Volume 85 (Fall 2013 – Spring 2014)
Basketball games are won and lost on the hardwood floor between the players but there is more that goes on behind-the-scenes than most people would think. The coaches and athletes prepare both physically and mentally for the game ahead while they endure tough practices in hopes to win. However, the crowd and loyal fans also prepare and brace themselves for the game.
The men’s soccer team continued their hot streak this past week as they beat the Saint Peter’s Peacocks and Quinnipiac Bobcats on Wednesday, Oct 23 and Saturday, Oct 26.
The Hawks field hockey team split their conference home games this week, beating the Sacred Heart University Pioneers, but falling to the Quinnipiac University Bobcats in the following game. This week’s games pushed the Hawk’s record to 6-10 overall and 3-1 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
The women’s soccer team went 1-0-1 for the weekend as they defeated the St. Peter’s Peacocks on Wednesday, Oct. 23 with a final score of 3-0 and tied in double overtime against the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Saturday, Oct. 26. As the Hawks completed their final regular season games, their overall record is secured at 14-1-2 while their Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) record stands at 8-0-2.
Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. This festival celebrated the end of the harvest season for Gaelic culture and functioned as a time to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter.
Senior forward Dana Costello was named to the women’s CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performers List for Week 9. Costello was also awarded the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week.
For many children, two years have passed since there was a typical Halloween due to nature’s fury. A snow storm the first year followed by the terror of Superstorm Sandy last year put a damper on trick-or-treaters.
“Time goes too fast,” they said when I started high school. “Stop trying to grow up,” my parents told me the first time I stayed out too late. Looking back, I wish I had listened and embraced my youth, but at the time all I could think about was driving that old car just over the speed limit, or getting into that “R” rated movie. To be able to hand over my ID and say, “one ticket please,” with the confidence of a twenty-something professional career woman was the dream, and I thought I was living it.
Cochlear implants, first employed in the 1950s, aim to provide profoundly deaf and hard of hearing patients with a method of auditory functionality.
Online shopping is the best and worst thing that has ever happened to me and my wallet. There are so many products that can be purchased with just the click of a mouse. It is hard to not get caught up in the moment and spend all of your money in a matter of hours. Avid online shoppers can most certainly agree with me on this though, online shopping is not meant for the weak.