The Setonian - Issue 17

Beatles came to

States 50 years ago

SuperNova weekend

for the Hall

Crazy over

nuggets

In Pirate Life, Page 5

In Sports, Page 11

In News, Page 4

Amanda Boyer/Staff PhotographerA brave community member walks through the snow and slush on Monday, when Seton Hall closed for the first time this week.

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Week’s second snow day causes frustrating cancellations

February 6, 2014

Clayton CollierStaff Writer

Snow doubt about it

Amanda Boyer/Staff PhotographerStudents walk past the library in the snow on Monday.

Two snow days in a week are making a mess of stu-dent schedules and University maintenance.

Students enrolled in cours-es that meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, as well as those in night classes, have now missed a full week.

Sophomore Tyler Good-hue, who has four such class-es, said that although it is nice to be able to have a day off, sometimes the weather is more problematic.

“I was happy on Monday because it was a nice break, but today I am kind of annoyed be-cause I am realizing how much more work I am going to have to put in within the next week and a half,” Goodhue said.

University maintenance

crews worked in shifts through-out the night in an attempt to have the sidewalks, parking lots and campus roadways cleared.

General maintenance me-chanic Frank Murano said that clearing all the ice and snow is no easy task.

“I’ve been out here since 5 o’clock in the morning,” said Murano as he shoveled salt in front of the University Center entrance. “When we got up we had like 4 inches between snow and ice, and we’ve been at it ever since.”

“It’s a lot of work, it’s a big campus, but I think we do a pretty good job overall,” he said.

Ice also created an unfors-een hazard.

Large chunks of falling ice forced the University to block off the ground-floor entrance to the Walsh Library, a safe-

ty measure sophomore Steve Hausmann appreciated.

“It’s kind of dangerous, but I’m glad they took the precau-tions needed to make sure no

one gets hit with an icicle,” Hausmann said.

Clayton Collier can be reached at [email protected].

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Photo courtesy of www.justjared.comBruno Mars and The Red Hot Chili Peppers perform at the Pepsi Halftime Show.

Lindsay RittenhouseNews Editor

Noora BadwanStaff Writer

The University accepted $10,000 from Investors Founda-tion, which will support the Non-profit Sector Research Institute, a branch of the Center for Public Service.

Audrey Winkler, who was re-cently named director of the Insti-tute, said the Institute appreciates the “continuing friendship” of the Investors Foundation.

“I look forward to working closely with the Foundation, and with all our donors and partners, as I begin my first year with the Institute,” Winkler said.

He is a nonprofit organiza-tional management consultant and an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Seton Hall.

The Institute offers research opportunities and support ser-vices for nonprofit organizations in New Jersey and around the country through collaboration with other organizations national-ly. It also offers executive training to those who are looking to get involved with nonprofit organiza-tions. It can be reached at [email protected].

Noora Badwan at [email protected].

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Student cast in Super Bowl halftime show

Senior Alyssa Warren cheered on Bruno Mars and The Red Hot Chili Peppers up close and per-sonal at the Super Bowl.

Warren said she was cast as a fan in the Super Bowl halftime show after her volleyball coach at Seton Hall forwarded her an email sent from the casting director. The director sought out groups at the University to participate.

“At first I was not going to do it because I didn’t really think it would be possible,” Warren said. “I didn’t think I could get a group of people to do it. After some thought, I decided to contact my teammates and some other ath-letes to ask if they were interest-ed.”

She said as group leader she was responsible for gathering in-formation from all her teammates to sign them up and make sure they could make rehearsals. Four-teen other athletes participated.

“The initial signup was just for groups who were interested, but

it did not guarantee we would be picked,” Warren said. “We then waited and they told us that we got picked.”

She said she had to attend three mandatory rehearsals, the first at Morristown Armory, the second and third at MetLife.

According to Warren, every-one had to practice which tunnels to go in and out of, where to run, the timing of everything, having energy, right placement on line and on the field, and also listening to the music so could learn some of the words.

She said a highlight of the show was meeting Flea and Chris Rock.

“To me it almost feels like it never happened because we were escorted during the game, went on during halftime and were es-corted back before the game was even over,” Warren said. “So it seems like a dream.”

Warren said her favorite moment was a combination of waiting in the tunnels and the unknown of what the actual per-formance would be like.

“Running onto the field and

hearing them announce the Pepsi Halftime show and then cheering for the artists was the best part of the whole thing,” Warren said. “I always watched the halftime show and wondered how those people had the opportunity to be in it, but now I know and I got to be in that position.”

She said being a part of the

show was even better because she got to share it with friends.

“I still cannot believe that we were 6 feet from the stage in front of millions of people for such an iconic event,” Warren said. “I will never forget it.”

Lindsay Rittenhouse can be reached at [email protected].

NEWSFeb. 6, 2014 PAGE 3

Danielle AdamkiewiczStaff Writer

Popmoney events come to campus

Lindsay RittenhouseNews Editor

Construction to start on parking deck, U-Center

expected in a year

Cristin Johnson (2009) is the first female president of Seton Hall’s Young Alumni Club.

As a founding member, Johnson was voted in as president after former president, Chris Sprague served his term. Johnson oversees the Young Alumni Club’s operations and planning.

Johnson helps with events such as the Young Alumni reunions at Bar A, scavenger hunts and the annual Young Alumni Christ-mas dinner.

In addition, she recruits recent alumni, speaks at on-campus events and represents the club on the Alumni Board of Directors.

Johnson said the overall goal of the Young Alumni Club is to promote connections between recent graduates and Seton Hall through a variety of programs designed to foster Pirate Pride, networking and volun-teerism.

Members of the Young Alumni Club had 100 percent participation in donating to the Seton Hall fund, making the group “one of the first organizations on campus that achieved 100 percent True Blue participa-tion,” Johnson said.

Johnson’s leadership extends beyond her involvement with Seton Hall. Each year, cap-tains a team at the Polar Bear Plunge benefit-ting the Special Olympics NJ.

At work she manages a team as a senior ac-count executive at Coyne PR in Parsippany, N.J.

“Coyne is a full-service PR firm, and I work on the consumer lifestyle team representing

the agency’s wine and spirits clients includ-ing Skinnyigrl Cocktails and Sauza Tequila,” Johnson said.

Johnson said she knew her future was in public relations even as a student, where she majored in journalism and public relations, following the PR track.

“Since my junior year at Seton Hall, I had hoped to go into PR--although the agency I work for and the clients I represent are far better than anything I could’ve ever imagined doing,” Johnson said.

Johnson said she hopes to stay at Coyne PR and play an active role with Seton Hall as an alum for many years to come.

Leah Carton can be reached at [email protected].

Kevin Franey/Staff PhotographerConstruction continues on campus.

Leah CartonStaff Writer

Seton Hall Young Alumni Club elects first female president

Cristin JohnsonJohnson was a founding member of the Seton Hall Young Alumni Club.

Black Student Union raises flag at annual ceremony

Steph Novak/ Staff Photographer On Saturday, Feb. 1 the Black Student Union held their annual Black Histo-ry Month Flag Raising Ceremony at the flag pole outside of the University Center. The ceremony ended in the Jubilee Auditorium.

Construction on the parking deck will be-gin at the end of February and is scheduled to be finished by August if everything goes as planned, according to Vice President of Administrations Dennis Garbini and Asso-ciate Vice President of Facilities and Opera-tions John Signorello.

Garbini and Signorello said at the start of this construction period, big slabs of mate-rial will have to be transported onto campus every 30 minutes for about six weeks.

They said one truck comes in through Ward gate, drops the slab off behind the parking deck and then a half hour later one more truck will come in and so on.

“There will be plenty of traffic control at this time,” Signorello said.

Garbini and Signorello assured this will not cause any serious delays, but asks the Se-ton Hall community to be patient.

“Plan time in your routine and be patient as we improve the campus,” Signorello said.

With priority being placed on adding parking space plus classroom and dorm room space, the University Center construc-tion is being pushed back a year, according to Garbini and Signorello.

Garbini and Signorello said the school needs more fundraising to complete the University Center renovations and the other projects are of a higher importance to get completed at this time.

“It looks as if a minimal of a year, looking how fundraising goes,” Garbini said about the projected start date of the construction.

As for the Aquinas Hall construction, the completion date still stands as August, with the new lobbies, study rooms, windows, fur-niture and painting being the last of the ren-ovations to be done over the summer.

Lindsay Rittenhouse can be reached at [email protected].

Seton Hall students are all familiar with the sight of blue, and most would like to see a little more green in their bank accounts.This month Popmoney is coming to cam-pus with the goal of making Seton Hall a little more orange.

Popmoney is a mobile device and com-puter app that allows users to send pay-ments and receive money with the click of a button anytime, anywhere.

“Popmoney is basically like a virtual wal-let,” said senior Jennifer Crowe. “Instead of fumbling around looking for your wallet, you can just pop out your cell phone.”

Popmoney is also offered at over 1900 banks nationwide.

In order to give students a better idea of what Popmoney is all about, some events will be cosponsored by the University’s PNC throughout the month.

Popmoney events will kick off Feb. 11 by covering campus with orange balloons to represent upcoming activities. The events will continue on Feb. 18 when Popmoney will partner with PNC at a table offering free cake pops to students who have down-loaded the app. On Feb. 20 Popmoney will host a men’s basketball game takeover providing students with another opportu-nity to become aquainted with Popmoney’s

benefits. On Feb.13th in room 124 of Fahy Hall

certified public accountant and award win-ning business attorney, Daniel Crowe, will be a guest speaker discussing how Seton Hall students can be savvy with their fi-nances using Popmoney.

“It is important to stress the issue of be-ing smart with money to students,” Crowe said. “Students will be able to embark on a new digital journey by having the chance to learn about Popmoney’s digital banking.”

The team will also challenge students to find them in their Popmoney shirts on Feb. 25. The first three students will recieve a prize if they show they’ve downloaded the app.

Popmoney will also include a partnership with Dunkin Donuts. For more informa-tion, contact [email protected]

Danielle Adamkiewicz can be reached at [email protected].

“Financial success begins with making the most of your banking experience, and being smart with

your banking.”

Daniel Crowe

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You hurry, hoping to beat the 12:15 lunch rush. Turning the corner in the Caf, you see it and your heart drops. The chicken nugget line is long, as usual, and you fall into the line dejectedly, with what seems like every other student on campus.

The Caf serves chicken nuggets for lunch on Tuesdays, and they are, by far, the most popular item on the menu.

Groups of students have come up with creative ways to beat the rush.

One group of sophomores, Megan Chase, Kristen Drake and Brittany Portee, explained their love of nuggets.

Chicken nuggets are one of those comfort foods that everyone really likes and no one is going to object to, Portee said.

“Chicken nuggets are familiar to everyone, whereas some of the other entrees aren’t as appetizing or satisfying,” she said.

For picky eaters like Chase, chicken nuggets are a special de-light.

“I think they should have them every day, right by the French fries because they are perfect for every college student,” she said.

They both admitted to stand-ing in the chicken nugget line for at least five minutes while

waiting for their favorite meal.The chicken nugget line is also

a social event. Although Drake hasn’t made

any lifelong friends, she has the occasional conversation with her fellow students. “I haven’t made a friend in line,” Drake says, “but I have talked to people I don’t

know. We bond over it because we all love the chicken nuggets.”

The three also have some gripes about the chicken nuggets them-selves.

The chicken nuggets are served in two separate bins, and some-times they aren’t the same, the women said.

However, despite the trifles of the chicken line or type of nug-get, the group said that they en-joy getting to the Caf and having chicken nuggets, even if it is only once a week.

Elena Vitullo can be reached at [email protected].

Kevin Franey/Staff PhotographerStudents wait in line outside of the cafeteria. On Tuesdays, chicken nuggets are the most popular food item on the menu. Students say chicken nuggets at the caf are especially delicious.

What: Free Flick FridayWhen: Friday 7 p.m.Where: Jubilee AuditoriumThe Details: SAB offers another Free Flick Friday. They will be showing “Thor the Dark World.”

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1. Dark HorseKaty Perry ft. Juicy J

2. Timber Pitbull ft. Ke$ha

3. Counting StarsOneRepublic

4. Say SomethingA Great Big World and Christina

Aguilera5. The Monster

Eminem ft. Rihanna6. Talk Dirty

Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz7. Let Her Go

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Music Top 10

February 6, 2014

1. Ride AlongIce Cube, Kevin Hart

2. Frozen Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel

3. That Awkward MomentZac Efron, Miles Teller

4. The Nut JobWill Arnett, Brendan Fraser

5. Lone Survivor Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch

6. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Chris Pine, Kevin Costner

7. Labor DayKate Winslet, Josh Brolin

8. American HustleChristian Bale, Bradley Cooper

9. I, FrankensteinAaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy

10. The Wolf of Wall StreetLeonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill

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1. Super Bowl XLVIIIFOX

2. Super Bowl Postgame FOX

3. New GirlFOX

4. Brooklyn Nine-NineFOX

5. The Big Bang Theory CBS

6. American Idol (Wed.) FOX

7. How I Met Your MotherCBS

8. American Idol (Thu.)FOX

9. 2 Broke GirlsCBS

10. The MillersCBS

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TV Top 10

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Michelle FotiStaff Writer

THE FAB 50

Professors, student reflect on impact of band’s arrival in America

‘Labor Day’ a labor to watch for

unromanticsEmily BalanStaff Writer

There has not been and may never be a band as epic as the Beatles.

That’s the opinion of Dr. Jack Stamps, a music composition professor and songwriter.

“It is hard to imagine how pop music and the concept of the mega-band/star and the develop-ment of live performance might have evolved along a Beatle-less path,” Stamps said.

This year marks the 50th an-niversary of the Beatles’ British Invasion that brought their sound to the states, dazzling crowds ev-erywhere.

George Harrison, John Len-non, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performed live on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in February of 1964 launching Beatlemania.

The Beatles changed the musi-cal landscape of America forever.

“They brought rock ‘n’ roll

to mainstream America,” said Dr. Robert Waters, a music pro-fessor who is teaching a class on the Beatles this semester. “What the Beatles represented culturally helped to change the social fabric of America and Europe.”

The Beatles set the bar for en-try into the music industry, and that entry was not to tip-toe, but to take the industry by storm.

“The Beatles helped to galva-nize a process whereby an artist creates a kind of license to chart their own creative path by ‘break-ing into’ a market,” Stamps said.

The group’s energetic live per-formance are a staple of their leg-acy.

Waters said, “Their raw ener-gy heard in their singing style was electric, and their charismatic per-sonalities went a long way, as in their brilliant collective sense of humor when it came to courting the press.”

“Hey Jude” or the upbeat tune

of “Twist and Shout” may trans-port our parents to days of their youth, but for students, the music is vintage rock.

Freshman Heather Stocking said she grew up listening to the Beatles and said their influence is still evident today.

“I think especially with a lot of indie rock music starting to trend again, the Beatles are definitely an influence,” Stocking said. “They’re one of the bands that no matter the genre, current artists can draw from their music.”

Stamps said his parents claim he could say the words to “Hey Jude,” before he could say any-thing else and he could pick out the single from others lying on the floor.

“I’d like to believe that is all true and it is possible because of how powerful songwriting is,” Stamps said.

Michelle Foti can be reached at [email protected].

Director Jason Reitman takes a solemn turn in the romantic drama “Labor Day.” Known for directing “Up in the Air,” “Juno” and “Thank You for Smoking,” Reitman usually produces cheer-ful movies. “Labor Day,” on the other hand, is serious, somber and intense with a touch of innocence.

This story focuses on a di-vorced single mother and her son who are forced to harbor a fugi-tive. The three days spent over Labor Day weekend show the convict filling the missing piece of the broken family. Adele (Kate Winslet) falls in love with Frank (Josh Brolin), who claims he was wrongfully accused, and his sto-ry is told in flashbacks. It reveals a depth of character that remains even after his years in prison.

The audience cannot blame Adele for coming to love him. He cooks for her, fixes things around the house and fulfills her in a way only a soul mate can. He even acts as a father figure to her son Hen-ry, played by Gattlin Griffith and Tobey Maguire. Henry plays an important role in this film; we see the love story play out through his perspective.

The sorrowful family story is underscored by constant low, sol-emn music. The tone of the mov-ie, from the perspective of a pre-teen boy going through his own sexual awakening, takes it to an unexpected place. Some may see the attempt as artistic, but others might call it creepy.

With so many remakes of old movies and predictable ideas for new ones, it is easy to see why this original idea might liven up a typi-cal romantic drama. However, the boy’s fantasies, while he is discov-ering what it means to be a man, bordered on superficial, which de-tracted from the love story.

This film might appeal to ro-mantics and, perhaps, sensitive teenage boys. However, I recom-mend waiting until it shows up on television; “Labor Day” is some-thing to watch on a rainy Sunday with nothing else to do.

Emily Balan can be reached at [email protected].

On Tuesday evening, The Biggest Loser finale aired. What was supposed to be a celebration quickly stirred into a con-troversy.

The contestant’s transformations are typically hilighted and a winner is crowned. However, focus was quickly shifted to Rachel Frederickson’s star-tling weight loss. The 5-foot-4-inch 24-year-old contestant began her journey on the ranch at 260 pounds only to reveal this week that she weighed just 105. Her BMI is only 18, considerably in the underweight range. As Frederickson emerged, clapping shifted to shock as former contestants and trainers showed concern, even seeming appalled. One finalist from season 13 spoke out that she lost sleep over Frederickson’s appearance.

This season begs two questions: one, how realistic are the expectations placed on contestants, and two, how long was it going to take before a winner lost too much weight? Frederick-

son is the biggest loser in the franchise’s history, but this ac-complishment is far from healthy and far from being a good example.

With Seton Hall University’s version of the Biggest Loser underway, a 10-week competition, the concern is clear. While weight loss goals can be accomplished in a healthy, positive manner and change someone’s life for the better, there are still plenty of dangers associated with a large amount of weight loss in a

short time. The television show sends contestants to “work” for eight hours per day, which consists of working out for that span of time. Any SHU students participating in this or any personal weight loss journey should be self-aware of their thoughts and actions. Healthiness is the goal. Do not let the numbers rule you, and if they start to, ask someone you trust for help. You are your own motivator, so be kind to your body.

Opinion “I haven’t made a friend in line, but I have talked to people I don’t know. We bond over it because we love the

chicken nuggets.”Kristen Drake, sophomore

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We should be students first and social laterThere are two extremes when it

comes to how college students treat school.

One is the way too lackadaisical student who thinks life is a party and Seton Hall a night club. Going to college is actually not all about partying and making friends. Good times come as a perk, but we are all here to better our education and get the piece of paper that says we are worth some-thing in the real world.

The other extreme is the student who eats, breathes, sleeps school work. Sure, take school seriously, but live a little. Make a few bad decisions, stay up all night for a reason other than studying and relax.

Both extremes are wrong.Either you will end up flunking out of

school and wasting a ton of money or you will end up stressed and harming yourself mentally and physically.

It is not the end of the world if you fail one test or get a C on one paper, people are meant to make mistakes. There’s a limit to these mistakes, though. If you are failing every class because you’re so caught up in a social life, then you should probably re-consider your life in general and find out if college is right for you.

College is important and you should

spend time studying and doing work, but you should also not allow yourself to think college is your entire life. Don’t get con-sumed in your work to the point where you can’t have fun at all. Life is only going to get harder, so if you think college is difficult, the real world is going to eat you up and spit you out.

Just always remember the most important things in life. All of them. Family, friends, dedication, a career you love, being the per-son you love. Don’t leave out any of these components because they all make up your life and all deserve the proper balance.

Make good decisions, kids.Lindsay Rittenhouse is a junior journalism

major from Howell, N.J. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Letter to the editor

Valentine’s ‘Project’Obviously, Valentine’s Day is

fast approaching with floods of pink hearts and red Cupids, and of course, boxes of chocolates. I’ve noticed something year after year around this time; people start complaining.

Some people yack at the holi-day, and complain about being single or “forever alone” or how it is a “fake” holiday, and sneer at others.

After all this observation, I came up with my idea, which I call, “Project Love.”

“Project Love” is an idea that I like to offer to these people who hate Valentine’s Day because they do not have a significant other in their life, and to everyone in general. Instead of wasting your thoughts and energy on negative feelings, go out and do something nice for someone else.

Go to the animal shelter and play with the animals, volunteer at a food pantry, donate some old clothes, help an elderly person, make something for your friends, pay for a random person’s dryer in the laundry room instead of leaving their clothes in a wet pile. Even a smile to someone could make an entire day better.

Love is not all about romance and boyfriends or girlfriends; love is about putting something before yourself because it is the most im-portant thing in the world. To me, love can take many forms; it could be the passion one has for their major, friendship, and kindness.

It seems that some people for-get that and believe that they are loveless. Instead of expressing re-sentment and cynicism this Val-entine’s Day, do acts of kindness and express love in that way. The smallest act of kindness can give a light to someone who is in com-plete darkness. Plus, you’ll even feel better about yourself too.

Let’s make this holiday about all forms of love, instead of just obsessive over being single. It might make a better difference in someone’s life. Spread the Love, Chelsea Torres

Editor’s Note: Go to thesetonian.com to view this letter to the editor in its entirety. Portions were omitted due to space constraints.

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SPORTSFeb. 6, 2014 Page 9

DePaul was chosen as the Big East favorite to win the 2014 soft-ball crown as the league announced the coaches’ poll on Wednesday. The Blue Demons, who will serve as the host of the 2014 Big East Softball Championship in May, earned six first-place votes en route to tallying 48 points. Con-ference coaches ranked the teams one through seven and were not allowed to vote for their own pro-grams.

DePaul returns eight starters from the 2013 season in which the Blue Demons went 32-21, includ-ing 16-6 in Big East play. DePaul welcomes back 23-game winner Kirsten Verdun, whose 1.90 ERA ranked fifth in the conference in 2013, while her .371 batting av-erage is best among Blue Demon returners. Verdun is a three-time All-Big East first team selection. Thirty-three year head coach Eu-gene Lenti will look to guide the Blue Demons to their 18th NCAA berth in the last 20 years when they open on Feb. 7 against Maryland in Miami, Fla.

DePaul edged out Big East newcomer Creighton for the top spot, with the Bluejays totaling 44 points and the remaining two first-place votes. CU went 29-18 in 2013, including 15-7 in Missouri Valley play en route to claiming the regular-season title. Twenty-year head coach Brent Vigness wel-comes back 2013 MVC Pitcher of the Year Becca Changstrom, who went 22-9 with a 1.70 ERA. The Bluejays begin their first season of Big East play on Feb. 6 in Tempe, Ariz., against Arizona State and San Jose State.

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Saturday, Feb. 1

Seton Hall 48St. John’s 69

Saturday, Feb. 1

Seton Hall 60 Marquette 62

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVINGJunior Ben Mitchell matched his own school record mark of 326.05 in the team’s Navy Invite on Feb. 2., coming in third in the three-meter diving competition.

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Villanova2 p.m.

Amanda Boyer/Staff PhotographerSophomore Ivan Lingat gets ready to play aggressive defense in an intramural basketball game last week.

Intramural Basketball

BIG EAST STANDINGS1. Creighton 8-1 18-32. Villanova 8-1 20-23. Providence 6-4 16-74. Xavier 5-4 15-75. Marquette 5-5 13-106. Seton Hall 4-5 13-97. Georgetown 4-6 13-98. St. John’s 4-6 14-99. DePaul 2-8 10-1310. Butler 2-8 12-10

NCAAM CONFERENCE OVERALL

Villanova7 p.m.

Georgetown8 p.m.

THURSDAY, FEB. 6

Queen Victory 5:30 p.m. Globo Gym

1 Hoop 6:30 p.m.Athletic Trainers

1 Chocolate Chip Alpha Sigma Phi 8:30 p.m.

Believeland Dot Mon 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, FEB. 7

Kappy Bruskin 1:00 p.m.Bomb Squad

Pirate Alert 2:30 p.m. Toon Squad

PKT Eagles Zeta Psi 4:00 p.m.

Oh God Oh NoManagers 3:00 p.m.

MONDAY, FEB. 10

Old Artestament 5:00 p.m.Wet and Wild

Diplos 6:00 p.m.Alpha Gams

Dumbledore Army Team Extreme 9:00 p.m.

Bomb Squad JR Shoelace Co 8:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12

PKT Eagles 5:30 p.m.Mike Orrico’s

Managers 7:30 p.m.No-J Mayos

5 Guys Diplo 2.0 8:30 p.m.

Ball is Life Flint Tropics 8:00 p.m.

DePaul picked to win Big East softball crown

Marquette7 p.m.

SPORTSPAGE 10 Feb. 6, 2014

Freshman Allison Choi played soccer for Aardsley High School in Westchester, N.Y., and when she realized her only option to play at Seton Hall was on the varsity team, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

“I really wanted to join a soc-cer team, so I asked around and talked to my PA and he said that I would be able to start it up by myself by putting up posters and getting interest through Face-book,” Choi said.

Choi’s efforts were a success. The new women’s club soccer team has 24 members and is prac-ticing this spring in preparation for league play that starts in the fall.

“I was overwhelmed with the

amount of girls who were inter-ested in joining the team,” Choi said.

“They all wanted to play soc-cer but could not because there was no team.”

Choi found some help from sophomore Jordan Scrape, who contacted Associate Athletic Di-rector Kathleen Matta and set up a meeting to discuss the details of starting a club team, such as pric-es, referees, game spaces, practic-es and finding a coach. The team will compete locally against other club teams.

“We’re in a league, but that doesn’t start until the fall because we’re still in our provisional sea-son,” Scrape said. “We play teams like Rutgers, Montclair State, Princeton.”

The team’s coach, who Choi described as “very enthusiastic”, is

Jon Aliaga, a former soccer coach at the high school of two girls on the team; Maura Jones and Isa-belle Sacco.

Since Choi was new to the process, she got in contact with the women’s soccer team at Seton Hall and the men’s club team to get some tips on how to start the

program. The women’s varsity team

donated their old jerseys to the club team and the captain of the men’s club team shared informa-tion about his team to help guide them through the process.

The women’s club soccer team is not the only new sport to start

up recently. Club baseball and volleyball

are also additions to the club sports scene. Seton Hall has also had ice hockey, rugby, lacrosse and men’s soccer to offer as club sports.

Mike can be reached at [email protected].

Photos courtesy of Allison Choi and Jordan ScrapeChoi (left) and Scrape (right) are eager to continue their love for soccer at Seton Hall with the new club soccer team. 24 girls have already decided to follow their lead.

Add women’s soccer to the club

Mike RomanoSports Copy Editor

Student-athletes and alumni are joining forces this semester to see if they’ve got Pirate pride.

The Pirate Pride Challenge, which began Jan. 25, unites cur-rent and former student athletes in a fundraising contest.

Teams will consist of the cur-rent and former athletes in each of their respective sports.

This year the contest will fea-ture an all-new bracket-style for-mat. Teams will compete against each other monthly, and the teams with the highest participa-tion rates advance.

Teams that fail to advance early on will have a chance to compete in a wild card round in March. The six wild card teams will com-pete against each other, with the highest participating team ad-vancing to April’s final four.

The highest participating team will win $5,000. Teams with the most money raised and largest participation improvement from last year to this year will each re-ceive $2,500.

Former student-athletes have been asked to make a minimum donation of $25, while current student-athletes are encouraged to make a minimum $1 donation to participate and compete.

Assistant Athletics Director Jay Judge said he hopes the new format will add some fire to the

competition in its second year.“We hope the new brack-

et-style format will get the com-petitive drives in our current and former student-athletes going and in turn, get more participants and higher fundraising numbers,” Judge said.

This year the competition has been extended to May 31, giving teams the chance to raise partic-ipation throughout the semester.

“We had great success last year, but we wanted to expand it this year to allow all of our teams who are in and out of their seasons the proper amount of time to partici-pate,” Judge said.

“We also hope by extending the challenge we will allow ourselves more time to contact the largest amount of former student-ath-letes as possible.”

One of those former student

athletes is Allie Matters. A 2010 graduate of The Hall, Matters played libero for the women’s volleyball team from 2006-2009. During her time at Seton Hall, Matters was a two-time All-Big East Second-Team selection. She also set multiple records for the school including the single-season and career record in dig marks, which were recently broken by current senior Alyssa Warren.

Today, Matters is an assistant coach for the women’s volleyball team and will be looking to show her Pirate pride this semester.

“Everybody loves competi-tion,” Matters said. “We want to try and beat other teams and have a good experience.

Beyond that, Matters wants to give back to the place where she was able to have an impressive college career as a student-athlete.

“It’s representing yourself and family,” she said. “I returned to coach because of my time at Se-ton Hall.

Judge says involvement to this point has been great.

“We had seven of our 14 teams last year have 100 percent partic-ipation and this year we hope to have all 14 teams have 100 per-cent,” Judge said. “We had a good turnout from our former stu-dent-athletes last year, but know there is room for improvement and we hope the new format will help with that.”

All contributions will be going to the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund, which helps support the athletic department, raising funds for stu-dent-athlete scholarships, upgrad-ing facilities and providing other support systems for student-ath-letes at The Hall.

Donations can be made at www.piratepridechallenge.com.

Neal can be reached at [email protected].

Amanda Boyer/Staff Photographer‘Fear the Beard’ is the latest trend for the Student Club to show their Pirate Pride.

Athletes, alumni meet in fundraising competition Neal McHaleStaff Writer

Underclassmen team up to start club soccer team at SHU

The men’s basketball team will travel to Villanova on Friday to take on Big East rival and No. 9-ranked Wildcats before return-ing to the Prudential Center for three straight home games.

The Pirates are coming off of an impressive road win against Xavier, holding the Musketeers to their lowest scoring total at home all season and snapping their 13-game home win streak.

After the win, the Pirates im-proved to 4-5 in the Big East and 13-9 overall.

They also joined No. 20 Creighton and Villanova as the only Big East teams to win three conference road games.

Senior Fuquan Edwin had three steals in the game against Xavier and scored a team-high 18 points, which helped him land a spot on the Big East Weekly Hon-or Roll earlier this week. The Pi-rates forced 13 turnovers overall.

Sophomore Sterling Gibbs, who also had three steals against Xavier, said that the team has to keep the momentum going.

“It comes down to playing to-gether,” Gibbs said.

“To go to Xavier and win was huge. Now we have to build upon that.”

Villanova, who also played their most recent game against Xavier and came out with a win, is on a four-game win streak, three of which were road wins. The Wildcats are 8-1 in the Big East, with their only loss coming against Creighton.

The Wildcats only have two losses overall (20-2), falling to Syracuse earlier in the season.

Seton Hall faced Villanova ear-lier this season (Jan. 8) and lost the match-up, 83-67, at home. The Pirates were missing sever-al key starters for that game as center Eugene Teague and se-niors Fuquan Edwin and Aaron Geramipoor were all sidelined with injuries.

Junior forward Brandon Mob-ley said having the trio back will make a difference.“Having Gene (Teague) and Aaron (Geramipo-or) back for this one is big because Pat (Auda) and I can get back to our natural positions at the four-spot,” Mobley said.

Senior Brian Oliver played well in the loss, scoring a game-high 20 points.

Sophomore guard Sterling Gibbs also played well, scoring 13 points and a career-high 8 assists. He also added six rebounds and three steals to his solid perfor-mance.

The Pirates had trouble keeping possession of the ball in the previ-ous match-up, with 16 turnovers for the game.

Villanova was dangerous from behind the arc, hitting five of its first seven 3-point attempts, which put the Pirates in a hole. Junior guard Darrun Hillard led the way to victory for the Wild-cats with 19 points and four 3-pointers.

Hillard and teammate senior James Bell showcased the Wild-cats’ ability to score and persevere earlier this week against Xavier, leading a 53-point second half, which propelled the Wildcats to victory. Bell finished with 27 points, 21 of them coming after the half, and Hillard finished with 17 points, 15 of which came after intermission.

Villanova also showed their defensive strengths, limiting the Musketeers to 20-of-53 shooting and creating 16 turnovers.

Freshman guard Jaren Sina said

that preparation will be the key to beating Villanova this Friday.

“This is crunch time now in the Big East,” Sina said. “Friday is a huge opportunity for us, and it comes down to our focus in prac-

tice this week.”Tip-off at Villanova is set for 7

p.m. on Friday. Courtney Hnasko can be reached

at [email protected].

The women’s basketball team, looking to end a three-game los-ing streak, will host Villanova on Sunday.

The teams last squared off on Jan. 11, a 64-56 road win for the Pirates.

Trailing 54-51 with 4:36 re-maining in that game, junior point guard Ka-Deidre Simmons knocked down a triple to tie the game.

On the next Seton Hall posses-sion, Simmons converted a three-point play to give the Pirates a 57-54 lead.

Sophomore Bra’Shey Ali ex-tended the Pirates lead to 59-56. The Pirates went on to hit their free throws to secure the win.

Simmons led the team, scor-ing a career-high 25 points to go along with 6 assists. Three other Pirates also scored in double fig-ures. Senior Janee Johnson had 13 points, junior Alexis Brown scored 10 points and grabbed 7 rebounds and Ali recorded 10 points and 16 rebounds.

For the Wildcats, Devon Kane led the way with 16 points and 4 assists. Coyer was the only other Wildcat in double figures, putting up 10 points.

The win was big for The Hall, as it was the team’s first Big East win of the season and also the team’s first win over Villanova since Jan. 30, 2010.

Villanova holds a 35-18 record

against the Pirates. Villanova (17-5, 7-4) comes into the sec-ond match-up winners of four straight.

In that game, junior forward Lauren Burford led the Wildcats with 19 points and 4 assists.

Wildcats’ senior guard and leading scorer Devon Kane scored 12 points while dishing out 6 assists and grabbing 4 rebounds.

Entering Wednesday, Kane aver-aged 11.9 points per game.

Junior forward Taylor Holeman scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Entering Wednesday Holeman averaged 7.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

As a unit, Villanova ranks eighth in the Big East, putting up 65.5 points per game. However, the Wildcats hold opponents to

only 56.7 points per game, which is tops in the conference.

The Hall has been one of the top scoring teams in the confer-ence, averaging 71.8 points per game.

The team has two of the top 10 individual scorers in the con-ference. Sophomore Tabatha Richardson- Smith averages 18.2 points per game which is just .1 behind the conference leader, Marquette’s Katherine Plouffe.

In Wednesday’s 62-60 loss at Marquette. Richardson-Smith struggled, putting up only 11 points on 4-11 shooting. Sim-mons led The Hall with 20 points and 6 assists.

The Pirates attempted a comeback late in the game on Wednesday. A layup from Rich-ardson-Smith cut the Golden Eagles’ lead to three with 2:07 remaining. However, the Pirates were not able to capitalize on the momentum.

Sunday’s game is scheduled to begin 2 p.m. at Walsh Gym.

T.J. Brennan can be reached at [email protected].

SPORTSFeb. 6, 2014 PAGE 11

Amanda Boyer/ Staff PhotographerSenior swingman Fuquan Edwin leads the Big East in steals and is averaging 14.3 points per game.

Stephanie Novak/ Staff PhotographerSome women’s basketball players fight for a rebound in Saturday’s 69-48 loss against St. John’s. The team is set for another conference match-up against Villanova at Walsh Gym on Sunday.

After win at Xavier, the Pirates travel to Philly for tilt against the Wildcats

Women host Villanova, look to bounce back from three straight losses

Men’s team carries momentum into Nova

Courtney HnaskoStaff Writer

T.J. BrennanExecutive Editor

Sports Women’s club soccer to start in the fall Page 11

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Paige Smith, second year head coach of the Seton Hall Softball team, wants everyone to know that her team is fully prepared for the upcoming season.

“Right now all I told them is that we’re ready,” Smith said. “So we’re just going to work our buns off. I don’t know anybody else who practices in eight inches of snow, outside.”

The Pirates will begin their season in the Hampton Inn Campbell Stampede Tourna-ment in Buies Creek, N.C.

The team is slated for a Friday night game against IPFW, followed by a Saturday dou-ble-header against Campbell and Valpariso and a Sunday tilt against UMass-Lowell.

The team was picked sixth out of eight schools in the softball preseason coaches poll.

The Pirates finished with a 21-30 record in the 2013, including an 8-13 mark in Big East play.

The team has returning veteran stars such as junior pitcher Danielle DeStaso and senior infielder Maria DeLuca. Both were named to last season’s second-team All-Big East.

DeStaso shined in a 14 win 2013 season, accumulating 163 strikeouts in 39 appearances on the mound. She also led the team in home runs (9) and drove in 37 runs.

DeLuca lead the team with 39 RBI’s and boasted a .344 batting average last season. She was also named to the preseason first-team All Big East for the 2014 season.

Also returning to the team is sophomore Yasmin Harrell, a centerfielder who broke the schools single-season record with 31 steals last season. Harrell also led the team with a .357 batting average and 61 hits.

Senior third-baseman Meredith Henze is confident that the team will strive now that they have a better grasp of Smith’s system.

“It helps our team a lot that we understand her system this year,” Henze said. “So helping the freshmen through it is not going to be a

problem.”The Pirates are welcoming six freshmen to

the club this season. Freshman pitcher Lau-ren Fischer has become comfortable with her coaches and teammates.

“In the beginning it was overwhelming, but all the upperclassmen and coaches did a really good job making it easier for us,” Fisher said.

Fischer has been pleased with the leadership the upperclassmen have displayed.

“There’s different types of personalities that help me out but they all work,” Fischer said.

Other freshmen joining the club are Valerie Suto, Chelsea Caynon, Jennifer Sansilo, Noel Lent and Joelle Arrante.

Smith put a lot of importance for the 2014 season on winning the close games.

“We play a crazy game, it’s always a one-run ballgame,” Smith said. “If you win half of those one-run ballgames then you’ve got a good sea-son.”

Gerard Gilberto can be reached at [email protected].

Super Bowl afailed

experimentSuper Bowl XLVIII was a fail-

ure, and I’m not just talking about the game, the commercials or the halftime show.

Disregard the economic side of things, because I’m sure the New York City area, along with the Na-tional Football League, being the cash cow that it is, made millions off of Sunday’s big game and the festivities leading up to it.

I was never a fan of an outdoor, cold-weather venue for a Super Bowl.

Tell me why an NFL player would want to play the biggest game of his career, should he have the coveted opportunity to play in it, in cold, wet, snowy conditions.

But had it snowed on game day, or worse, had the area gotten Mon-day’s six inches a day earlier, the league, along with Roger Goodell, would be forced to explain them-selves for months as to why the de-cision to play the sport’s pinnacle game was played in East Ruther-ford, N.J.

Another issue with the game being in our area was “Super Bowl Boulevard.”

I attended the city’s version of the pre-game party. Every event had a two hour wait or more. Times Square on a normal Satur-day afternoon is a mess, let alone the Saturday before the Super Bowl. The city could not keep up with the crowds who flocked for XLVIII.

The bottom line is this Super Bowl was New York’s thing, not New Jersey’s. We had the venue, the league rented it out and the city made money off of it. It should not come as an insult. When the game is associated with the city; the Gi-ants and Jets have been doing it for years. But together, neither was strong enough to handle the Super Bowl.

There is a reason why these games have been played in cities such as Miami, New Orleans, San Diego and Tampa for 47 years. Players are thrilled to finally play in the biggest game of their lives.

David Heim is a sophomore jour-nalism major from Roselle Park, N.J. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on twit-ter @DavidHeim12.

‘WE’RE READY’Photo courtesy of Seton Hall Athletics

Second-year head coach Paige Smith will lead a team of veterans as they begin their season at the Hampton Inn Campbell Stampede Tournament in North Carolina this weekend. The Pirates finished with a 21-30 overall record, going 8-13 in Big East play.

Softball season set to begin on Friday

DavidHeim In Heim Time

Gerard GilbertoSports Editor