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Music Quinnipiac students

A Campus Tradition, A Divided Crowd: Wake the Giant Returns

The Wake the Giant concert will return to M&T Bank Arena on April 26, after the Student Programming Board (SPB) announced on April 1 that The Driver Era will headline this year’s show.  Tickets went on sale earlier this month, with undergraduates and 3+1 graduate students gaining access April 1, and graduate students followed April…

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Crime Quinnipiac Student Safety

Victim Advocacy Proposal Advances Amid Student Push at Quinnipiac 

As April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a student-led proposal to bring victim advocacy services to Quinnipiac University is moving forward after months of administrative pushback.  First reported by The Quinnipiac Chronicle, the initiative, led by junior behavioral neuroscience major Victor Constanza, calls for a centralized, survivor-focused support system separate from existing resources like Title IX and…

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Connecticut Gallery Local Events

New Haven’s ‘No Kings’ Demonstration draws thousands

Over 2,000 people gathered on the New Haven Green to march in a “No Kings” protest, part of a nationwide series of demonstrations across the U.S. on March 28. The protests oppose President Donald Trump’s second-term policies, which participants say reflect authoritarian or monarchical power. Demonstrators carried signs, chanted and moved through the city of…

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Connecticut Hamden Local Events

A year of protest: Demonstrators return weekly to Hamden Town Hall

A group of roughly 15 to 20 people gathered outside Hamden Town Hall on Sunday, continuing a demonstration that has taken place nearly every week since Memorial Day weekend last year. What began with just a few people responding to a Facebook post through the 50501 Movement has grown into a consistent presence, with participants…

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QU Student’s Weigh In On Snow Day Decision’s

A winter storm dropped nearly 19 inches of snow in Hamden Monday, shutting down schools across Connecticut and forcing Quinnipiac University to hold virtual classes on Feb. 23. The next day, the university delayed the start of in-person classes until 10:30 a.m., but students still had to navigate snow-covered lots and streets to get to…

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Office of Inclusive Excellence addresses imposter  syndrome during Black History Month

The Office of Inclusive Excellence and Assistant Professor of Sport and Entertainment Management Donald McAulay Jr. hosted “Still I Rise: Navigating Imposter Syndrome,” an event part of Quinnipiac’s Black History Month programming Monday afternoon in the Communications, Computing and Engineering building. Students sat around a large conference table as McAulay opened the discussion with the…

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Finances Quinnipiac

Economic and social disparities take center stage at SSJ x Econ Club collaboration 

By: Hannah Freshman On Tuesday, Feb. 10, Students for Social Justice (SSJ) and the Economics Club kicked off the spring semester with a joint event on economic and social inequality. Held in the School of Business, the collaboration aimed to make complex topics accessible to students from all majors. Attendees were welcomed with pizza and…