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Friday, April 22, 2016Volume CXIII • Issue 25

STUTETHE

We write Stevens history.

OPINION 2-3 OPINION CONT’D 8-9NEWS 6-7

Share your happiness

Wanting to like Stevens

Protesting ride sharing

Food review: Panello

SPORTS 10

Women’s lacrosse wins

First in women’s 4x800 relay

Women’s track and Field enters top 25

PULSE 4

Roving ReporterWhat’s your favorite

Spring semester event?

Polling PierceWhat is your favorite

temperature?

Three Letters to the Editor

DIY Festival wear

Must-try donut shops

Spotlight: Rob Whipple

Front page articles

continued

CSA Dim Sum Night

Kan Cancer

Unity Showcase Featurette

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

LAA increases cultural awareness through food

The Latin American Asso-ciation hosted its second an-nual Around the World in 22 Bites event this past Tuesday. Named for the 22 countries of South America, the event showcased the diverse and de-licious flavors of Latin Ameri-ca in both its food and dance. The celebration attracted over 100 students to eat and dance over the span of two hours.

The night started with a speech from Romulo Quilicho, the newly-elected president of the LAA. During his speech, Romulo explained that the event was not just about food, but a desire to spread cultural awareness across the Stevens student body. Romulo noted that despite making up only 5% of the student population

at Stevens, minorities are still a vital part of the Stevens com-munity and it is important for people to know the heritage of others. He also said that the LAA seeks to further in-tegrate itself into the Stevens community so that everyone may enjoy the unique culture they bring. “We want to treat people as family, and the best way we know how to is through food,” said Romulo.

After the opening speech, guests swarmed the tables of food laid out across one of the walls. LAA acquired all the food for the event either through local restaurants or their own members, featuring dishes from Central Ameri-ca, Northern South America, Central South America, and the Caribbean. The dishes included flan, arroz chaufa

by DAVID OVSIEWMembership Chair

see BITES • Page 6

see ULTIMATE • Page 7

David Ovsiew

Ethnic Student Council presents Unity Showcase to celebrate

“Breaking Borders”

The Ethnic Student Council (ESC) hosted the 2016 Unity Showcase to celebrate the differ-ent cultures represented by mul-ticultural organizations on cam-pus. This year, the theme was “Breaking Borders: The Road to a Better Tomorrow.” The clubs were asked to create a perfor-mance that conveyed the differ-ent types of borders their culture has faced throughout history.

An audience of over 300 peo-ple attended, making this event a huge success for the Ethnic Student Council. Tommy Daly and Yonaida Brito served as the Masters of Ceremonies, helping to transition between acts with well-placed jokes and puns.

The following organizations participated in this year’s Unity Showcase: the Filipino Associa-tion of Stevens Tech (FAST), the Chinese Student Association, the Black Student Union, the Korean Student Association, the Stevens Irish Association, the Indian Un-dergraduate Association, and the Latin American Association.

Participating groups were asked to prepare a performance to highlight important aspects of their culture and history, with a focus on the theme of “Breaking Borders.” These performances combined live skits with cultur-al arts and visual media. Here’s a rundown of the RSOs and their sketches:

FAST told the story of a Mary Poppins–esque nanny who helps to fill the generational gap be-tween two artistically talented

children and their traditional, strict Filipino father.

The Chinese Student Associa-tion explored traditional gender roles, as well as the ancient Chi-nese conflict with the Huns.

The Black Student Union danced to Beyoncé’s “Forma-tion” as a montage of events and important figures in black his-tory played in the background.

The Korean Student Associa-tion juxtaposed traditional Ko-rean values with modern global thinking. Their narrative follows a young man who dedicates his life to tae kwon do but experi-ences conflicting feelings when a foreigner joins his family’s dojang.

In their first ever Unity ap-pearance, the Stevens Irish Asso-

by ELLEN DRENNANStaff Writer

Stevens Ultimate crushes TCNJ and Rider in at

sectionals, advances to regionals

by RAMI KAMMOURHStaff Writer

Last Saturday, Stevens Ulti-mate defeated both TCNJ and Rider University. The two wins led the team to claim the Met-ropolitan New York Division III Conference and poises them for a strong start at the Metropoli-tan East Regional Conference.

The first of Saturday’s two games was against Rider Uni-versity. Stevens came out strong, leading 8-1 by halftime. The team played well defen-sively as well as offensively, and won 15-1 in a blowout. The next game was against TCNJ, and required the team to put in more effort. Stevens was down 4-1 early in the game, but rebounded and finished the second half 8-6. The team took control during the second half and won the game 15-11.

Now that the team has won their sectional conference, they will advance to the regional competition. This is the first time the team has made it to the Metropolitan East Region-al Conference since 2013, and the team is up against strong competitors such as Colgate and Hamilton Universities. In order to advance to the Nation-als, the team will need to win the regionals. “We have a lot of momentum behind us; we’re playing fluidly and have great chemistry,” says Colin Aitken, president of the Ultimate team. “We have errors we need to fix, but that’s what practice is for.”

With a strong finish in sec-tionals, the team is optimistic going into regionals. “I think the biggest thing we has gotten us this far this year is our team

see BORDERLESS • Page 7

College of Arts and Letters welcomes new professor of psychology

Ashley Lytle has just been an-nounced as the newest addition to the College of Arts and Let-ters. Following the retirement of Professor Susan Schept, who has been a psychology profes-sor at the university for over 30 years, Lytle will officially begin her professorship come this fall semester.

Dr. Andrew Russell, Inter-im Dean of CAL, headed the search committee for a new psychology professor and not-ed that the position was filled not only because of Professor Schept’s retirement, but also because of popularity and “growth potential” in the area of social sciences.

Ashley Lytle hails from De-pauw University in Greencas-tle, Indiana where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in psy-chology with a minor in soci-ology. She noted that in many ways, Depauw is similar to Ste-vens. “[Depauw] is very simi-lar in size with a similar focus on interdisciplinary fields,” said Lytle. She went on to obtain her Master’s degree in Psychology at Stony Brook

University, where she will be finishing her PhD this spring. Her area of research explores how stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination influence academic, social, and health outcomes.

Lytle offers a unique per-spective having taken a small repose from academia by working at a market research company in between earning

her Master’s and PhD. “[My company] worked with some pretty big clients, like Apple, Lowes, and Disney. We focused predominantly on consumer feedback on different prod-ucts” said Lytle. Russell notes that both her teaching experi-ence as a professor at the un-dergraduate level and as an

by OLIVIA SCHREIBERStaff Writer

see PSYCH • Page 6

Photo courtesy of Ashley Lytle

Ellen Drennan

Friday, April 22, 2016 • Page 2

OpiniOn

Last week was Accepted Student’s Weekend, be-cause, like CPAC, some-times you just need an ex-tra day.

Traditionally, I have loved Accepted Students Day. All of the excited students rushing in to see what wonders await them at Castle Point.

But I don’t feel excited anymore. In fact, I almost feel a little resentful. It’s either that, or pity. These poor chumps don’t know what they’re getting them-selves into - not one bit. Financial mismanagement is rampant if hidden, the administration ranges from tolerable to outright horrible, and our latest and greatest building can’t keep itself from falling apart.

With ever-increasing tu-ition, ever-shrinking ben-efits (goodbye laptops, goodbye extra classes!) and living costs greater than probably 95% of all other college options in the nation, why would you ever want to come to Ste-vens?

Why did I? I was in it for the swimming - which I re-

alized later didn’t mean all that much in the long run. That, paired with a lower fitness level of my peers contributed to me leaving the program. I definite-ly stayed for the Co-Op Program, but they’ve cut back on the opportunities (probably to save money) and I am left with staff from the former Office of Career Development that I either don’t click with, or just haven’t had time to get to know. Many friends stayed for extra classes, but I get this feeling that they’ll start cutting into that too.

You can’t come to Ste-vens for the Student Ac-tivities... I mean, yeah, we have a much larger budget than some schools, but you could get involved at any campus and get a sim-

ilar experience. The course load isn’t much more rig-orous than other universi-ties, so special academic prowess can’t be your rea-soning either.

I am also convinced that the ROI nonsense is a fluke because it is based on the progress of programs such as Co-Op which has been drastically changed. So that argument also doesn’t work with me anymore.

At the end of the day, I want to like Stevens so bad. I want to be able to tell people that they’re go-ing to have a ball at Ste-vens. But right now, I total-ly can’t. I am so frustrated with the garbage the Ad-ministration here has been spitting in my face for 5 years, that I have little left in me but contempt. I hon-estly wish I chose another

school - and Stevens is cer-tainly worse off than when I first arrived.

The only solace I have is that in some days, I will be an alumnus of Stevens, and all of these problems will be behind me. I vow that the only thing I’ll monetarily contribute to is

Chi-Epsilon post gradua-tion - Stevens has proven itself incompetent with money as far as I’m con-cerned. Once my debt is paid off, maybe my frus-tration will be abated.

I just hope these wounds heal and don’t leave too ugly a scar.

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Mind of a Freshman

Like it was yesterday

The Stute Editorial

Enjoy the good moments, and remember them

As everyone reading may or may not know, last week was Accepted Students Weekend for Stevens Class of 2020. Unfortunately for me, I was unable to go to my own Accepted Students Day last year, so it was great to see the festivi-

ties that I had missed the year before. Even though it is different being an enrolled student looking on at the accepted stu-dents, I could empathize with them. I could feel how both excited and nervous they were to be here at Stevens, know-ing that they would be spending the next four or five years working toward their degree of choice.

I was lucky enough to be working both the Honor Board and the Cy-ber Defense Team tables at the student club and activities tables under the large tent on Palmer Lawn. It was certainly a beautiful day to be

standing outside for a few hours, with a strong breeze and the warm sun beating down onto the lawn. Once the first few accepted students began walking through, I could clearly see that both the parents and the students were impressed at all of the clubs and organiza-tions that Stevens has to offer. As people be-gan coming over to the cyber defense table, I met more and more new students with similar interests. I even saw a few new Software Engi-neering majors, which is very promising consider-ing how new the major is. I made sure I spoke to them and gave a few

pointers about their first year at Stevens.

Soon enough, my shift was over and the club fair was drawing to a close. It was certainly great to meet the new students and learn a few of their interests. It makes me so happy to see the promise in the new students who have committed to Ste-vens, and I am excited to see what they bring to campus next year. It feels almost surreal that just a few short months ago I was in their shoes, and now in the blink of an eye there is a new class of fresh faces wait-ing to see what Stevens has to offer during their freshman year.

by GABRIELLE McCORMACKFreshman Software Engineering Major

It is so easy to get caught up in the things that aren’t great at Stevens. Just pick up any issue of The Stute and you’re sure to find a variety of complaints covering academics, extracurricular, and Greek life. We receive letters to the editor whenever something really bad happens, and it’s a great way to voice concerns (see page 9). I have had a lot of moments when I just really strongly disliked this school and I used my column to say so. However, I think that stu-dents should feel free to use this platform when something is really great and making them happy, too. I really like to read the archives we have in the office in my spare time, and I think that as we write Ste-vens history each week we should have some opinion content that re-ally captures and shares our happy college memories. With that being said, I want to share how happy I was to attend Unity Showcase for the first time and Accepted Stu-dents Day.

A friend asked if I wanted to go to Unity, and I almost blew it off for a trip to the mall. I thought it was going to be like any other cultural event with a lot of food, some flags,

music, and little dancing (see page 6). I had no idea that it was actual-ly going to be a night of meaning-ful entertainment that would liter-ally give me chills! The first thing I appreciated about Unity was that I saw new faces up on stage — be-cause it’s really easy to keep going to the same type of events with the same friends or executive board of a club representing. Then the cos-tumes, choreography, and voice overs were a clear product of many hours of hard work that just cre-ated beautiful and cultural stories that did a great job fighting against stereotypes and breaking down. The Ethnic Student Council then presented awards and there was so much friendship and appreciation shown — it was really touching. Beyond that, so many family mem-bers attended the event to support the students on stage. It was just a really special night and I can’t wait for next year’s.

I have done table-sitting at Ac-cepted Students day and Club Fair before, but this one felt different and was actually really enjoyable for me. I took a camera and went around snapping pictures and I re-alized how much I like our small

community. I knew most of the other students at nearby tables, and, instead of taking shifts, a lot of them just hung out together for the two hours. With music playing and everyone smiley and proud to be representing their organization to “future ducks,” it was a good time both days. It was really nice when President Farvardin came through with the presidential puppy, Mar-tini. There was beautiful weather, free food, and Stevens pride.

I really hope that in the future we could get something like RAGE to work well so we can have more of these large scale, all-RSO-inclu-sive events just to casually hangout all together and share our interests with the rest of the Stevens com-munity. And I hope that when that does happen, we can keep these good memories alive in The Stute.

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Friday, April 22, 2016 • Page 3

I play pond hockey. After we whack the puck around a while, and we’re soaked in sweat and sagging, I shout, “Next goal wins!” Then, no matter how ex-hausted I am, I skate like a maniac to score that last goal.

So are humans innately aggressive? Of course we are, and some of us more than others. My aggres-sion emerges not only in hockey games but also in

spats over whether war — not just aggression, or violence, but deadly group violence — has deep evolu-tionary roots.

Prominent skeptic Mi-chael Shermer mocks those who, like me, doubt the deep-roots theory of war. He calls us “blank slaters & Peace & Harmony Mafia.” That decsription, Shermer explains, refers to those “who adhere to the blank slate theory of human na-ture and those rather ag-gressive anthropologists who insist that war is a re-cent invention and that our ancestors lived in relative peace and harmony with one another and nature.”

This is a common tactic of deep-rooters, to suggest that if you reject the war-is-innate theory, you must reject all biological pre-dispositions and believe that our ancestors were

peaceful “noble savages.” “Rather aggressive anthro-pologists” is Shermer’s sly way of implying that, if you aggressively oppose the deep-roots theory, you contradict yourself.

I have never disputed — nor do I know any scholar who disputes--that humans have genetically-based capacities for aggression, anger, vengeance. I also accept that our hominid ancestors, and especially males--whose aggression is much more likely to cul-minate in violence — oc-casionally killed each other fighting over females, food or other “resources.”

What I dispute is that we have an innate predis-position for war — or, as anthropologist Richard Wrangham describes it, “lethal coalitionary ag-gression” — dating back millions of years to our

common ancestor with chimpanzees.

Shermer claims there is “massive,” “copious” evi-dence that war reaches far back into the Paleolithic era and is “part of our evolved nature.” Actually, evidence of group violence dates back only about 12,000 years.

Do our predispositions toward aggression under-pin outbreaks of lethal violence, including war? Of course they do, but that doesn’t mean war is innate, any more than it means hockey is innate.

Consider another anal-ogy, between aggression and language. Scientists have compiled copious evi-dence that our capacity for language is innate, evolv-ing more than one hundred thousand years ago. Our “language instinct” (Steven Pinker’s phrase) clearly

enabled the independent inventions of written com-munication by various so-cieties thousands of years ago. But that does not mean reading and writing are innate. These are re-cent cultural innovations, and so is war.

Like writing, war emerged independently among early societies — including simple ones, like hunter-gatherers — toward the end of the Paleolithic. Then war spread like a vi-rus, infecting even societies that wanted no part of it. If your neighbor attacks, you can either flee, surrender or fight back.

Shermer suggests that my “tireless” criticism of the deep-roots theory is driven by emotion. He’s right, in this sense: I loathe war, and I loathe the deep-roots theory, because I be-lieve it contributes to the

fatalistic acceptance of our era’s militarism.

My most recent survey of student at Stevens found that 124 out of 142, or 87 percent, believe war will never end, and they often defend their outlook with some version of the deep-roots claim.

If the deep-roots theory were empirically validat-ed, I would explain to my students that we can and do overcome biologically-driven impulses. But the deep-roots theory does not withstand scrutiny. That is the main reason why I tire-lessly criticize it.

I’d much rather be play-ing hockey.

John Horgan directs the Center for Science Writings, which is part of the College of Arts & Letters. This column is adapted from one published on his ScientificAmerican.com blog, “Cross-check.”

In hopes of finding another Dozzino-esque experience without the whole always being turned away due to the restaurant constantly be-ing rented out part, my partner and I set off to the very depths of Hobo-ken. Having heard about Panello from a friend and having passed by their location at 7th and Mon-roe quite a few times, I was intrigued by the in-dustrially rustic décor and large wood burning

pizza oven.I figured on a Friday

night that the restau-rant would no doubt be packed with fans of Pan-ello’s BYOB policy and reasoned that bringing take out to one of the piers could make the perfect date night. I tried calling the number listed on their website three times, and all three times I was met with a mix be-tween a busy and a “this number has been discon-nected” tone. Neverthe-less, we made the trek back, and upon reach-ing the restaurant, I saw or rather heard why a phone call would have been pointless – the roar from the packed tables was deafening, and the brick walls and stainless steel décor was doing nothing to help. I had to yell to place my or-der, and I certainly had no idea how tables were managing to hold a con-

versation.We only had to wait

about 15 minutes for our food – a kale-abrian pizza, polpette, and a cannolo. Unfortunately it was dark by the time we had made it back to campus, so there went my date night on the pier, but good food can salvage anything.

Sadly, this date was not salvaged.

By the time we got back to my room, the food was lukewarm which obviously isn’t the restaurant’s fault but time is no excuse for a lack of flavor. The pizza which had ricotta, Fior di Latte, ‘nduja Cal-abrian hot sausage, kale, and pecorino Romano had zero flavor aside from the five or so plops of sausage. I don’t know where they get their wa-ter, but it certainly did nothing for the taste of the crust. Definitely not

worth $18, and the tiny size didn’t help to lessen the blow of the price.

The polpette or meat-balls of veal, beef, and pork which were sup-posedly fire-roasted and then cooked in “signa-ture” tomato sauce were described much better than they tasted. Maybe I’m just super picky be-cause my mom happens to make the best meat-balls I’ve ever had, but these like the pizza were just blah. To make mat-ters worse, the sauce was

really rather sweet and had no bite. I was look-ing for a good base of herbs to help bring out the beautifully bright acidity of the tomatoes but what I got tasted more like a can of Ragu.

And then the can-nolo… The shell was crispy; I will give them that one. From there, I wasn’t a fan. The fill-ing had a slightly bit-ter taste, and the cream which was a mixture of ricotta and mascarpone had a weird consistency,

not to mention I don’t think I’ve ever spent $8 on a single cannolo. My partner thought it was fine, I took two bites of a dessert that I normally can’t get enough of be-fore handing it off.

I can’t really under-stand why Panello was so crowded, perhaps it’s overflow from Dozzino three blocks away or maybe the dining expe-rience is different in the restaurant, but I can say that I will not be going back.

by JOHN HORGANDirector, Center for Science Writings

Raise your hand if you have heard of Uber. If your hand was raised then, sor-ry, but you just raised your hand because a newspa-per told you to. Seriously though, what is up with these ride sharing apps and why is there such a fuss about it? Well, think about it for a moment. Just to eliminate any possibility of the next few sentences of-fending anyone, I will use evasive phrases that may

or may not confuse you.Picture this: you travel to

the New York City from the other side of the world in order to start a new life of hard work and adventure. A very popular job among immigrants to this side of the country, and non-im-migrants as well, is driv-ing a cab. As a profession, it is not the worst option for those wanting to start new and avoid the insane amount of background checks and education and what not. Things are going great for you because you begin to know the city very well and generate a steady income. Then a mysteri-ous, new transportation service arrives and talk of the taxi industry collapsing begins to circulate. It is a very scary situation indeed and you suddenly fear for your well-being. Sure, you can get on board with

these services and drive for them, instead of the tra-ditional taxi business. But now comes a question of which one to “work” for. There are multiple services that are almost exactly the same, and it becomes hard to predict which ones will stay afloat and succeed. In one instant, that safe driver job at a cab com-pany that New Yorkers have trusted for decades suddenly seems obsolete and vulnerable to collapse. Nothing seems guaranteed and stable anymore, does it?

For those that do not know, services like Uber and Lyft provide easy and very safe options for trans-portation. With a few taps on a smartphone, anyone can set a location for pick-up and drop off, as well as view some background in-formation and reviews of

the driver.Some of you may think

that I do not know what I am talking about, and that I do not know the opinions of these cab drivers. Some may even believe that the landmark taxi as a mode of transportation is timeless and is not going anywhere anytime soon. I am here to inform you that you are wrong, and I am sorry.

On the bright side, you get to read on about what is right.

I personally have fam-ily with plenty of experi-ence in the transportation industry in New York City. All of them agree that this revolution is hurting their business. Fortunately, some of them have found opportunities with Uber in particular. All is well that ends well.

Lyft and Uber’s main selling points are related

to their simplicity and ease of use. As stated before, all it takes to utilize these services is a few taps on a phone and some patience. One of the most esteemed cab companies in New York, McGuinness Man-agement, which opened 30 years ago, has reported a 40% loss in revenue in the last couple years with a se-rious lack in growth.

Ride sharing companies

have been experiencing clashes with New York legislation. For example, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a bill to limit the consistent growth of for-hire vehicle com-panies in order to control New York City’s transpor-tation industry. Too bad Uber had better points to discuss in response to the bill. Sorry de Blasio, soft-ware engineers for the win.

Technically Speaking

The war on ride sharing is futile

Scientific Curmudgeon

I Am Innately Aggressive but Not Innately Warlike

by KATRINA GUIDOSophomore Physics Major

by TARIK KDIRYFreshman Software Engineering Major

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Campus pulseRoving Reporter

What is your favorite spring event and why?

Polling PierceWhat’s your favorite temperature range?

Based on 100 responses

“It’s nice to see prospective students at Accepted Students Day”

“Accepted Students Day. I worked at the club fair, met some new people, and saw some

people from the Stevens Summer Program”

“Boken because it’s outdoors and has good music and a good vibe”

“Accepted Students Day because it’s good to see all the new students excited about coming here”

“The Innovation Expo because I enjoy seeing all the projects seniors have worked so hard on”

“Unity Festival. I think it’s a nice way to show Stevens’s diverse culture”

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Hello my ducklings and mighty ducks. I hope you all are happy & healthy! C.P.K. Castle Point King. What can I say except that it was amazing! If you missed it, you missed the time of your life. I was lucky enough to be one of the judges along with the great Dr. Kevin Ryan, and the beautiful Michelle Castro. All of the contestants were simply awesome, I mean these are some really talented students who made the judging extremely hard, but through it all, Jeremy Ocampo reigned as the King of Castle Point. Congradulations Jeremy, you earned it. I want to thank the Stevens students for inviting me to be a judge. It was such an honor, and it’s these times with you that I’ll never forget.

Love from your girl,

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employee in the work-force were both qualities that made her stand out among the candidates that applied for the posi-tion.

In addition to the In-troduction to Psychol-ogy course, Professor Lytle is excited to bring her own interests and research into the class-room. “I will be teach-ing Health Psychology, which investigates how social and psychologi-cal factors influence health,” said Lytle. “It’s an interesting class that

is applicable to every-one, especially for stu-dents.”

Dr. Russell noted that the search committee was extended in order to allow for more valued input to be considered. After reading through applications, selecting potential hires, and con-ducting interviews, four finalists were selected to present at the univer-sity in front of members of the search committee as well as any interest-ed Stevens community member. Lytle was se-lected not only because of her academic and re-search achievements, but also for her excitement to involve students in

social science research. “[She] wants to bring on students, which embod-ies Stevens as a student-centric research institu-tion,” said Russell.

Lytle is looking for-ward to balancing her teaching while continu-ing her research. “I re-ally have the best of both worlds. I get to teach in a classroom setting with really well-rounded, smart students while still continuing to do the re-search I want to do.”

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Professor Lytle loves to travel and listen to mu-sic ranging anywhere be-tween Tame Impala and Kendrick Lamar.

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Kan Cancer:fun trying to find a cure

This past Wednesday, Relay for Life, the Ultimate Frisbee team, and Sigma Nu hosted Kan Cancer, an event to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Sigma Nu sold fried Oreos to raise funds as nearly 60 participants played Kan Jam on Davis Lawn. According to Relay for Life Chair Elena Piper, approximately $100 was raised for the American Cancer Society.

Photos courtesy of Chinese Student Association

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(fried rice with chicken and vegetables), cox-inhas (fried chicken and dough), pastelon de platanos (meat and plan-tain pie), chicharron y tostones (fried pork fat and plantain chips), and more. There were also several beverages from Latin America available, including a soda called Guarana.

LAA also planned for a dance company to come perform at the event. However, the company abruptly cancelled a day before the event, threat-

ening to leave 22 Bites with no dancing. For-tunately, the fraternity Lambda Upsilon Lambda stepped in. La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc. was the second multicul-tural fraternity to form on campus and shares LAA’s goals of spreading and celebrating Hispanic culture as the LAA. The fraternity supplied LAA with a troupe of broth-ers to provide both mu-sic and dancers, who did a traditional Hispanic dance and signature of LUL known as strolling. The dancers proved to be entertaining for the audience, as did the op-portunity to dance after-

wards by themselves or with friends. LAA also encouraged guests to dress up in sombreros and cardboard masks and take pictures in a photo booth, free of charge.

By the end of the night, it was appar-ent that 22 Bites was a great success. Over 100 students were in atten-dance, nearly doubling the number that came last year, which attests to LAA’s commitment to reaching more of the student body. LAA will not be holding any more events this semester, but the organization plans for an eventful fall semester.

CSA Dim Sum NightThis past Wednesday night, the Chinese Student Association hosted its’s annual “Dim

Sum Delight” event in the Babbio Atrium. Dim Sum is a traditional Chinese dish of small, steamed or fried dumplings that usually contain various types of fillings that can be served as a snack or main course. However at the event, traditional dumplings and Peking Duck was served. Julie McEldoon from the club said this about the event: “We all had a great time throwing the event and hope everyone had fun chowing down on free Chinese food!” The CSA will also be co-hosting an Asian cultural night event with Society of Asian Sci-entists and Engineers and a few other organizations on April 28. The members of CSA encourage all students to come out to these types of culturally enriching events to enjoy the free food and the great culture.

SAVE THE DATE! THE SECOND ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE IS HERE! SATURDAY APRIL 30TH FROM 12 PM TO 12 AM

This is an all day, activity-filled, party-for-a-cause, extrava-ganza with the American Cancer Society. Come out to eat, dance, sing, play games, hang with friends, be entertained,

and walk to help the cause to end cancer!

FIGHT AND HAVE FUN WITH RELAY FOR LIFE!!

If you would like to participate, use the fol-lowing link to register or join a team:

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayFor-Life/RFLCY16EA?pg=entry&fr_id=72889

If your organization wants to help by sponsoring a lap, hosting an activity, or has questions, email relayforlife@stevens.edu !!!

See you there!

Vote for your class representatives for the

103rd Senate of the Student Government Association Please feel free to message our current SGA Cabinet at sga@stevens.edu

with any questions or concerns you may have.

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mindset,” says Aitken. “In the beginning of the sea-son, we focused on tak-ing responsibility for our mistakes, and as the sea-son progressed, our tam motto has been ‘prove it’. Nothing is going to be given to us, we have to prove it ourselves.” The teams’ first game in re-gionals will be on Satur-day April 30th. The com-petitor for the game is to be announced.

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ciation presented a love story taking place during “The Trou-bles,” a time at which Ireland was experiencing civil conflict. The characters go on to work together to bring peace to the nation.

The Indian Undergraduate Association showed how love is able to bridge the division between Pakistan and India. The couple in their skit break borders by defying arranged marriages and religious stig-mas in the name of true love.

In their act, the Latin Ameri-can Association told the story of a young girl born in the United States but raised in Uruguay who returns to the U.S. for college and forms a multicultural club in order to reconnect with her culture.

At the end of the show, Ste-vens’ dance group TECHnique made a guest appearance. They demonstrated their wide range of styles by performing

tap, salsa, lyrical, and hip hop dances.

The Unity Showcase con-cluded with an award ceremo-ny. Administrative Assistant for Student Life Jane Gilbarty, Former president of the Eth-nic Student Council Dharm Patel, and Financial Officer at United Nations Nadeje Bauzil determined the winners of the competition. The judges com-mented that they were very impressed by the messages being portrayed by the per-formances. The Stevens Irish Association won the Most Im-proved award for their growth in their first year of activity as an RSO. The Indian Under-graduate Association won the People’s Choice vote, which was open to all attendees. The Korean Student Association won the award for Best Rel-evance to the Theme: “Break-ing Borders,” and the Korean Student Association and FAST also shared the award for Most Active multicultural organiza-tion. Finally, the Winner of the showcase was, for the second year in a row, the Filipino As-

sociation of Stevens Tech.According to Norma Isa Mar-

tinez, a freshman and one of the leads of FAST’s performance, “We’re extremely proud of our performance. Even though we hit rough patches on the way to success, I’m glad the hard work everyone put into this night paid off.”

The Unity Showcase was a great opportunity for Stevens’ multicultural organizations to show their cultures and reflect upon boundaries they have en-countered throughout history. Tori Larsen, a performer from TECHnique and attendee of the Showcase remarked, “It was re-ally amazing to see the different performances, stories, and styles of the multicultural organiza-tions here at Stevens. It was clear that there was a lot of effort put into each group’s performance.”

All of the RSOs presented the theme of “Breaking Borders” in a different way, but all of their examples serve as reminder that the goal of a global community should not be to build walls but rather to work together to tear them down.

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The first listed goal of Stevens’ Ten-Year Strategic Plan is “…to grow under-graduate enrollment to ap-proximately 4,000 students, up from approximately 2,500 today [2012].” Re-gardless of whether this planned 60% increase in enrollment benefits the uni-versity, the current students and staff are left aching

from the “growing pains.” Stevens is physi-

cally small at only 55 acres (0.086 square miles). In the Strategic Plan-Year 3 Re-port, Stevens acknowledges this and even mentions a one-year decrease in the rate of growth, citing “…plans enacted due to cam-pus space constraints” but omits what these plans are. Many issues exist regard-ing the growing number of people in our small cam-

pus which cannot support them. Whether housing, classrooms, study space, parking, or other services, Stevens has not grown in other aspects at a rate com-parable to the increase in enrollment.

Most students find them-selves forced to live off-campus after their freshman year due to lack of on-cam-pus housing (some say this negatively impacts quality of life, mental health, and

academic performance). Commuting has challenges too: parking is difficult to find, expensive, and a head-ache during certain times like the recent Accepted Students Weekend.

Academics suffer from lack of space as well. This semester, I had a pro-fessor cancel a research project because there was no space available for the class to meet for student presentations. Despite

renovations and plans for beginning the new Gate-way building, classes are frequently filled to capac-ity, and students struggle to find their own space to study in buildings across campus, most notably, the library during finals.

Some departments on campus are seeing much greater use and are unable to keep up with demand. One example is Student Counseling and Disability

Services, which currently has a wait list for first-time users. A department seeing this level of growth requires a larger staff and office.

It is time Stevens rec-ognizes that population growth cannot be sustained without corresponding growth in infrastructure, and the administration should take action to pro-vide the space necessary for their current staff and stu-dents’ wellbeing.

OpiniOn

Are you ready for con-certs, the beach and sum-mer fun? Not if you haven’t read this article yet you’re not! Summer is the season for DIY because no girl is ready for a festival without a pair of dip-dyed denim shorts. There’s plenty in here for the guys feeling crafty too. Plus, there’s al-ways bound to be someone

dressed even crazier than you, so why not be a little experimental? If you still need convincing that DIY is fashion forward, just take a look at Christopher Kane’s pre-fall 2016 collec-tion. Neon duct tape and a couple of zip ties will get you the same look.

Need to de-stress after finals? Distress your old jeans! Cut and tear them for a grungy new look or chop off the legs for a new pair of cut-off shorts. Mea-sure the inseam of another pair of shorts before you slice anything off to keep the junk in the trunk. To make holes that won’t ruin your jeans, use fabric scis-sors and cut perpendicular to the way the fabric runs. You don’t need to cut actu-al holes, just make slits in the fabrics and then use a

pair of tweezers to pick out the navy colored threads and leave the white in tact. You can take your distress-ing a step further by sand-ing your jeans with light sandpaper (the lower the number the rougher the grit) for a faded look.

Dying is where things get fun, I mean messy. Be careful when working with bleach, it’s better to start with less and add more if necessary. The general ra-tio is about ¾ to 1 cup of bleach for every gallon of water. Afterwards you can dye over the bleached parts using Rit dye or any other fabric dye from the grocery or craft store. Now you can bleach and dye your jeans, but you can also destroy denim shirts and jackets! Guys might try dip-dying their denim button-downs

and then cutting the sleeves off or distressing and dying a denim jacket. Furthermore, studs and patches can be fun acces-sories to denim or, if you have some time to invest, try picking up embroidery and adding flowers or a tiger to the back of your shirt or jacket.

While denim never goes out of style, the rest of fes-tival fashion has become pretty formulaic in the past year or two. Flower crowns, crop tops, fringe vests and face paint that errs just a bit on the side of culturally insensitive… how do you stand out in a sea of Coachella hipsters?

First off, ditch the flower crown in favor of a straw hat. You can still have some DIY fun with flow-ers, ribbons and a floppy

fedora. Then swap the ‘na-tive’ war paint for a run-way inspired makeup look. Karl Lagerfeld’s bold wings and bright neon colors for Fendi make perfect festival looks, and if Delpozo’s cre-ative director, Josep Font, has anything to say about it, you’ll be wearing glitter on your lids too!

For the rest of your out-fit I’d really like to know who decided midriffs and booty shorts were the con-temporary boho? Nothing is lovelier than a peasant maxi dress with a wide belt or a floral swing dress with a ruffled hem. I’m thinking Anthropologie meets Spell but less pricey. If you’re sticking with shorts a vin-tage band tee makes for a perfect match or you could find a dressier top with a lace or crotchet overlay.

Also hot for festivals this summer are bandanas. Re-place your layers of chains and statement necklaces for a simple bandana worn scarf-style. You might get creative and try using one as an accent over shorts by tying it around your waist. While gladiators will forever be my favor-ite summer shoe, this sea-son, ankle boots, sneakers, rain boots and espadrilles are your new best friends. For girl’s who still want to wear a heel, pick a chunky heeled boot that’s easy to walk in.

Be creative this summer! Don’t fall victim to the festival clichés. Whether you do-it-yourself or buy it ready-made, pick some-thing that will make you stand out from the lawn of flower-crowns.

Not With Those Shoes

DIY-ing for Festival Season?

by HOPE BRANDESSophomore Visual Arts &

Technology Major

The United Greek Com-mittee is speaking out about a product that has been cre-ated by a Senior Design Team that promotes de-structive behavior and pres-ents Greek Life in a negative light. The HangoverLyte Senior Design team, along with the Stevens School of Business, is featuring a project that promotes itself as a “hangover cure”. An article was released on Fri-day April 15, 2016, the day before Accepted Students Weekend, on the Stevens website, Facebook, and

Twitter accounts entitled “Stevens Team Puts a Hang-over Cure on Tap.” The arti-cle paints a negative picture of Stevens students. Specif-ically, the article targets the Greeks, appealing to them as a target audience to use and promote their prod-uct without consulting the members of the communi-ty. Had they asked the lead-ers of the community what we thought, we would have clearly stated our concerns with their intentions. We do not wish to be equated with such blatant attempts to perpetuate stereotypes.

This article was inappro-priate and does not accu-rately portray the Stevens

Greek community. We are insulted by the suggestion that fraternities and sorori-ties would be “great am-bassadors” for a hangover beverage. Publicizing this article has undone so much of the hard work that the Stevens Greeks have done in recent history to improve the perception of Greeks in this country and at this school.

Fraternities and sorori-ties at Stevens are con-tinuously working for the betterment of society by raising money for charity, volunteering, and dedicat-ing their lives to improving the lives of others. Recently on Tuesday April 19, 2016

approximately 150 Stevens Greeks came out for Hobo-ken Take Back the Night, to raise awareness to end Sex-ual Violence. In last year alone, the Stevens Greek Community raised over $41,000 for charity and did over 22,000 hours of com-munity service. Stevens Greeks represent one third of our student community, as well as a large percent-age of student leaders and faculty members at Stevens. One third of Greek-affiliat-ed students are recognized as part of the top 10% of their chapters nationwide for their organizations.

The UGC reached out to the design team on April

18, 2016 requesting that they please remove any ref-erences to Greek Life from their publicity and to please readjust their target mar-ket and phrasing to avoid perpetuating negative ste-reotypes about the Stevens Greek community. The re-sponse we got from one of the team members, James Shannon, on April 19, 2016 was “lol, yeah ok”. We find this type of response disap-pointing, and frankly a bit rude and dismissive.

For Stevens to choose to market a product like this is simply disappointing to us as Greeks and as Ste-vens students. On March 3, 2016 the team posted a

status of attending a funeral with the verbiage “Ready to spank your hangover. RIP to the competition” on their Facebook page. Is this really what Stevens and wants to promote, and what this group of students wants to show as a culmi-nating project of the hard work and dedication they have shown throughout the years? This project reflects poorly not only on the Ste-vens Greeks, but on Stevens community as a whole. If you are stopping by the Innovation Expo next on Wednesday April 27, 2016, we encourage you to stop by their booth and share this message.

Letter to the Editor

Outrage over Senior Design Project

by THE UNITED GREEK COMMITTEE

This past weekend Ste-vens held its annual Ac-cepted Student’s Days back to back. I’m sure it was fun and informative for the accepted students, which is the point so it is good to know it achieved its purpose. While the event was great for prospective students, anyone involved with an RSO was ham-fisted into a sham of a club fair. In the beginning of the fall semester there is an annual club fair where ev-ery RSO sets up a table and

tells new freshman about their organization and hopefully generates some interest from them and get them on a mailing list, or at the very least promote awareness for their club amongst the new students. It’s a good event, it has a clear purpose of getting freshman interested and involved in the clubs on campus. This past weekend had no purpose other than to prove to these families that clubs exist.

Each club was re-

quired to run a table for two hours, and if they did not hold a table they would be unable to have one at the club fair. It makes sense that the organizers of this event would make it mandatory, because oth-erwise most of the RSO leaders would not have bothered to show up and wave at disgruntled par-ents. Everything that was told to the families could have easily been handed out in a pamphlet with each club’s name and what

they do, saving everyone an entire weekend of wast-ed time. The event was also run rather poorly, as the people in charge seemed to be nothing but conde-scending and dismissive. Several club had their or-ganization’s name printed incorrectly on Saturday, which is not a huge deal, but to keep the misprint for Sunday, a fix which would take all of five minutes, shows how uninterested these planners were.

The event ran for

two hours both days, plus an hour of set-up totaling three hours a day. At the club fair in the fall you are more than welcome to bring a chair and sit at your RSO’s table. At ac-cepted student’s weekend, you were required to stand for the full three hours. Believe me; I know that standing for three hours is nowhere near the worst thing in the world. But the issue I have with this is that when someone decided to pull up a chair they were

met with an aggressive and condescending reprimand by some guy with a clip-board who seemed way too excited with the power giv-en to him by an accepted student’s day RSO tent.

The event was probably great for the in-coming students, but for the RSO leaders this event was an absolute sham and something I know I will be dreading for the years to come if it continues to be run as poorly and shoddily as it was this year.

Letter to the Editor

Accepted Student’s Weekend RSO Display: An Absolute Sham or Design Project

Letter to the Editor

Administration, Stop Growing Enrollment and Start Growing Infrastructureby REED OBERLANDER3/4 Naval Engineering Major

Friday, April 22, 2016 • Page 9

Fortunately, no one emailed me passwords after reading my column two weeks back. Unfor-tunately, organizations that hold huge amounts of user information are doing a bad job securing it. From Adobe to Yahoo, poor security has lead to database breaches, with usernames and passwords being exposed.

Assuming that no one has screwed up horribly (not a safe assumption), services should never store your password. In-stead, they store an un-recognizable ‘hash’ gen-

erated by a mathematical function. A hash function takes data of an arbitrary length, scrambles it, then shortens or lengthens it. For example, the MD5 al-gorithm turns the string ‘password’ into ‘5f4dc-c3b5aa765d61d8327deb-882cf99’.

When you see that complicated string, you probably don’t immedi-ately think ‘password’. However, reverse trans-lation tables exist that can turn hashes back into passwords. To ren-der these tables useless, a unique (usually random) ‘salt’ should be added to the password before it is hashed, producing an unpredictably different result.

Far too often, websites and services mess up storing passwords, either keeping them in ‘plain-text’ or implementing weak, easily reversible hashes. Where there’s one security mistake, there are likely many more. The non-profit Identity Theft Resource

Center reported at least 781 data breaches in the US in 2015.

Once an attacker has a copy of a database with passwords non-encrypted (or poorly encrypted), they will typically retry email and password com-binations on PayPal and other websites. They also now have a huge diction-ary of passwords to try against other accounts.

Brute force attacks on passwords are effective, but slow. A long, com-plicated password could take somewhere between a decade and the heat death of the universe to crack. By testing pass-words in a dictionary, an attacker is more likely to get into an account than by trying random com-binations. This effect is improved when the dic-tionary is comprised of passwords that are known to be in use.

TeamsID puts out an an-nual list of the 25 worst (most frequently used) passwords. Compiled from leaked passwords

of North American and Western European users, ‘123456’ and ‘password’ have topped the list for years. 3% of all accounts found in breaches had a password on this list. Ex-trapolating, with a dic-tionary of just these 25 common passwords, we can get into 3% of all on-line accounts. Expanding to a 500 word diction-ary will improve odds, but there are diminishing returns as we add more passwords.

To protect yourself against dictionary at-tacks, your password shouldn’t be a word in the dictionary, or used anywhere else. Unfortu-nately, it gets more com-plicated with heuristic attacks.

In an attempt to protect users, many websites will require you to add num-bers and/or special char-acters to your password. This ensures that pass-words aren’t dictionary words. However, with a little more effort an ad-versary can still break

your password.Imagine I’m picking

a new password. ‘pass-word’ is too obvious, so I’ll pick something more tricky. ‘passw0rd’, with a ‘0’ replacing ‘o’, is the 24th worst password on 2015’s list, so I’ll need to get a little more com-plicated. How about ‘Pa$$word1994’? It’s easy enough to remem-ber, and contains upper-case letters, lowercase letters, numbers and spe-cial characters. Despite being more complex, common substitutions and additions only offer a little more protection.

It’s trivial to write a script that will replace letters with common number or character sub-stitutions (‘3’ for ‘e’, ‘&’ for ‘a’, etc.). I’ll also add all possible birth years and dates to the end of each word. After running through my dictionary once, I’ll swing through several more times, test-ing these modified ver-sions.

Here’s the takeaway:

organizations large and small will lose your data. The best way to protect yourself from being a part of a data breach is to not be a part of a data. Don’t register for anything un-less you absolutely have to, and even then avoid including more details than necessary.

If you are in a breach, data is encrypted, and passwords are properly hashed, avoid being the low hanging fruit. Using a longer and more com-plex password will pro-tect you against brute force attacks, but if it’s based on a word, you’re still vulnerable to diction-ary and heuristic attacks. ‘Passw0rd’ is just as weak a password as ‘password’. Remember that hackers also know movie quotes and song lyrics. Always use passwords you’ve never used before; use passwords you’re pretty sure no one in the world has ever used. Trust only goes so far, and you must take your passwords into your own hands.

Always Right

Anachronistic security compromised with heuristics

by DENNIS STEWARTSenior Cybersecurity Major

I started this column for two reasons: 1) to give stu-dents from outside the tri-

state area a better feel for the area and 2) to recom-mend places to go in the city. So far, a majority of my articles have been more related to the former rea-son than the latter, so I’m going to switch gears this week and recommend a few donut shops.

First up, The Donut Pub. Located one block west of the 14th Street PATH sta-tion, The Donut Pub is the most convenient recom-mendation for Stevens stu-dents. The Donut Pub has an old feel to — they have

round stools on a counter if you want to sit down and eat, an old school cash register, and everything is made fresh behind the store. The Donut Pub has a lot of donuts that you can’t find at Dunkin’ Donuts or other chains. For example, they offer Honey Dip do-nuts, Red Velvet donuts, and Marble Crullers. Their Black & White and Giant White cookies are also fan-tastic. They’re open 24/7, so I suggest going here at night actually. There have been one or two times

when my friends and I scored free donuts late at night because they wanted their morning donuts to be fresh. Prices range from $1.15 - $1.35, so they’re definitely affordable. In fact, you’ll probably pay more for the PATH ride than the actual donuts. All orders less than $5 must be paid in cash.

Second, Peter Pan Do-nuts on Manhattan Ave between Mesrole and Nor-man Avenues in Green-point, Brooklyn. The G train makes it a bit frustrat-

ing to get to Greenpoint, but Peter Pan is worth the trip. Peter Pan shares some traits with The Donut Pub. In short, they’re both old-school donut shops in boroughs where hipster donut shops are common. Peter Pan’s unique flavors include French Toast Cake and S’mores. They put a lot of cream in their cream do-nuts, so this is the place to go if you like cream donuts. Also, if you go there in the summer, you can order a donut ice cream sandwich. They’re open from 4:30a.m.

to 8p.m., and donuts cost $1.10 each, cash only.

My last recommenda-tion isn’t so much a review as it is a honorable men-tion. Most people living in New York don’t know that Krispy Kreme has any lo-cations here. After having Krispy Kreme in Pennsyl-vania and the South, I de-clared it the best of chain donuts. Fortunately, I’ve found one Krispy Kreme in the entire city, located in Penn Station. It’s on the up-per (Amtrak) level near the 32nd St & 7th Ave exit.

Across the Hudson

Do’s and Donuts

by DAVID ROGERSFreshman Mechanical

Engineering Major

Rob Whipple is a fourth year Electrical Engineering student who is also in the co-op program at Stevens. Originally from Pittsburg, PA, Rob is a clarinetist in both the Stevens orchestra and band, and is in both the Environmental Club and Engineers for a Sus-tainable World. As an en-gineer, Rob hopes to work on electrical and sustain-able aspects of power and energy conservation. In his free time, Rob enjoys pho-

tography, designing things, and running.

Music serves many pur-poses. It can be that extra something in the morning to get you out the door, or it can be a way to get in the zone, whether that is during your workouts or study sessions. Music can also serve as a “great break from all the academic stuff going on,” Rob says. “It can also be a “great way to de-stress,” he adds.

Rob has participated in both orchestra and band every semester—even when he was on co-op. One of his favorite things about music is that provides one with the ability to do some-thing, and that one is able to better one’s self through practicing. “It’s like its own world, something differ-ent,” Rob explains.

Practicing is like brush-ing your teeth in the morn-ing. You kind of don’t want to do it, but you do it any-way because you know

it’s good for you. For Rob, music has always been something to keep doing for fun. This played a key role in his decision to at-tend Stevens. He explains, “A band and/or an orches-tra was a requirement for me [when choosing a col-lege]” and that he did not want to just quit after high school. Growing up, Rob’s parents continued to nudge him through elementary and middle school to keep playing clarinet and con-tinue his love of music. Once Rob entered high school, he started to enjoy playing music more. Rob admits, “The hardest part [of playing an instrument] is the middle part of the [learning process]... where you’re not a total begin-ner anymore, but you’re also not very good yet, and that’s the most frustrating stage. Once you get a little better, then you can keep practicing, and you see the progress more, so it’s more

fun.” Most things are like this. Always finding ways to improve, no matter how small, can really help you hone in and master your craft.

Like a Gantt Chart, music teaches you how to work towards and accomplish a goal. Furthermore, music “teaches you that kind of focus, to be able to consis-tently work on something over and over again to get good at it,” Rob says. When challenges and obstacles arise, that is when you have to work the hardest. Echoing Stevens’s motto: Through adversity, to the stars, with music and aca-demics, “Things are hard, but you have to keep work-ing at it,” Rob says, and most importantly, “Just keep practicing.” Similar to working out or study-ing for a class, practicing and studying are necessary habits that are needed in order to achieve the goals we set for ourselves when-

ever we want to improve in our crafts. “Especially with music, there’s no real shortcut, “Rob says, “And if something’s hard, just keep practicing.”

Music is both an inde-pendent and group-orient-ed discipline. Like a Solid-Works assembly, there are many parts that go into creating a finished product, whether that is a bicycle or a polished piece of music. With music, it is important to remember that “rehears-al is when you learn how everything fits together. You have to know your part first [before going],” Rob emphasizes. “You have to have your individ-ual stuff before you [can] do group work or else you are not that useful to the group.” I am sure most en-gineering design students can empathize here. Work-ing together is an inevita-ble part of being a profes-sional in STEM disciplines, but it is also critical that

everyone does their share of the work at hand in or-der to produce an amazing end result, whether that is a breathtaking concert or a stellar design report.

For anyone who is on the fence about joining a musical group on campus, just join. All levels are wel-come, and rehearsals are not a large time commit-ment. According to Rob Whipple, “Life’s good, have fun!”

Come check out the con-cert band concert on Satur-day, April 23 at 8p.m.!

Through Adversity, The Stars

Starring… Rob Whipple

by MIA HILDEBRANDTFreshman Mechanical

Engineering MajorPhoto courtesy of Rob Whipple

Friday, April 22, 2016 • Page 10

SSI – For the first time in program history, the Stevens Institute of Tech-nology women’s outdoor track and field team is ranked in United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll.

The Ducks enter the poll at No. 23 this week, making the leap from the 51st spot last week. The 28 spot jump was the largest among any of the

25 teams ranked. Stevens is the lone Empire 8 Con-ference program in the USTFCCCA rankings.

Last weekend at the Silfren Invitational, Amy Regan ran the 5,000 me-ter in 16:35.07, which is the fastest time in Di-vision III this year. Se-nior Gladys Njoku high jumped 1.73 meters, the highest mark in DIII out-door track and field this season.

SSI – The Stevens Insti-tute of Technology men’s golf team shot a 321 Sat-urday at the third round of the Empire 8 Confer-ence Championship to maintain its third place standing heading into the final.

The two-round con-tinuation of the first two

rounds in the fall is being played at Hershey Coun-try Club in Hershey, Pa. Conditions were warm and dry on the course to-day for the field.

St. John Fisher College leads the championship with a 915, followed in second by Moravian Col-lege’s 938. The Universi-

ty of Scranton’s 972 and Susquehanna University’s 994 round-out the top five of the eight-team field.

Junior Frank Szucs paced the Ducks today with a 76 to pit him in fifth heading into the fi-nal, while freshman Jack Doherty carded a 79 to place him in fourth. Szucs

and Doherty own three-round totals of 235 and 234 respectively.

Senior Justin Niemeier shot an 82 for a three-round total of 245, while freshman Tyler Balkema is in a tie for 19th after a round of 84 gave him a championship total of 250.

Fisher’s Corey Hass took over first place at 220 after a round of 70 today, while Moravian’s Jam Maru is in second with a three-round total of 226.

The Ducks will look to climb the leaderboard in the finale Sunday.

SSI – Senior Connor O’Shea of the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s lacrosse team re-corded his 100th career point to lead the team to a 20-9 win over Utica College Wednesday.

The Ducks improved to 5-1 in the Empire 8 Con-ference and 12-3 overall, while Utica fell to 2-10, 1-4 in the E8.

Stevens wasted no time, as sophomore Tom-my Dawson scored 55 seconds into the game. Dawson add another three minutes later, but Utica countered with a pair of their own even the game up. After the two sides traded goals, senior Matt Ferentini ignited a 3-0 spurt that gave the Ducks a lead they would

not give up.O’Shea and class-

mate Andrew Scrutch-field would complete hat tricks during a six goal second quarter, and the pair would tally the first two markers of the third stanza. Utica would score three of the final four goals of the third, as freshman Max Bailey would be lone tally for

Stevens during the run.The Ducks opened the

fourth with four straight goals, as Scrutchfield net-ted two along with Bailey and senior Michael Ser-rante. Serrante’s tally was the fourth man-up goal of the afternoon for the Ducks.

O’Shea finished with four goals and three as-sists, while Bailey had

three goals and four help-ers. Scrutchfield tied a career-high with six goals while also chipping in three assists. On the de-fensive end, junior Jan Schoonen forced four turnovers and scooped up four ground balls.

Dominic Castiglia led Utica with five goals, while Alex Finnegan had a goal and three assists.

SI – Stevens Institute of Technology senior la-crosse captain Erika Wil-cox scored with 55 sec-onds left on the clock Sunday to lead the Ducks to a 9-8 Empire 8 Confer-ence win over No. 17 St. John Fisher College.

The win moved Stevens to 8-6 (4-2), while the loss was the first to an E8 team for Fisher (13-2, 5-1) this season.

Wilcox led all scor-ers with six goals, while freshman Mackenzie Metzler scored twice. Defensively, sophomore Victoria Alvarez and se-nior Betsy Crossland each caused a turnover and scooped-up a ground ball.

Sophomore Stephanie Schnelzer matched a ca-reer-high with 11 saves in the cage to earn the win.

As a team, the Ducks forced Fisher into 14

turnovers, and doubled the Cardinals in draw controls, 12-6.

Wilcox came out firing with a pair of goals in the opening three minutes off assists from junior Laura Roberts and sophomore Cami Santor. Fisher re-sponded with a score of

its own two minutes later to slice the lead in half, but goals from Wilcox and Metzler gave Stevens the 4-1 lead less than 10 minutes in.

Fisher rallied with three unanswered to tie the game at four head-ing into the half, before

continuing the run with two in the second to go up 6-4.

Metzler ended the drought with a free-posi-tion goal with 19:54 on the clock in the second, but Fisher scored two of the next three to take an 8-6 lead into the final 18

minutes. Wilcox answered the

Fisher spurt with a goal off a feed from junior Mariel Haubrich, be-fore Haubrich tallied the equalizer off a pass from junior Kathleen Kalbian to knot the game at eight with 1:45 left in regula-tion.

Fisher controlled pos-session initially off the ensuing draw control, but a caused turnover and ground ball by Metzler led to the game-winner from Wilcox on the other end. Fisher did have a game-tying opportunity in the final seconds, but Schnelzer made the save to slam the door on the win.

The Ducks will play their final home game of the season Saturday when they host Hartwick Col-lege at noon.

Varsity sports

SSI – The Stevens Insti-tute of Technology base-ball team dropped a 5-3 non-conference game to Misericordia College Wednesday.

The Cougars moved to 22-9, while Stevens fell to 19-11.

Senior Robert Robbins and Garrett Pelko of MU traded zeros through the first five and a half innings, with Robbins surrender-ing one hit and Pelko two. The Ducks had a pair of runners on in the first and sixth innings, but were un-able to push a run across

Misericordia struck for

two in the sixth, thanks to a wild pitch and sacrifice fly. Stevens answered back with two in the seventh, as senior Jonathan Toro had an RBI single and class-mate Jayson Yano dou-bled down the right field line. The host Cougars re-gained the lead in the sev-enth, and then had a pair of run scoring doubles in the eighth to go up 5-2.

Misericordia got the first two outs in the ninth, before Stevens mounted a rally. Junior Garrett Wells walked, and Nolan Ben-nett knocked him in with a double to right center. Ju-

nior Zeph Walters singled through the left side to put men on the corners, but that was as close as they would get, as MU got a strikeout to end the game.

Bennett went 3-for-5 while junior Michael Mule’ went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Robbins struck out three in the five and two thirds innings, al-lowing two hits and two earned runs.

The Ducks head to Rochester, N.Y. for a four game series this weekend against St. John Fisher College beginning Satur-day.

ON DECKIN SPORTS

Women’s outdoor track and field enters top 25

Wilcox’s goal sends women’s lacrosse to upset win

Baseball drops 5-3 to Misericordia

Men’s golf maintains third place at E8 championship

O’Shea records 100th career point as men’s lacrosse rolls

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