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For the love of the game: How intramural sports create community

Intramural hockey player. Photo by Kian Loveday

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‘If you can’t jump on the women’s sports bandwagon, that’s a marketing fail’: how all hockey teams can coexist

If you’re an American and had any dial on these past Winter Olympic Games, then you saw what was going on with our hockey teams. According to the Seton Hall Sports Poll, twice as many people were geared up to watch the Olympics in Milan than in Beijing. Ice hockey was the sport with the…

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Quinnipiac discontinues QCash due to its ineffectiveness

Quinnipiac University has decided to discontinue the use of QCash, citing the inefficiency of the system and high cost required to run it.  “The QCash program will be discontinued effective May 29, as part of the university’s ongoing efforts to modernize campus operations and improve the overall community experience,” Chief Experience Officer Tom Ellett wrote…

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Quinnipiac Celebrates Student Athletes

Student-athletes gathered outside the RecWell building on Quinnipiac University’s Mount Carmel campus April 9 to enjoy free food from The Wright Way food truck as the academic year comes to a close. The student-athlete appreciation food truck event was held from 1 to 5 p.m. in the bus parking area next to RecWell and recognized…

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Issues arise from the new housing selection process

As students prepare for the next academic year, the Office of Housing’s updated selection process has caused a mixed bag of reviews.  Proposed at an information session in early February, students must have filled an entire apartment, whether that be five or six people, and those that didn’t would be regrouped. These changes were meant…

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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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SPB hosts flower bouquet event to welcome spring

The Quinnipiac University Student Programming Board hosted a flower bouquet-making event in the Carl Hansen Student Center Tuesday, April 7. Attending students were met with fresh and faux flowers to create their own unique bouquets. Tables were set up with decorative paper and notecards for students to customize their arrangements for themselves or friends.

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Quinnipiac African and Caribbean Student Union begins Carnival Week with bingo night

Quinnipiac University’s African and Caribbean Student Union kicked off their 2026 Carnival Week Monday evening with bingo in the Piazza of the Carl Hansen Student Center on the Mount Carmel Campus. “Carnival week is like a tradition in the Caribbean,” ACSU Treasurer and sophomore finance major Mikiyas Wolde said. “They have a week of celebrations…

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Second annual Women and Sports Symposium uplifts former and current athletes

Faculty from the School of Business, School of Communications and College of Arts & Sciences held the second annual Women and Sports Symposium Tuesday, March 31, featuring speakers in the SITE Auditorium full of local high school students.  Held during the common hour, the event welcomed speakers such as Quinnipiac University President Marie Hardin and…

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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…