seton Hall community and unite us as a whole,” Wyncoop said. “We want stu-dents from all different parts of the SHU community to be a part of Her Campus so we think it will really bring us all together.” The online publication will be different to established on-campus news publica-tions because it will not entirely focus on publishing all content related to Seton Hall.

“Her Campus has content which is spe-cialized toward us and really provides fun and interesting things to read,” Wyncoop said. “There is no other publication that can cater to us in any similar way.” Her Campus is an internationally popular online and offline community for college women which features a variety of content. College journalists who are involved in Her Campus have been offered jobs and intern-ships with popular news organizations and magazines. The online community’s foundation

prides itself in providing women a voice and defines the collegiate as “a college woman who is on top of her game – strategically career- minded, distinctly fashionable, so-cially connected, academically driven and smartly health-conscious, who endeavors to get the most of her college experience on every level.” Interested students should contact Gramuglia or Wyncoop through their stu-dent emails. Nisha Desai can be reached at [email protected].

College opens up many doors for students to explore new ideas, broaden their sense of self and enhance their cultural diversi-ty. Nathan Mohler, a senior marketing and sport management major, wanted to spark people’s interest in traveling, which resulted in the creation of his blog, “The Tall Trav-eller.” According to Mohler, his blog focuses on personal experiences while traveling around the world. “I write about cities, unconventional peo-ple I encounter, travel tips and any unusual experiences I face,” said Mohler. “I once sat next to an 81-year-old world traveler on a flight and wrote a post about the lessons she taught me.” Mohler started his blog last October using Wix.com as his blog’s platform. He said that his blog is still in its early

stages. He is currently building his blog “to allow readers to share their own interesting experiences or submit any questions they might have.” According to Mohler, “The Tall Traveller” is updated every few weeks because of his

limited ability to travel during the semester. However, he is planning an upcoming trip that he said he hopes will add to his blog. “Next year I am planning on backpack-ing and traveling for longer periods of time, to non-mainstream and unheard of places

which hopefully will crank up the blog to new heights,” Mohler said. “I’ll then be posting multiple times a week.” According to Mohler, “The Tall Traveler” aims to expose people to “non-mainstream” places worth visiting. “The blog, if anything, will inspire readers to learn about places, ideas and people they may not be familiar with,” he added. Mohler said that his blog has yet to touch on all of the places he has visited. He said that he hopes that the blog “will turn into a legitimate source for everything on travel.” “I keep sharing stories to inspire people to travel more and challenge them to become aware of just how much diversity the world out there has to offer,” he said. For more information about “The Tall Traveller” visit: www.thetalltraveller.com Rachel Hassett can be reached at [email protected].

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ver Spring Break, I reconnected with my high school journalism teacher. She has been my role model since

my junior year of high school, over four years ago.

When I think of times when I felt inspired by her, I always re-member her telling me about her collegiate years. She said very few women went to college, graduated and then got jobs. She worked in the field before deciding to inspire students in high school. Today I am proud to be a part of the gen-eration that is breaking the glass ceiling.

As I reflected on this, I remem-

O bered scrolling through Instagram one Sunday earlier this month. Women my age and older were posting pictures with other wom-en and inspiring quotes about de-termination and aspirations they have for the past, present and fu-ture. Soon I realized that Sunday, March 8, was International Wom-en’s Day. Why did I not know about this day before?

According to international-womensday.com, it is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women of past and future gen-erations.

Specifically, this year marked the 104th observance of Interna-

tional Women’s Day.Until now, it has never crossed

my mind to look up what this day is about a n d why we r e c o g -nize the

achievements of women in this way.

When I asked my friends that posted about it how they found out about Women’s Day, they told me how they found out about it online and in class discussions. As I thought more about it, I found

it more and more absurd that it was not celebrated more in this country.

In the past decades, women have made an everlasting im-pact on this country and the whole world. Through poli-

tics and corporate settings, we have broken the barri-er that kept us away from success.

Other countries have celebrat-ed this day with strikes, move-ments and revolutions.

In Copenhagen, they honor the movement for women’s rights and build more support for uni-

Amanda BoyerHow I see it

versal suffrage. Beijing has con-ferences and a month long cele-bration. In countries like Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, Interna-tional Women’s Day is a national holiday.

Although the United States has minor celebrations for Wom-en’s Day, the country should be celebrating the role women in a much bigger way. We should be celebrating the accomplishments of the dignified, inspired and suc-cessful women we call our friends, classmates, professors and family.

Amanda Boyer is a senior public relations major from Hillsborough, N.J. and can be reached at [email protected].

atch what you say, because it will most likely come back to bite you later.

In a generation full of spontaneous tweets, posts, whatever, we are seeing more and more the complete ability for foolishness to just flow out of peo-ple’s mouths. Sometimes it’s even unintentional.

Rapper Azealia Banks (who?) got pretty serious about her opin-ions in a recent interview with Playboy magazine on her true views of the United States of America.

Banks completely ripped the country she lives in.

In the interview she said, “I hate everything about this coun-

W try. Like, I hate fat white Amer-icans.”

Really? Okay.Banks elaborated more on the

people of this country, particu-larly those fat white Americans she labels, as “conservative white people who live on their farms” who are “the real fat and meat of America.”

Okay.The interview then moved to a

much more touchy topic, that of racial tension.

Banks demanded that black people “need reparations for building this country.”

She said, “we deserve way more f***ing credit and respect.”

Respect? Azealia Banks wants respect. From who? The white

Americans she just called fat? From the people of the country she just said she hates everything about?

T h e U n i t e d States of A m e r i c a has been engu l f ed by racial t e n s i o n for the past couple of years, stem-ming from Trayvon Martin all the way to the more recent cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in New York.

But that part of the interview is not even what makes me the most upset, because Banks has made it clear in the past she was

unhappy with racial violence in the country.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and as a result, can voice those opinions based on

how they feel.

But it was her re-marks about the coun-

try that really stirred up the attitude I had to-wards the interview.

You want to bash the people of the country, fine. But keep in mind they’re the ones who have contributed to your album sales over the years.

But to rip the country you not only live in, but the one that

David HeimHow I see it

gave you your start in the music industry back in 2008, the one that protects you today, and the one that will protect you as long as you live in it.

That might not be very long, actually.

Also in the interview with Playboy, after Banks was done tearing apart the country she lives in and her fellow Americans, she was asked if she wants to leave the U.S.

“Yes!” Banks said.Good, pack up and go. I didn’t

even know who you were until I saw the interview.

David Heim is a junior jour-nalism major from Rosell Park, N.J. and can be reached at [email protected].

Fans can say whatever they want about Kevin Willard, but one thing they cannot knock the Seton Hall coach for is his ability to recruit.

Willard, who will enter his sixth season at the helm of the Hall’s men’s program next year, has landed another sought-after name in Myles Carter.

A three-star player, Willard was able to sway Carter out of St. Rita High School in Chica-go, Ill., from Providence and hometown DePaul, both conference rivals. A “well-developed prospect,” according to ESPN, Carter should serve as a nice addition to Seton Hall’s front-court next year.

The power forward, who praised Willard’s style of interacting with players, is not the first major recruit the coach has brought in.

While other incoming freshmen Dalton Soffer and Veer Singh have received mix emo-tions, Willard turned heads across the country with what he was able to accomplish last recruiting season.

Prior to what turned out to be a disastrous 2014-15 season, Willard was praised for deliv-ering Seton Hall a consensus top-15 recruiting class.

Isaiah Whitehead, an undisputed five-star recruit in high school, picked Seton Hall over perennial NCAA powerhouses like Kentucky, Kansas, Arizona and Louisville.

Angel Delgado was a four-star pickup and went on to win Big East Rookie of the Year. Khadeen Carrington turned down St. John’s, SMU, Iowa State and UConn before deciding South Orange was the place for him.

Desi Rodriguez, who many considered nothing more than part of a package deal to land Whitehead, proved to be a serviceable player with room to grow this past year.

For all of that, Willard deserves much of the credit.He also deserves credit for bringing in Sterling Gibbs, who transferred from the University

of Texas two years ago. While the guard has dealt with some non-basketball issues, No. 4’s play on the court has

been spectacular at times if not at the very least consistent.Willard also nabbed Jaren Sina two recruiting seasons ago.While he may not have lived up to the billing before transferring from Seton Hall this

past year, Sina was dubbed a four-star point guard when he signed on with the Pirates back in 2013.

Willard has proved that Seton Hall has some pull overseas as well, enlisting foreign players like Patrick Auda, Tom Maayan and Haralds Karlis.

Of course, it is Willard’s influence in the New York and New Jersey areas that have made the biggest difference for SHU, as Whitehead, Delgado, Carrington, Rodriguez, Gibbs, Sina, Michael Nzei, Ishmael Sanogo and Fuqaun Edwin were all local talents.

Look, there is plenty to be criticize Willard about. His 30-61 record in Big East play speaks for itself and much controversy has surrounded

the Pirates’ locker room these past two years, highlighted by an epic collapse this season after being ranked the nation’s 19th-best team at one point.

Some fans have labeled him a poor Xs and Os guy while others have voiced their com-plaints over how he handles himself on the sidelines.

With all that said, even the most outspoken and irrational Willard detractors cannot argue that the coach is one heck of a salesman when it comes to Seton Hall basketball.

Unfortunately, Willard’s successful sales pitches have resulted in little winning on the court. Sooner, not later, that is going to have to change.

He cannot just hang his hat on his recruiting skills forever, no matter how strong they may be.

Gary Phillips is a sophomore journalism major from Ramsey, N.J. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @GPhillips2727.

SPORTS March 26, 2014

“I could not be prouder of Didi and Janee. In my 23 years of coaching, I don’t think I’ve been prouder of

two ladies.”Tony Bozzella, WBB head coach, on his seniors

Sports quote of the week

THROUGH OUR EYESSports staff 2015 MLB predictions

AL EastRed Sox

AL CentralIndians

AL WestAngels

NL East Nationals

NL CentralCardinalsNL WestDodgers

AL Wild CardTigers, YankeesNL Wild CardPadres, Giants

World SeriesNationals over Red Sox

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AL EastRed Sox

AL CentralIndians

AL WestAngels

NL East Nationals


AL Wild CardTigers, MarinersNL Wild CardGiants, Pirates

World SeriesRed Sox over Dodgers

4-2

Neal McHaleSports Copy Editor

AL EastRed Sox

AL CentralTigers

AL WestMarinersNL East Nationals

NL CentralCubs

NL WestPadres

AL Wild CardAngels, IndiansNL Wild Card

Mets, Diamondbacks

World SeriesNationals over Mariners

4-1


AL EastRed Sox

AL CentralTigers

AL WestAngels

NL East Nationals


AL Wild CardMariners, Yankees

NL Wild CardMarlins, Padres

World SeriesNationals over Angels

4-2

Willard continues to win on recruiting trail

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Four Big East players were among the 52 candidates selected by the Women’s Basketball Coach-es Association as All-Region nomi-nees for the 2015 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team. The selection committee will tab the 10-member WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team from the list of All-Region nominees, to be announced during the NCAA Women’s Final Four on April 4.

The selection committee uses an equation to determine a fair number of nominees from each region. The number of Division I institutions in each region is di-vided by the number of Division I institutions overall to determine a percentage for each region. This percentage is then multiplied by 52 (the total number of desired finalists) to get the number of fi-nalists for each region. There are eight regions. For the full list of All-Region nominees, click HERE.

Three of the four BIG EAST honorees finished their 2014-15 seasons in the NCAA Tourna-ment, including Big East Player of the Year Brittany Hrynko. Hryn-ko became the first Player of the Year out of DePaul and led the Blue Demons to the NCAA Tour-nament Second Round in 2015.

Seton Hall enjoyed a histor-ic season in 2014-15 with Dai-sha Simmons and Ka-Deidre Simmons leading the charge.

For the first time since 1995, the Pirates earned a bid into the NCAA Tournament and re-turned to the national polls.

Along with Hrynko, Aliyyah Handford of St. John’s made the WBCA All-Region list for the second consecutive season.

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BY THE NUMBERSJunior tennis standout Isabell Klin-gert is 13-1 as an individual this spring and picked up her second Big East win in as many appearances in Sunday’s victory over Villanova. The win was the seventh in a row for The Hall over the Wildcats. Klingert has lost four sets in 14 spring matches.

PIRATE AWARDS CORNERWBCA All-Region Team (Region I): Ka-Deidre Simmons, Gr. Point Guard

Daisha Simmons, Gr. GuardBig East Baseball Player of the Week:

Zach Weigel, Jr. Left FielderBig East Baseball Honor Roll:Shane McCarthy, Fr. PitcherTowson Invitational

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Seton Hall Club Hockey2015 Schedule

Date Game TimeThurs., March 26 Boland Cave vs. Blues Brothers 5:00

Thurs., March 26 Alpha Kappa Psi vs. Dustin’s Angels 5:30

Thurs., March 26 Alpha Omicron Pi vs. Cool Runnings 6:00

Thurs., March 26 Rocky Kickers vs. Salerno FC 6:30

Thurs., March 26 Kicked Off Campus vs. We Ain’t Lion 7:00

Thurs., March 26 Diplo FC vs. Blue Falcons 7:30

Thurs., March 26 Green Street vs. Space Jammerz 8:00

Thurs., March 26 PC15 vs. FLASH 8:30

Thurs., March 26 Picked Last vs. Tecza Turf 9:00

Fri., March 27 AGD vs. Last Hope 5:00

Fri., March 27 Young Raheem vs. D Phi E 5:30

Fri., March 27 Los Minorities vs. Alpha Sig 6:00

Fri., March 27 Air Goodman vs. Stem Boys 6:30

Fri., March 27 Elite vs. Tortoise DeGea 7:00

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The men’s golf team returns to action this weekend in Gra-sonville, Md., to compete in the Whiting-Turner Towson Invita-tional.

The team hasn’t competed since the Neville Kovacs Intercollegiate on Feb., 24. There the Pirates fin-ished seventh overall.

Junior Ryan Snouffer helped the Pirates, finishing with a tie for 10th place overall.

He shot a 1-over-par, 73, in round three to end the 54-hole event at even par.

His 73-70-73-216 shot helped him to finish just nine strokes behind the individual champion, Arizona State’s Broc Johnson. His 10th place tie is the fourth top-10 finish in seven tournaments since joining the Pirates at the start of the year.

Other standouts for the Pirates included sophomore Lloyd Jeffer-son Go and senior J.T. Harper. Go started on the fifth hole, and bogeyed at the seventh, finishing his afternoon with 15 straight pars.

Go’s 1-over-par, 73, put him at 3-over-par for the tournament and a tie for 14th place among 100 individual collegiate golfers. He finished with a 75-71-73-

219. Harper was also consistent throughout the three-day tourna-ment.

The senior shot a 2-over-par, 74, in round three to finish at 5-over-par for the event. Harper tied for 22nd place overall with a 73-74-74-221.

“He’s (Snouffer) been playing well, JT and LJ have also been playing really well,” head coach Clay White said. “I think any of these guys can step up and lead, but those three guys have shown the most in the past tourna-ments.”

It’s been a month since the Pirates have competed, but that hasn’t put a hold on the team’s schedule, which has been active.

“Over Spring Break, we went to California for a week to practice which went really well but since we’ve been back we’ve been most-ly working out here in the field house and in the golf room work-ing on hitting and chipping,” White said. “It’s been difficult since we haven’t gotten a chance to really practice outside.”

The team has played this tour-nament for the past 11 years, win-ning it in 2012.

“It’ll be interesting to see how the guys play with not hitting off grass in a couple of weeks,” White said.

Teams that the Pirates will be

up against include in-state rivals Rutgers, St. Peter’ University and Fairleigh Dickinson. Other schools among the 23 competing include Fairfield University, Iona College and Lehigh University.

To be successful this weekend,

White said he’ll need to avoid big numbers.

“We’re going to need to be able to get around the course without making big numbers. Managing the numbers and being able to shoot in the 290s will really help.”

The two-day tournament will run through the weekend, begin-ning on Saturday, March 28.

Olivia Mulvihill can be reached at [email protected].

Men’s golf returns to links at Whiting-Towson

Photo courtesy of Seton Hall AthleticsJunior Ryan Snouffer shot 1-over-par, 73, at the Neville Kovacs Intercollegiate last month. The Pirates finished seventh in their last outing.

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Tony Bozzella has had his fair share of tough days in the office in his first two seasons.

That may seem hard to believe, considering that the Seton Hall women’s basketball program has gone from an 11-win team in 2012-13 to an NCAA Tourna-ment team this year, but it’s true.

All along the way, through-out the highs and the lows, two players, Ka-Deidre Simmons and Janee Johnson, have particularly helped Bozzella in his efforts to rise the Hall back onto the na-tional stage of college basketball.

“I could not be prouder of Didi (Simmons) and Janee (Johnson),” Bozzella said. “In my 23 years of coaching, I don’t think I’ve been prouder of two ladies. They never quit on me, even in the toughest times when I came in.”

When Bozzella came in, he dealt with some contrasting per-sonalities that did not think he had what it took to take the Pi-rates to the next level.

“We really felt as if we were starting to turn the corner un-der Anne (Donovan),” Simmons said. “Seeing her leave was really tough, and having somebody who had never coached in the Big East

before left us second guessing. But when I met Coach B, I grew confident again that we could get to where we wanted to be.”

Donovan was at the helm for SHU until leaving for the WN-BA’s Connecticut Sun at the con-clusion of the 2012-13 campaign.

Simmons has become a two-time All-Big East First Team play-er under Bozzella, and leads the program in all-time assists and free throws and is among the best in all-time scoring.

“With a great athletic program, and a great athletic director, he (Pat Lyons) brought in a perfect coach,” Simmons said.

As for Johnson, who started at Duke before transferring to Gulf Coast Community College, the pathway to Seton Hall was a long one, but she has made a huge im-pact on and off the court.

“There are not many players in my time as a coach that have also made an impact on who I am as a person,” Bozzella said. “Janee is one of those people. She was hon-est and up front with me from the start of our relationship. It’s always great to hear things from a players’ perspective. And Janee has always shared that and carried a sense of pride with her that I want to continue to create out of our players for this program.”

“He truly is amazing,” Johnson said. “I never thought the day would come where we would be playing in the NCAA Tourna-ment, at least in my time at Seton Hall. To have had that opportuni-ty is something I’ll never forget.”

As for the future of the pro-gram, Bozzella knows it’s going to be hard losing four starters and trying to keep things on the right track going into next year.

“Twenty-eight wins is an amaz-ing achievement, and it’s one that we will never forget,” the Big East Coach of the Year said. “We aren’t honestly looking for a 28-win sea-son, but I’m looking for new lead-ers to step in and bring the type of identity to the program that Didi and Janee brought.”

John Fanta can be reached at [email protected].

Simmons’, Johnson’s impact extends beyond their years

Kenneth Cook/Staff PhotographerSeniors Ka-Deidre Simmons (top) and Janee Johnson (bottom) have both earned high praise from head coach Tony Bozzella.


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Baseball stymies Lafayette, offense stays hot

The Seton Hall Pirates (9-10) baseball team notched their ninth with of the season with an 8-3 vic-tory over the Lafayette Leopards (2-9) on Wednesday at Owen T. Carroll Field.

After scoring one run through three innings, the bats came alive for the Pirates in the fourth inning where they tacked on three runs to take a commanding 4-0 lead. Designated hitter Mikael-Ali Mo-gues reached first after being hit by a pitch, catcher Alex Falconi then hit a single through the left side advancing Mogues to third. Two batters later and after Fal-coni stole second sophomore re-serve Joe Poduslenko stepped up to the plate. Poduslenko nailed a two-RBI triple to deep right center scoring both Mogues and Falconi. Poduslenko was able to score on a sacrifice fly from Zach Weigel on the next at bat.

While not an everyday starter Poduslenko’s production was to be expected according to head coach Rob Sheppard.

“Yeah we did that’s why we put him in they started a left handed pitcher. Joe has been platooning in the outfield and this was an oppor-tunity for him to get out there and he did a good job for us,” Shep-pard said.

Poduslenko finished the day 2-3 with 2 RBI’s.

On the mound for the Pirates was senior Anthony Elia. The

south paw went four innings with four strikeouts and no earned runs.

The Hall was able to tack on two more runs in the sixth inning with Weigel’s two-RBI single up the middle.

The Pirates added two more insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth by way of sloppy play from the Leopards. Derek Jen-kins scored an unearned run on a Kyle Grimm single, and Grimm then scored an unearned run on a throwing error that advanced two other batters.

Despite the eight runs scored by the Pirates, defense is what coach Sheppard noted.

“They had some extra base hits with nobody on base, we played some pretty good defense, and we had a nice relay in the game. As long as we are playing defense and they were coming up with hits with nobody on base it kind of minimized what they were doing with the bats,” Sheppard said.

Matt Leon came in to relieve Elia in the fifth allowing one earned during his four innings of work when he walked home a run in the top half of the sixth.

The Leopards ninth inning rally came up short as they only came up with two runs off of Se-ton Hall’s Sam Burum. The Pirates will be back on the field on Friday as they host Farleigh Dickinson at Owen T. Carroll Field. First pitch is set for 4:00 p.m.

Matthew Zeigafuse can be reached at [email protected].

Matthew ZeigafuseStaff Writer

Big man Myles Carter is now the third player to join Seton Hall’s 2015 recruiting class.

The power forward out of Chi-cago Ill., announced his verbal commitment to the program on his Twitter profile Monday night.

“It’s official, I’ve committed to Seton Hall University,” Carter tweeted.

When asked why the South Orange college was right for him, Carter praised various aspects of the program.

“I just felt like they had a really great coaching staff,” he said Tues-day in a phone interview with The Setonian. “I liked the atmosphere of the school; academic-wise they really help their players on and off the court… I got a chance to see them play and they really played hard. That’s why I like Coach (Kevin) Willard. He’s always pushing his players.”

Carter expanded on Willard, saying the soon-to-be sixth year head coach’s style made an impact on him.

“He basically lets you know you’re going to work,” Carter said. “I’ve seen the way he pushes them in practice and everything like that. You know, that’s what I want; to get better. Playing for Coach Willard I’ll get better. He pushes you and he’s going to

make you an all-around better person too.”

Carter, who officially visited Seton Hall in November, said that Isaiah Whitehead also contacted him throughout the recruitment process.

The 14th-highest rated am-ateur in Chicago, Carter played high school ball for St. Rita of Cascia High School. A three-star recruit according to Rivals.com, he will join Dalton Soffer and Veer Singh in the Hall’s incoming rookie class.

The Pirates were not the only Big East team to make a pitch to Carter, as DePaul and Providence both extended offers.

Memphis and VCU were among the other notable schools to show interest.

Carter, who is interested in studying business, comes from one of the better high school pro-grams in the country.

With four Division 1-bound players, the Mustangs certainly did their part to uphold Chicago’s reputation as a breeding ground for basketball talent in 2014.

At 6-foot-9-inches and 220 pounds, Carter’s size will give SHU some much needed help in the frontcourt. Big East Rookie of the Year Angel Delgado received little help down low this past season, and that was with depart-ing senior Brandon Mobley still around. With Mobley gone, the Pirates were desperate for another

big man.According to ESPN Insid-

er’s scouting report, Carter has the potential to be a force in the paint.

“A big body with a broad frame and ample strength in both his upper and lower body, Carter has the physical tools to be very productive on the interior,” the report stated. “He doesn’t mind contact inside the lane and gives a fairly wide target when posting up. He has more ability to pass out of the post than most young bigs and will also run the floor with long strides. Defensively, he protects the rim aggressively, chal-lenging shots and dribble drivers alike.”

As for his weaknesses, ESPN does go on to say that the 17-year-old is still raw offensive-ly, but overall believes Carter is “a well-developed prospect.”

“I really want to work on get-ting stronger, working on my legs, start running,” Carter said when asked what he wanted to improve upon. “My all-around game, working on trying to knock down that little mid-range jumper, my post game.”

With the addition of Car-ter, Seton Hall now has just one scholarship left for the 2015 cam-paign. Seton Hall is known to be recruiting Ray Kasongo, a junior college forward.

Gary Phillips can be reached at [email protected].

Hey Mr. Carter

Photo courtesy of Twitter (@mcmoxli)Three-star recruit Myles Carter verbally announced Monday he will come to Seton Hall next year.


Kenneth Cook/Staff Photographer Junior Zach Weigel had three RBI in Wednesday’s 8-3 victory over Lafayette. He has been named Big East Player of the Week.

Men’s basketball get verbal agreement from three-star Chicago recruit

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