The Quinnipiac Chronicle

Strong, selfless and smiling

Posted on 23. Apr, 2008 by Erin Miller.

While most seniors are scrambling to finish internships, senior theses and land the perfect job, Jana Piccola, a Quinnipiac senior public relations major is fighting her second battle with cancer. However she has not let this battle keep her down. Her and her boyfriend Sean Pawelec, a QU Alumni have raised over $30,000 for cancer.

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Ferrell and cast hope to slam dunk with ‘Semi Pro’

Posted on 05. Mar, 2008 by Erin Miller.

What has painfully small shorts, an Afro, and blue, white and orange knee high socks?

That would be Will Ferrell in his newly released film “Semi-Pro.”

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QFS members walk on ‘Sun’shine

Posted on 06. Feb, 2008 by Erin Miller.

While most students were getting ready for their second day of classes last Wednesday, student members of the Quinnipiac Film Society were on a flight to Park City, Utah to attend the Sundance Film Festival. For these students aspiring to have jobs in the film-industry, it was the trip of a lifetime.

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Editor Speaks Out

Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 by Erin Miller.

I woke up Monday morning groggy from lack of sleep, and confused as to the time (I think daylight savings time is unnecessary). Then, in a moment of clarity I remembered that this was the day I had been anticipating for over two months.

My outfit was already picked out, and I looked in the mirror, put on my heels and walked out the door – it was on to Biology.

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The Life Of : President John Lahey

Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 by Erin Miller.

The Big Cheese. The Head Honcho. The mysterious man who, like a rare bird is seen once in a blue moon on campus. We all know his name, but what do we know about President John Lahey?

Well, for one thing – he started out just like us as an undergraduate student at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

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‘Blonde’ a ‘fun, fresh musical’

Posted on 24. Oct, 2007 by Erin Miller.

On Oct. 14, “Legally Blonde the Musical” aired exclusively on MTV. The play was not too far of a contrast from the original movie that was released in 2001.

The movie, directed by Robert Luketic, starred Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods. MTV showed the entire bubbly, dramatic and tickle-me-pink musical which took three taping sessions and starred Laura Bell Bundy as Elle, the blonde, ambitious and love-sick Malibu native who is giving law school a shot.

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The ‘real world’ may not be so bad after all

Posted on 17. Oct, 2007 by Erin Miller.

When a college student first embarks on their journey toward higher education, it is commonly said, “it will be the best four years of your life.” While this may be true, the eager student is also well aware that after those four years comes the rapidly approaching, possibly unwelcomed yet imminent realm, “the real world.

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It’s called Music Television, but where is the music?

Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Erin Miller.

We can all remember running home after school to watch Total Request Live with black nail polish adoring Carson Daly, to count down the top 10 most requested videos made by everyone else our age. Now, I find myself hard-pressed to find any video playing on MTV, no matter when I turn it on.

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The life of a . . . SGA President

Posted on 03. Oct, 2007 by Erin Miller.

In a small office adorned with calendars, to-do lists, and a New York Rangers pennant sits the student government president, junior Sean Geary. As a political science major and philosophy minor from Bethel, Conn., Geary has been involved with Quinnipiac’s student government all three years.

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Faces not to be forgotten

Posted on 12. Sep, 2007 by Erin Miller.

The excitement of the hustle and bustle of moving back to campus had a different feeling this year for the Class of 2009, and many others. The Quinnipiac community tragically lost two of its shining faces over the summer; Michael McDowell-Smith and Ryan Horodnicki.

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QU seniors debut Web site

Posted on 04. Apr, 2007 by Erin Miller.

Quinnipiac seniors J.T Pierce and Matthew Krawse live the life some students only dream of.they have classes twice a week. That means five days a week all to themselves to do whatever they please, right? Wrong. “On Tuesday and Thursday nights we tend to stay up until 3 a.

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Phoning home: College students keep in touch more often

Posted on 28. Feb, 2007 by Erin Miller.

“Don’t forget to call us!” These words can be heard from the mouths of almost every parent of a Quinnipiac student upon their departure on move in day. Most students won’t and will feel the usual homesickness and longing for family ties as the majority of their peers.

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Naming the game: Beer Pong or Beiruit?

Posted on 31. Jan, 2007 by Erin Miller.

Six or ten cups. Two ping pong balls, water, a table and there you have it – the most popular game on college campuses nationwide. It’s not soccer or basketball, hockey or even baseball. This game requires much more than athletic skill, but like any sport, a steady hand, good aim and the right partner can make or break a team’s success.

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‘Tis the Season…Already?

Posted on 06. Dec, 2006 by Erin Miller.

Students who arrivied home from Quinnipiac for Thanksgiving most likely took a walk through their local shopping mall to see department stores decorated for the upcoming Christmas holiday.

In some malls, good ole’ Santa Claus was already taking advantage of his photo opportunities with starry-eyed children before the Thanksgiving holiday even arrived.

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